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Holy Kitab I Aqdas
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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
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Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
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Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
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Prayers and
Meditations by Bahaullah:
Section 10 |
LXXIX
All glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I bear witness for Thee to
that whereto Thou Thyself didst bear witness for Thine own Self,
ere the day Thou hadst created the creation or made mention
thereof, that Thou art God, and that there is none other God
beside Thee. From eternity Thou hast, in Thy transcendent
oneness, been immeasurably exalted above Thy servants'
conception of Thy unity, and wilt to eternity remain, in Thine
unapproachable singleness, far above the praise of Thy
creatures. No words that any one beside Thee may utter can ever
beseem Thee, and no man's description except Thine own
description can befit Thy nature. All who adore Thy unity have
been sore perplexed to fathom the mystery of Thy oneness, and
all have confessed their powerlessness to attain unto the
comprehension of Thine essence and to scale the pinnacle of Thy
knowledge. The mighty have all acknowledged their weakness, and
the learned recognized their ignorance. They that are possessed
of influence are as nothing when compared with the revelations
of Thy stupendous sovereignty, and they who are exalted sink
into oblivion when brought before the manifestations of Thy
great glory. The radiance of the brightest luminaries is
eclipsed by the effulgent splendors of Thy face, and the tongues
of the most eloquent of speakers falter under the unrestrained
effusions of Thy holy utterance, and the foundations of the
mightiest structures tremble before the onrushing force of Thy
compelling power.
Who is there, O my God, that can be deemed worthy to be
remembered when Thou art remembered, and where is he to be found
who can be regarded as capable of hinting at Thy nature or
worthy of mention in the court of Thy transcendent oneness? From
everlasting Thou hast been alone with no one else beside Thee,
and to everlasting Thou wilt continue to be one and the same. No
God is there beside Thee, the God of power, of glory and wisdom.
Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Him Who
is Thine exalted and supreme Remembrance, Whom Thou hast sent
down unto all Thy creatures and invested with Thy name, the
All-Glorious, Whose will Thou hast ordained to be Thine own
will, Whose self Thou hast decreed to be the revealer of Thine
own Self, and His essence the Day-Spring of Thy wisdom, and His
heart the treasury of Thine inspiration, and His breast the
dawning-place of Thy most excellent attributes and most exalted
titles, and His tongue the fountain-head of the waters of Thy
praise and the well-spring of the soft-flowing streams of Thy
wisdom, to send down upon us that which will enable us to
dispense with all else except Thee, and will cause us to direct
our steps towards the sanctuary of Thy pleasure and to aspire
after the things Thou didst ordain for us according to Thine
irrevocable decree. Empower us, then, O my God, to forsake
ourselves and cleave steadfastly to Him Who is the Manifestation
of Thy Self, the Most Exalted, the Most High. Supply us also
with that which is best for us, and write us down with such of
Thy servants as have repudiated the Idol ( ya), and firmly
believed in Thee, and been so established on the throne of
certitude that the whisperings of the Evil One have been
powerless to hinder them from turning their faces towards Thy
name, the All-Merciful.
Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest and to ordain what
Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the All-Possessing, the
All-Highest, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing,
the All-Wise.
LXXX
O Thou Whose remembrance is the delight of the souls of all them
that yearn after Thee, Whose name is the exultation of the
hearts of all who are wholly devoted to Thy will, Whose praise
is cherished by such as have drawn nigh unto Thy court, Whose
face is the ardent desire of all them that have recognized Thy
truth, Whose trial is the healer of the sicknesses of them who
have embraced Thy Cause, Whose calamity is the highest
aspiration of such as are rid of all attachment to any one but
Thyself!
Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou, in Whose hands is
the empire of whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on
earth, Thou, Who through but one word of Thy mouth, caused all
things to expire and dissolve asunder, and Who, by yet another
word, caused whatever had been separated to be combined and
reunited! Magnified be Thy name, O Thou Who hast power over all
that are in the heavens and all that are on earth, Whose
dominion embraceth whatsoever is in the heaven of Thy Revelation
and the kingdom of Thy creation. None can equal Thee in Thy
created realms; none can compare with Thee in the universe Thou
hast fashioned. The mind of no one hath comprehended Thee, and
the aspiration of no soul hath reached Thee. I swear by Thy
might! Were any one to soar, on whatever wings, as long as Thine
own Being endureth, throughout the immensity of Thy knowledge,
he would still be powerless to transgress the bounds which the
contingent world hath set for him. How can, then, such a man
aspire to wing his flight into the atmosphere of Thy most
exalted presence?
He, indeed, is endued with understanding who acknowledgeth his
powerlessness and confesseth his sinfulness, for should any
created thing lay claim to any existence, when confronted with
the infinite wonders of Thy Revelation, so blasphemous a
pretension would be more heinous than any other crime in all the
domains of Thine invention and creation. Who is there, O my
Lord, that, when Thou revealest the first glimmerings of the
signs of Thy transcendent sovereignty and might, hath the power
to claim for himself any existence whatever? Existence itself is
as nothing when brought face to face with the mighty and
manifold wonders of Thine incomparable Self.
