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Epistle to
the Son of the Wolf:
Section 5 |
O thou who hast turned away from
God! Wert thou to look with the eye of fairness upon the Divine
Lote-Tree, thou wouldst perceive the marks of thy sword on its
boughs, and its branches, and its leaves, notwithstanding that
God created thee for the purpose of recognizing and of serving
it. Reflect, that haply thou mayest recognize thine iniquity and
be numbered with such as have repented. Thinkest thou that We
fear thy cruelty? Know thou and be well assured that from the
first day whereon the voice of the Most Sublime Pen was raised
betwixt earth and heaven We offered up Our souls, and Our
bodies, and Our sons, and Our possessions in the path of God,
the Exalted, the Great, and We glory therein amongst all created
things and the Concourse on high. Unto this testify the things
which have befallen Us in this straight Path. By God! Our hearts
were consumed, and Our bodies were crucified, and Our blood was
spilt, while Our eyes were fixed on the horizon of the
loving-kindness of their Lord, the Witness, the All-Seeing. The
more grievous their woes, the greater waxed the love of the
people of Baha. Unto their sincerity hath borne witness what the
All-Merciful hath sent down in the Qur'an. He saith: 'Wish ye,
then, for death, if ye are sincere.' Who is to be preferred, he
that hath sheltered himself behind curtains, or he that hath
offered himself in the path of God? Judge thou fairly, and be
not of them that rove distraught in the wilderness of falsehood.
So carried away have they been by the living waters of the love
of the Most Merciful, that neither the arms of the world nor the
swords of the nations have deterred them from setting their
faces towards the ocean of the bounty of their Lord, the Giver,
the Generous.
"By God! Troubles have failed to unnerve Me, and the repudiation
of the divines hath been powerless to weaken Me. I have spoken,
and still speak forth before the face of men: 'The door of grace
hath been unlocked and He Who is the Dayspring of Justice is
come with perspicuous signs and evident testimonies, from God,
the Lord of strength and of might!' Present thyself before Me
that thou mayest hear the mysteries which were heard by the Son
of Imran (Moses) upon the Sinai of Wisdom. Thus commandeth thee
He Who is the Dawning-Place of the Revelation of thy Lord, the
God of Mercy, from His great Prison."
Thereupon hath the cry and the lamentation of the true Faith
been raised once again, saying: "Verily, Sinai calleth aloud and
saith: 'O people of the Bayan! Fear ye the Merciful. Indeed have
I attained unto Him Who conversed upon me, and the ecstasies of
my joy have seized the pebbles of the earth and the dust
thereof.' And the Bush exclaimeth: 'O people of the Bayan! Judge
ye fairly that which hath in truth been manifested. Verily the
Fire which God revealed unto the One Who conversed with Him is
now manifested. Unto this beareth witness every man of insight
and understanding.'"
We have made mention of certain martyrs of this Revelation, and
have likewise cited some of the verses which were sent down
concerning them from the kingdom of Our utterance. We fain would
hope that, rid of all attachment to the world, thou wilt ponder
the things which We have mentioned.
It behooveth thee now to reflect upon the state of Mirza Hadi
Dawlat-Abadi and of Sad-i-Isfahani (Sadru'l-'Ulama), who reside
in the Land of Ta (Tihran). No sooner had the former heard that
he had been called a Babi than he became so perturbed that his
poise and dignity forsook him. He ascended the pulpits and spoke
words which ill befitted him. From time immemorial the clay
clods of the world have, wholly by reason of their love of
leadership, perpetrated such acts as have caused men to err.
Thou must not, however, imagine that all the faithful are such
as these two. We have described unto thee the constancy, the
firmness, the steadfastness, the certitude, the imperturbability
and the dignity of the martyrs of this Revelation, that thou
mayest be well-informed. My purpose in citing the passages from
the Tablets to the kings and others hath been that thou mayest
know of a certainty that this Wronged One hath not concealed the
Cause of God, but hath proclaimed and delivered, in the most
eloquent language, before the face of the world, the things He
had been commissioned to set forth. Certain faint-hearted ones,
however, such as Hadi and others, have tampered with the Cause
of God and have, in their concern for this fleeting life, said
and done that which caused the eye of justice to weep and the
Pen of Glory to groan, notwithstanding their ignorance of the
essentials of this Cause; whereas this Wronged One hath revealed
it for the sake of God.
