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Holy Kitab I Aqdas
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Holy Kitab I
Aqdas: Texts
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153
Should anyone wax angry with you, respond to him with
gentleness; and should anyone upbraid you, forbear to upbraid
him in return, but leave him to himself and put your trust in
God, the omnipotent Avenger, the Lord of might and justice.
154
Ye have been prohibited from making use of pulpits. Whoso
wisheth to recite unto you the verses of his Lord, let him sit
on a chair placed upon a dais, that he may make mention of God,
his Lord, and the Lord of all mankind. It is pleasing to God
that ye should seat yourselves on chairs and benches as a mark
of honour for the love ye bear for Him and for the Manifestation
of His glorious and resplendent Cause.
155
Gambling and the use of opium have been forbidden unto you.
Eschew them both, O people, and be not of those who transgress.
Beware of using any substance that induceth sluggishness and
torpor in the human temple and inflicteth harm upon the body.
We, verily, desire for you naught save what shall profit you,
and to this bear witness all created things, had ye but ears to
hear.
156
Whensoever ye be invited to a banquet or festive occasion,
respond with joy and gladness, and whoever fulfilleth his
promise will be safe from reproof. This is a Day on which each
of God's wise decrees hath been expounded.
157
Behold, the "mystery of the Great Reversal in the Sign of the
Sovereign" hath now been made manifest. Well is it with him whom
God hath aided to recognize the "Six" raised up by virtue of
this "Upright Alif"; he, verily, is of those whose faith is
true. How many the outwardly pious who have turned away, and how
many the wayward who have drawn nigh, exclaiming: "All praise be
to Thee, O Thou the Desire of the worlds!" In truth, it is in
the hand of God to give what He willeth to whomsoever He willeth,
and to withhold what He pleaseth from whomsoever He may wish. He
knoweth the inner secrets of the hearts and the meaning hidden
in a mocker's wink. How many an embodiment of heedlessness who
came unto Us with purity of heart have We established upon the
seat of Our acceptance; and how many an exponent of wisdom have
We in all justice consigned to the fire. We are, in truth, the
One to judge. He it is Who is the manifestation of "God doeth
whatsoever He pleaseth", and abideth upon the throne of "He
ordaineth whatsoever He chooseth".
158
Blessed is the one who discovereth the fragrance of inner
meanings from the traces of this Pen through whose movement the
breezes of God are wafted over the entire creation, and through
whose stillness the very essence of tranquillity appeareth in
the realm of being. Glorified be the All-Merciful, the Revealer
of so inestimable a bounty. Say: Because He bore injustice,
justice hath appeared on earth, and because He accepted
abasement, the majesty of God hath shone forth amidst mankind.
159
It hath been forbidden you to carry arms unless essential, and
permitted you to attire yourselves in silk. The Lord hath
relieved you, as a bounty on His part, of the restrictions that
formerly applied to clothing and to the trim of the beard. He,
verily, is the Ordainer, the Omniscient. Let there be naught in
your demeanour of which sound and upright minds would
disapprove, and make not yourselves the playthings of the
ignorant. Well is it with him who hath adorned himself with the
vesture of seemly conduct and a praiseworthy character. He is
assuredly reckoned with those who aid their Lord through
distinctive and outstanding deeds.
160
Promote ye the development of the cities of God and His
countries, and glorify Him therein in the joyous accents of His
well-favoured ones. In truth, the hearts of men are edified
through the power of the tongue, even as houses and cities are
built up by the hand and other means. We have assigned to every
end a means for its accomplishment; avail yourselves thereof,
and place your trust and confidence in God, the Omniscient, the
All-Wise.
161
Blessed is the man that hath acknowledged his belief in God and
in His signs, and recognized that "He shall not be asked of His
doings". Such a recognition hath been made by God the ornament
of every belief and its very foundation. Upon it must depend the
acceptance of every goodly deed. Fasten your eyes upon it, that
haply the whisperings of the rebellious may not cause you to
slip.
162
Were He to decree as lawful the thing which from time immemorial
had been forbidden, and forbid that which had, at all times,
been regarded as lawful, to none is given the right to question
His authority. Whoso will hesitate, though it be for less than a
moment, should be regarded as a transgressor.
163
Whoso hath not recognized this sublime and fundamental verity,
and hath failed to attain this most exalted station, the winds
of doubt will agitate him, and the sayings of the infidels will
distract his soul. He that hath acknowledged this principle will
be endowed with the most perfect constancy. All honour to this
all-glorious station, the remembrance of which adorneth every
exalted Tablet. Such is the teaching which God bestoweth on you,
a teaching that will deliver you from all manner of doubt and
perplexity, and enable you to attain unto salvation in both this
world and in the next. He, verily, is the Ever-Forgiving, the
Most Bountiful. He it is Who hath sent forth the Messengers, and
sent down the Books to proclaim "There is none other God but Me,
the Almighty, the All-Wise".
