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Holy Kitab I Aqdas
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Holy Kitab I Iqan
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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
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Prayers & Meditations by Bahaullah
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Prayers and
Meditations by Bahaullah:
Section 9 |
LXX
Faded now is all that erstwhile flourished in the Paradise of
Thy transcendent oneness, O my God! Where are the rain-giving
clouds of Thy mercy? Shorn are the branches of the Tree of Thy
unity of the vesture of Thy majesty and wisdom; where is the
spring-time of Thy gifts and bounties? Motionless lies the Ark
of Thy Cause on the sea of Thy creation; where are the winds of
Thy grace and favors? Encompassed on every side is Thy Lamp by
the tempests of discord blowing from every land; where is the
globe of Thy graciousness and protection?
Thou seest, O my God, how the eyes of these poor creatures are
bent upon the horizon of Thy riches, how the hearts of these
helpless ones are set in the direction of Thy might. I beseech
Thee, O Thou Who art the sole Desire of them that have
recognized Thee, and the Object of the adoration of the entire
creation, not to suffer them, now that Thou hast attracted them
by Thy most exalted Word, to be far removed from the Tabernacle
which Thou hast reared up by Thy name, the All-Glorious.
They are sore pressed with cares, O my Lord, and are encompassed
about by the wicked. Send down, therefore, from the heaven of
Thy behest Thine invisible hosts, that, holding aloft the
ensigns of Thy victory, they may help them in Thy land, and may
shield them against Thine adversaries.
I entreat Thee, O my God, by Thy name through which the clouds
have rained down their rain, and the streams have flowed, and
the fire of Thy love hath been kindled throughout Thy dominion,
to assist Thy servant who hath turned towards Thee, and hath
spoken forth Thy praise, and determined to help Thee. Fortify,
then, his heart, O my God, in Thy love and in Thy Faith. Better
is this for him than all that hath been created on Thine earth,
for the world and whatsoever is therein must perish, and what
pertaineth unto Thee must endure as long as Thy most excellent
names endure. By Thy Glory! Were the world to last as long as
Thine own kingdom will last, to set their affections upon it
would still be unseemly for such as have quaffed, from the hands
of Thy mercy, the wine of Thy presence; how much more when they
recognize its fleetingness and are persuaded of its transience.
The chances that overtake it, and the changes to which all
things pertaining unto it are continually subjected, attest its
impermanence.
Whosoever hath recognized Thee will turn to none save Thee, and
will seek from Thee naught else except Thyself. Thou art the
sole Desire of the heart of him whose thoughts are fixed on
Thee, and the highest Aspiration of whosoever is wholly devoted
unto Thee.
No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril,
the All-Glorious, the Most Powerful.
LXXI
Magnified be Thy name, O my God, for that Thou hast manifested
the Day which is the King of Days, the Day which Thou didst
announce unto Thy chosen Ones and Thy Prophets in Thy most
excellent Tablets, the Day whereon Thou didst shed the splendor
of the glory of all Thy names upon all created things. Great is
his blessedness whosoever hath set himself towards Thee, and
entered Thy presence, and caught the accents of Thy voice.
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the name of Him round Whom
circleth in adoration the kingdom of Thy names, that Thou wilt
graciously assist them that are dear to Thee to glorify Thy word
among Thy servants, and to shed abroad Thy praise amidst Thy
creatures, so that the ecstasies of Thy revelation may fill the
souls of all the dwellers of Thine earth.
Since Thou hast guided them, O my Lord, unto the living waters
of Thy grace, grant, by Thy bounty, that they may not be kept
back from Thee; and since Thou hast summoned them to the
habitation of Thy throne, drive them not out from Thy presence,
through Thy loving-kindness. Send down upon them what shall
wholly detach them from aught else except Thee, and make them
able to soar in the atmosphere of Thy nearness, in such wise
that neither the ascendancy of the oppressor nor the suggestions
of them that have disbelieved in Thy most august and most mighty
Self shall be capable of keeping them back from Thee.
LXXII
Lauded be Thy name, O Thou in Whose hands is the kingdom of all
names, and in the grasp of Whose might are all that are in
heaven and all that are on earth! I entreat Thee, by Him Who is
Thy Most Effulgent Name Whom Thou hast made a target for the
darts of Thy decree in Thy path, O Thou the King of eternity, to
rend asunder the veils that have shut off Thy creatures from the
horizon of Thy glory, that haply they may turn their faces in
the direction of Thy mercy, and draw nigh unto the Day-Spring of
Thy loving-kindness.
