The Green Announcement — Page 6
6 [Bearer of glad-tidings], N u rull a h [Light of Allah] S ayyeb [Heavenly Rain], Char a gh D i n [Light of Faith], etc. , which reveal his perfect potential and inherent light— such an interpretive statement would not have been objec- tionable in the eyes of fair-minded people. On account of their just and perceptive minds, they would have under- stood that I had reached this conclusion on the basis of a few titles which were not very specific and admitted of more than one meaning and interpretation. And even if they considered this explanation to be an error of judge- ment, they would have deemed it as unimportant and inconsequential. The ancient Divine law relating to reve- lations, dreams and visions that are not very specific may not be understood by those who are slow of understanding and blind of heart, but people of wisdom and insight read- ily understand that an error in interpreting a prophecy is nothing objectionable. Many eminent Prophets and Mes- sengers have made errors in interpreting some of their visions and prophecies, 4 but it did not surprise or alienate 4 The Torah clearly shows that Moses as made errors in understanding and communicating some of his prophecies, and the promises of in- stant victory and freedom that had been made to the Israelites were not fulfilled in exactly the same manner. Therefore, when the Israel- ites saw things happening contrary to their expectations, they became extremely frustrated and, overcome by their chronic impa- tience, said, "O Moses and Aaron! Would that God treat you as you have treated us. " It would seem that these impatient people had given in to despair because Moses’ words had led them to believe that they would soon be free, but this did not happen and some diffi- culties intervened which they had not been told about in clear terms. Contd…