rated and justified by the text
of the sacred verses and the recorded traditions. Hence, it is clear and
manifest that by the words "the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall
not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven" is intended the
waywardness of the divines, and the annulment of laws firmly established
by divine Revelation, all of which, in symbolic language, have been
foreshadowed by the Manifestation of God. None except the righteous shall
partake of this cup, none but the godly can share therein. "The righteous
shall drink of a cup tempered at the camphor fountain."(26)

It is unquestionable that in every succeeding Revelation the "sun" and
"moon" of the teachings, laws, commandments, and prohibitions which have
been established in the preceding Dispensation, and which have
overshadowed the people of that age, become darkened, that is, are
exhausted, and cease to exert their influence. Consider now, had the
people of the Gospel recognized the meaning of the symbolic terms "sun"
and "moon," had they sought, unlike the froward and perverse,
enlightenment from Him Who is the Revealer of divine knowledge, they would
have surely comprehended the purpose of these terms, and would not have
become afflicted and oppressed by the darkness of their selfish desires.
Yea, but since they have failed to acquire true knowledge from its very
Source, they have perished in the perilous vale of waywardness and
misbelief. They still have not awakened to perceive that all the signs
foretold have been made manifest, that the promised Sun hath risen above
the horizon of divine Revelation, and that the "sun" and "moon" of the
teachings, the laws, and learning of a former Dispensation have darkened
and set.

And now, with fixed gaze and steady wings enter thou the way of certitude
and truth. "Say: It is God; then leave them to entertain themselves with
their cavilings."(27) Thus, wilt thou be accounted of those companions of
whom He saith: "They that say 'Our Lord is God,' and continue steadfast in
His way, upon them, verily, shall the angels descend."(28) Then shalt thou
witness all these mysteries with thine own eyes.

O my brother! Take thou the step of the spirit, so that, swift as the
twinkling of an eye, thou mayest flash through the wilds of remoteness and
bereavement, attain the Ridvan of everlasting reunion, and in one breath
commune with the heavenly Spirits. For with human feet thou canst never
hope to trave