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Holy Kitab I Aqdas
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Texts 39-57
Texts 58-76
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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
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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
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Section 19
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Section 21
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Prayers and
Meditations by Bahaullah:
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CLXXIII
My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire! What tongue can voice
my thanks to Thee? I was heedless, Thou didst awaken me. I had
turned back from Thee, Thou didst graciously aid me to turn
towards Thee. I was as one dead, Thou didst quicken me with the
water of life. I was withered, Thou didst revive me with the
heavenly stream of Thine utterance which hath flowed forth from
the Pen of the All-Merciful.
O Divine Providence! All existence is begotten by Thy bounty;
deprive it not of the waters of Thy generosity, neither do Thou
withhold it from the ocean of Thy mercy. I beseech Thee to aid
and assist me at all times and under all conditions, and seek
from the heaven of Thy grace Thine ancient favor. Thou art, in
truth, the Lord of bounty, and the Sovereign of the kingdom of
eternity.
CLXXIV
O God, my God! I beg of Thee by the ocean of Thy healing, and by
the splendors of the Day-Star of Thy grace, and by Thy Name
through which Thou didst subdue Thy servants, and by the
pervasive power of Thy most exalted Word and the potency of Thy
most august Pen, and by Thy mercy that hath preceded the
creation of all who are in heaven and on earth, to purge me with
the waters of Thy bounty from every affliction and disorder, and
from all weakness and feebleness.
Thou seest, O my Lord, Thy suppliant waiting at the door of Thy
bounty, and him who hath set his hopes on Thee clinging to the
cord of Thy generosity. Deny him not, I beseech Thee, the things
he seeketh from the ocean of Thy grace and the Day-Star of Thy
loving-kindness.
Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. There is none other
God save Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
CLXXV
I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left my
home trusting wholly in Thee, and committing myself to Thy care.
Send down, then, upon me, out of the heaven of Thy mercy, a
blessing from Thy side, and enable me to return home in safety
even as Thou didst enable me to set out under Thy protection
with my thoughts fixed steadfastly upon Thee.
There is none other God but Thee, the One, the Incomparable, the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
CLXXVI
Praise be unto Thee, Who art my God and the God of all men, and
my Desire and the Desire of all them that have recognized Thee,
and my Beloved and the Beloved of such as have acknowledged Thy
unity, and the Object of my adoration and of the adoration of
them that have near access to Thee, and my Wish and the Wish of
such as are wholly devoted to Thee, and my Hope and the Hope of
them that have fixed their hearts upon Thee, and my Refuge and
the Refuge of all such as have hastened towards Thee, and my
Haven and the Haven of whosoever hath repaired unto Thee, and my
Goal and the Goal of all them that have set themselves towards
Thee, and my Object and the Object of those who have fixed their
gaze upon Thee, and my Paradise and the Paradise of them that
have ascended towards Thee, and my Lode-star and the Lode-star
of all such as yearn after Thee, and my Joy and the Joy of all
them that love Thee, and my Light and the Light of all such as
have erred and asked to be forgiven by Thee, and my Exultation
and the Exultation of all them that remember Thee, and my
Stronghold and the Stronghold of all such as have fled to Thee,
and my Sanctuary and the Sanctuary of all that dread Thee, and
my Lord and the Lord of all such as dwell in the heavens and on
the earth!
Unto Thee be praise for that Thou hast enraptured me by the
sweetness of Thine utterances, and set me towards the horizon
above which the splendors of the Day-Star of Thy face have
shone, and caused me to turn unto Thee at a time when most of
Thy creatures had broken off from Thee.
Thou art He, O my God, Who hath unlocked the gate of heaven with
the key of Thy Name, the Ever-Blessed, the All-Powerful, the
All-Glorious, the Most Great, and hast summoned all mankind to
the ocean of Thy presence. No sooner had Thy most sweet voice
been raised, than all the inmates of the Kingdom of Names and
the Concourse on high were stirred up. By Thy call the fragrance
of the raiment of Thy Revelation was wafted over such of Thy
creatures as have loved Thee, and such of Thy people as have
yearned towards Thee. They rose up and rushed forth to attain
the Ocean of Thy meeting, and the Horizon of Thy beauty, and the
Tabernacle of Thy Revelation and Thy majesty, and the Sanctuary
of Thy Presence and Thy glory. They were so inebriated with the
wine of their reunion with Thee, that they rid themselves of all
attachment to whatever they themselves and others possessed.
