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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 4 |
XXXIV
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thine Ancient
Beauty and Most Great Name, Whom Thou hast sacrificed that all
the dwellers of Thine earth and heaven may be born anew, and
Whom Thou hast cast into prison that mankind may, as a token of
Thy bounty and of Thy sovereign might, be released from the
bondage of evil passions and corrupt desires, to number me with
those who have so deeply inhaled the fragrance of Thy mercy, and
hastened with such speed unto the living waters of Thy grace,
that no dart could hinder them from turning unto Thee, nor any
spear from setting their faces towards the orient of Thy
Revelation.
We testify, O my Lord, that Thou art God and that there is none
other God besides Thee. From everlasting Thou wast enthroned on
the inaccessible heights of Thy power, and wilt unto everlasting
continue to exercise Thy transcendent and unrestrained dominion.
The hosts of the world are powerless to frustrate Thy will, nor
can all the dwellers of the earth and all the inmates of heaven
annul Thy decree. Thou truly art the Almighty, the Most Exalted,
the Most Great.
Bless, O my God, those of the followers of the &Bayan as have
been numbered with the people of &Baha, who have entered within
the Crimson Ark in Thy Name, the Most Exalted, the Most High.
Thy might, verily, is equal to all things.
XXXV
I give praise to Thee, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name
through which Thou didst cause the dawn to appear, and the winds
to blow, and the seas to surge, and the trees to bring forth
their fruits, and the earth to be beautified with its rivers,
that Thou wilt aid all them that are dear to Thee with both Thy
visible and invisible hosts. Render them, moreover, victorious
over all those who have so rebelled in Thy land, and dishonored
Thy name, and disbelieved in Thy signs, and broken Thy Covenant,
and cast behind their backs Thy laws, and have to such an extent
risen up against Thee, that they carried into captivity Thy
kindred, and flung the Manifestation of Thy Self into prison,
and immured Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thine Essence in the
most desolate of cities.
Thou, O my Lord, art He whose strength is immense, Whose decree
is terrible. Lay hold on Thine adversaries by the power of Thy
sovereignty, and assemble Thy loved ones beneath the shadow of
the tree of Thy oneness, that they may stand before Thy throne,
and catch the accents of Thy voice, and gaze on Thy beauty, and
discover the power of Thy might.
Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.
XXXVI
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I am so carried away by the
breezes blowing from Thy presence that I have forgotten my self
and all that I possess. This is but a sign of the wonders of Thy
grace and bountiful favors vouchsafed unto me. I give praise to
Thee, O my God, that Thou hast chosen me out of all Thy
creatures, and made me to be the Day-Spring of Thy strength and
the Manifestation of Thy might, and empowered me to reveal such
of Thy signs and such tokens of Thy majesty and power as none,
whether in Thy heaven or on Thy earth, can produce.
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy most effulgent Name, to
acquaint my people with the things Thou didst destine for them.
Do Thou, then, preserve them within the stronghold of Thy
guardianship and the tabernacle of Thine unerring protection,
lest through them may appear what will divide Thy servants.
Assemble them, O my Lord, on the shores of this Ocean, every
drop of which proclaimeth Thee to be God, besides Whom there is
none other God, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
Uncover before them, O my Lord, the majesty of Thy Cause, lest
they be led to doubt Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy might.
I swear by Thy glory, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the worlds!
Had they been aware of Thy power they would of a certainty have
refused to utter what Thou didst not ordain for them in the
heaven of Thy will.
Inspire them, O my Lord, with a sense of their own powerlessness
before Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self, and teach them
to recognize the poverty of their own nature in the face of the
manifold tokens of Thy self-sufficiency and riches, that they
may gather together round Thy Cause, and cling to the hem of Thy
mercy, and cleave to the cord of the good-pleasure of Thy will.
Thou art the Lord of the worlds, and of all those who show
mercy, art the Most Merciful.
