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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
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 2 |
XIV
All praise be to Thee, O my God! Thou beholdest my helplessness
and poverty, and bearest witness unto my woes and trials. How
long wilt Thou abandon me among Thy servants? Suffer me to
ascend into Thy presence. The power of Thy might beareth me
witness! Such are the tribulations with which I am encompassed
that I am powerless to recount them before Thy face. Thou,
alone, verily, hast through Thy knowledge reckoned them.
I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art my Companion in my lowliness, to
rain down upon Thy loved ones from the clouds of Thy mercy that
which will cause them to be satisfied with Thy pleasure, and
will enable them to turn unto Thee and to be detached from all
else except Thee. Ordain, then, for them every good conceived by
Thee and predestined in Thy Book. Thou art, verily, the
All-Powerful, He Whom nothing whatsoever can frustrate. From
everlasting Thou hast been clothed with transcendent greatness
and power, with unspeakable majesty and glory. There is no God
beside Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.
Glorified be Thy name, Thou in Whose hand are the kingdoms of
earth and heaven.
XV
O Thou Who art the Ruler of earth and heaven and the Author of
all names! Thou hearest the voice of my lamentation which from
the fortress-town of &Akka ascendeth towards Thee, and beholdest
how my captive friends have fallen into the hands of the workers
of iniquity.
We render Thee thanks, O our Lord, for all the troubles which
have touched us in Thy path. Oh, that the span of my earthly
life could be so extended as to embrace the lives of the former
and the latter generations, or could even be so lengthened that
no man on the face of the earth could measure it, and be
afflicted every day and every moment with a fresh tribulation
for love of Thee and for Thy pleasure's sake!
Thou well knowest, however, O my God, that my wish is wholly
dissolved in Thy wish, and that Thou hast irrevocably decreed
that my soul should ascend unto the loftiest mansions of Thy
Kingdom, and pass into the presence of my all-glorious
Companion.
Hasten, by Thy grace and bounty, my passing, O my Lord, and pour
forth upon all them that are dear to Thee what will preserve
them from fear and trembling after me. Powerful art Thou to do
whatsoever may please Thee. No God is there except Thee, the
All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
Thou seest, O my Lord, how Thy servants have left their homes in
their longing to meet Thee, and how they have been hindered by
the ungodly from looking upon Thy face, and from
circumambulating the sanctuary of Thy grandeur. Pour out Thy
steadfastness and send down Thy calm upon them, O my Lord! Thou
art, in truth, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
XVI
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest my tears and
lamentations, and hearest my sighing, my cry and bitter wailing.
I am the one, O my Lord, that hath held fast the cord of Thy
mercy which hath surpassed the entire creation. I am the one
that hath clung to the hem of Thy loving-kindness, O Thou in
Whose hand is the empire of all names!
Have mercy upon me and upon all them that are in my company,
through the wonders of Thy grace and power. Shield us, then, O
my God, from the mischief of Thine enemies, and assist us to
help Thy Faith, and to protect Thy Cause, and to celebrate Thy
glory. Thou art, verily, He Who from everlasting hath inhabited
the inaccessible heights of His unity, and will continue to
remain the same for ever and ever. Nothing whatsoever escapeth
Thy knowledge, nor is there anything that can frustrate Thee. No
God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the Ever-Faithful, the
Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.
Lauded and glorified art Thou, in Whose hand is the empire of
all things!
XVII
Magnified be Thy name, O God, the Lord of heaven! Attire my head
with the crown of martyrdom, even as Thou didst attire my body
with the ornament of tribulation before all that dwell in Thy
land. Grant, moreover, that they whose hearts yearn over Thee
may draw nigh unto the horizon of Thy grace, above which the
Day-Star of Thy beauty sheddeth its radiance. Ordain, also, for
them what will make them rich enough to dispense with aught else
except Thee, and rid them of all attachment to such as have
repudiated Thy signs.
There is none other God but Thee, the Guardian, the
Self-Subsisting.
XVIII
Praised be Thou, O my God! How can I thank Thee for having
singled me out and chosen me above all Thy servants to reveal
Thee, at a time when all had turned away from Thy beauty! I
testify, O my God, that if I were given a thousand lives by
Thee, and offered them up all in Thy path, I would still have
failed to repay the least of the gifts which, by Thy grace, Thou
hast bestowed upon me.
I lay asleep on the bed of self when lo, Thou didst waken me
with the divine accents of Thy voice, and didst unveil to me Thy
beauty, and didst enable me to listen to Thine utterances, and
to recognize Thy Self, and to speak forth Thy praise, and to
extol Thy virtues, and to be steadfast in Thy love. Finally I
fell a captive into the hands of the wayward among Thy servants.
