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Holy Kitab I Aqdas
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Holy Kitab I Iqan
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Section 6
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Holy Kitab I
Aqdas: Texts 1-19 |
IN THE NAME OF HIM WHO IS THE
SUPREME RULER OVER ALL THAT HATH BEEN AND ALL THAT IS TO BE.
1
The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the
recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and
the Fountain of His laws, Who representeth the Godhead in both
the Kingdom of His Cause and the world of creation. Whoso
achieveth this duty hath attained unto all good; and whoso is
deprived thereof hath gone astray, though he be the author of
every righteous deed. It behoveth every one who reacheth this
most sublime station, this summit of transcendent glory, to
observe every ordinance of Him Who is the Desire of the world.
These twin duties are inseparable. Neither is acceptable without
the other. Thus hath it been decreed by Him Who is the Source of
Divine inspiration.
2
They whom God hath endued with insight will readily recognize
that the precepts laid down by God constitute the highest means
for the maintenance of order in the world and the security of
its peoples. He that turneth away from them is accounted among
the abject and foolish. We, verily, have commanded you to refuse
the dictates of your evil passions and corrupt desires, and not
to transgress the bounds which the Pen of the Most High hath
fixed, for these are the breath of life unto all created things.
The seas of Divine wisdom and Divine utterance have risen under
the breath of the breeze of the All-Merciful. Hasten to drink
your fill, O men of understanding! They that have violated the
Covenant of God by breaking His commandments, and have turned
back on their heels, these have erred grievously in the sight of
God, the All-Possessing, the Most High.
3
O ye peoples of the world! Know assuredly that My commandments
are the lamps of My loving providence among My servants, and the
keys of My mercy for My creatures. Thus hath it been sent down
from the heaven of the Will of your Lord, the Lord of
Revelation. Were any man to taste the sweetness of the words
which the lips of the All-Merciful have willed to utter, he
would, though the treasures of the earth be in his possession,
renounce them one and all, that he might vindicate the truth of
even one of His commandments, shining above the Dayspring of His
bountiful care and loving-kindness.
4
Say: From My laws the sweet-smelling savour of My garment can be
smelled, and by their aid the standards of Victory will be
planted upon the highest peaks. The Tongue of My power hath,
from the heaven of My omnipotent glory, addressed to My creation
these words: "Observe My commandments, for the love of My
beauty." Happy is the lover that hath inhaled the divine
fragrance of his Best-Beloved from these words, laden with the
perfume of a grace which no tongue can describe. By My life! He
who hath drunk the choice wine of fairness from the hands of My
bountiful favour will circle around My commandments that shine
above the Dayspring of My creation.
5
Think not that We have revealed unto you a mere code of laws.
Nay, rather, We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers
of might and power. To this beareth witness that which the Pen
of Revelation hath revealed. Meditate upon this, O men of
insight!
6
We have enjoined obligatory prayer upon you, with nine &rak'ahs,
to be offered at noon and in the morning and the evening unto
God, the Revealer of Verses. We have relieved you of a greater
number, as a command in the Book of God. He, verily, is the
Ordainer, the Omnipotent, the Unrestrained. When ye desire to
perform this prayer, turn ye towards the Court of My Most Holy
Presence, this Hallowed Spot that God hath made the Centre round
which circle the Concourse on High, and which He hath decreed to
be the Point of Adoration for the denizens of the Cities of
Eternity, and the Source of Command unto all that are in heaven
and on earth; and when the Sun of Truth and Utterance shall set,
turn your faces towards the Spot that We have ordained for you.
He, verily, is Almighty and Omniscient.
7
Everything that is hath come to be through His irresistible
decree. Whenever My laws appear like the sun in the heaven of
Mine utterance, they must be faithfully obeyed by all, though My
decree be such as to cause the heaven of every religion to be
cleft asunder. He doeth what He pleaseth. He chooseth, and none
may question His choice. Whatsoever He, the Well-Beloved,
ordaineth, the same is, verily, beloved. To this He Who is the
Lord of all creation beareth Me witness. Whoso hath inhaled the
sweet fragrance of the All-Merciful, and recognized the Source
of this utterance, will welcome with his own eyes the shafts of
the enemy, that he may establish the truth of the laws of God
amongst men. Well is it with him that hath turned thereunto, and
apprehended the meaning of His decisive decree.
8
We have set forth the details of obligatory prayer in another
Tablet. Blessed is he who observeth that whereunto he hath been
bidden by Him Who ruleth over all mankind. In the Prayer for the
Dead six specific passages have been sent down by God, the
Revealer of Verses. Let one who is able to read recite that
which hath been revealed to precede these passages; and as for
him who is unable, God hath relieved him of this requirement.
He, of a truth, is the Mighty, the Pardoner.
9
Hair doth not invalidate your prayer, nor aught from which the
spirit hath departed, such as bones and the like. Ye are free to
wear the fur of the sable as ye would that of the beaver, the
squirrel, and other animals; the prohibition of its use hath
stemmed, not from the &Qur'an, but from the misconceptions of
the divines. He, verily, is the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing.
