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Holy Kitab I Aqdas
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Texts 39-57
Texts 58-76
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Texts 115-133
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Texts 153-171
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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
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 13 |
CII
Glory to Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all worlds, and the
Beloved of all such as have recognized Thee! Thou seest me
sitting under a sword hanging on a thread, and art well aware
that in such a state I have not fallen short of my duty towards
Thy Cause, nor failed to shed abroad Thy praise, and declare Thy
virtues, and deliver all Thou hadst prescribed unto me in Thy
Tablets. Though the sword be ready to fall on my head, I call
Thy loved ones with such a calling that the hearts are carried
away towards the horizon of Thy majesty and grandeur.
Purge out thoroughly their ears, O my Lord, that they may
hearken unto the sweet melodies that have ascended from the
right hand of the throne of Thy glory. I swear by Thy might!
Were any one to attune his ears to their harmony he would soar
up to the kingdom of Thy revelation, wherein every created thing
proclaimeth that Thou art God, and that there is none other God
save Thee, the Omnipotent, the Help in Peril, the
Self-Subsisting. Cleanse Thou, O my God, the eyes of Thy
servants, and so transport them by the sweetness of Thine
utterances that calamities will be powerless to hinder them from
turning unto Thee, and from directing their eyes towards the
horizon of Thy Revelation.
Darkness hath encompassed every land, O my God, and caused most
of Thy servants to tremble. I beseech Thee, by Thy Most Great
Name, to raise in every city a new creation that shall turn
towards Thee, and shall remember Thee amidst Thy servants, and
shall unfurl by virtue of their utterances and wisdom the
ensigns of Thy victory, and shall detach themselves from all
created things.
Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. No God is there but Thee,
the Most Powerful, He Whose help is implored by all men.
CIII
Glory be to Thee, Thou in Whose hand are the heaven of
omnipotence and the kingdom of creation. Thou doest, by Thy
sovereignty, what Thou willest, and ordainest, through the power
of Thy might, what Thou pleasest. From eternity Thou hast been
exalted above the praise of all created things, and wilt to
eternity remain far above the glorification of any one of Thy
creatures. Existence itself testifieth to its non-existence when
face to face with the manifold revelations of Thy transcendent
oneness, and every created thing confesseth, by its very nature,
its nothingness when compared with the sacred splendors of the
light of Thy unity. Thou hast, in Thyself, been independent of
any one besides Thee and rich enough, in Thine own essence, to
dispense with any one except Thy Self. Every description by
which they who adore Thy unity describe Thee, and every praise
wherewith they who are devoted unto Thee praise Thee, are but
the traces of the pen which the fingers of Thy strength and
power have set in motion--fingers whose movement is controlled
by the arm of Thy decree--the arm itself animated by the potency
of Thy might.
Thy glory beareth me witness! How can I, aware as I am of this
truth, hope to befittingly make mention of Thee and celebrate
Thy praise? Howsoever I describe Thee, whichever of Thy virtues
I recount, I cannot but blush and feel ashamed of what my tongue
hath uttered or my pen written.
The quintessence of knowledge, O my Lord, proclaimeth its
powerlessness to know Thee, and perplexity, in its very soul,
confesseth its bewilderment in the face of the revelations of
Thy sovereign might, and remembrance, in its inmost spirit,
acknowledgeth its forgetfulness and effacement before the
manifestations of Thy signs and the evidences of Thy praise.
What, then, can this poor creature hope to achieve, and to what
cord must this wretched soul cling?
I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of the worlds, and the
Beloved of such as have recognized Thee, and the Desire of all
that are in heaven and on earth, by Thy Name through which the
cry of every suppliant hath ascended into the heaven of Thy
transcendent holiness, through which every seeker hath soared to
the sublimities of Thy unity and grandeur, through which the
imperfect have been perfected, and the abased exalted, and the
tongue of every stammerer unloosed, and the sick made whole, and
whatever was unworthy of Thy highness and beseemed not Thy
greatness and Thy sovereignty made acceptable unto Thee,--I
beseech Thee to aid us by Thine invisible hosts and by a company
of the angels of Thy Cause. Do Thou, then, accept the works we
have performed for love of Thee, and for the sake of Thy
pleasure. Cast us not away, O my God, from the door of Thy
mercy, and break not our hopes in the wonders of Thy grace and
favors.