Leave not Thy servants to themselves, O my Lord! Draw them
through the influence of Thine utterances unto the Dawning-Place
of Thine inspiration, and to the Fountain of Thy Revelation, and
to the Treasury of Thy wisdom. Thou art He to Whose strength and
power all things have testified, Whose Purpose nothing
whatsoever of all that hath been created in Thy heaven and on
Thy earth hath been able to frustrate.
Render, then, victorious, O my God, Thy servants who have set
their faces towards Thee, and directed their steps to the seat
of Thy grace. Send down, then, upon them what will keep them
safe from the danger of turning to any one but Thee, and from
fixing their eyes upon aught else except Thyself.
Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and to rule as Thou
pleasest. There is no God but Thee, the God of glory and wisdom.
LXXIII
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name,
the Restrainer, to withhold from us the maleficence of Thine
adversaries who have disbelieved in Thy testimony, and caviled
at Thy beauty. Overpower by Thy Name, the All-Subduing, such as
have wronged Thy Previous Manifestation Who hath now appeared
invested with Thy title, the All-Glorious. Lay hold, by Thy
name, the Chastiser, on them that have treated Thy Cause with
scorn, have jested at Thy most mighty utterances, and were
hindered from attaining this most exalted station. Enable Thy
loved ones, by Thy Name, the Victorious, to prevail against
Thine enemies and the infidels among Thy creatures. Rend
asunder, by Thy Name, the Cleaver, the veil that hideth the
doings of them that have besmirched Thine honor and undermined
Thy Faith among Thy people. Bind, by Thy Name, the Restorer, the
broken hearts of them that love Thee, and graciously bless them
in their affairs. Teach them, by Thy Name, the All-Knowing, the
wonders of Thy wisdom, that they may cleave steadfastly to Thy
Faith and walk in the ways of Thy pleasure. Keep them safe, by
Thy Name, the Withholder, from the tyranny of the oppressor and
the wickedness of the evil-doers and the malice of the stirrers
of mischief. Shield them, by Thy Name, the Preserver, within the
stronghold of Thy might and power, that haply they may be
protected from the darts of doubt that are hurled by such as
have rebelled against Thee. Sanctify for Thy servants, by Thy
Name which Thou hast blessed above all other names, which Thou
hast singled out for Thy favor, and by which Thou didst reveal
Thy beauty, these days of which the Pen of Thy decree hath
distinctly written, and which, according to Thy will and wisdom,
have been preordained in Thine irrevocable Tablet. Subject to
Thy rule, by Thy Name, the Conqueror, the people of Thy realm,
that all may turn towards Thy face and forsake their all for
love of Thee and for the sake of Thy pleasure.
Abase Thou, O my Lord, Thine enemies, and lay hold on them with
Thy power and might, and let them be stricken by the blast of
Thy wrath. Make them taste, O my God, of Thine awful majesty and
vengeance, for they have repudiated the truth of the One in Whom
they had believed, Who came unto them with Thy signs and Thy
clear tokens and the evidences of Thy power and the manifold
revelations of Thy might. Gather, then, together Thy loved ones
beneath the shadow of the Tree of Thy oneness, and of the
Manifestation of the effulgent light of Thy unity.
Thou art, verily, the One Whose power is immense, Whose
vengeance is terrible. No God is there beside Thee, the
Almighty, the Most Powerful.
LXXIV
Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God, inasmuch as Thou hast
inclined mine ear to Thy voice, and called me to Thyself, and
opened mine eyes to gaze on Thy beauty, and illumined my heart
with Thy knowledge, and sanctified my breast from the doubts of
the infidels in Thy days. I am the one, O my God, who lay fast
asleep on his couch, when lo, the messengers of Thy manifold
mercies were sent down upon me by Thee, and the gentle winds of
Thy loving-kindness blew over me, and roused me up, and caused
me to set my face towards the sanctuary of Thy knowledge, and to
fix mine eyes upon the splendors of the light of Thy face.
I am but a poor creature, O my Lord! Behold me clinging to the
hem of Thy riches. I have fled from darkness and from
waywardness unto the brightness of the light of Thy countenance.
