denial and repudiation of each of them. “Wherefore, take ye good heed ye who are men of insight!”
177 By His references to their opposition He intended to invalidate the objections which the people of the
Bayán might raise in the day of the manifestation of “
Mustagháth,”
178 the day of the Latter Resurrection, claiming that, whereas in the
Dispensation of the Bayán a number of
divines have embraced the
Faith, in this latter
Revelation none of these hath recognized His claim. His purpose was to warn the people lest, God forbid, they cling to such foolish thoughts and deprive themselves of the divine Beauty. Yea, these divines to whom We have referred, were mostly unrenowned, and, by the grace of God they were all purged of earthly vanities and free from the trappings of leadership. “Such is the bounty of God; to whom He will He giveth it.”