These are Thy servants whom the ascendancy of the oppressor hath
failed to deter from fixing their eyes on the Tabernacle of Thy
majesty, and whom the hosts of tyranny have been powerless to
affright and divert their gaze from the Day-Spring of Thy signs
and the Dawning-Place of Thy testimonies.
I swear by Thy glory, O Thou the Lord of all being and the
Enlightener of all things visible and invisible! Whoso hath
quaffed from the hands of Thy bounteousness the living waters of
Thy love will never allow the things pertaining to Thy creatures
to keep him back from Thee, neither will he be dismayed at the
refusal of all the dwellers of Thy realm to acknowledge Thee.
Before all who are in heaven and on earth such a man will cry
aloud, and announce unto the people the tumult of the Ocean of
Thy bounty and the splendors of the Luminaries of the heaven of
Thy bestowals.
Happy indeed is the man that hath turned towards the sanctuary
of Thy presence, and rid himself of all attachment to any one
except Thyself. He is truly exalted who hath confessed Thy
glory, and fixed his eyes upon the Day-Star of Thy
loving-kindness. He is endued with understanding who is aware of
Thy Revelation and hath acknowledged Thy manifold tokens, Thy
signs, and Thy testimonies. He is a man of insight whose eyes
have been illumined with the brightness of Thy face, and who, as
soon as Thy call was raised, hath recognized Thee. He is a man
of hearing who hath been led to hearken unto Thy speech, and to
draw nigh unto the billowing ocean of Thine utterances.
Behold Thou this stranger, O my Lord, who hath hastened to
attain his most exalted Home in the shelter of Thy shadowing
mercy, and this ailing soul who hath set his face towards the
ocean of Thy healing.
Look, then, O Thou my God Who settest my soul on fire, upon the
tears I shed, and the sighs I utter, and the anguish that
afflicteth my heart and the fire that consumeth my being. Thy
glory beareth me witness, O Thou, the Light of the world! The
fire of Thy love that burneth continually within me hath so
inflamed me that whoever among Thy creatures approacheth me, and
inclineth his inner ear towards me, cannot fail to hear its
raging within each of my veins.
I am so carried away by the sweetness of Thine utterances, and
so inebriated with the wine of Thy tender mercies, that my voice
can never be stilled, nor can my suppliant hands any longer
desist from being stretched out towards Thee. Thou seest, O my
Lord, how mine eyes are fixed in the direction of Thy grace, and
mine ears inclined towards the kingdom of Thine utterance, and
my tongue unloosed to celebrate Thy praise, and my face set
towards Thy face that surviveth all that hath been created by
Thy word, and my hands raised up towards the heaven of Thy
bounty and favor.
Wilt Thou keep back from Thee the stranger whom Thou didst call
unto his most exalted Home beneath the shadow of the wings of
Thy mercy, or cast away the wretched creature that hath hastened
to attain the shores of the ocean of Thy wealth? Wilt Thou shut
up the door of Thy grace to the face of Thy creatures after
having opened it through the power of Thy might and of Thy
sovereignty, or close the eyes of Thy people when Thou hast
already commanded them to turn unto the Day-Spring of Thy Beauty
and the Dawning-Place of the splendors of Thy countenance?
Nay, and to this Thy glory beareth me witness! Such is not my
thought of Thee, nor the thought of those of Thy servants that
have near access to Thyself, nor that of the sincere amongst Thy
people.
Thou knowest, and seest, and hearest, O my Lord, that before
every tree I am moved to lift up my voice to Thee, and before
every stone I am impelled to sigh and lament. Hath it been Thy
purpose in creating me, O my God, to touch me with tribulation,
or to enable me to manifest Thy Cause in the kingdom of Thy
creation?
Thou hearest, O my God, my sighs and my groaning, and beholdest
my powerlessness, and my poverty, and my misery, and my woes,
and my wretchedness. I swear by Thy might! I have wept with such
a weeping that I have been unable to make mention of Thee, or to
extol Thee, and cried with such a bitter cry that every mother
in her bereavement was bewildered at me, and forgot her own
anguish and the sighs she had uttered.
I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Thine Ark, through which the
potency of Thy will was manifested and the energizing influences
of Thy purpose were revealed, and which saileth on both land and
sea through the power of Thy might, not to seize me in my mighty
sins and great trespasses. I swear by Thy glory! The waters of
Thy forgiveness and Thy mercy have emboldened me, as hath Thy
dealing, in bygone ages, with the sincere among Thy chosen ones,
and with such of Thy Messengers as have proclaimed Thy oneness.