XXXVII
Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity, and the Maker of nations,
and the Fashioner of every moldering bone! I pray Thee, by Thy
Name through which Thou didst call all mankind unto the horizon
of Thy majesty and glory, and didst guide Thy servants to the
court of Thy grace and favors, to number me with such as have
rid themselves from everything except Thyself, and have set
themselves towards Thee, and have not been kept back by such
misfortunes as were decreed by Thee, from turning in the
direction of Thy gifts.
I have laid hold, O my Lord, on the handle of Thy bounty, and
clung steadfastly to the hem of the robe of Thy favor. Send
down, then, upon me, out of the clouds of Thy generosity, what
will purge out from me the remembrance of any one except Thee,
and make me able to turn unto Him Who is the Object of the
adoration of all mankind, against Whom have been arrayed the
stirrers of sedition, who have broken Thy covenant, and
disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs.
Deny me not, O my Lord, the fragrances of Thy raiment in Thy
days, and deprive me not of the breathings of Thy Revelation at
the appearance of the splendors of the light of Thy face.
Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Naught can resist
Thy will, nor frustrate what Thou hast purposed by Thy power.
No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Wise.
XXXVIII
Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou wast a
hidden Treasure wrapped within Thine immemorial Being and an
impenetrable Mystery enshrined in Thine own Essence. Wishing to
reveal Thyself, Thou didst call into being the Greater and the
Lesser Worlds, and didst choose Man above all Thy creatures, and
didst make Him a sign of both of these worlds, O Thou Who art
our Lord, the Most Compassionate!
Thou didst raise Him up to occupy Thy throne before all the
people of Thy creation. Thou didst enable Him to unravel Thy
mysteries, and to shine with the lights of Thine inspiration and
Thy Revelation, and to manifest Thy names and Thine attributes.
Through Him Thou didst adorn the preamble of the book of Thy
creation, O Thou Who art the Ruler of the universe Thou hast
fashioned!
I bear witness that in His person solidity and fluidity have
been joined and combined. Through His immovable constancy in Thy
Cause, and His unwavering adherence to whatsoever Thou, in the
plentitude of the light of Thy glory, didst unveil to His eyes,
throughout the domains of Thy Revelation and creation, the souls
of Thy servants were stirred up in their longing for Thy
Kingdom, and the dwellers of Thy realms rushed forth to enter
into Thy heavenly dominion. Through the restlessness He evinced
in Thy path, the feet of all them that are devoted to Thee were
steeled and confirmed to manifest Thy Cause amidst Thy
creatures, and to demonstrate Thy sovereignty throughout Thy
realm.
How great, O my God, is this Thy most excellent handiwork, and
how consummate Thy creation, which hath caused every
understanding heart and mind to marvel! And when the set time
was fulfilled, and what had been preordained came to pass, Thou
didst unloose His tongue to praise Thee, and to lay bare Thy
mysteries before all Thy creation, O Thou Who art the Possessor
of all names, and the Fashioner of earth and heaven! Through Him
all created things were made to glorify Thee, and to celebrate
Thy praise, and every soul was directed towards the kingdom of
Thy revelation and Thy sovereignty.
At one time, Thou didst raise Him up, O my God, and didst attire
Him with the ornament of the name of Him Who conversed with Thee
(Moses), and didst through Him uncover all that Thy will had
decreed and Thine irrevocable purpose ordained. At another time,
Thou didst adorn Him with the name of Him Who was Thy Spirit
(Jesus), and didst send Him down out of the heaven of Thy will,
for the edification of Thy people, infusing thereby the spirit
of life into the hearts of the sincere among Thy servants and
the faithful among Thy creatures. Again, Thou didst reveal Him,
decked forth by the name of Him Who was Thy Friend (&Muhammad),
and caused Him to shine brightly above the horizon of &Hijaz, as
a token of Thy power and an evidence of Thy might. Through Him
Thou didst send unto Thy servants what enabled them to scale the
heights of Thy unity, and to yearn over the wonders of Thy
manifold knowledge and wisdom.
