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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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Prayers and
Meditations by Bahaullah:
Section 12 |
XCIII
Glory to Thee, O my God! One of Thy handmaidens, who hath
believed in Thee and in Thy signs, hath entered beneath the
shadow of the tree of Thy oneness. Give her to quaff, O my God,
by Thy Name, the Manifest and the Hidden, of Thy choice sealed
Wine that it may take her away from her own self, and make her
to be entirely devoted to Thy remembrance, and wholly detached
from any one beside Thee.
Now that Thou hast revealed unto her the knowledge of Thee, O my
Lord, deny her not, by Thy bounty, Thy grace; and now that Thou
hast called her unto Thyself, drive her not away from Thee,
through Thy favor. Supply her, then, with that which excelleth
all that can be found on Thine earth. Thou art, verily, the Most
Bountiful, Whose grace is immense.
Wert Thou to bestow on one of Thy creatures what would equal the
kingdoms of earth and heaven, it would still not diminish by
even as much as an atom the immensity of Thy dominion. Far
greater art Thou than the Great One men are wont to call Thee,
for such a title is but one of Thy names all of which were
created by a mere indication of Thy will.
There is no God but Thee, the God of power, the God of glory,
the God of knowledge and wisdom.
XCIV
The hearts that yearn after Thee, O my God, are burnt up with
the fire of their longing for Thee, and the eyes of them that
love Thee weep sore by reason of their crushing separation from
Thy court, and the voice of the lamentation of such as have set
their hopes on Thee hath gone forth throughout Thy dominions.
Thou hast Thyself, O my God, protected them, by Thy sovereign
might, from both extremities. But for the burning of their souls
and the sighing of their hearts, they would be drowned in the
midst of their tears, and but for the flood of their tears they
would be burnt up by the fire of their hearts and the heat of
their souls. Methinks, they are like the angels which Thou hast
created of snow and of fire. Wilt Thou, despite such vehement
longing, O my God, debar them from Thy presence, or drive them
away, notwithstanding such fervor, from the door of Thy mercy?
All hope is ready to be extinguished in the hearts of Thy chosen
ones, O my God! Where are the breezes of Thy grace? They are
hemmed in on all sides by their enemies; where are the ensigns
of Thy triumph which Thou didst promise in Thy Tablets?
Thy glory is my witness! At each daybreak they who love Thee
wake to find the cup of woe set before their faces, because they
have believed in Thee and acknowledged Thy signs. Though I
firmly believe that Thou hast a greater compassion on them than
they have on their own selves, though I recognize that Thou hast
afflicted them for no other purpose except to proclaim Thy
Cause, and to enable them to ascend into the heaven of Thine
eternity and the precincts of Thy court, yet Thou knowest full
well the frailty of some of them, and art aware of their
impatience in their sufferings.
Help them through Thy strengthening grace, I beseech Thee, O my
God, to suffer patiently in their love for Thee, and unveil to
their eyes what Thou hast decreed for them behind the Tabernacle
of Thine unfailing protection, so that they may rush forward to
meet what is preordained for them in Thy path, and may vie in
hasting after tribulation in their love towards Thee. And if
not, do Thou, then, reveal the standards of Thine ascendancy,
and make them to be victorious over Thine adversaries, that Thy
sovereignty may be manifested unto all the dwellers of Thy
realm, and the power of Thy might demonstrated amidst Thy
creatures. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is
there but Thee, the Omniscient, the All-Wise.
Make steadfast Thou, O my God, Thy servant who hath believed in
Thee to help Thy Cause, and keep him safe from all dangers in
the stronghold of Thy care and Thy protection, both in this life
and in the life which is to come. Thou, verily, rulest as Thou
pleasest. No God is there save Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the
Most Generous.