I am well aware, O my Lord, that I have been so carried away by
the clear tokens of Thy loving-kindness, and so completely
inebriated with the wine of Thine utterance, that whatever I
behold I readily discover that it maketh Thee known unto me, and
it remindeth me of Thy signs, and of Thy tokens, and of Thy
testimonies. By Thy glory! Every time I lift up mine eyes unto
Thy heaven, I call to mind Thy highness and Thy loftiness, and
Thine incomparable glory and greatness; and every time I turn my
gaze to Thine earth, I am made to recognize the evidences of Thy
power and the tokens of Thy bounty. And when I behold the sea, I
find that it speaketh to me of Thy majesty, and of the potency
of Thy might, and of Thy sovereignty and Thy grandeur. And at
whatever time I contemplate the mountains, I am led to discover
the ensigns of Thy victory and the standards of Thine
omnipotence.
I swear by Thy might, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of all
mankind, and the destinies of the nations! I am so inflamed by
my love for Thee, and so inebriated with the wine of Thy
oneness, that I can hear from the whisper of the winds the sound
of Thy glorification and praise, and can recognize in the murmur
of the waters the voice that proclaimeth Thy virtues and Thine
attributes, and can apprehend from the rustling of the leaves
the mysteries that have been irrevocably ordained by Thee in Thy
realm.
Glorified art Thou, O God of all names and Creator of the
heavens! I render Thee thanks that Thou hast made known unto Thy
servants this Day whereon the river that is life indeed hath
flowed forth from the fingers of Thy bounty, and the springtime
of Thy revelation and Thy presence hath appeared through Thy
manifestation unto all who are in Thy heaven and all who are on
Thy earth.
This is the Day, O my Lord, whose brightness Thou hast exalted
above the brightness of the sun and the splendors thereof. I
testify that the light it sheddeth proceedeth out of the glory
of the light of Thy countenance, and is begotten by the radiance
of the morn of Thy Revelation. This is the Day whereon the
hopeless have been clothed with the raiment of confidence, and
the sick attired with the robe of healing, and the poor drawn
nigh unto the ocean of Thy riches.
I swear by Thy Beauty, O King of eternity Who sittest on Thy
most glorious Throne! He Who is the Day-Spring of Thy signs and
the Revealer of Thy clear tokens hath, notwithstanding the
immensity of His wisdom and the loftiness of His knowledge,
confessed His powerlessness to comprehend the least of Thine
utterances, in their relation to Thy most exalted Pen,--how much
more is He incapable of apprehending the nature of Thine
all-glorious Self and of Thy most august Essence!
I cannot think, O my God, of any words wherewith to make mention
of Thee, and know not how to express or extol Thee. Were I to
attempt to describe Thee by Thy names, I would readily recognize
that the kingdom of these names is itself created through the
movement of Thy fingers, and trembleth for fear of Thee. And
were I to venture to extol Thine attributes, I would be forced
to admit that these attributes are Thine own creation, and lie
within Thy grasp. It behooveth not Them Who are the
Manifestations of these names and attributes to stand before the
gate of the city of Thy Revelation, how much less to scale the
heights whereon Thou didst stablish the throne of Thy majesty.
I swear by Thy might, O Thou Who art the King of names and the
Maker of the heavens! Whatsoever hath been adorned with the robe
of words is but Thy creation which hath been generated in Thy
realm and begotten through the operation of Thy will, and is
wholly unworthy of Thy highness and falleth short of Thine
excellence.
And since it hath been demonstrated that Thy most august Self is
immeasurably exalted above all that hath been created in the
world of being, and is far above the reach and ken of the
apprehension of Thy chosen Ones and Thy loved Ones, the
splendors of the light of Thy unity are therefore manifested,
and it becometh evident unto every one, whether free or bond,
that Thou art One in Thine own Self, one in Thy Cause, and one
in Thy Revelation. Great is the blessedness of the man who, in
his love towards Thee, hath rid himself of all attachment from
every one except Thyself, and hastened unto the horizon of Thy
Revelation, and attained unto this Cup which Thou hast caused to
excel all the seas of the earth.