I testify, O Thou Who art the Lord of the whole creation, and
the Desire of whosoever hath sought Thee, that, amidst Thy
creatures, They resemble the sun which no matter how often it
riseth and setteth is still the one and the same sun. Whoso
maketh any distinction between any of Them hath truly failed to
attain the ultimate purpose, and to reach the highest goal, and
hath been deprived of the mysteries of unity and of the lights
of sanctity and oneness. I testify, moreover, that Thou hast
decreed that none on the face of the earth should equal Them,
and none of Thy creatures be able to be compared with any of
Them, in order that Thine own singleness and peerlessness might
be recognized and established.
Glorified, immeasurably glorified be Thy name, O my God! How can
I ever befittingly mention Thee or sufficiently praise Thee,
that Thou hast manifested Him by the power of Thy might, and
caused Him to shine above the horizon of Thy will, and made Him
the Day-Spring of Thy signs, and the Dawning-Place of the
revelation of Thy names and Thine attributes? How bewilderingly
mysterious, moreover, O my God, is His nature and all that Thou
hast infused into Him, through Thy strength and by the power of
Thy might! At one time He appeareth as the water which is Life
indeed, sent down out of the heaven of Thy grace, and poured
forth from the clouds of Thy mercy, that Thy creatures may be
endued with new life, and live as long as Thine own Kingdom
endureth. Every drop of that water would suffice to quicken the
dead, and to set their faces in the direction of Thy favors and
Thy gifts, and to rid them of all attachment to aught else
except Thee. At another time He revealeth Himself as the Fire
which Thou didst kindle in the tree of Thy unity, whose heat
melted the hearts of Thine ardent lovers when He Who is the
Day-Star of the world shone forth above the horizon of &Iraq. I
testify, O my God, that through Him the veils of human fancy
were burnt up, and the hearts of men were set towards the scene
of Thy most resplendent glory.
I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the Supreme Ordainer, not to
suffer me to be deprived of the breezes which are wafted in Thy
days, the days whereon the sweet smell of the raiment of Thy
mercy hath been shed abroad. Neither do Thou keep me back from
Thy most great Ocean, every drop of which crieth out and saith:
"Great is the blessedness that awaiteth him who hath been
awakened from his sleep by the breath of God which, from the
source of His mercy, hath blown over all such of His creatures
as have set themselves towards Him!"
Thou seest, O my Lord, how Thy servants are held captive by
their own selves and desires. Redeem them from their bondage, O
my God, by the power of Thy sovereignty and might, that they may
turn towards Thee when He Who is the Revealer of Thy names and
attributes is manifested unto men.
Cast upon this poor and desolate creature, O my Lord, the glance
of Thy wealth, and flood his heart with the beams of Thy
knowledge, that he may apprehend the verities of the unseen
world, and discover the mysteries of Thy heavenly realm, and
perceive the signs and tokens of Thy kingdom, and behold the
manifold revelations of this earthly life all set forth before
the face of Him Who is the Revealer of Thine own Self. Direct,
then, his eyes, O my God, towards the horizon of Thy
loving-kindness, and make steadfast his heart in its attachment
to Thee, and unloose his tongue to praise Thee, and make him
able to hold fast the cord of Thy love, and to cling to the hem
of Thy bounteousness, and to proclaim Thy name amidst Thy
creatures, and to recount Thy virtues throughout Thy realm, in
such wise that no obstacle will deter him from turning to Thy
name, the All-Bountiful, and no veil shut him out from Thee, in
Whose hand is the dominion of utterance and the kingdom of all
names and attributes!
Hold Thou the hand of this seeker who hath set his face towards
Thee, O my Lord, and draw him out of the depths of his vain
imaginations, that the light of certainty may shine brightly
above the horizon of his heart in the days whereon the sun of
the knowledge of Thy creatures hath been darkened through the
shining of the Day-Star of Thy glory; the days whereon the moon
of the world's wisdom hath been eclipsed through the appearance
of Thy hidden knowledge, and the manifestation of Thy
well-guarded secret, and the revelation of Thine enshrined
mystery; the days whereon the stars of men's doings have fallen
through the rising of the orb of Thy unity and the shedding of
the radiance of Thy transcendent oneness.