10
We have commanded you to pray and fast from the beginning of
maturity; this is ordained by God, your Lord and the Lord of
your forefathers. He hath exempted from this those who are weak
from illness or age, as a bounty from His Presence, and He is
the Forgiving, the Generous. God hath granted you leave to
prostrate yourselves on any surface that is clean, for We have
removed in this regard the limitation that had been laid down in
the Book; God, indeed, hath knowledge of that whereof ye know
naught. Let him that findeth no water for ablution repeat five
times the words "In the Name of God, the Most Pure, the Most
Pure", and then proceed to his devotions. Such is the command of
the Lord of all worlds. In regions where the days and nights
grow long, let times of prayer be gauged by clocks and other
instruments that mark the passage of the hours. He, verily, is
the Expounder, the Wise.
11
We have absolved you from the requirement of performing the
Prayer of the Signs. On the appearance of fearful natural events
call ye to mind the might and majesty of your Lord, He Who
heareth and seeth all, and say "Dominion is God's, the Lord of
the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation".
12
It hath been ordained that obligatory prayer is to be performed
by each of you individually. Save in the Prayer for the Dead,
the practice of congregational prayer hath been annulled. He, of
a truth, is the Ordainer, the All-Wise.
13
God hath exempted women who are in their courses from obligatory
prayer and fasting. Let them, instead, after performance of
their ablutions, give praise unto God, repeating ninety-five
times between the noon of one day and the next "Glorified be
God, the Lord of Splendour and Beauty". Thus hath it been
decreed in the Book, if ye be of them that comprehend.
14
When travelling, if ye should stop and rest in some safe spot,
perform ye--men and women alike--a single prostration in place
of each unsaid Obligatory Prayer, and while prostrating say
"Glorified be God, the Lord of Might and Majesty, of Grace and
Bounty". Whoso is unable to do this, let him say only "Glorified
be God"; this shall assuredly suffice him. He is, of a truth,
the all-sufficing, the ever-abiding, the forgiving,
compassionate God. Upon completing your prostrations, seat
yourselves cross-legged--men and women alike--and eighteen times
repeat "Glorified be God, the Lord of the kingdoms of earth and
heaven". Thus doth the Lord make plain the ways of truth and
guidance, ways that lead to one way, which is this Straight
Path. Render thanks unto God for this most gracious favour;
offer praise unto Him for this bounty that hath encompassed the
heavens and the earth; extol Him for this mercy that hath
pervaded all creation.
15
Say: God hath made My hidden love the key to the Treasure; would
that ye might perceive it! But for the key, the Treasure would
to all eternity have remained concealed; would that ye might
believe it! Say: This is the Source of Revelation, the
Dawning-place of Splendour, Whose brightness hath illumined the
horizons of the world. Would that ye might understand! This is,
verily, that fixed Decree through which every irrevocable decree
hath been established.
16
O Pen of the Most High! Say: O people of the world! We have
enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period, and at its
close have designated for you &Naw-Ruz as a feast. Thus hath the
Day-Star of Utterance shone forth above the horizon of the Book
as decreed by Him Who is the Lord of the beginning and the end.
Let the days in excess of the months be placed before the month
of fasting. We have ordained that these, amid all nights and
days, shall be the manifestations of the letter &Ha, and thus
they have not been bounded by the limits of the year and its
months. It behoveth the people of &Baha, throughout these days,
to provide good cheer for themselves, their kindred and, beyond
them, the poor and needy, and with joy and exultation to hail
and glorify their Lord, to sing His praise and magnify His Name;
and when they end --these days of giving that precede the season
of restraint--let them enter upon the Fast. Thus hath it been
ordained by Him Who is the Lord of all mankind. The traveller,
the ailing, those who are with child or giving suck, are not
bound by the Fast; they have been exempted by God as a token of
His grace. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Most Generous.
17
These are the ordinances of God that have been set down in the
Books and Tablets by His Most Exalted Pen. Hold ye fast unto His
statutes and commandments, and be not of those who, following
their idle fancies and vain imaginings, have clung to the
standards fixed by their own selves, and cast behind their backs
the standards laid down by God. Abstain from food and drink from
sunrise to sundown, and beware lest desire deprive you of this
grace that is appointed in the Book.
18
It hath been ordained that every believer in God, the Lord of
Judgement, shall, each day, having washed his hands and then his
face, seat himself and, turning unto God, repeat "&Allah-u-Abha"
ninety-five times. Such was the decree of the Maker of the
Heavens when, with majesty and power, He established Himself
upon the thrones of His Names. Perform ye, likewise, ablutions
for the Obligatory Prayer; this is the command of God, the
Incomparable, the Unrestrained.
19
Ye have been forbidden to commit murder or adultery, or to
engage in backbiting or calumny; shun ye, then, what hath been
prohibited in the holy Books and Tablets. |
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