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Holy Kitab I Aqdas
Texts 1-19
Texts 20-38
Texts 39-57
Texts 58-76
Texts 77-95
Texts 96-114
Texts 115-133
Texts 134-152
Texts 153-171
Texts 172-190
Holy Kitab I Iqan
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Prayers & Meditations by Bahaullah
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 17
Section 18
Section 19
Section 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
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Holy Kitab I
Aqdas: Texts 96-114 |
96
O Most Mighty Ocean! Sprinkle upon the nations that with which
Thou hast been charged by Him Who is the Sovereign of Eternity,
and adorn the temples of all the dwellers of the earth with the
vesture of His laws through which all hearts will rejoice and
all eyes be brightened.
97
Should anyone acquire one hundred &mithqals of gold, nineteen &mithqals
thereof are God's and to be rendered unto Him, the Fashioner of
earth and heaven. Take heed, O people, lest ye deprive
yourselves of so great a bounty. This We have commanded you,
though We are well able to dispense with you and with all who
are in the heavens and on earth; in it there are benefits and
wisdoms beyond the ken of anyone but God, the Omniscient, the
All-Informed. Say: By this means He hath desired to purify what
ye possess and to enable you to draw nigh unto such stations as
none can comprehend save those whom God hath willed. He, in
truth, is the Beneficent, the Gracious, the Bountiful. O people!
Deal not faithlessly with the Right of God, nor, without His
leave, make free with its disposal. Thus hath His commandment
been established in the holy Tablets, and in this exalted Book.
He who dealeth faithlessly with God shall in justice meet with
faithlessness himself; he, however, who acteth in accordance
with God's bidding shall receive a blessing from the heaven of
the bounty of his Lord, the Gracious, the Bestower, the
Generous, the Ancient of Days. He, verily, hath willed for you
that which is yet beyond your knowledge, but which shall be
known to you when, after this fleeting life, your souls soar
heavenwards and the trappings of your earthly joys are folded
up. Thus admonisheth you He in Whose possession is the Guarded
Tablet.
98
Various petitions have come before Our throne from the
believers, concerning laws from God, the Lord of the seen and
the unseen, the Lord of all worlds. We have, in consequence,
revealed this Holy Tablet and arrayed it with the mantle of His
Law that haply the people may keep the commandments of their
Lord. Similar requests had been made of Us over several previous
years but We had, in Our wisdom, withheld Our Pen until, in
recent days, letters arrived from a number of the friends, and
We have therefore responded, through the power of truth, with
that which shall quicken the hearts of men.
99
Say: O leaders of religion! Weigh not the Book of God with such
standards and sciences as are current amongst you, for the Book
itself is the unerring Balance established amongst men. In this
most perfect Balance whatsoever the peoples and kindreds of the
earth possess must be weighed, while the measure of its weight
should be tested according to its own standard, did ye but know
it.
100
The eye of My loving-kindness weepeth sore over you, inasmuch as
ye have failed to recognize the One upon Whom ye have been
calling in the daytime and in the night season, at even and at
morn. Advance, O people, with snow-white faces and radiant
hearts, unto the blest and crimson Spot, wherein the &Sadratu'l-Muntaha
is calling: "Verily, there is none other God beside Me, the
Omnipotent Protector, the Self-Subsisting!"
101
O ye leaders of religion! Who is the man amongst you that can
rival Me in vision or insight? Where is he to be found that
dareth to claim to be My equal in utterance or wisdom? No, by My
Lord, the All-Merciful! All on the earth shall pass away; and
this is the face of your Lord, the Almighty, the Well-Beloved.
102
We have decreed, O people, that the highest and last end of all
learning be the recognition of Him Who is the Object of all
knowledge; and yet, behold how ye have allowed your learning to
shut you out, as by a veil, from Him Who is the Dayspring of
this Light, through Whom every hidden thing hath been revealed.
Could ye but discover the source whence the splendour of this
utterance is diffused, ye would cast away the peoples of the
world and all that they possess, and would draw nigh unto this
most blessed Seat of glory.
103
Say: This, verily, is the heaven in which the Mother Book is
treasured, could ye but comprehend it. He it is Who hath caused
the Rock to shout, and the Burning Bush to lift up its voice,
upon the Mount rising above the Holy Land, and proclaim: "The
Kingdom is God's, the sovereign Lord of all, the All-Powerful,
the Loving!"
