Some Answered Questions
On The Powers And Conditions Of The Manifestations Of God
of vicissitudes can happen to the body of man, but the spirit is not affected by them; it may even be that some members of the body are entirely crippled, but the essence of the mind remains and is everlasting. A thousand accidents may happen to a garment, but for the wearer of it there is no danger. These words which
Bahá’u’lláh said, “I was asleep, and the breeze passed over Me, and awakened Me,” refer to the body.
In the world of God there is no past, no future and no present; all are one. So when Christ said, “In the beginning was the Word”1—that means it was, is and shall be; for in the world of God there is no time. Time has sway over creatures but not over God. For example, in the prayer He says, “Hallowed be Thy name”; the meaning is that Thy name was, is and shall be hallowed.2 Morning, noon and evening are related to this earth, but in the sun there is neither morning, noon nor evening.
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