XCV
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Rain down, I beseech Thee,
from the clouds of Thine overflowing grace, that which shall
cleanse the hearts of Thy servants from whatever may prevent
their beholding Thy face, or may prevent them from turning unto
Thee, that they may all recognize Him Who is their Fashioner and
Creator. Help them, then, O God, to reach forth, through the
power of Thy sovereign might, towards such a station that they
can readily distinguish every foul smell from the fragrance of
the raiment of Him Who is the Bearer of Thy most lofty and
exalted name, that they may turn with all their affections
toward Thee, and may enjoy such intimate communion with Thee
that if all that is in heaven and on earth were given them they
would regard it as unworthy of their notice, and would refuse to
cease from remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues.
Shield, I pray Thee, O my Beloved, my heart's Desire, Thy
servant who hath sought Thy face, from the darts of them that
have denied Thee and from the shafts of such as have repudiated
Thy Truth. Cause him, then, to be wholly devoted to Thee, to
declare Thy name, and to fix his gaze upon the sanctuary of Thy
Revelation. Thou art, in truth, He Who, at no time, hath turned
away those who have set their hopes in Thee from the door of Thy
mercy, nor prevented such as have sought Thee from attaining the
court of Thy grace. No God is there but Thee, the Most Powerful,
the All-Highest, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the
All-Compelling, the Unconditioned.
XCVI
Magnified, O Lord my God, be Thy Name, whereby the trees of the
garden of Thy Revelation have been clad with verdure, and been
made to yield the fruits of holiness during this Springtime when
the sweet savors of Thy favors and blessings have been wafted
over all things, and caused them to bring forth whatsoever had
been preordained for them in the Kingdom of Thine irrevocable
decree and the Heaven of Thine immutable purpose. I beseech Thee
by this very Name not to suffer me to be far from the court of
Thy holiness, nor debarred from the exalted sanctuary of Thy
unity and oneness.
Ignite, then, O my God, within my breast the fire of Thy love,
that its flame may burn up all else except my remembrance of
Thee, that every trace of corrupt desire may be entirely
mortified within me, and that naught may remain except the
glorification of Thy transcendent and all-glorious Being. This
is my highest aspiration, mine ardent desire, O Thou Who rulest
all things, and in Whose hand is the kingdom of the entire
creation. Thou, verily, doest what Thou choosest. No God is
there beside Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the
Ever-Forgiving.
XCVII
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name
that hath caused to surge within every drop the oceans of Thy
loving-kindness and mercy, and to shine within every atom the
luminaries of Thy bountiful blessings and favors,--I implore
Thee to adorn every soul with the ornament of Thy love, that
none may remain on Thine earth who hath not turned towards Thee,
or hath failed to detach himself from all except Thy Self.
Thou hast, verily, O my God, suffered Him Who is the
Manifestation of Thine own Self to be afflicted with all manner
of adversity in order that Thy servants may ascend unto the
pinnacle of Thy gracious favor, and attain unto that which Thou
hast, through Thy providence and tender mercies, ordained for
them in the Tablets of Thine irrevocable decree. The glory of
Thy might beareth me witness! Were they, every moment of their
lives, to offer up themselves as a sacrifice in Thy path, they
would still have done but little in comparison with the manifold
bestowals vouchsafed unto them by Thee.
Grant, therefore, I beseech Thee, that their hearts may be
inclined towards Thee, and that their faces may be turned in the
direction of Thy good-pleasure. Powerful art Thou to do what
Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the Inaccessible, the
All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.
Deign, then, to accept, O my God, from Thy servant the things
which he hath shown forth in his love for Thee. Fortify him,
then, that he may cling to Thy most exalted Word, and to unloose
his tongue to celebrate Thy praise, and cause him to be gathered
unto such of Thy people as are nigh unto Thee. Thou art He
within Whose grasp is the empire of all things. There is no God
but Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the
Unconstrained.
XCVIII
Magnified be Thy name, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of
the souls of all them that have recognized Thee, and in Whose
right hand are the destinies of all that are in heaven and all
that are on earth! Thou doest, through the power of Thy might,
what Thou willest, and ordainest, by an act of Thy volition,
what Thou pleasest. The will of the most resolute of men is as
nothing when compared with the compelling evidences of Thy will,
and the determination of the most inflexible among Thy creatures
is dissipated before the manifold revelations of Thy purpose.
