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Hidden Words/Arabic/num13

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A13 wealth, poverty, nobility, knowledge, enlightenment, love, God is within man

When hearts are purified through the heavenly teachings, they become like clear mirrors[edit]

"Thou hast asked about the statement in the Hidden Words: "O Son of Spirit! Turn thy sight unto thyself that thou mayest find Me standing within thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting." This is the same statement as was made by Christ to His apostles in the Gospel: "The Father is in the Son, and the Son is in you."[1. Cf. John 14:20]

"It is evident that, when a heart is purified and through divine education and heavenly teachings becometh a manifestor of infinite bounty, it is like a clear mirror. The Sun of Truth will be reflected in it with might, power and omnipotence, to such an extent that whatever is brought before it is ignited and consumed. This is a brief interpretation because of lack of time. Therefore, do thou reflect and meditate upon it so that the doors of inner meanings may be opened before thine eyes.

('Abdu'l-Bahá, Extract from Tablet to Thornton Chase, translated from Persian and Arabic, June 1911: Star of the West, Vol. II, Nos. 7 and 8, pp. pp. 11-12, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1635 and Hidden Words (compilation), no. 9)

The Divine Spirit can be reflected within us, but cannot be compared to the Revelation given to His Prophets[edit]

"As to the passage No. 13 of the Arabic Hidden Words: That which Bahá'u'lláh declares we can find abiding within us is the power of the Divine Spirit, the reflection of the light of His Revelation. This reflection of the Divine Spirit, however, can in no way be compared to the Revelation which God discloses to His Prophets and Messengers. The similarity in the terminology should not confuse this distinction which is most fundamental."

(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to two believers, December 7, 1935, Directives from the Guardian p. 37, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1601)
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