Our limbs, our members, O my Lord, bear witness to Thy unity and
oneness. Send down upon us Thy strength and power, that we may
become steadfast in Thy Faith and may aid Thee among Thy
servants. Illumine our eyes, O my Lord, with the effulgence of
Thy beauty, and enlighten our hearts with the splendors of Thy
knowledge and wisdom. Write us up, then, with those who have
fulfilled their pledge to Thy Covenant in Thy days, and who,
through their love for Thee, have detached themselves from the
world and all that is therein.
Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. No God is there
beside Thee, the All-Powerful, the Omniscient, the Supreme
Ruler, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
CIV
O Thou Whose nearness is my wish, Whose presence is my hope,
Whose remembrance is my desire, Whose court of glory is my goal,
Whose abode is my aim, Whose name is my healing, Whose love is
the radiance of my heart, Whose service is my highest
aspiration! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, through which Thou hast
enabled them that have recognized Thee to soar to the sublimest
heights of the knowledge of Thee and empowered such as devoutly
worship Thee to ascend into the precincts of the court of Thy
holy favors, to aid me to turn my face towards Thy face, to fix
mine eyes upon Thee, and to speak of Thy glory.
I am the one, O my Lord, who hath forgotten all else but Thee,
and turned towards the Day-Spring of Thy grace, who hath
forsaken all save Thyself in the hope of drawing nigh unto Thy
court. Behold me, then, with mine eyes lifted up towards the
Seat that shineth with the splendors of the light of Thy Face.
Send down, then, upon me, O my Beloved, that which will enable
me to be steadfast in Thy Cause, so that the doubts of the
infidels may not hinder me from turning towards Thee.
Thou art, verily, the God of Power, the Help in Peril, the
All-Glorious, the Almighty.
CV
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the excellence of
Whose glory hath exalted them who are the sources of authority
and honor, the potency of Whose might hath empowered them who
are the fountain-heads of energy and strength, the dominion of
Whose will hath elevated the Exponents of Thy Cause above all
that are in heaven and on earth, and the life-giving effusions
of Whose Pen have quickened the souls of the denizens of the
kingdom of creation.
I am he, O my Lord, who, wholly for Thy sake, hath turned his
face unto Thee, and who, while acknowledging Thy power and Thy
sovereignty, hath directed his steps towards Thy dearly-loved
Sanctuary, and Thine adored and hallowed Court. In this state I
have reached the City (&Baghdad) wherein, in the full glory of
Thy names, Thou didst reveal Thy Self unto all created things.
In it I have communed with Thy loved ones, and from the House
within its walls I have inhaled the breaths of Thy holiness and
perceived the fragrances of Thy fellowship.
Cast me not from Thy presence, O my Lord, neither do Thou drive
me away from the shores of Thy love and Thy good-pleasure. For
the poor can find no refuge unless he knocketh at the door of
Thy wealth, and the outcast can find no peace until he be
admitted to the court of Thy favor.
Magnified be Thy name, O my Lord, for Thou hast enabled me to
recognize the Manifestation of Thine own Self, and hast caused
me to be assured of the truth of the verses which have descended
upon Thee. Empower me, I implore Thee, to cling steadfastly unto
whatsoever Thou hast bidden me observe. Help me to guard the
pearls of Thy love which, by Thy decree, Thou hast enshrined
within my heart. Send down, moreover, every moment of my life, O
my God, that which will preserve me from any one but Thee, and
will set my feet firm in Thy Cause.
Thou art, verily, the God of glory, the God of power, the God of
knowledge and wisdom. No God is there beside Thee, the Great
Giver, the All-Bountiful, the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving.
Praised be God, the All-Glorious, the All-Compelling.