Far, immeasurably far, art Thou exalted above all things, O Thou
Who art the King of Kings! I entreat Thee by Thy Self and by
Them Who are the Manifestations of Thy Cause and the Day-Springs
of Thine authority to write down for us that which Thou hast
written down for Thy chosen ones. Withhold not from us that
which Thou didst ordain for Thy loved ones, who, as soon as Thy
call reached them, hastened unto Thee, and when the splendors of
the light of Thy countenance were shed upon them, instantly
prostrated themselves in adoration before Thy face.
We are Thy servants, O my Lord, and in the grasp of Thy power.
If Thou chastisest us with the chastisement inflicted upon the
former and the latter generations, Thy verdict would be
assuredly just and Thine act praiseworthy. Powerful art Thou to
do what pleaseth Thee. None other God is there beside Thee, the
Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Help in Peril, the
Self-Subsisting.
LXXXI
Unto Thee be praise, O Thou Who inclinest Thine ear to the
sighing of them that have rid themselves of all attachment to
any one but Thee, and Who hearest the voice of the lamentation
of those who are wholly devoted to Thy Self! Thou beholdest all
that hath befallen them at the hands of such of Thy creatures as
have transgressed and rebelled against Thee. Thy might beareth
me witness, O Thou Who art the King of the realms of justice and
the Ruler of the cities of mercy! The tribulations they have
been made to suffer are such as no pen, in the entire creation,
can reckon. Should any one attempt to make mention of them, he
would find himself powerless to describe them.
As these tribulations, however, were sustained in Thy path and
for love of Thee, they who were afflicted by them render thanks,
under all conditions, unto Thee, and say: "O Thou Who art the
Delight of our hearts and the Object of our adoration! Were the
clouds of Thy decree to rain down upon us the darts of
affliction, we would, in our love for Thee, refuse to be
impatient. We would yield Thee praise and thanksgiving, for we
have recognized and are persuaded that Thou hast ordained only
that which will be best for us. If our bodies be, at times,
weighed down by our troubles, yet our souls rejoice with
exceeding gladness. We swear by Thy might, O Thou Who art the
Desire of our hearts and the Exultation of our souls! Every
trouble that toucheth us in our love for Thee is an evidence of
Thy tender mercy, every fiery ordeal a sign of the brightness of
Thy light, every woeful tribulation a cooling draught, every
toil a blissful repose, every anguish a fountain of gladness."
Whosoever, O my Lord, is impatient in the tribulations befalling
him in Thy path, hath not drunk of the cup of Thy love nor
tasted of the sweetness of Thy remembrance. I implore Thee, by
Him Who is the King of all names and their Sovereign, Who is the
Revealer of all attributes and their Creator, and by them who
have soared aloft and drawn nigh unto Thee and winged their
flight into the atmosphere of Thy presence, and have endured the
galling of chains for Thy sake, to grant that all Thy people may
be graciously aided to recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of
Thine own Self, Who, because He summoned mankind unto Thee, hath
been exiled and cast into prison.
The tenderness of Thy mercy, O my Lord, surpasseth the fury of
Thy wrath, and Thy loving-kindness exceedeth Thy hot
displeasure, and Thy grace excelleth Thy justice. Hold Thou,
through Thy wondrous favors and mercies, the hands of Thy
creatures, and suffer them not to be separated from the grace
which Thou hast ordained as the means whereby they can recognize
Thee. The glory of Thy might beareth me witness! Were such a
thing to happen, every soul would be sore shaken, every man
endued with understanding would be bewildered, and every
possessor of knowledge would be dumbfounded, except those who
have been succored through the hands of Thy Cause, and have been
made the recipients of the revelations of Thy grace and of the
tokens of Thy favors.
I swear by Thy might, O my God! Wert Thou to regard Thy servants
according to their deserts in Thy days, they would assuredly
merit naught except Thy chastisement and torment. Thou art,
however, the One Who is of great bounteousness, Whose grace is
immense. Look not down upon them, O my God, with the glance of
Thy justice, but rather with the eyes of Thy tender compassions
and mercies. Do, then, with them according to what beseemeth Thy
generosity and bountiful favor. Potent art Thou to do whatsoever
may please Thee. Incomparable art Thou. No God is there beside
Thee, the Lord of the throne on high and of earth below, the
Ruler of this world and of the world to come. Thou art the God
of Bounty, the Ever-Forgiving, the Great Giver, the Most
Generous.
Do Thou bless, O Lord my God, the One through Whom the mysteries
of Thine omnipotence have been disclosed, through Whom the
revelations of Thy divinity have been glorified, through Whom
the goodly pearls of Thy knowledge and wisdom have been
uncovered, through Whom Thy signs and tokens have been noised
abroad, through Whom Thy word hath been set forth with
clearness, through Whom the light of Thy countenance hath shone
forth and the power of Thy sovereignty been established. Bless
Thou all those also who, wholly for Thy sake, have turned
towards Thee. Send down, moreover, upon Him and them such of Thy
wondrous mercies as may well beseem Thy highness. Thou art,
verily, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the
Self-Subsisting.
LXXXII
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who hath created all
things through a word uttered by Thy behest, and fashioned the
entire creation through the power of Thy sovereignty and might.