164
O Land of &Kaf and &Ra! (&Kirman) We, verily, behold thee in a
state displeasing unto God, and see proceeding from thee that
which is inscrutable to anyone save Him, the Omniscient, the
All-Informed; and We perceive that which secretly and stealthily
diffuseth from thee. With Us is the knowledge of all things,
inscribed in a lucid Tablet. Sorrow not for that which hath
befallen thee. Erelong will God raise up within thee men endued
with mighty valour, who will magnify My Name with such constancy
that neither will they be deterred by the evil suggestions of
the divines, nor will they be kept back by the insinuations of
the sowers of doubt. With their own eyes will they behold God,
and with their own lives will they render Him victorious. These,
truly, are of those who are steadfast.
165
O concourse of divines! When My verses were sent down, and My
clear tokens were revealed, We found you behind the veils. This,
verily, is a strange thing. Ye glory in My Name, yet ye
recognized Me not at the time your Lord, the All-Merciful,
appeared amongst you with proof and testimony. We have rent the
veils asunder. Beware lest ye shut out the people by yet another
veil. Pluck asunder the chains of vain imaginings, in the name
of the Lord of all men, and be not of the deceitful. Should ye
turn unto God and embrace His Cause, spread not disorder within
it, and measure not the Book of God with your selfish desires.
This, verily, is the counsel of God aforetime and hereafter, and
to this God's witnesses and chosen ones, yea, each and every one
of Us, do solemnly attest.
166
Call ye to mind the &shaykh whose name was &Muhammad-Hasan, who
ranked among the most learned divines of his day. When the True
One was made manifest, this &shaykh, along with others of his
calling, rejected Him, while a sifter of wheat and barley
accepted Him and turned unto the Lord. Though he was occupied
both night and day in setting down what he conceived to be the
laws and ordinances of God, yet when He Who is the Unconstrained
appeared, not one letter thereof availed him, or he would not
have turned away from a Countenance that hath illumined the
faces of the well-favoured of the Lord. Had ye believed in God
when He revealed Himself, the people would not have turned aside
from Him, nor would the things ye witness today have befallen
Us. Fear God, and be not of the heedless.
167
Beware lest any name debar you from Him Who is the Possessor of
all names, or any word shut you out from this Remembrance of
God, this Source of Wisdom amongst you. Turn unto God and seek
His protection, O concourse of divines, and make not of
yourselves a veil between Me and My creatures. Thus doth your
Lord admonish you, and command you to be just, lest your works
should come to naught and ye yourselves be oblivious of your
plight. Shall he who denieth this Cause be able to vindicate the
truth of any cause throughout creation? Nay, by Him Who is the
Fashioner of the universe! Yet the people are wrapped in a
palpable veil. Say: Through this Cause the day-star of testimony
hath dawned, and the luminary of proof hath shed its radiance
upon all that dwell on earth. Fear God, O men of insight, and be
not of those who disbelieve in Me. Take heed lest the word
"Prophet" withhold you from this Most Great Announcement, or any
reference to "Vicegerency" debar you from the sovereignty of Him
Who is the Vicegerent of God, which overshadoweth all the
worlds. Every name hath been created by His Word, and every
cause is dependent on His irresistible, His mighty and wondrous
Cause. Say: This is the Day of God, the Day on which naught
shall be mentioned save His own Self, the omnipotent Protector
of all worlds. This is the Cause that hath made all your
superstitions and idols to tremble.
168
We, verily, see amongst you him who taketh hold of the Book of
God and citeth from it proofs and arguments wherewith to
repudiate his Lord, even as the followers of every other Faith
sought reasons in their Holy Books for refuting Him Who is the
Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Say: God, the True One, is
My witness that neither the Scriptures of the world, nor all the
books and writings in existence, shall, in this Day, avail you
aught without this, the Living Book, Who proclaimeth in the
midmost heart of creation: "Verily, there is none other God but
Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise."
169
O concourse of divines! Beware lest ye be the cause of strife in
the land, even as ye were the cause of the repudiation of the
Faith in its early days. Gather the people around this Word that
hath made the pebbles to cry out: "The Kingdom is God's, the
Dawning-place of all signs!" Thus doth your Lord admonish you,
as a bounty on His part; He, of a truth, is the Ever-Forgiving,
the Most Generous.
170
Call ye to mind &Karim, and how, when We summoned him unto God,
he waxed disdainful, prompted by his own desires; yet We had
sent him that which was a solace to the eye of proof in the
world of being and the fulfilment of God's testimony to all the
denizens of earth and heaven. As a token of the grace of Him Who
is the All-Possessing, the Most High, We bade him embrace the
Truth. But he turned away until, as an act of justice from God,
angels of wrath laid hold upon him. Unto this We truly were a
witness.
171
Tear the veils asunder in such wise that the inmates of the
Kingdom will hear them being rent. This is the command of God,
in days gone by and for those to come. Blessed the man that
observeth that whereunto he was bidden, and woe betide the
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