I beg of Thee, O my God, by Thy power, and Thy might, and Thy
sovereignty, which have embraced all who are in Thy heaven and
on Thy earth, to make known unto Thy servants this luminous Way
and this straight Path, that they may acknowledge Thy unity and
Thy oneness, with a certainty which the vain imaginations of the
doubters will not impair, nor the idle fancies of the wayward
obscure. Illumine, O my Lord, the eyes of Thy servants, and
brighten their hearts with the splendors of the light of Thy
knowledge, that they may apprehend the greatness of this most
sublime station, and recognize this most luminous Horizon, that
haply the clamor of men may fail to deter them from turning
their gaze towards the effulgent light of Thy unity, and to
hinder them from setting their faces toward the Horizon of
detachment.
This is the Day, O my Lord, which Thou didst announce unto all
mankind as the Day whereon Thou wouldst reveal Thy Self, and
shed Thy radiance, and shine brightly over all Thy creatures.
Thou hast, moreover, entered into a covenant with them, in Thy
Books, and Thy Scriptures, and Thy Scrolls, and Thy Tablets,
concerning Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy Revelation, and hast
appointed the &Bayan to be the Herald of this Most Great and
all-glorious Manifestation, and this most resplendent and most
sublime Appearance.
And when the world's horizon was illumined, and He Who is the
Most Great Name was manifested, all disbelieved in Him and in
His signs, except such as have been carried away by the
sweetness of Thy glorification and praise. There befell Him what
must remain inscrutable to everyone except Thee, Whose knowledge
transcendeth all who are in Thy heaven and all who are on Thy
earth.
Thou well knowest, O my God, that the Revealer of the &Bayan
(the &Bab) hath commanded all mankind concerning Thy Cause, and
Thy Revelation, and Thy Sovereignty. He hath said, and sweet is
His speech: "Beware lest the &Bayan and its Letters keep you
back from Him Who is the Most Merciful and from His
sovereignty." He, moreover, hath written: "Were He to produce no
more than one verse, ye must not deny Him. Haste ye towards Him,
that haply He may cause to descend upon you what He pleaseth, as
a token of His grace unto you. He truly is the Possessor of His
servants, and the King of creation."
Thou seest, then, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the world and
the Revealer of the Most Great Name, how He hath come down with
the kingdom of His signs, and in a manner that hath caused the
atoms of the earth to testify that the whole world hath been
filled with these signs. And yet, notwithstanding this most
manifest and all-glorious Revelation, and these signs which none
can appraise except Thee, O Thou the King of names, Thou
beholdest how they have broken off from Him Who is the
Day-Spring of Thine Essence, and have caviled at the One Who is
the Fountain-Head of Thy wisdom and of Thine utterance. They
were so seized with thirst for fame, that they rejected Thy
tokens, and Thy testimonies, and Thy signs, which every man of
insight perceiveth in whatsoever declareth Thy greatness, and
Thy sovereignty, and acknowledgeth Thy Revelation and Thy might.
They have so traduced Him as to cause the inmates of the
all-glorious Tabernacle and the Concourse on high to lament, and
have uttered such calumnies against Him that the souls of Thy
chosen Ones and the hearts of them that are dear to Thee have
melted. They have erred so grievously that they cast away Thy
most resplendent signs, and clung to their idle fancies, O Thou
Who art the Possessor of Names and the Lord of the Throne on
high and of earth below!
Thou art, O my God and the Exultation of my heart, the One Who
hath adorned Thy Tablet, of which none is aware except Thee,
with the mention of this Day which Thou didst call after Thy
name, that haply none may on that day be seen save Thy most
august Self, and naught else be brought to mind except Thy most
sweet remembrance.
No sooner had He revealed Himself than the foundations of the
kindreds of the earth shook and trembled, and the learned
swooned away, and the wise were bewildered, except such as have,
through the power of Thy might, drawn nigh unto Thee, and
received the choice wine of Thy Revelation from the hand of Thy
grace, and have quaffed it in Thy name, and exclaimed: "Praise
be unto Thee, O Thou the Desire of the worlds! and glory be to
Thee, O Thou Who art the Exultation of the hearts that pant
after Thee!"
My God, my Master, my Highest Hope, and the Goal of my desire!
Thou seest and hearest the sighing of this wronged One, from
this darksome well which the vain imaginations of Thine
adversaries have built, and from this blind pit which the idle
fancies of the wicked among Thy creatures have digged. By Thy
Beauty, O Thou Whose glory is uncovered to the face of men! I am
not impatient in the troubles that touch me in my love for Thee,
neither in the adversities which I suffer in Thy path. Nay, I
have, by Thy power, chosen them for mine own self, and I glory
in them amongst such of Thy creatures as enjoy near access to
Thee, and those of Thy servants that are wholly devoted to Thy
Self.
