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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 15 |
CXVI
My God, my Well-Beloved! No place is there for any one to flee
to when once Thy laws have been sent down, and no refuge can be
found by any soul after the revelation of Thy commandments. Thou
hast inspired the Pen with the mysteries of Thine eternity, and
bidden it teach man that which he knoweth not, and caused him to
partake of the living waters of truth from the cup of Thy
Revelation and Thine inspiration.
No sooner, however, had the Pen traced upon the tablet one
single letter of Thy hidden wisdom, than the voice of the
lamentation of Thine ardent lovers was lifted up from all
directions. Thereupon, there befell the just what hath caused
the inmates of the tabernacle of Thy glory to weep and the
dwellers of the cities of Thy revelation to groan.
Thou dost consider, O my God, how He Who is the Manifestation of
Thy names is in these days threatened by the swords of Thine
adversaries. In such a state He crieth out and summoneth all the
inhabitants of Thine earth and the denizens of Thy heaven unto
Thee.
Purify, O my God, the hearts of Thy creatures with the power of
Thy sovereignty and might, that Thy words may sink deep into
them. I know not what is in their hearts, O my God, nor can tell
the thoughts they think of Thee. Methinks that they imagine that
Thy purpose in calling them to Thine all-highest horizon is to
heighten the glory of Thy majesty and power. For had they been
satisfied that Thou summonest them to that which will recreate
their hearts and immortalize their souls, they would never have
fled from Thy governance, nor deserted the shadow of the tree of
Thy oneness. Clear away, then, the sight of Thy creatures, O my
God, that they may recognize Him Who showeth forth the Godhead
as One Who is sanctified from all that pertaineth unto them, and
Who, wholly for Thy sake, is summoning them to the horizon of
Thy unity, at a time when every moment of His life is beset with
peril. Had His aim been the preservation of His own Self, He
would never have left it at the mercy of Thy foes.
I swear by Thy glory! I have accepted to be tried by manifold
adversities for no purpose except to regenerate all that are in
Thy heaven and on Thy earth. Whoso hath loved Thee, can never
feel attached to his own self, except for the purpose of
furthering Thy Cause; and whoso hath recognized Thee can
recognize naught else except Thee, and can turn to no one save
Thee.
Enable Thy servants, O my God, to discover the things Thou didst
desire for them in Thy Kingdom. Acquaint them, moreover, with
what He Who is the Origin of Thy most excellent titles hath, in
His love for Thee, been willing to bear for the sake of the
regeneration of their souls, that they may haste to attain the
River that is Life indeed, and turn their faces in the direction
of Thy Name, the Most Merciful. Abandon them not to themselves,
O my God! Draw them, by Thy bountiful favor, to the heaven of
Thine inspiration. They are but paupers, and Thou art the
All-Possessing, the ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
CXVII
Glory to Thee, O my God! The first stirrings of the spring of
Thy grace have appeared and clothed Thine earth with verdure.
The clouds of the heaven of Thy bounty have rained their rain on
this City within whose walls is imprisoned Him Whose desire is
the salvation of Thy creatures. Through it the soil of this City
hath been decked forth, and its trees clothed with foliage, and
its inhabitants gladdened.
The hearts of Thy dear ones, however, will rejoice only at the
Divine Springtime of Thy tender mercies, whereby the hearts are
quickened, and the souls are renewed, and the trees of human
existence bear their fruits.
The plants that have sprung forth, O my Lord, in the hearts of
Thy loved ones have withered away. Send down upon them, from the
clouds of Thy spirit, that which will cause the tender herbs of
Thy knowledge and wisdom to grow within their breasts. Rejoice,
then, their hearts with the proclamation of Thy Cause and the
exaltation of Thy sovereignty.
Their eyes, O my Lord, are expectantly turned in the direction
of Thy bounty, and their faces are set towards the horizon of
Thy grace. Suffer them not, through Thy bounty, to be deprived
of Thy grace. Potent art Thou, by Thy sovereign might, over all
things. No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the Help in
Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
CXVIII
Thou seest, O my God, how Thy servants have been cleaving fast
to Thy names, and have been calling on them in the daytime and
in the night season. No sooner, however, had He been made
manifest through Whose word the kingdom of names and the heaven
of eternity were created, than they broke away from Him and
disbelieved in the greatest of Thy signs. They finally banished
Him from the land of His birth, and caused Him to dwell within
the most desolate of Thy cities, though all the world had been
built up by Thee for His sake. Within this, the Most Great
Prison, He hath established His seat. Though sore tried by
trials, the like of which the eye of creation hath not seen, He
summoneth the people unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Fashioner of
the universe!