O Hadi! Thou hast gone unto My brother and hast seen him. Set
now thy face towards the court of this Wronged One, that haply
the breezes of Revelation and the breaths of inspiration may
assist thee and enable thee to attain thy goal. Whoever gazeth
this day on My signs will distinguish truth from falsehood as
the sun from shadow, and will be made cognizant of the goal. God
is aware and beareth Me witness that whatever hath been
mentioned was for the sake of God, that haply thou mayest be the
cause of the guidance of men, and mayest deliver the peoples of
the world from idle fancies and vain imaginings. Gracious God!
Until now they that have turned aside and denied Me have failed
to recognize Who despatched that which was delivered unto the
Herald-the Primal Point! The knowledge of it is with God, the
Lord of the worlds.
Exert thyself, O Shaykh, and arise to serve this Cause. The
Sealed Wine is disclosed in this day before the faces of men.
Seize it in the name of thy Lord, and quaff thy fill in
remembrance of Him Who is the Mighty, the Incomparable. Night
and day hath this Wronged One been occupied in that which would
unite the hearts, and edify the souls of men.
The events that have happened in Persia during the early years
have truly saddened the well-favored and sincere ones. Each year
witnessed a fresh massacre, pillage, plunder, and shedding of
blood. At one time there appeared in Zanjan that which caused
the greatest consternation; at another in Nayriz, and at yet
another in Tabarsi, and finally there occurred the episode of
the Land of Ta (Tihran). From that time onwards this Wronged
One, assisted by the One True God-exalted be His
glory-acquainted this oppressed people with the things which
beseemed them. All have sanctified themselves from the things
which they and others possess, and have clung unto, and fixed
their eyes upon that which pertaineth unto God.
It is now incumbent upon His Majesty the Shah-may God, exalted
be He, protect him-to deal with this people with loving-kindness
and mercy. This Wronged One pledgeth Himself, before the Divine
Kaaba, that, apart from truthfulness and trustworthiness, this
people will show forth nothing that can in any way conflict with
the world-adorning views of His Majesty. Every nation must have
a high regard for the position of its sovereign, must be
submissive unto him, must carry out his behests, and hold fast
his authority. The sovereigns of the earth have been and are the
manifestations of the power, the grandeur and the majesty of
God. This Wronged One hath at no time dealt deceitfully with
anyone. Every one is well aware of this, and beareth witness
unto it. Regard for the rank of sovereigns is divinely ordained,
as is clearly attested by the words of the Prophets of God and
His chosen ones. He Who is the Spirit (Jesus)--may peace be upon
Him-was asked: "O Spirit of God! Is it lawful to give tribute to
Caesar or not?" And He made reply: "Yea, render to Caesar the
things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's."
He forbade it not. These two sayings are, in the estimation of
men of insight, one and the same, for if that which belonged to
Caesar had not come from God, He would have forbidden it. And
likewise in the sacred verse: "Obey God and obey the Apostle,
and those among you invested with authority." By "those invested
with authority" is meant primarily and more especially the
Imams-the blessings of God rest upon them! They, verily, are the
manifestations of the power of God, and the sources of His
authority, and the repositories of His knowledge, and the
daysprings of His commandments. Secondarily these words refer
unto the kings and rulers-those through the brightness of whose
justice the horizons of the world are resplendent and luminous.
We fain would hope that His Majesty the Shah will shine forth
with a light of justice whose radiance will envelop all the
kindreds of the earth. It is incumbent upon every one to beseech
the one true God on his behalf for that which is meet and seemly
in this day.
O God, my God, and my Master, and my Mainstay, and my Desire,
and my Beloved! I ask Thee by the mysteries which were hid in
Thy knowledge, and by the signs which have diffused the
fragrance of Thy loving-kindness, and by the billows of the
ocean of Thy bounty, and by the heaven of Thy grace and
generosity, and by the blood spilt in Thy path, and by the
hearts consumed in their love for Thee, to assist His Majesty
the Shah with Thy power and Thy sovereignty, that from him may
be manifested that which will everlastingly endure in Thy Books,
and Thy Scriptures, and Thy Tablets. Hold Thou his hand, O my
Lord, with the hand of Thine omnipotence, and illuminate him
with the light of Thy knowledge, and adorn him with the
adornment of Thy virtues. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth
Thee, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all created things. No
God is there but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bounteous.
In the Epistle to the Romans Saint Paul hath written: "Let every
soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power
but of God; the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever
therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God."