I beseech Thee, however, O Thou Who art the Enlightener of the
world and the Lord of the nations, at this very moment when,
with the hands of hope, I have clung to the hem of the raiment
of Thy mercy and Thy bounty, to forgive Thy servants who have
soared in the atmosphere of Thy nearness, and set their faces
towards the splendors of the light of Thy countenance, and
turned unto the horizon of Thy good pleasure, and approached the
ocean of Thy mercy, and all their lives long have spoken forth
Thy praise, and have been inflamed with the fire of their love
for Thee. Do Thou ordain for them, O Lord my God, both before
and after their death, what becometh the loftiness of Thy bounty
and the excellence of Thy loving-kindness.
Grant, O my Lord, that they who have ascended unto Thee may
repair unto Him Who is the most exalted Companion, and abide
beneath the shadow of the Tabernacle of Thy majesty and the
Sanctuary of Thy glory. Sprinkle, O my Lord, upon them from the
ocean of Thy forgiveness what will make them worthy to abide, so
long as Thine own sovereignty endureth, within Thy most exalted
kingdom and Thine all-highest dominion. Potent art Thou to do
what pleaseth Thee.
Deny not Thy loved ones, O my Lord, the sweet savors of this Day
whereon the mysteries of Thy name, the Self-Subsisting, were
unraveled, and all that had been enshrined within the treasuries
of Thy wisdom was revealed. This is the Day, O my Lord, whereon
every atom of the earth hath been made to vibrate and to cry
out: "O Thou Who art the Revealer of signs and the King of
creation! I, verily, perceive the fragrance of Thy presence.
Methinks Thou hast revealed Thyself, and unlocked the door of
reunion with Thee before all who are in Thy heaven and all who
are on Thy earth. I am persuaded through the fragrance of Thy
robe, O my Lord, that the world hath been honored through Thy
presence, and hath inhaled the sweet smell of Thy meeting. I
know not, however, O Thou the Beloved of the world and the
Desire of the nations, the place wherein the throne of Thy
majesty hath been established, nor the seat which hath been made
Thy footstool, and been illumined with the splendors of the
light of Thy face."
I swear by Thy glory, O Thou Who art the Lord of all being and
the Possessor of all things visible and invisible! Every man of
understanding hath been so bewildered at Thy knowledge, and
every man endued with insight been so perplexed in his attempt
to fathom the signs of Thy great glory, that all have recognized
their powerlessness to visualize, and their impotence to soar
into, the heaven wherefrom one of the Luminaries of the
Manifestations of Thy knowledge and of the Day-Springs of Thy
wisdom hath shone forth. Who is he that shall befittingly
describe this most sublime station and this most august seat--
the seat which, as decreed by Thee, transcendeth the
comprehension of Thy creatures and the testimonies of Thy
servants, and which hath everlastingly been hid from the
understanding and the knowledge of men, and been closed with the
seal of Thy name, the Self-Subsisting.
I swear by Thy glory and Thy sovereignty which overshadow the
kingdoms of earth and of heaven! Were any of Thy chosen Ones and
Thy Messengers to meditate on the manifold evidences of Thy most
exalted Pen--a Pen which is driven by the fingers of Thy
will--and were he to muse on its mysteries, and its tokens, and
all that it showeth forth, he would be so perplexed that his
tongue would fail to extol and describe Thee, and his heart
would be utterly unable to understand Thee. For he would, at one
time, discover that from this Pen there floweth out unto all
created things the water that is life indeed, and that the Pen
itself hath been named by Thee the trumpet whereby the dead
speed out of their sepulchers. At another time he would find
that there proceedeth from this Pen such fire as Thine own
Revelation can kindle, and as He Who conversed with Thee (Moses)
on Sinai hath perceived.
How marvelous, then, are the manifold tokens of Thy might, and
how great are the diverse evidences of Thy power! The learned
have, without exception, admitted their ignorance when
confronted with the radiance of the Luminary of Thy knowledge;
and the mighty have all confessed their impotence in the face of
the billowing Ocean of Thy power; and the rich have one and all
acknowledged their poverty before the effusions of the
Treasuries of Thy wealth; and the worldly wise have each
recognized their nothingness beside the splendors of the Light
of Thy beauty; and the exalted have all witnessed unto their
abasement when face to face with the effulgence of the Day-Star
of Thy glory; and they who are in authority have borne witness
to their own evanescence and to the evanescence of others, and
discovered the eternity of Thy majesty, and of Thy sovereignty,
and of Thy sublimity, and of Thy power.