I beg of Thee, O my God, by Thy most exalted Word which Thou
hast ordained as the Divine Elixir unto all who are in Thy
realm, the Elixir through whose potency the crude metal of human
life hath been transmuted into purest gold, O Thou in Whose
hands are both the visible and invisible kingdoms, to ordain
that my choice be conformed to Thy choice and my wish to Thy
wish, that I may be entirely content with that which Thou didst
desire, and be wholly satisfied with what Thou didst destine for
me by Thy bounteousness and favor. Potent art Thou to do as Thou
willest. Thou, in very truth, art the All-Glorious, the
All-Wise.
Happy is the man who hath recognized Thee, and discovered the
sweetness of Thy fragrance, and set himself towards Thy kingdom,
and tasted of the things that have been perfected therein by Thy
grace and favor. Great is the blessedness of him who hath
acknowledged Thy most excellent majesty, and whom the veils that
have shut out the nations from Thee have not hindered from
directing his eyes towards Thee, O Thou Who art the King of
eternity and the Quickener of every moldering bone! Blessed,
also, is he that hath inhaled Thy sweet savors, and been carried
away by Thine utterances in Thy days. Blessed, moreover, be the
man that hath turned unto Thee, and woe betide him that hath
turned his back upon Thee.
Praised be Thou, the Lord of the worlds!
XXXIX
O Thou Who dealest equitably with all who are in heaven and on
earth, and rulest over the kingdom of Thy creation and of Thy
Revelation! I testify that every man of equity hath recognized
his unfairness in the face of the revelation of the splendors of
the Day-Star of Thy Justice, and the ablest of pens hath
confessed its impotence before the movement of Thy most exalted
Pen.
By Thy life, O Thou the Possessor of all names! The minds of the
profoundest thinkers are sore perplexed as they contemplate the
ocean of Thy knowledge, and the heaven of Thy wisdom, and the
Luminary of Thy grace. How can he who is but a creation of Thy
will claim to know what is with Thee, or to conceive Thy nature?
Praise, immeasurable praise be to Thee! I swear by Thy glory! My
inner and outer tongue, openly and secretly, testify that Thou
hast been exalted above the reach and ken of Thy creatures,
above the utterance of Thy servants, above the testimonies of
Thy dear ones and Thy chosen ones, and the apprehension of Thy
Prophets and of Thy Messengers.
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Name which Thou hast made to
be the Day-Spring of Thy Revelation and the Dawning-Place of
Thine inspiration, to ordain for this wronged One and for them
that are dear to Thee what becometh Thy loftiness. Thou, in very
truth, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing,
the All-Wise.
XL
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee, by Thy Name
which none hath befittingly recognized, and whose import no soul
hath fathomed; I beseech Thee, by Him Who is the Fountain-Head
of Thy Revelation and the Day-Spring of Thy signs, to make my
heart to be a receptacle of Thy love and of remembrance of Thee.
Knit it, then, to Thy most great Ocean, that from it may flow
out the living waters of Thy wisdom and the crystal streams of
Thy glorification and praise.
The limbs of my body testify to Thy unity, and the hair of my
head declareth the power of Thy sovereignty and might. I have
stood at the door of Thy grace with utter self-effacement and
complete abnegation, and clung to the hem of Thy bounty, and
fixed mine eyes upon the horizon of Thy gifts.
Do Thou destine for me, O my God, what becometh the greatness of
Thy majesty, and assist me, by Thy strengthening grace, so to
teach Thy Cause that the dead may speed out of their sepulchers,
and rush forth towards Thee, trusting wholly in Thee, and fixing
their gaze upon the orient of Thy Cause, and the dawning-place
of Thy Revelation.
Thou, verily, art the Most Powerful, the Most High, the
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