Thou beholdest, therefore, the exile which I suffer in Thy days,
and art aware of my vehement longing to look upon Thy face, and
of mine irrepressible yearnings to enter the court of Thy glory,
and of the stirrings of my heart under the influences of the
winds of Thy mercy.
I entreat Thee, O Thou Who art the Ruler of the kingdoms of
creation and the Author of all names, to write down my name with
the names of them who, from eternity, have circled round the
Tabernacle of Thy majesty, and clung to the hem of Thy
loving-kindness, and held fast the cord of Thy tender mercy.
Thou art, in truth, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
XIX
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee, by Thy Most
Great Name through Which Thou didst stir up Thy servants and
build up Thy cities, and by Thy most excellent titles, and Thy
most august attributes, to assist Thy people to turn in the
direction of Thy manifold bounties, and set their faces towards
the Tabernacle of Thy wisdom. Heal Thou the sicknesses that have
assailed the souls on every side, and have deterred them from
directing their gaze towards the Paradise that lieth in the
shelter of Thy shadowing Name, which Thou didst ordain to be the
King of all names unto all who are in heaven and all who are on
earth. Potent art Thou to do as pleaseth Thee. In Thy hands is
the empire of all names. There is none other God but Thee, the
Mighty, the Wise.
I am but a poor creature, O my Lord; I have clung to the hem of
Thy riches. I am sore sick; I have held fast the cord of Thy
healing. Deliver me from the ills that have encircled me, and
wash me thoroughly with the waters of Thy graciousness and
mercy, and attire me with the raiment of wholesomeness, through
Thy forgiveness and bounty. Fix, then, mine eyes upon Thee, and
rid me of all attachment to aught else except Thyself. Aid me to
do what Thou desirest, and to fulfill what Thou pleasest.
Thou art truly the Lord of this life and of the next. Thou art,
in truth, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
XX
Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things and art
hidden from all things! From every land Thou hearest the
lamentations of them that love Thee, and from every direction
Thou hearkenest unto the cries of such as have recognized Thy
sovereignty. Were their oppressors to be asked: "Wherefore have
ye oppressed them and held them in bondage in &Baghdad and
elsewhere? What injustice have they committed? Whom have they
betrayed? Whose blood have they spilled, and whose property have
they plundered?" they would know not what to answer.
Thou knowest full well, O my God, that their only crime is to
have loved Thee. For this reason have their oppressors laid hold
on them, and scattered them abroad. Aware as I am, O my God,
that Thou wilt send down upon Thy servants only what is good for
them, I nevertheless beseech Thee, by Thy name which
overshadoweth all things, to raise up, for their assistance and
as a sign of Thy grace and as an evidence of Thy power, those
who will keep them safe from all their adversaries.
Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, verily, the
Supreme Ruler, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the
Self-Subsisting.
XXI
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant and the son of
Thy servant. I have set my face towards Thy Cause, believing in
Thy oneness, acknowledging Thy unity, recognizing Thy
sovereignty and the power of Thy might, and confessing the
greatness of Thy majesty and glory. I ask Thee, by Thy name
through which the heaven was cleft asunder, and the earth was
rent in twain, and the mountains were crushed, not to withhold
from me the breezes of Thy mercy which have been wafted in Thy
days, nor to suffer me to be far removed from the shores of Thy
nearness and bounty.
I am he who is sore athirst, O my Lord! Give me to drink of the
living waters of Thy grace. I am but a poor creature; reveal
unto me the tokens of Thy riches. Doth it beseem Thee to cast
out of the door of Thy grace and bounty such as have set their
hopes on Thee, and can it befit Thy sovereignty to hinder them
that yearn after Thee from attaining the adored sanctuary of Thy
presence and from beholding Thy face? By Thy glory! Such is not
my belief in Thee, for I am persuaded that Thou art the God of
bounteousness, Whose grace hath encompassed all things.
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy mercy that hath surpassed the
entire creation, and Thy generosity that hath embraced all
created things, to cause me to turn my face wholly towards Thee,
and to seek Thy shelter, and to be steadfast in my love for
Thee. Write down, then, for me what Thou didst ordain for them
who love Thee. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. No
God is there beside Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.
Praised be God, the Lord of the worlds!
XXII
Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath forsaken
his all and set his face towards the splendors of the glory of
Thy countenance, who hath severed every tie and clung to the
cord of Thy love and of Thy good-pleasure. I am he, O my God,
who hath embraced Thy love and accepted all the adversities
which the world can inflict, who hath offered up himself as a
ransom for the sake of Thy loved ones, that they may ascend into
the heavens of Thy knowledge and be drawn nearer unto Thee, and
may soar in the atmosphere of Thy love and Thy good-pleasure.
Ordain, O my God, for me and for them that which Thou didst
decree for such of Thy chosen ones as are wholly devoted unto
Thee. Cause them, then, to be numbered among those whose eyes
Thou hast cleansed and kept from turning to any one save Thee,
and whose eyes Thou hast protected from beholding any face
except Thy face.
Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the
All-Glorious, the Supreme King, the Help in Peril, the
All-Pardoner, the Ever-Forgiving.
XXIII
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by the
onrushing winds of Thy grace, and by them Who are the
Day-Springs of Thy purpose and the Dawning-Places of Thine
inspiration, to send down upon me and upon all that have sought
Thy face that which beseemeth Thy generosity and bountiful
grace, and is worthy of Thy bestowals and favors. Poor and
desolate I am, O my Lord! Immerse me in the ocean of Thy wealth;
athirst, suffer me to drink from the living waters of Thy
loving-kindness.
I beseech Thee, by Thine own Self and by Him Whom Thou hast
appointed as the Manifestation of Thine own Being and Thy
discriminating Word unto all that are in heaven and on earth, to
gather together Thy servants beneath the shade of the Tree of
Thy gracious providence. Help them, then, to partake of its
fruits, to incline their ears to the rustling of its leaves, and
to the sweetness of the voice of the Bird that chanteth upon its
branches. Thou art, verily, the Help in Peril, the Inaccessible,
the Almighty, the Most Bountiful.
XXIV
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Them Who are
the Tabernacles of Thy Divine holiness, Who are the
Manifestations of Thy transcendent unity and the Day-Springs of
Thine inspiration and revelation, to grant that Thy servants may
not be kept back from this Divine Law which, at Thy will and
according to Thy pleasure, hath branched out from Thy most great
Ocean. Do Thou, then, ordain for them that which Thou didst
ordain for Thy chosen ones and for the righteous among Thy
creatures, whose constancy in Thy Cause the tempests of trials
have failed to shake, and whom the tumults of tests have been
powerless to hinder from magnifying Thy most exalted Word--the
Word through Which the heavens of men's idle fancies and vain
imaginations have been split asunder. Thou art, verily, the
Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing.
Enable, then, Thy servants, O my God, to recognize the Day-Star
that hath shone forth above the horizon of Thine irrevocable
decree and purpose, and suffer them not to be deprived of the
Paradise which Thou, by Thy name, the All-Glorious, hast called
into being in the heavens of Thine exalted omnipotence. Cause
them, moreover, O my God, to hearken to Thy most sweet voice,
that they may all hasten to recognize Thy unity and acknowledge
Thy oneness, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the hearts of all
that yearn after Thee, and the Object of the adoration of such
as have known Thee!
I beseech Thee, by them that have cut down all the idols in this
Revelation through which the Most Grievous Convulsion and the
Great Terror have appeared, to assist, at all times, Thy
servants with the signs of Thine almighty power and the
evidences of Thy transcendent and all-compelling might. Grant,
then, that their hearts may be made as strong as brass, that
they may remain unmoved by the overpowering might of such as
have transgressed against Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine
Essence and the Day-Spring of Thine invisible Self, and that
they may all arise to glorify and help Thee, so that through
them the ensigns of Thy triumph may be lifted up in Thy realm,
and the standards of Thy Cause may be unfurled throughout Thy
dominions. Thou art He who from everlasting hath, through the
potency of His will, been all-powerful, and will continue to
remain the same for ever and ever. Thou art, verily, the
All-Glorious, the Most High. No God is there but Thee, the Most
Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Help in Peril, the Most Great,
the One Being, the Incomparable, the All-Glorious, the
Unrestrained.
XXV
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Chosen
Ones, and by the Bearers of Thy Trust, and by Him Whom Thou hast
ordained to be the Seal of Thy Prophets and of Thy Messengers,
to let Thy remembrance be my companion, and Thy love my aim, and
Thy face my goal, and Thy name my lamp, and Thy wish my desire,
and Thy pleasure my delight.
I am a sinner, O my Lord, and Thou art the Ever-Forgiving. As
soon as I recognized Thee, I hastened to attain the exalted
court of Thy loving-kindness. Forgive me, O my Lord, my sins
which have hindered me from walking in the ways of Thy
good-pleasure, and from attaining the shores of the ocean of Thy
oneness.
There is no one, O my Lord, who can deal bountifully with me to
whom I can turn my face, and none who can have compassion on me
that I may crave his mercy. Cast me not out, I implore Thee, of
the presence of Thy grace, neither do Thou withhold from me the
outpourings of Thy generosity and bounty. Ordain for me, O my
Lord, what Thou hast ordained for them that love Thee, and write
down for me what Thou hast written down for Thy chosen ones. My
gaze hath, at all times, been fixed on the horizon of Thy
gracious providence, and mine eyes bent upon the court of Thy
tender mercies. Do with me as beseemeth Thee. No God is there
but Thee, the God of power, the God of glory, Whose help is
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