My God, and the God of all things, and my King and the King of
all things, and the Beloved of my soul, and the Goal of my
desire! Thou knowest full well that I make mention of Thee, in
this day, in the name of such of Thy creatures as have detached
themselves from all except Thee, and I extol Thy virtues through
the tongue of those of Thy people that have recognized Thy
oneness, that haply there may pour out from the sighs which they
utter in their love and their yearning for Thee what will melt
away all that may hinder Thy servants from setting their faces
towards the heaven of Thy knowledge and the kingdom of Thy
signs.
This, then, O my God and the God of all names, and the Creator
of earth and heaven, is the Day whereon He Whose heart gloweth
with the flaming fire of Thy presence is calling upon Thee.
Where can separation from Thee be found, O my God, so that
reunion with Thee may be clearly recognized at the appearance of
the Light of Thy unity, and the revelation of the splendors of
the Sun of Thy oneness? I ask pardon of Thee, O my God, for all
that hath been said, and for whatsoever hath flowed out, and is
now flowing out from my Pen in Thy days. I testify that Thou
hast decreed that the offering of prayer should befit not me,
but Him Who hath, at Thy bidding and in conformity with Thy
pleasure, preceded me. Rather hast Thou ordained that the
revelation of verses should be specially attributed unto this
mighty Manifestation, and to This Announcement that hath adorned
the Scrolls of Thy majesty and Thy Tablet in which account is
kept.
I render Thee thanks, O Thou Who hast lighted Thy fire within my
soul, and cast the beams of Thy light into my heart, that Thou
hast taught Thy servants how to make mention of Thee, and
revealed unto them the ways whereby they can supplicate Thee,
through Thy most holy and exalted tongue, and Thy most august
and precious speech. But for Thy leave, who is there that could
venture to express Thy might and Thy grandeur; and were it not
for Thine instruction, who is the man that could discover the
ways of Thy pleasure in the kingdom of Thy creation?
I beseech Thee, O God of bounty and King of all created things,
to guard Thy servants from the imaginations which their hearts
may devise. Raise them up, then, to such heights that their
footsteps may slip not in the face of the evidences of Thy
handiwork, which the manifold exigencies of Thy wisdom have
ordained, and whose secrets Thou hast hid from the face of Thy
people and Thy creatures. Withhold them not, O my Lord, from the
ocean of Thy knowledge, neither do Thou deprive them of what
Thou didst destine for such of Thy chosen ones as have near
access to Thee, and those of Thy trusted ones as are wholly
devoted to Thy Self. Supply them, then, from Thy sea of
certainty with what will calm the agitation of their hearts.
Turn, O Lord my God, the darkness of their fancies into the
brightness of certitude, and cause them to arise, and to walk
steadfastly in Thy straight Path, that haply Thy Book may not
hinder them from recognizing Him Who is its Revealer, and Thy
names from acknowledging the One Who is their Creator, and their
Provider, and their Origin, and their King, and their Begetter,
and their Destroyer, and their Glorifier, and their Abaser, and
their Governor, and the Sovereign Protector of their Bearers.
Thou art the One, O my God and my Ruler, Who hast sent down Thy
Book that Thou mayest manifest my Cause, and glorify my Word.
Through it Thou didst enter into a Covenant, concerning me, with
all that hath been created in Thy realm. Thou seest, O Beloved
of the world, how the rebellious among Thy creatures have made
of that Covenant a bulwark for themselves, and through it have
withdrawn from Thy Beauty, and repudiated Thy signs.
Thou art He, O my God, Who hath commanded them in Thy great
Book, and said: "Fear ye the Most Merciful, O people of the
&Bayan, and deny not Him for Whom I have ordained the &Bayan to
be one of the leaves of His Paradise. I, verily, esteem it as a
gift from me unto Him. Were it His pleasure to accept it, He,
truly, is the Most Bountiful; and if He cast it away and refuse
to consider it, His verdict is just, and He, in very truth, is
Praiseworthy in His acts, and meet to be obeyed in His behests.
To none is given the right to cavil at Him."