CVI
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I give Thee thanks inasmuch
as Thou hast called me into being in Thy days, and infused into
me Thy love and Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee, by Thy name
whereby the goodly pearls of Thy wisdom and Thine utterance were
brought forth out of the treasuries of the hearts of such of Thy
servants as are nigh unto Thee, and through which the Day-Star
of Thy name, the Compassionate, hath shed its radiance upon all
that are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, to supply me, by Thy
grace and bounty, with Thy wondrous and hidden bounties.
These are the earliest days of my life, O my God, which Thou
hast linked with Thine own days. Now that Thou hast conferred
upon me so great an honor, withhold not from me the things Thou
hast ordained for Thy chosen ones.
I am, O my God, but a tiny seed which Thou hast sown in the soil
of Thy love, and caused to spring forth by the hand of Thy
bounty. This seed craveth, therefore, in its inmost being, for
the waters of Thy mercy and the living fountain of Thy grace.
Send down upon it, from the heaven of Thy loving-kindness, that
which will enable it to flourish beneath Thy shadow and within
the borders of Thy court. Thou art He Who watereth the hearts of
all that have recognized Thee from Thy plenteous stream and the
fountain of Thy living waters.
Praised be God, the Lord of the worlds.
CVII
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by that Remembrance of Thee through
which all things have been raised to life, and through which all
faces have been made to shine, not to frustrate the hopes I have
set on the things Thou dost possess. Cause me, then, by Thy
mercy, to enter beneath Thy shadow that shadoweth all things.
Be Thou, O my Lord, my sole Desire, my Goal, mine only Hope, my
constant Aim, my Habitation and my Sanctuary. Let the object of
mine ardent quest be Thy most resplendent, Thine adorable, and
ever-blessed Beauty. I implore Thee, O my Lord, by whatsoever is
of Thee, to send, from the right hand of Thy might, that which
will exalt Thy loved ones and abase Thine enemies.
No God is there beside Thee, Thou alone art my Beloved in this
world and in the world which is to come. Thou alone art the
Desire of all them that have recognized Thee.
Praised be God, the Lord of the worlds.
CVIII
Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast been true to what the
Pen of Thy Revelation hath inscribed upon the Tablets sent down
by Thee unto Them Whom Thou hast chosen above all Thy creatures,
and through Whom Thou hast unlocked the doors of Thy mercy, and
shed abroad the radiance of the light of Thy guidance. Glory to
Thee that Thou hast laid bare what had from eternity been
wrapped up within the Tabernacle of Thy majesty, Thine
omnipotence and glory, and through which Thou hadst decked forth
the heaven of Thy Revelation and adorned the pages of the book
of Thy testimony.
And when the Pledge was fulfilled and the Promised One appeared,
He was rejected by such of Thy servants as profess to have
believed in Him in Whom Thy Godhead was manifested, Whom Thou
didst ordain to be the Herald of this Revelation, and through
Whose advent the eyes of the inmates of the sanctuary of Thy
unity were cheered.
I know, O my Lord, neither their reasoning with which they have
acknowledged Thee and believed in Thy signs, nor their argument
whereby they have repudiated Thy sovereignty. Every time I call
them to Thee and say: "O people! Consider the utterances of the
Lord your God which are in your possession and those that have
been sent down from the heaven of His will and power," they
cavil at Thee, and turn their backs to Thee, though--as Thou art
aware-- each of the words that have gone out of the mouth of Thy
will sheddeth the fragrance of the breaths of Thy mercy.
Some have chosen to cleave to him who is counted unworthy to
converse with any of Thy servants that watch at Thy door (&Mirza
&Yahya), how much more to enter into the court in which the
Tongue of Thy majesty speaketh. Cleanse Thou their hearts and
their eyes, O my Lord, that they may see with their eyes and
understand with their hearts, that haply they may be attracted
by Thine utterances to the Day-Spring of Thine inspiration, and
draw nigh unto the soft-flowing stream of Thy knowledge.
