I'm taking an online course on two books by Baha'u'llah: Gems of Divine Mysteries, and the Kitab-i-Iqan [Book of Certitude.] I would like to share a little bit from one of the themes of the Gems.
Baha'u'llah asks:
What hath prompted the divers peoples and kindreds of the earth to reject the Apostles whom God hath sent unto them in His might and power, whom He hath raised up to exalt His Cause and ordained to be the Lamps of eternity within the Niche of His oneness?
He answers this in five sentences which I will sum up: 1. People fail to fix their gaze upon the testimony of God; 2. They follow the footsteps of the abject and foolish among the leaders and divines; 3. They refuse to see with the eyes "wherewith God hath endowed them." 4. They desired things other than God hath desired for them; 5. They cling to the outward meaning of scripture.
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