The Great Being saith: The man of consummate learning and the sage endowed
with penetrating wisdom are the two eyes to the body of mankind. God
willing, the earth shall never be deprived of these two greatest gifts.
("Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas", p. 171) [8]
9: "Know thou that he is truly learned who hath acknowledged My
Revelation, and..."
Know thou that he is truly learned who hath acknowledged My Revelation,
and drunk from the Ocean of My knowledge, and soared in the atmosphere of
My love, and cast away all else besides Me, and taken firm hold on that
which hath been sent down from the Kingdom of My wondrous utterance. He,
verily, is even as an eye unto mankind, and as the spirit of life unto the
body of all creation. Glorified be the All-Merciful Who hath enlightened
him, and caused him to arise and serve His great and mighty Cause. Verily,
such a man is blessed by the Concourse on high, and by them who dwell
within the Tabernacle of Grandeur, who have quaffed My sealed Wine in My
name, the Omnipotent, the All-Powerful.
("Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas", pp. 207-208)
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