I beseech Thee, O Thou the Shaper of all the nations and the
Quickener of every moldering bone, to graciously enable Thy
servants to recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self
and the Revealer of Thy transcendent might, that they may cut
down, by Thy power, all the idols of their corrupt inclinations,
and enter beneath the shadow of Thine all-encompassing mercy,
which, by virtue of Thy name, the Most Exalted, the
All-Glorious, hath surpassed the entire creation.
I know not, O my God, how long will Thy creatures continue to
slumber on the bed of forgetfulness and evil desires, and remain
far removed from Thee and shut out from Thy presence. Draw them
nearer, O my God, unto the scene of Thine effulgent glory, and
enrapture their hearts with the sweet savors of Thine
inspiration, through which they who adore Thy unity have soared
on the wings of desire towards Thee, and they who are devoted to
Thee have reached unto Him Who is the Dawning-Place of the
Day-Star of Thy creation.
Cleave asunder, O my Lord, the veils that shut them out from
Thee, that they may behold Thee shining above the horizon of Thy
oneness and shedding Thy radiance from the dawning-place of Thy
sovereignty. By Thy glory! Were they to discover the sweetness
of Thy remembrance and apprehend the excellence of the things
that are sent down upon them from the right hand of the throne
of Thy majesty, they would cast away all that they possess, and
would rush forth into the wilderness of their longing after
Thee, that the glance of Thy loving-kindness may be directed
towards them and the radiance of the Day-Star of Thy beauty may
be shed upon them.
Let their hearts, O my Lord, be carried away by Thy remembrance,
and their souls enriched by Thy riches, and their wills
strengthened to proclaim Thy Cause amidst Thy creatures. Thou
art, verily, the Great Giver, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Compassionate.
CXIX
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou seest how I have been sorely
vexed among Thy servants, and beholdest the things that have
befallen me in Thy path. Thou knowest full well that I have not
spoken a word but by Thy leave, that my lips have never been
opened except at Thy bidding and in accordance with Thy
pleasure, that every breath I have breathed hath been animated
with Thy praise and Thy remembrance, that I have summoned all
men to naught else except that whereunto Thy chosen ones have
through all eternity been summoned, and that I have bidden them
observe only the things that would draw them nearer unto the
Day-Spring of Thy loving-kindness, and the Dawning-Place of Thy
favors, and the Horizon of Thy riches, and the Manifestation of
Thine inspiration and Thy revelation.
Thou art well aware, O my God, that I have not failed in my duty
towards Thy Cause. At all times and under all conditions I have
wafted, in every direction, the breezes of Thine inspiration,
and shed abroad the sweet smell of the raiment of Thy mercy,
that haply Thy servants may discover its fragrance, and through
it be enabled to turn towards Thee.
I implore Thee, O my God, by the Lights of Thy unity and the
Repositories of Thy revelation, to send down from the clouds of
Thy mercy that which will cleanse the hearts of all such as have
turned towards Thee. Blot out, then, from their hearts all that
may induce Thy servants to cavil at Thy Cause.
Thy will hath overruled my will, O my God, and I have shown
forth what hath grievously vexed me. Have mercy, then, upon me,
O Thou Who of all those who show mercy art the Most Merciful!
Assist Thou Thy servants, O my God, to help Thy Cause, and give
them to drink what will quicken their hearts in Thy realm, lest
anything hinder them from remembering Thee and from extolling
Thy virtues, that they may quit their homes in Thy name, and
summon all the multitudes unto Thee. Guard their faces, O my
God, from turning to any one save Thee, and their ears from
hearkening unto the sayings of all such as have turned away from
Thy beauty and repudiated Thy signs.
Supreme art Thou over all things. There is none other God save
Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
CXX
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my low estate
and the habitation wherein I dwell, and bearest witness unto my
perplexity, my crying needs, my troubles, and the afflictions I
suffer among Thy servants who recite Thy verses and repudiate
their Revealer, who call on Thy names and cavil at their
Creator, who seek to draw nigh unto Him Who is Thy Friend and
put to death Him Who is the Best-Beloved of the worlds.
Open Thou their eyes, O my God, and My Master, that they may
gaze on Thy beauty, or cause them to return unto the lowest
abyss of the fire. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest. Thou
art, verily, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
The glory of Thy might, O my God, beareth me witness! Every time
I attempt to remember Thee, I find myself overpowered by the
sublimity of Thy station and the immensity of Thy might; and
every time I hold my peace, lo, I am impelled by my love for
Thee and by the potency of Thy will, to unloose my tongue and
mention Thee. He who is poor and needy, O my God, is calling for
his Lord, the All-Possessing; and he who is destitute of all
strength remembereth his Master, the All-Powerful. If He deign
to accept His servant's supplication, He is, verily, of
unsurpassed bounteousness; and if He cast him out, He is of
those who judge equitably the best. He indeed is acceptable, O
my God, who hath set his face towards Thee, and he is truly
deprived who hath been careless of the remembrance of Thee in
Thy days. Blessed is he that hath tasted of the sweetness of Thy
remembrance and praise. Nothing, not even the arising of all the
peoples of the whole world to assail him, can hinder such a man
from directing his steps towards the paths of Thy pleasure and
the ways of Thy Cause.