And further: "For he is the minister of God, a revenger to
execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." He saith that the
appearance of the kings, and their majesty and power are of God.
Moreover, in the traditions of old, references have been made
which the divines have seen and heard. We beseech God-blessed
and glorified be He-to aid thee, O Shaykh, to lay fast hold on
that which hath been sent down from the heaven of the bounty of
God, the Lord of the worlds. The divines must needs unite with
His Majesty, the Shah, and cleave unto that which will insure
the protection, the security, the welfare and prosperity of men.
A just king enjoyeth nearer access unto God than anyone. Unto
this testifieth He Who speaketh in His Most Great Prison. God!
There is none other God but Him, the One, the Incomparable, the
Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Wert thou, for the sake of God, to ponder, though it be but for
an hour, upon the things which have occurred in former times and
more recently, thou wouldst turn away from the things thou dost
possess unto the things which belong unto God, and wouldst
become a means for the exaltation of His Word. Hath, from the
foundation of the world until the present day, any Light or
Revelation shone forth from the dayspring of the will of God
which the kindreds of the earth have accepted, and Whose Cause
they have acknowledged? Where is it to be found, and what is its
name? Since the Seal of the Prophets (Muhammad)--may all else
but Him be His sacrifice-and before Him the Spirit of God
(Jesus), as far back as the First Manifestation, all have at the
time of Their appearance suffered grievously. Some were held to
be possessed, others were called impostors, and were treated in
a manner that the pen is ashamed to describe. By God! There
befell Them what hath made all created things to sigh, and yet
the people are, for the most part, sunk in manifest ignorance!
We pray God to assist them to return unto Him, and to repent
before the door of His mercy. Potent is He over all things.
At this moment the shrill voice of the Most Sublime Pen hath
been raised, and hath addressed Me saying: "Admonish the Shaykh
even as Thou hast admonished one of Thy Branches (sons), that
haply the breezes of Thine utterance may attract and draw him
nigh unto God, the Lord of the worlds."
"Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy
of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright
and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to
the rich, an answerer to the cry of the needy, a preserver of
the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded
in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all
men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the
sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an
upholder and defender of the victim of oppression.
Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a
home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of
strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding
light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to the
countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar
of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of
mankind, an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the
horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark
on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem
on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy
generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility. We pray God to
protect thee from the heat of jealousy and the cold of hatred.
He verily is nigh, ready to answer." Thus hath My tongue spoken
unto one of My Branches (sons), and We have mentioned it unto
such of Our loved ones as have cast away their idle fancies, and
clung unto that which hath been prescribed unto them in the day
whereon the Daystar of Certitude hath shone forth above the
horizon of the will of God, the Lord of the worlds. This is the
day on which the Bird of Utterance hath warbled its melody upon
the branches, in the name of its Lord, the God of Mercy. Blessed
is the man that hath, on the wings of longing, soared towards
God, the Lord of the Judgment Day.
The one true God well knoweth, and all the company of His
trusted ones testify, that this Wronged One hath, at all times,
been faced with dire peril. But for the tribulations that have
touched Me in the path of God, life would have held no sweetness
for Me, and My existence would have profited Me nothing. For
them who are endued with discernment, and whose eyes are fixed
upon the Sublime Vision, it is no secret that I have been, most
of the days of My life, even as a slave, sitting under a sword
hanging on a thread, knowing not whether it would fall soon or
late upon him. And yet, notwithstanding all this We render
thanks unto God, the Lord of the worlds.
Mine inner tongue reciteth, in the daytime and in the
night-season, this prayer: "Glory to Thee, O my God! But for the
tribulations which are sustained in Thy path, how could Thy true
lovers be recognized; and were it not for the trials which are
borne for love of Thee, how could the station of such as yearn
for Thee be revealed? Thy might beareth Me witness! The
companions of all who adore Thee are the tears they shed, and
the comforters of such as seek Thee are the groans they utter,
and the food of them who haste to meet Thee is the fragments of
their broken hearts. How sweet to my taste is the bitterness of
death suffered in Thy path, and how precious in my estimation
are the shafts of Thine enemies when encountered for the sake of
the exaltation of Thy Word! Let me quaff in Thy Cause, O my God
and my Master, whatsoever Thou didst desire, and send down upon
me in Thy love all Thou didst ordain. By Thy glory! I wish only
what Thou wishest, and cherish what Thou cherishest. In Thee
have I, at all times, placed My whole trust and confidence. Thou
art verily the All-Possessing, the Most High. Raise up, I
implore Thee, O my God, as helpers to this Revelation such as
shall be counted worthy of Thy Name and of Thy sovereignty, that
they may remember Thee among Thy creatures, and hoist the
ensigns of Thy victory in Thy land, and adorn them with Thy
virtues and Thy commandments. No God is there but Thee, the Help
in Peril, the Self-Subsisting."