Thou art He Who, through a word of Thy mouth, hath so enravished
the hearts of Thy chosen ones that they have, in their love for
Thee, detached themselves from all except Thyself, and laid down
their lives and sacrificed their souls in Thy path, and borne,
for Thy sake, what none of Thy creatures hath borne.
I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! I have turned my face
towards the habitation of Thy mercy, and have sought the wonders
of Thy manifold favors, inasmuch as all the members of my body
proclaim Thee to be the All-Bounteous, He Whose grace is
immense.
O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Whose beauty is
my sanctuary, Whose court is my goal, Whose remembrance is my
wish, Whose affection is my solace, Whose love is my begetter,
Whose praise is my companion, Whose nearness is my hope, Whose
presence is my greatest longing and supreme aspiration!
Disappoint me not, I entreat Thee, by withholding from me the
things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among Thy
handmaidens, and supply me with the good of this world and of
the world to come.
Thou art, verily, the Lord of creation. No God is there beside
Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.
XCIX
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I pray Thee, by Him Who is
the Day-Spring of Thy signs and the Manifestation of Thy names,
and the Treasury of Thine inspiration, and the Repository of Thy
wisdom, to send upon Thy loved ones that which will enable them
to cleave steadfastly to Thy Cause, and to recognize Thy unity,
and to acknowledge Thy oneness, and to bear witness to Thy
divinity. Raise them up, O my God, to such heights that they
will recognize in all things the tokens of the power of Him Who
is the Manifestation of Thy most august and all-glorious Self.
Thou art He, O my Lord, Who doeth what He willeth, and ordaineth
what He pleaseth. Every possessor of power is forlorn before the
revelations of Thy might, and every fountain of honor becomes
abject when confronted by the manifold evidences of Thy great
glory.
I beseech Thee, by Thyself and by whatsoever is of Thee, to
grant that I may help Thy Cause and speak of Thy praise, and set
my heart on the sanctuary of Thy glory, and detach myself from
all that pertaineth not unto Thee. No God is there beside Thee,
the God of power, the God of glory and wisdom.
C
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my perplexity,
and the depth of mine anguish, and the agony of my soul, and the
afflictions which beset me. By Thy glory! My heart crieth to
Thee by reason of the things that have befallen my loved ones in
Thy path, and mine eyes run down with tears for them who, in
these days, have ascended unto Thee, who have cast the world
behind their backs, and set their faces towards the shores of
Thy transcendent mercy.
Clothe them, O my God, with the robe of Thy favor and the
raiment of Thy loving providence, which Thou hast reserved for
Thine own Self and woven with the hands of Thy manifold bounties
and gifts. Give them, then, to drink, from the hands of Thy
loving-kindness, of the cups of Thy measureless mercy. Cause
them, moreover, O my Best-Beloved, to abide within the precincts
of Thy court and around Thy most effulgent Tabernacle. Powerful
art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
And now I implore Thee, by the eternity of Thy Self, to enable
me to be patient in these tribulations which have caused the
Concourse on high to wail and the denizens of the everlasting
Paradise to weep, and through which all faces have been covered
with the tawny dust provoked by the anguish that hath seized
such of Thy servants as have turned towards Thy Name, the Most
Exalted, the Most High. No God is there but Thee, the Almighty,
the Inaccessible, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
All Thy servants, O my God, are occupied with their own selves,
so great have been the troubles which, as decreed by Thee, have
encompassed them on every side. My tongue, however, is busied in
extolling Thy chosen ones, and my heart in remembering them that
are dear to Thee and are wholly subject to Thy will.
