Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 193
26 December 1905 193 26 December 1905 A Revelation and its Subtle Interpretation َ ی ْ و َ اَنَا مِنْك ِّ یَاقَـمَر ُ یَا شَمْس ُ اَنْت َ مِن َ ی ْ و َ اَنَا مِنْك ِّ یَاقَـمَر ُ یَا شَمْس ُ اَنْت َ مِن Translation: O Moon! O Sun! You are from Me, and I am from you. The Promised Messiah as said: In this revelation, God Almighty has at one time declared Himself the sun and me the moon, and the second time He declared me the sun and Himself the moon. This is a subtle metaphor through which God Almighty revealed about me that there was a time when I was hidden, but I became manifest through the reflection of His light. He then said that there was a time when He Himself was hidden, but then the light that was given to me, that light made Him manifest. It is a well-known phenomenon that: ِ مْس َّ وْرِ الش ُّ نْ ن ِّ نُوْرُ الْقَمَرِ مُسْتَفَاضٌ م ِ مْس َّ وْرِ الش ُّ نْ ن ِّ نُوْرُ الْقَمَرِ مُسْتَفَاضٌ م that is, the light of the moon derives from the light of the sun. Therefore, in this revelation, God Almighty first declared Himself the sun and made it clear that the light arising within me was through His light and grace. It is for this reason that I was called the moon. Then, since His name was gloriously illuminated through my light, which had been conferred upon me, it was upon this basis that I was called the sun, and God Almighty called Himself the moon insofar as He became manifest through me. Moreover, He made His Living Being visible to the people through me.