Thereupon the voice of the true Faith was lifted up, calling
aloud again and again and saying: "O concourse of the earth! By
God! I am the true Faith of God amongst you. Beware that ye deny
Me not. God hath manifested Me with a light that hath
encompassed all that are in the heavens and all that are on
earth. Judge ye equitably, O people, My manifestation, and the
revelation of My glory, and the radiance of My light, and be not
of them that act unjustly."
O Shaykh! This Wronged One beseecheth God-blessed and glorified
be He-to make thee the one who will open the door of justice,
and reveal through thee His Cause among His servants. He,
verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the All-Bounteous.
O Shaykh! Entreat thou the one true God to sanctify the ears,
and the eyes, and the hearts of mankind, and to protect them
from the desires of a corrupt inclination. For malice is a
grievous malady which depriveth man from recognizing the Great
Being, and debarreth him from the splendors of the sun of
certitude. We pray and hope that through the grace and mercy of
God He may remove this mighty obstacle. He, verily, is the
Potent, the All-Subduing, the Almighty.
At this moment a Voice was raised from the right-hand of the
Luminous Spot: "God! There is none other God but Him, the
Ordainer, the All-Wise!
Recite Thou unto the Shaykh the remaining passages of the
Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof) that they may draw him unto
the horizon of the Revelation of his Lord, the God of Mercy,
that haply he may arise to aid My Cause with perspicuous signs
and exalted testimonies, and may speak forth amongst men that
which the Tongue of Testimony hath spoken: 'The Kingdom is
God's, the Lord of the worlds!'"
"Peruse thou the Kitab-i-Iqan (Book of Certitude) and that which
the All-Merciful hath sent down unto the King of Paris (Napoleon
III) and to such as are like him, that thou mayest be made aware
of the things that have happened in the past, and be persuaded
that We have not sought to spread disorder in the land after it
had been well-ordered. We exhort, wholly for the sake of God,
His servants. Let him who wisheth turn unto Him, and him who
wisheth turn aside. Our Lord, the Merciful, is verily the
All-Sufficing, the All-Praised. O concourse of the kindreds of
the earth! This is the day whereon nothing amongst all things,
nor any name amongst all names, can profit you save through this
Name which God hath made the Manifestation of His Cause and the
Dayspring of His Most Excellent Titles unto all who are in the
kingdom of creation. Blessed is that man that hath recognized
the fragrance of the All-Merciful and been numbered with the
steadfast. Your sciences shall not profit you in this day, nor
your arts, nor your treasures, nor your glory. Cast them all
behind your backs, and set your faces towards the Most Sublime
Word through which the Scriptures and the Books and this lucid
Tablet have been distinctly set forth. Cast away, O people, the
things ye have composed with the pen of your idle fancies and
vain imaginings. By God! The Daystar of Knowledge hath shone
forth above the horizon of certitude.
"O thou who art gone astray! If thou hast any doubt concerning
Our conduct, know thou that We bear witness unto that whereunto
God hath Himself borne witness ere the creation of the heavens
and of the earth, that there is none other God but Him, the
Almighty, the All-Bounteous. We testify that He is One in His
Essence, One in His Attributes. He hath none to equal Him in the
whole universe, nor any partner in all creation. He hath sent
forth His Messengers, and sent down His Books, that they may
announce unto His creatures the Straight Path.
"Hath the Shah been informed, and chosen to close his eyes to
thine acts? Or hath he been seized with fear at the howling of a
pack of wolves who have cast the path of God behind their backs
and followed in thy way without any clear proof or Book? We have
heard that the provinces of Persia have been adorned with the
adornment of justice. When We observed closely, however, We
found them to be the dawning-places of tyranny and the
daysprings of injustice. We behold justice in the clutches of
tyranny.
