The first three pargraphs of the Kitab-i-Iqan, as with the tablets of Baha'u'llah that I have actually read, are entirely condensed discussion of the overall theme of the tablet.
"IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD, THE EXALTED, THE MOST HIGH.
No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth. Sanctify your souls, O ye peoples of the world, that haply ye may attain that station which God hath destined for you and enter thus the tabernacle which, according to the dispensations of Providence, hath been raised in the firmament of the Bayan.
THE essence of these words is this: they that tread the path of faith, they that thirst for the wine of certitude, must cleanse themselves of all that is earthly—their ears from idle talk, their minds from vain imaginings, their hearts from worldly affections, their eyes from that which perisheth."
Almost all the tablets of Baha'u'llah, as with the Qu'ran begin with Godly attributes from which the discourse will emanate. (the opening).Here we are promised that as the book unfolds, the grandeur of God will be shown to us, as will the humbleness of men.
How does this incline us to true understanding? what is true understanding? what does this have to do with our imaginings, affections and idle talk that is so earthly? does that mean that we will be living entirely without these things?
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