Look, then, O Thou Who art the Well-Beloved of &Baha, upon the
tears he sheddeth before Thee, and behold the sighs which he
uttereth, O Thou Who art his heart's Desire! I swear by Thy
might, and Thy majesty and Thy glory! Were I to inherit from
Thee all the delights of Paradise, and to keep them in my
possession as long as Thine own Being endureth, and were I to
become, for less than a moment, careless of the remembrance of
Thee, I would, of a certainty, cast them away from me and cease
to consider them. I am the one, O my God, who for love of Thee
hath forsaken the world and all its benefits, and willingly
accepted every tribulation for the sake of Thy remembrance.
I entreat Thee, O Thou Who art my Companion and my Best-Beloved,
to lift the veil that hath come in between Thee and Thy
servants, that they may recognize Thee with Thine own eye and
rid themselves of all attachment to any one but Thee. Thou art,
verily, the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Compassionate. No God is there beside Thee, the Most Exalted,
the Self-Sufficing, the Self-Exalting, the All-Glorious, the
All-Wise.
Praise be unto Thee, for Thou art, in truth, the Lord of earth
and heaven.
CXXI
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath sought
the good pleasure of Thy will, and directed his steps towards
the seat of Thy gracious favors. I am he who hath forsaken his
all, who hath fled to Thee for shelter, who hath set his face
towards the tabernacle of Thy revelation and the adored
sanctuary of Thy glory. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy call
whereby they who recognized Thy unity have sought the shadow of
Thy most gracious providence, and the sincere have fled far from
themselves unto Thy name, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious,
through which Thy verses were sent down, and Thy word fulfilled,
and Thy proof manifested, and the sun of Thy beauty risen, and
Thy testimony established, and Thy signs uncovered,--I beseech
Thee to grant that I may be numbered with them that have quaffed
the wine that is life indeed from the hands of Thy gracious
providence, and have rid themselves, in Thy path, of all
attachment to Thy creatures, and been so inebriated with Thy
manifold wisdom that they hastened to the field of sacrifice
with Thy praise on their lips and Thy remembrance in their
hearts. Send down, also, upon me, O my God, that which will wash
me from anything that is not of Thee, and deliver me from Thine
enemies who have disbelieved in Thy signs.
Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there beside
Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
CXXII
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest and knowest that I
have called upon Thy servants to turn nowhere except in the
direction of Thy bestowals, and have bidden them observe naught
save the things Thou didst prescribe in Thy Perspicuous Book,
the Book which hath been sent down according to Thine
inscrutable decree and irrevocable purpose.
I can utter no word, O my God, unless I be permitted by Thee,
and can move in no direction until I obtain Thy sanction. It is
Thou, O my God, Who hast called me into being through the power
of Thy might, and hast endued me with Thy grace to manifest Thy
Cause. Wherefore I have been subjected to such adversities that
my tongue hath been hindered from extolling Thee and from
magnifying Thy glory.
All praise be to Thee, O my God, for the things Thou didst
ordain for me through Thy decree and by the power of Thy
sovereignty. I beseech Thee that Thou wilt fortify both myself
and them that love me in our love for Thee, and wilt keep us
firm in Thy Cause. I swear by Thy might! O my God! Thy servant's
shame is to be shut out as by a veil from Thee, and his glory is
to know Thee. Armed with the power of Thy name nothing can ever
hurt me, and with Thy love in my heart all the world's
afflictions can in no wise alarm me.
Send down, therefore, O my Lord, upon me and upon my loved ones
that which will protect us from the mischief of those that have
repudiated Thy truth and disbelieved in Thy signs.
Thou art, verily, the All-Glorious, the Most Bountiful.
CXXIII
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast, in Thine all
highest Paradise, assigned unto Thy servants such stations that
if any one of them were to be unveiled to men's eyes all who are
in heaven and all who are on earth would be dumbfounded. By Thy
might! Were kings to witness so great a glory they would,
assuredly, rid themselves of their dominions and cleave to such
of their subjects as have entered beneath the shadow of Thine
immeasurable mercy and sought the shelter of Thine all-glorious
name.
I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the worlds and the
Desire of all that have recognized Thee, by Thy name, through
which Thou stirrest up whom Thou willest and drawest toward Thee
whom Thou pleasest, to open the eyes of all that are dear to
Thee, that haply they may not be veiled from Thee as the peoples
of the earth are, but may outwardly perceive the signs and
tokens of Thy power, and inwardly apprehend the things Thou
didst ordain for them in the realms of Thy glory.
Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art the one alone
Beloved in both this world and in the next. No God is there but
Thee, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious. |
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