We beseech God to set it free through the power of His might and
His sovereignty. He, verily, overshadoweth all that is in the
heavens and on earth. To none is given the right to protest
against any one concerning that which hath befallen the Cause of
God. It behooveth whosoever hath set his face towards the Most
Sublime Horizon to cleave tenaciously unto the cord of patience,
and to put his reliance in God, the Help in Peril, the
Unconstrained. O ye loved ones of God! Drink your fill from the
wellspring of wisdom, and soar ye in the atmosphere of wisdom,
and speak forth with wisdom and eloquence. Thus biddeth you your
Lord, the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
"O heedless one! Rely not on thy glory, and thy power. Thou art
even as the last trace of sunlight upon the mountain-top. Soon
will it fade away as decreed by God, the All-Possessing, the
Most High.
Thy glory and the glory of such as are like thee have been taken
away, and this verily is what hath been ordained by the One with
Whom is the Mother Tablet. Where is he to be found who contended
with God, and whither is gone he that gainsaid His signs, and
turned aside from His sovereignty? Where are they who have slain
His chosen ones and spilt the blood of His holy ones? Reflect,
that haply thou mayest perceive the breaths of thine acts, O
foolish doubter! Because of you the Apostle (Muhammad) lamented,
and the Chaste One (Fatimih) cried out, and the countries were
laid waste, and darkness fell upon all regions. O concourse of
divines! Because of you the people were abased, and the banner
of Islam was hauled down, and its mighty throne subverted. Every
time a man of discernment hath sought to hold fast unto that
which would exalt Islam, ye raised a clamor, and thereby was he
deterred from achieving his purpose, while the land remained
fallen in clear ruin.
"O My Supreme Pen! Call Thou to remembrance the She-Serpent
(Imam-Jum'ih of Isfahan) whose cruelty hath caused all created
things to groan, and the limbs of the holy ones to quake. Thus
biddeth Thee the Lord of all names, in this glorious station.
The Chaste One (Fatimih) hath cried out by reason of thine
iniquity, and yet thou dost imagine thyself to be of the family
of the Apostle of God! Thus hath thy soul prompted thee, O thou
who hast withdrawn thyself from God, the Lord of all that hath
been and shall be. Judge thou equitably, O She-Serpent! For what
crime didst thou sting the children of the Apostle of God (King
of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs), and pillage their
possessions? Hast thou denied Him Who created thee by His
command 'be, and it was'? Thou hast dealt with the children of
the Apostle of God as neither Ad hath dealt with Hud, nor Thamud
with Salih, nor the Jews with the Spirit of God (Jesus), the
Lord of all being. Gainsayest thou the signs of thy Lord which
had no sooner been sent down from the heaven of His Cause than
all the books of the world bowed down before them? Meditate,
that thou mayest be made aware of thine act, O heedless outcast!
Erelong will the breaths of chastisement seize thee, as they
seized others before thee. Wait, O thou who hast joined partners
with God, the Lord of the visible and the invisible. This is the
day which God hath announced through the tongue of His Apostle.
Reflect, that thou mayest apprehend what the All-Merciful hath
sent down in the Qur'an and in this inscribed Tablet. This is
the day whereon He Who is the Dayspring of Revelation hath come
with clear tokens which none can number. This is the day whereon
every man endued with perception hath discovered the fragrance
of the breeze of the All-Merciful in the world of creation, and
every man of insight hath hastened unto the living waters of the
mercy of his Lord, the King of Kings. O heedless one! The tale
of the Sacrifice (Ishmael) hath been retold, and he who was to
be offered up hath directed his steps towards the place of
sacrifice, and returned not, by reason of that which thy hand
hath wrought, O perverse hater! Didst thou imagine that
martyrdom could abase this Cause? Nay, by Him Whom God hath made
to be the Repository of His Revelation, if thou be of them that
comprehend.
Woe betide thee, O thou who hast joined partners with God, and
woe betide them that have taken thee as their leader, without a
clear token or a perspicuous Book. How numerous the oppressors
before thee who have arisen to quench the light of God, and how
many the impious who murdered and pillaged until the hearts and
souls of men groaned by reason of their cruelty! The sun of
justice hath been obscured, inasmuch as the embodiment of
tyranny hath been stablished upon the throne of hatred, and yet
the people understand not. O foolish one!
Thou hast slain the children of the Apostle and pillaged their
possessions. Say: Was it, in thine estimation, their possessions
or themselves that denied God? Judge fairly, O ignorant one that
hath been shut out as by a veil from God. Thou hast clung to
tyranny, and cast away justice; whereupon all created things
have lamented, and still thou art among the wayward. Thou hast
put to death the aged, and plundered the young. Thinkest thou
that thou wilt consume that which thine iniquity hath amassed?