Look not on my state, O my God, nor my failure to serve Thee,
nay rather regard the oceans of Thy mercy and favors, and the
things that beseem Thy glory and Thy forgiveness and befit Thy
loving-kindness and bounties. Thou art, verily, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
CI
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest what the tongue
of no one except Thee can utter, and bearest witness unto things
which no mouth can recount. The floods of afflictions are let
loose, and the winds of Thy judgment have blown, and from the
clouds rain down the darts of tests, and the heavens of Thy
decree pour forth the arrows of trial.
Thou seest, O my Lord, how Thy servants, who have believed on
Thee and acknowledged Thy signs, have fallen into the clutches
of Thine enemies, how the doors of ease and comfort have been
shut against them, how they languish in the Fortress wherein
neither pleasantness nor hope can be found. They have suffered
in Thy path what no man before them hath suffered. To this bear
witness they who abide around Thy throne, and the dwellers of
the earth, and the Concourse on high.
These, O my God, are Thy servants who, for love of Thy beauty,
have forsaken their homes, and been so stirred up by the gentle
winds of their desire for Thee that they have sundered every tie
in Thy path. Such of Thy servants as dwell in Thy land and have
transgressed against Thee have assailed them, and banished them
from Thy cities, and made them captives, and delivered them into
the hands of workers of iniquity among Thy people and the
perverse amidst the wicked doers in Thy realm. And finally, they
were made to abide in this place with which no other place,
however loathsome, in all Thy dominion, can compare. They were
seized with such trials that the clouds weep over them and the
thunder groaneth by reason of the manifold tribulations that
have afflicted them in their love for Thee and for the sake of
Thy pleasure.
Thou knowest full well, O my God, that there is no one on Thine
earth who can claim to be related to Thee except these, some of
whom have suffered martyrdom for Thy sake, while the rest have
been permitted to survive. Though for such as are like unto us,
O my God, it beseemeth not to claim to be related to Thee,
inasmuch as our misdeeds and our waywardness have hindered us
from reaching the depths of the ocean of Thy oneness, and from
immersing ourselves beneath the waters of Thy transcendent
mercy, yet our tongues, O my God, bear witness, and our hearts
testify, and our limbs confess that Thy mercy hath enveloped all
created things and Thy compassion surpassed all that are in
heaven and all that are on earth.
I beseech Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, through which all
created things were rent asunder and the whole creation was
shaken, to send down from the clouds of Thy mercy that which
will purge them from every ordeal and from whatever is hateful
to Thee. Raise them up, then, to such heights that no amount of
tribulation will keep them back from Thy wondrous remembrance,
nor any trouble hinder them from turning toward the court of Thy
transcendent oneness.
By Thy might, O Well-Beloved of &Baha and His heart's Desire! I
myself cry out, under all conditions, unto Thee saying: "Would I
had, ere this day, drawn nigh unto Thee!" When I hear, however,
the sighs of such of Thy people as are wholly devoted to Thee,
and those of Thy servants as enjoy near access to Thy court, who
have taken no other friend than Thee, and sought no refuge
except Thee, and have chosen for themselves, in Thy path, what
no man hath chosen in the days of the Manifestations of Thy
transcendent unity and the Day-Springs of Thy most holy
sovereignty, then my heart is saddened and my soul is vexed, and
I cry to Thee, imploring Thee to protect them, by Thy power that
hath encompassed the entire creation both visible and invisible,
from whatsoever may be abhorrent to Thee. This is not for their
own sakes, but that Thy name may, through them, abide amongst
Thy servants, and Thy remembrance may continue to endure in Thy
dominions.
Thou knowest, O my God, that all Thy servants have turned back
from Thee and risen up against Thee. Thou knowest that Thou hast
no one to obey Thee except them and such as have believed in Thy
Revelation, through which the foundations of the entire universe
have been shaken, and the souls of all men have trembled, and
all that lay asleep were quickened. Thou art, O my God, the God
of bounty, Whose grace is immense.
Send down, then, upon them that which will assure their hearts,
and quiet their souls, and renew their spirits, and refresh
their bodies. Thou art, verily, their Lord and the Lord of the
worlds.
Praised be God, the Lord of all creation! |
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