Thou art He, O my Lord, Who hath, in every line of Thy Book,
entered into covenant with them for me, and made it so sure that
none of Thy creatures can any longer evade it. Thou didst
say--and Thy word is the truth: "One single letter from Him
excelleth all that hath been sent down in the &Bayan."
Thou dost consider, therefore, O my God, how they have
transgressed against Thy Cause, and beholdest what their hands
have wrought in Thy days. They have so grievously wronged me
that the Lote-Tree of Thy Revelation moaneth, and the inmates of
the Tabernacle of Thy majesty and the dwellers of the cities of
Thy names lament. I know not, O my God, for what reason they
have risen up to oppress me, and by what proof they have turned
aside from Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy signs. I beseech
Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Creator of
the heavens, to aid them to act equitably in Thy Cause, that
haply they may discover the sweet smell of the robe of Thy
mercy, and set their faces towards the horizon that shineth with
the brightness of the light of Thy face. Weak are they, O my
Lord, and Thou art the Lord of strength and power. They are but
paupers, and Thou art the All-Possessing, the Most Generous.
Thou art well aware, O my God, that throughout my life I have
sought no advantage for myself. I have offered up my spirit and
my whole being for the exaltation of Thy word amidst Thy
creatures and the glorification of Thy name among Thy servants.
Thou didst send me with such a Testimony that They Who are the
Exponents of Thy Revelation and the Day-Springs of Thine
inspiration were stirred up with vehement longing. Through it,
Thy proof was established, and Thy bounty fulfilled, and Thy
Cause perfected, and Thine utterances released, and Thy clear
tokens uncovered.
Thou knowest, O my God, that I have wished only what Thou hast
wished, and desire what Thou dost desire. Were I to speak forth
before Thy servants the things wherewith Thou didst, through Thy
bounty, inspire me and which Thou didst command me to utter
amidst Thy creatures, the oppressors among Thy people would
cavil at me. And were I to hold my peace and cease to celebrate
the wonders of Thy praise, all the limbs of my body would be
stirred up to extol Thee. I know not what the water is with
which Thou didst create me, or what the fire Thou didst kindle
within me. I swear by Thy glory! I shall not cease to mention
Thee, though all that are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth rise up
against me. Thee will I magnify, in all circumstances, with a
heart wholly rid of all attachment to the world and all that is
therein.
Praised be Thou, the Well-Beloved of the hearts of all such as
have recognized Thee.
CIX
Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest how my gaze is
fixed toward Thy tender mercies, and how mine eyes are bent upon
the horizon of Thy grace, and Thy loving-kindness, and how my
hands are stretched out unto the heaven of Thy bestowals. Thy
might beareth me witness! Every limb of my body crieth out to
Thee and saith: "O Thou Who art the Well-Beloved of the worlds,
and the Lord of all that are in heaven and on earth, and the one
Desire of the hearts which are devoted to Thee! I implore Thee,
by Thine Ocean unto which Thou didst summon all the inmates of
heaven and all the dwellers of the earth, to help Thy servants
who have been kept back from turning unto it and from
approaching its shores. Make them, then, O my God, to be
detached from all else but Thee, and enable them to speak forth
Thy praise and extol Thy virtues. Supply them, moreover, O my
God, with the choice Wine of Thy mercy, that it may cause them
to be forgetful of any one except Thee, and to arise to serve
Thy Cause, and to be steadfast in their love for Thee. Thou art,
verily, the Lord of their lives and the Object of their
adoration. If they be driven away by Thee, who will then look
upon them; and if they be removed far from Thee, who is there
that can help them to approach Thy Presence? I swear by Thy
might! No refuge is there to flee to except Thee, and no shelter
to seek except Thy shelter, and no protection except Thy
protection. Woe betide him who hath taken as Lord any one beside
Thee, and blessed are the ones who have rid themselves of all
attachment to all the dwellers of Thine earth, and clung to the
hem of Thy bounteousness. These! the people of &Baha, before all
that are in heaven and all that are on earth. No God is there
but Thee, the Omniscient, the All-Wise."
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