Thou beholdest, therefore, O my God, how this wronged one hath
fallen into the hands of such as have denied Thy right, and
broken off from Thy sovereignty. He, round whose person circleth
Thy proof, and in whose name and on behalf of whose sovereignty
Thy testimony crieth out unto all created things, hath suffered
more grievously in his days than any pen can recount, and been
so harassed that He Who is Thy Spirit (Jesus) lamented, and all
the denizens of Thy Kingdom and all the inmates of Thy
Tabernacle in the realms above cried with a great and bitter
lamentation.
Should any one incline his inner ear, he would hear the cry and
the wailing of all created things over what hath befallen Him
Whom the world hath wronged, at the hands of them with whom Thou
hast covenanted in the Day of Separation. Where is that
fair-minded soul, O my God, who will judge equitably Thy Cause,
and where is the man of insight to be found who will behold Thee
with Thine own eyes? Is there any man of hearing who will hear
Thee with Thine ears, or one endued with eloquence who will
speak the truth in Thy days?
I swear by Thy glory, O Thou Who beholdest me from Thine
all-glorious horizon, and hearest the voice of the Lote-Tree
beyond which there is no passing! Should any one consider Thy
Books which Thou didst name the &Bayan, and ponder in his heart
what hath been revealed therein, he would discover that each of
these Books announceth my Revelation, and declareth my Name, and
testifieth to my Self, and proclaimeth my Cause, and my Praise,
and my Rising, and the radiance of my Glory. And yet,
notwithstanding Thy proclamation, O my God, and in spite of the
words Thou didst utter, O my Beloved, Thou hast seen and heard
their calumnies against me, and their evil doings in my days.
I testify in my present state, O my Lord, and against the will
of him who hath turned his back to Thee (&Mirza &Yahya), that
Thou art God, and that there is none other God beside Thee.
This, verily, is the Day wherewith Thy Scriptures, and Thy
Books, and Thy Tablets, have been adorned. And He Who now
speaketh is, in truth, the Well-guarded Treasure, and the Hidden
Secret, and the Preserved Tablet, and the Impenetrable Mystery,
and the Sealed Book. He, truly, is to be obeyed in whatsoever He
commandeth, and decreeth, and revealeth, and is to be loved in
everything He, through His sovereignty, enjoineth, and, through
His power, ordaineth. Whoso will hesitate for less than the
twinkling of an eye, hath, verily, denied Thy right, and
repudiated all that Thou hast revealed in Thy Books, and in Thy
Scriptures, and sent down with Thy chosen Ones, and Thy
Prophets, and Thy Messengers, and the Trustees of Thy
Revelation.
I beg of Thee, O Thou in Whose hands are the kingdoms of earth
and heaven, and in Whose grasp lie all who dwell in the
dominions of Thy Revelation and Thy creation, not to withhold
the glance of Thy favors from such as have sustained
tribulations in Thy path, and tasted of the cup of woe in their
love towards Thee, and have been cast into prison in Thy name,
and endured what none of Thy creatures and Thy people have
endured. They are Thy servants, O my Lord, who have responded to
Thee as soon as Thou didst send out Thy summons, and have set
their faces towards Thee when the light of Thy countenance was
lifted upon them, and turned unto Thee at the time when Thy most
exalted horizon shone forth with the brightness of Thy name
through which all who are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth swooned
away. Ordain for them, O my Lord, what Thou didst ordain for Thy
chosen ones who have welcomed the darts of the infidels in Thy
Cause and for love of Thee, and hasted to attain the orient of
tribulation with Thy name on their lips and Thy remembrance in
their hearts. Thou art the One, O my God, Who hath promised in
Thy perspicuous utterances to remember them in Thy Book as a
recompense for their works in Thy days.
Bless them, O my God, and ascribe unto them such glory as hath
shone forth above the horizon of Thy will, and hath shed its
splendors from the kingdom of Thine utterance. Immerse them, O
my Lord, beneath the ocean of Thy mercy, and illumine them with
the dawning light of Thy Revelation. Forgive, then, O my God,
their fathers and their mothers, by Thy favor, and Thy bounty,
and Thy tender mercies. Send, then, upon them from the right
hand of Thy most exalted Paradise the fragrance of the robe of
Thine all-glorious Beauty. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth
Thee. Thou, verily, art the Governor, the Ordainer, the
All-Bountiful, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Beloved of the world, and the
Adored of the hearts of them that have recognized Thee. |
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