The mightiest of men are abased before the revelations of Thy
glory, and they who are endued with strength tremble when faced
with the evidences of Thy might. Every man of insight is bereft
of vision when confronted with the effulgence of the glory of
Thy face, and he who is possessed of riches is poor and desolate
when beholding the plenteousness of Thy wealth.
I implore Thee by Thine All-Glorious Name, wherewith Thou didst
adorn all the denizens of the kingdom of Thy revelation and the
inmates of the heaven of Thy will, to grant that my soul may be
attracted by the sweetness of the melody of the Bird of Heaven
that chanteth amidst the branches of the tree of Thy decree that
Thou art God, that there is none other God beside Thee.
Cleanse me with the waters of Thy mercy, O my Lord, and make me
wholly Thine, and cause me to approach the Tabernacle of Thy
Cause and the adored Sanctuary of Thy Presence. Ordain, then,
for me all the things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones
among Thy handmaidens, and rain down upon me that which will
illuminate my face and enlighten my heart.
Thou hast power to do what Thou willest, and Thou ordainest what
Thou pleasest.
LXXXIII
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou seest my poverty and my
misery, my troubles and my needs, my utter helplessness and my
extreme lowliness, my lamentations and my bitter wailing, the
anguish of my soul and the afflictions which beset me. The power
of Thy might beareth me witness! Such is the depth of mine
abasement that Thy servants who have strayed far from Thy path
deride me. Thou knowest that I am recognized as the bearer of
Thy name among Thy creatures. Thou knowest that my station is
but an image of Thy station, that my virtues recount Thy
virtues, that within mine inmost being naught can be found
except the revelations of Thy signs, and that my very essence is
but a reflection of the evidences of Thy unity.
All these things Thou hast noised abroad among Thy creatures, in
such wise that none can recognize me, except as one who beareth
Thy name. I swear by Thy glory! My lamentations are not for the
things which have befallen me in Thy path, but are due to my
recognition that by reason of mine abasement the hearts of them
that love Thee have been sore shaken, and the souls of Thine
adversaries have been so filled with joy that they rejoice over
those who have detached themselves from all except Thee and have
hastened towards the river of Thy remembrance and praise. So
great is their waywardness that when meeting Thy loved ones,
they shake their heads in derision of Thy Cause and say: "Where
is your Lord Whom ye mention in the daytime and in the night
season? Where is He to be found Whom ye call your Sovereign, to
Whom ye summon all men to turn?" Their pride and haughtiness
waxed greater and greater until they denied the power of Thy
might and rejected Thy sovereignty and dominion.
Thy glory beareth me witness! I delight in mine own afflictions
and in the afflictions which they who love me suffer in Thy
path. Neither I nor they, however, are able to bear such
affronts and reproaches as are uttered by Thine enemies against
Thy Self, the Unrestrained. How long shalt Thou remain seated, O
my God, on the throne of Thy forbearance and patience? Speak
Thou Thy word of wrath, O Thou Whom no eyes can see!
Well-beloved is Thy mercy unto the sincere among Thy servants,
and well-beseeming Thy chastisement of the infidels among Thine
enemies. Send down upon them, therefore, O my Lord, that which
will unmistakably reveal unto them the fury of Thy wrath and the
ascendancy of Thy power, and will enable them to recognize the
weight of Thy might and the greatness of Thy strength. If Thou
refusest, O my God, to aid them that love Thee, assist Thou,
then, Thine own Self and Him Who is Thy Remembrance.
I entreat Thee by Thy name, that hath caused the ocean of Thy
wrath to surge, to chastise them who have repudiated Thy truth
and disowned Thine utterances. Abase them, then, by Thy might
and power, and exalt such as have, wholly for Thy sake, set
their faces towards Thee, that through them the ensigns of Thy
glorification may be unfurled among all nations, and Thy tokens
be spread abroad among all peoples, and that all may testify
that Thou art God, that there is none other God beside Thee, the
God of power, of majesty and glory.
LXXXIV
Magnified art Thou, O Lord my God! I ask Thee by Thy Name which
Thou hast set up above all other names, through which the veil
of heaven hath been split asunder and the Day-Star of Thy beauty
hath risen above the horizon, shining with the brightness of Thy
Name, the Exalted, the Most High, to succor me with Thy wondrous
help and to preserve me in the shelter of Thy care and
protection.
I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! Unto Thee have I turned,
and in Thee have I placed my trust. Grant that I may be so
confirmed in my love for Thee, and in fulfilling that which is
well-pleasing unto Thee, that neither the defection of the
infidels among Thy people, nor the clamor of the hypocrites
among Thy creatures, may avail to keep me back from Thee.
Purge Thou mine ear, O my Lord, that I may hearken unto the
verses sent down unto Thee, and illuminate my heart with the
light of Thy knowledge, and loose my tongue that it may make
mention of Thee and sing Thy praise. By Thy might, O my God! My
soul is wedded to none beside Thee, and my heart seeketh none
except Thine own Self.
No God is there beside Thee, the All-Glorious, the Great Giver,
the Forgiving, the Compassionate. |
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