Nay, by Myself! Thus informeth thee He Who is cognizant of all.
By God! The things thou possessest shall profit thee not, nor
what thou hast laid up through thy cruelty. Unto this beareth
witness thy Lord, the All-Knowing. Thou hast arisen to put out
the light of this Cause; erelong will thine own fire be
quenched, at His behest. He, verily, is the Lord of strength and
of might. The changes and chances of the world, and the powers
of the nations, cannot frustrate Him. He doeth what He pleaseth,
and ordaineth what He willeth through the power of His
sovereignty. Consider the she-camel. Though but a beast, yet
hath the All-Merciful exalted her to so high a station that the
tongues of the earth made mention of her and celebrated her
praise. He, verily, overshadoweth all that is in the heavens and
on earth. No God is there but Him, the Almighty, the Great. Thus
have We adorned the heaven of Our Tablet with the suns of Our
words. Blessed the man that hath attained thereunto, and been
illumined with their light, and woe betide such as have turned
aside, and denied Him, and strayed far from Him. Praised be God,
the Lord of the worlds!"
O Shaykh! We have enabled thee to hear the melodies of the
Nightingale of Paradise, and unveiled to thine eyes the signs
which God, by His all-compelling behest, hath sent down in the
Most Great Prison, that thine eye might be cheered, and thy soul
be well-assured. He, verily, is the All-Bounteous, the Generous.
Arise thou through the power of His testimony to serve the Cause
of God, thy Lord, the God of Mercy. If thy faith be fearful,
seize thou My Tablet, and preserve it in the bosom of trust. And
when thou enterest into the place of resurrection, and God
asketh thee by what proof thou hast believed in this Revelation,
draw forth the Tablet and say: "By this Book, the holy, the
mighty, the incomparable."
Thereupon all will lift up their hands towards thee, and will
seize the Tablet, and will press it to their eyes, and will
inhale therefrom the fragrance of the utterance of God, the Lord
of the worlds. Were God to torment thee for having believed in
His signs in this Revelation, for what reason could He then
torment such as have disbelieved in Muhammad, the Apostle of
God, and before Him in Jesus, the Son of Mary, and before Him in
the One Who conversed with God (Moses), and before Him in the
One Who is the Friend of God (Abraham), and as far back as the
One Who was the First Manifestation, Who was created by the will
of thy Lord, the Potent, the All-Encompassing. Thus have We sent
down Our verses unto one before thee, and recalled them unto
thee, in this day, that thou mayest understand, and be of them
who are well assured. O thou who assumest the voice of
knowledge! This Cause is too evident to be obscured, and too
conspicuous to be concealed. It shineth as the sun in its
meridian glory. None can deny it unless he be a hater and a
doubter.
At this moment it behooveth us to turn unto the Desired One, and
cleave unto these most sublime words: "O God, my God! Thou hast
lighted the lamp of Thy Cause with the oil of wisdom; protect it
from contrary winds. The lamp is Thine, and the glass is Thine,
and all things in the heavens and on earth are in the grasp of
Thy power. Bestow justice upon the rulers, and fairness upon the
divines. Thou art the All-Powerful, Who, through the motion of
Thy Pen, hast aided Thine irresistible Cause, and guided aright
Thy loved ones. Thou art the Possessor of power, and the King of
might. No God is there but Thee, the Strong, the Unconstrained."
Say thou also: "O God, my God! I yield Thee thanks inasmuch as
Thou hast made me to drink of Thy Sealed Wine from the hand of
the bounty of Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting. I entreat Thee by
the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, and by the
potency of Thy Most Sublime Word, and by the might of Thy Most
Exalted Pen, through Whose movement the realities of all created
things have been enraptured, to aid His Majesty the Shah to
render Thy Cause victorious, and to turn towards the horizon of
Thy Revelation, and to set his face in the direction of the
lights of Thy countenance. Assist him, O my Lord, to draw nigh
unto Thee. Help him, then, with the hosts of the heavens and of
earth. I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all Names and
the Maker of the heavens, by the light of Thy Cause, and by the
fire of the Lote-Tree of Thy loving-kindness, to help His
Majesty to reveal Thy Cause amidst Thy creatures. Open, then,
before his face the doors of Thy grace, and Thy mercy, and Thy
bounty. |
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