104
We have not entered any school, nor read any of your
dissertations. Incline your ears to the words of this unlettered
One, wherewith He summoneth you unto God, the Ever-Abiding.
Better is this for you than all the treasures of the earth,
could ye but comprehend it.
105
Whoso interpreteth what hath been sent down from the heaven of
Revelation, and altereth its evident meaning, he, verily, is of
them that have perverted the Sublime Word of God, and is of the
lost ones in the Lucid Book.
106
It hath been enjoined upon you to pare your nails, to bathe
yourselves each week in water that covereth your bodies, and to
clean yourselves with whatsoever ye have formerly employed. Take
heed lest through negligence ye fail to observe that which hath
been prescribed unto you by Him Who is the Incomparable, the
Gracious. Immerse yourselves in clean water; it is not
permissible to bathe yourselves in water that hath already been
used. See that ye approach not the public pools of Persian
baths; whoso maketh his way toward such baths will smell their
fetid odour ere he entereth therein. Shun them, O people, and be
not of those who ignominiously accept such vileness. In truth,
they are as sinks of foulness and contamination, if ye be of
them that apprehend. Avoid ye likewise the malodorous pools in
the courtyards of Persian homes, and be ye of the pure and
sanctified. Truly, We desire to behold you as manifestations of
paradise on earth, that there may be diffused from you such
fragrance as shall rejoice the hearts of the favoured of God. If
the bather, instead of entering the water, wash himself by
pouring it upon his body, it shall be better for him and shall
absolve him of the need for bodily immersion. The Lord, verily,
hath willed, as a bounty from His presence, to make life easier
for you that ye may be of those who are truly thankful.
107
It is forbidden you to wed your fathers' wives. We shrink, for
very shame, from treating of the subject of boys. Fear ye the
Merciful, O peoples of the world! Commit not that which is
forbidden you in Our Holy Tablet, and be not of those who rove
distractedly in the wilderness of their desires.
108
To none is it permitted to mutter sacred verses before the
public gaze as he walketh in the street or marketplace; nay
rather, if he wish to magnify the Lord, it behoveth him to do so
in such places as have been erected for this purpose, or in his
own home. This is more in keeping with sincerity and godliness.
Thus hath the sun of Our commandment shone forth above the
horizon of Our utterance. Blessed, then, be those who do Our
bidding.
109
Unto everyone hath been enjoined the writing of a will. The
testator should head this document with the adornment of the
Most Great Name, bear witness therein unto the oneness of God in
the Dayspring of His Revelation, and make mention, as he may
wish, of that which is praiseworthy, so that it may be a
testimony for him in the kingdoms of Revelation and Creation and
a treasure with his Lord, the Supreme Protector, the Faithful.
110
All Feasts have attained their consummation in the two Most
Great Festivals, and in the two other Festivals that fall on the
twin days--the first of the Most Great Festivals being those
days whereon the All-Merciful shed upon the whole of creation
the effulgent glory of His most excellent Names and His most
exalted Attributes, and the second being that day on which We
raised up the One Who announced unto mankind the glad tidings of
this Name, through which the dead have been resurrected and all
who are in the heavens and on earth have been gathered together.
Thus hath it been decreed by Him Who is the Ordainer, the
Omniscient.
111
Happy the one who entereth upon the first day of the month of &Baha,
the day which God hath consecrated to this Great Name. And
blessed be he who evidenceth on this day the bounties that God
hath bestowed upon him; he, verily, is of those who show forth
thanks to God through actions betokening the Lord's munificence
which hath encompassed all the worlds. Say: This day, verily, is
the crown of all the months and the source thereof, the day on
which the breath of life is wafted over all created things.
Great is the blessedness of him who greeteth it with radiance
and joy. We testify that he is, in truth, among those who are
blissful.
112
Say: The Most Great Festival is, indeed, the King of Festivals.
Call ye to mind, O people, the bounty which God hath conferred
upon you. Ye were sunk in slumber, and lo! He aroused you by the
reviving breezes of His Revelation, and made known unto you His
manifest and undeviating Path.
113
Resort ye, in times of sickness, to competent physicians; We
have not set aside the use of material means, rather have We
confirmed it through this Pen, which God hath made to be the
Dawning-place of His shining and glorious Cause.
114
God had formerly laid upon each one of the believers the duty of
offering before Our throne priceless gifts from among his
possessions. Now, in token of Our gracious favour, We have
absolved them of this obligation. He, of a truth, is the Most
Generous, the All-Bountiful. |
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