Were I--and to this Thy glory beareth me witness--to render
thanksgiving unto Thee, through the whole continuance of Thy
kingdom and the duration of the heaven of Thine omnipotence, I
would still have failed to repay Thy manifold bestowals.
I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Thy name, the Ever-Abiding, and by
Thy name which Thou didst ordain to be the most great Instrument
binding Thee to Thy servants, to grant that I may flee for
shelter to Thy door, and speak forth Thy praise. Write down,
then, for me, in every world of Thine, that which will enable me
to enter beneath Thy shadow and within the borders of Thy court.
Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful, the Most
Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
LXXV
All-praise be to Thee, O Lord, my God! I know not how to sing
Thy praise, how to describe Thy glory, how to call upon Thy
Name. If I call upon Thee by Thy Name, the All-Possessing, I am
compelled to recognize that He Who holdeth in His hand the
immediate destinies of all created things is but a vassal
dependent upon Thee, and is the creation of but a word
proceeding from Thy mouth. And if I proclaim Thee by the name of
Him Who is the All-Compelling, I readily discover that He is but
a suppliant fallen upon the dust, awe-stricken by Thy dreadful
might, Thy sovereignty and power. And if I attempt to describe
Thee by glorifying the oneness of Thy Being, I soon realize that
such a conception is but a notion which mine own fancy hath
woven, and that Thou hast ever been immeasurably exalted above
the vain imaginations which the hearts of men have devised.
The glory of Thy might beareth me witness! Whoso claimeth to
have known Thee hath, by virtue of such a claim, testified to
his own ignorance; and whoso believeth himself to have attained
unto Thee, all the atoms of the earth would attest his
powerlessness and proclaim his failure. Thou hast, however, by
virtue of Thy mercy that hath surpassed the kingdoms of earth
and heaven, deigned to accept from Thy servants the laud and
honor they pay to Thine own exalted Self, and hast bidden them
celebrate Thy glory, that the ensigns of Thy guidance may be
unfurled in Thy cities and the tokens of Thy mercy be spread
abroad among Thy nations, and that each and all may be enabled
to attain unto that which Thou hast destined for them by Thy
decree, and ordained unto them through Thine irrevocable will
and purpose.
Having testified, therefore, unto mine own impotence and the
impotence of Thy servants, I beseech Thee, by the brightness of
the light of Thy beauty, not to refuse Thy creatures attainment
to the shores of Thy most holy ocean. Draw them, then, O my God,
through the Divine sweetness of Thy melodies, towards the throne
of Thy glory and the seat of Thine eternal holiness. Thou art,
verily, the Most Powerful, the Supreme Ruler, the Great Giver,
the Most Exalted, the Ever-Desired.
Grant, then, O my God, that Thy servant who hath turned towards
Thee, hath fixed his gaze upon Thee, and clung to the cord of
Thy mercifulness and favor, may be enabled to partake of the
living waters of Thy mercy and grace. Cause him, then, to ascend
unto the heights to which he aspireth, and withhold him not from
that which Thou dost possess. Thou art, verily, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.
LXXVI
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I attempt to make
mention of Thee, I am hindered by the sublimity of Thy station
and the overpowering greatness of Thy might. For were I to
praise Thee throughout the length of Thy dominion and the
duration of Thy sovereignty, I would find that my praise of Thee
can befit only such as are like unto me, who are themselves Thy
creatures, and who have been generated through the power of Thy
decree and been fashioned through the potency of Thy will. And
at whatever time my pen ascribeth glory to any one of Thy names,
methinks I can hear the voice of its lamentation in its
remoteness from Thee, and can recognize its cry because of its
separation from Thy Self. I testify that everything other than
Thee is but Thy creation and is held in the hollow of Thy hand.
To have accepted any act or praise from Thy creatures is but an
evidence of the wonders of Thy grace and bountiful favors, and a
manifestation of Thy generosity and providence.
I entreat Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Most Great Name whereby Thou
didst separate light from fire, and truth from denial, to send
down upon me and upon such of my loved ones as are in my company
the good of this world and of the next. Supply us, then, with
Thy wondrous gifts that are hid from the eyes of men. Thou art,
verily, the Fashioner of all creation. No God is there but Thee,
the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most High.
LXXVII
O Thou, at Whose dreadful majesty all things have trembled, in
Whose grasp are the affairs of all men, towards Whose grace and
mercy are set the faces of all Thy creatures! I entreat Thee, by
Thy Name which Thou hast ordained to be the spirit of all names
that are in the kingdom of names, to shield us from the
whisperings of those who have turned away from Thee, and have
repudiated the truth of Thy most august and most exalted Self,
in this Revelation that hath caused the kingdom of Thy names to
tremble.
I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! I have turned my face
towards the sanctuary of Thy gracious favors and the adored
tabernacle of Thy glory. Purify me of all that is not of Thee,
and strengthen me to love Thee and to fulfill Thy pleasure, that
I may delight myself in the contemplation of Thy beauty, and be
rid of all attachment to any of Thy creatures, and may, at every
moment, proclaim: "Magnified be God, the Lord of the worlds!"
Let my food, O my Lord, be Thy beauty, and my drink the light of
Thy presence, and my hope Thy pleasure, and my work Thy praise,
and my companion Thy remembrance, and my aid Thy sovereignty,
and my dwelling-place Thy habitation, and my home the seat which
Thou hast exalted above the limitations of them that are shut
out as by a veil from Thee.
Thou art, in truth, the God of power, of strength and glory.
LXXVIII
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I am reminded of Thee
and muse on Thy virtues, I am seized with such ecstasies and am
so enravished by Thee that I find myself unable to make mention
of Thy name and to extol Thee. I am carried back to such heights
that I recognize my self to be the same as the remembrance of
Thee in Thy realm, and the essence of Thy praise among Thy
servants. As long as that self endureth, so long will Thy praise
continue to be shed abroad among Thy creatures and Thy
remembrance glorified by Thy people.
Every man endued with insight among Thy servants is persuaded
that my self liveth eternally and can never perish, inasmuch as
remembrance of Thee is eternal and will endure so long as Thine
own Self endureth, and Thy praise is everlasting and will last
as long as Thine own sovereignty will last. By its means Thou
art glorified by such of Thy chosen ones as call upon Thee and
by the sincere among Thy servants. Nay, the praise wherewith any
one, in the entire creation, praiseth Thee proceedeth from this
exalted self and returneth unto it, even as the sun which, while
it shineth, sheddeth its splendor upon whatsoever may be exposed
to its rays. From this sun is generated, and unto it must
return, the light which is shed over all things.
Exalted, immeasurably exalted art Thou above any attempt to
measure the greatness of Thy Cause, above any comparison that
one may seek to make, above the efforts of the human tongue to
utter its import! From everlasting Thou hast existed, alone with
no one else beside Thee, and wilt, to everlasting, continue to
remain the same, in the sublimity of Thine essence and the
inaccessible heights of Thy glory.
And when Thou didst purpose to make Thyself known unto men, Thou
didst successively reveal the Manifestations of Thy Cause, and
ordained each to be a sign of Thy Revelation among Thy people,
and the Day-Spring of Thine invisible Self amidst Thy creatures,
until the time when, as decreed by Thee, all Thy previous
Revelations culminated in Him Whom Thou hast appointed as the
Lord of all who are in the heaven of revelation and the kingdom
of creation, Him Whom Thou hast established as the Sovereign
Lord of all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth.
He it was Whom Thou hast determined to be the Herald of Thy Most
Great Revelation and the Announcer of Thy Most Ancient Splendor.
In this Thou hadst no other purpose except to try them who have
manifested Thy most excellent titles unto all who are in heaven
and on earth. He it was Whom Thou hast commanded to establish
His covenant with all created things.
And when Thy promise came to pass and the set time was
fulfilled, He Who is the Possessor of all Names and Attributes
was made manifest unto men. Thereupon all that were in the
heavens and all that were on the earth were terror-stricken save
those whom Thou didst keep under Thy protection and preserve
within the shelter of Thy power and gracious providence. There
befell Him, at the hands of such of Thy creatures as have
transgressed against Thee, that which the tongue of no one of
Thy servants can recount.
Look down, then, upon Him, O my God, with the eye of Thy tender
mercy, and send down upon Him and upon those that love Him all
the good Thou didst ordain in the heaven of Thy will and the
Tablet of Thy decree. Aid them, then, with Thy succor, for Thou
art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious,
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