The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER SIXTY TWO 31 страница
when We opened the doors of paradise unto you when you were assembled in that fortress.
344.
That was the time when the evil one whispered amongst you and caused fear to enter your hearts
and it was then that We found some of you trembling and quaking
yet We forgave those who were trembling as a mercy on our part and upon all peoples.
345.
Say:
Those of your town who have disbelieved are the worst of men as you are the best of men,
thus has it been reckoned in the Tablet, which is sealed with the seal of glory.
346.
Those people who did not attain the presence of Vahid,
those who fought with him, disputed idly with him,
they have been cursed in both this world and the next
and the word of retribution has been enacted against them from the Mighty the Wise [Lord].
347.
O friends of God in that city!
Take hold firmly the cord of God,
then thank Him as He has preferred you in all truth
and because of His mercy you became steadfast upon the path of holiness.
348.
O trees of that city,
prostrate yourselves before God, your Creator,
as the breezes of the divine springtime wafted over you in this resplendent and divine season.
349.
O land of that city,
be thankful to God, your Lord,
for you are the land changed by God on the day of resurrection
and upon you has shone the light of the spirit from the most luminous horizon.
350.
O air of that city,
make mention of God who has purified you from the dust of vanity and desire
and caused you to be revived and to return back to His old form.
351.
O Yahya!
Great is your blessedness
for you fulfilled the everlasting covenant when the heavens and the earth were created
352.
and you took hold of the Book of God with the strength of your sincere belief
and turned yourself to the sanctuary of the divine beauty
having been moved by the breezes of His day.
353.
Therefore, celebrate in the Concourse on High for you have been mentioned
in the Tablet to which belongs the spirit of all divine books and beyond the books,
the Mother Book that has been protected in the sanctuary of infallibility.
354.
Thus does God reward his servants who believe in Him and His verses
and He taketh hold of those who act tyrannically on earth.
355.
May the malediction of God rest upon the wrong doers.
356.
O Solace of the eye of eternity!
Change your tone
and chant upon the melodies of those nightingales singing in the tabernacle of divine names
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and in the dominions of divine attributes
that the birds of the throne may detach themselves from the dust of themselves,
and may therefore turn back to their original homeland which is sanctified beyond transcendence.
357.
O Thou Quintessence of truth!
Sing and chant with the most beauteous melodies
for all the maidens of paradise have come out of their assemblies and their tents of purity
that they may hear Your own melody,
the melody that has been sung in the pages of God in the book, Qayyumu'l-Asma.
[the Book of Names]
358.
Do not deprive these of what they have desired to hear
of Thy new and wondrous melodies and loving kindness
359.
for Thou art indeed the most generous One in the highest grades of immortality
and in truth Thou art indeed the most generous One in the dominion of eternity
and Thy Name is well known amongst the concourse on high as the Generous One.
360.
O Thou most holy Beauty!
The unbelievers do not respite [relieve] Thee that a breath should be exhaled from Thy chest
for as My voice wishes to leave My mouth,
they place the hand of hatred over My mouth
361.
and yet with all your knowledge of this matter
you command me to raise My call in this atmosphere
for Thou art the doer in truth, Thou art the commander in justice.
362.
Thou does what Thou wishes and Thou art wise over all things.
363.
If Thou hearkenest to the call of Thy servant,
if Thou fulfillest his wish then forgive them with the utmost kind word and delicate utterance
that the handmaidens of eternity may return to their seats in the crimson and ruby laden chambers.
364.
Thou knowest that I have now become afflicted between the unbelievers from two parties
and Thou commandest in both Revelations and overseest both Dispensations
and Thou art manifest in the Twin garments
365.
and Thou art resplendent through the Two Suns
and have been mentioned with the Twin Names,
possessest the Twin Dawning-places,
and commandest the secret of the Twin Mysteries in these Two Lines,
and God is fully aware beyond all this.
Tablet of the City of Patient Endurance CHAPTER FOURTEEN
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Divisions 366-400
THE CITY OF PATIENT ENDURANCE
366.
Thou knowest that I have no fear for myself rather I have sacrificed myself, my soul and my spirit,
on the day that Thou graciously honored Me with Thy presence,
the day that Thou made me recognize Thy new beauty
and inspired me with the gems of Thy revelation
which are shed upon everyone that entereth the shade of thy cause.
367.
My fear is that the limbs of thy command may fall apart in this great revelation
as these envious ones have created divisions
on the day that Thou seated thyself upon the throne of existence with thine all embracing mercy.
368.
Thus have we explained everything in a Tablet that is revealed from the heaven of the divine spirit.
369.
O Thou blood soaked garment!
Do not heed the misgivings of mankind rather burn asunder their veils
and appear with thy divine ornament amongst earth and heaven
and chant of thy hidden and treasured melodies born of Thy spirit in these days
whereon there has befallen upon the Manifestation of the being of God
what the eyes of creation have not seen.
370.
O Thou most holy beauty!
The Cause is in thy hand
and I am not but a humble servant before Thee, commanded by Thee,
and it is because Thou commanded me to make mention of the most Great Remembrance
and of the most Great Treasure.
371.
Therefore, thou shouldst order Thy heavenly angels to protect the limbs of the divine throne
and order the exalted angels to guard the tabernacles of grandeur,
lest veils of divinity may be torn asunder
as a consequence of this call which has been hidden up to now in Thy chest.
372.
And yet Glory of the Spirit!
Conceal not Thyself behind those veils
yet appear with the might of God and break the seal of the Vessel of Spirit -
a vessel that has been sealed with the seal of divine protection
from the beginning that has no beginning,
373.
[so] that perfume-laden fragrances may blow from this Pre-existent Vessel upon all creation
so that it may revive all existence with the breath of the Merciful,
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[so] that they may all arise to serve the Cause in this day
whereon the Spirit is evidently visible above the dawn of truth.
374.
Say:
This Tablet enjoins upon you patience on this day of the Great Terror
and commands us to be forbearing in this Most Great Agitation
when this Dove of Hijaz flies from Iraq
and sheds upon all contingent beings the fragrances of separation
and on the face of heaven appears the color red,
for thus is the matter decreed in the Mother Book. [of _____ ]
375.
Say:
The Bird of Immortality has flown from the Horizon of Eternity
and has purposedthe Sheba of the Spirit in the Sinai of holiness
so that in the mirror of divine destiny the commands of His decree may be reflected,
and this is merely one of God's hidden secrets.
376.
Say:
The Bird of Glory has flown from one branch
and has sought the Branch of holiness planted in the land of exile.
377.
Say:
The Breeze of Divine Unity has dawned from the Abode of Peace (Baghdad)
and has sought to blow over the city of separation as mentioned in the scrolls of divine Revelation.
378.
Say:
O concourse in the heavens and on earth!
Throw ye ashes on your faces and on your heads
because the Beauty of God disappears from these near cities
and intends to dawn from the horizon of a remote heaven.
379.
All this has been decreed in truth
and We are thankful to God in that He has caused to descend on Us tribulation after tribulation
and at this moment too He rains upon Us from the Clouds of His Decree
down-pouring of well-known sorrows.
380.
O Thou Quintessence of sorrow!
Seal thou the utterance in this remembrance for We have truly become saddened
and the Concourse on High have become sorrowful
and then make mention of that servant of God
who asked of that true and veritable "Great Announcement."
381.
Say:
I swear by the One True God!
That "Announcement" came to pass in the perspicuous beauty of Ali. (the Bab)
382.
Yet the servants disagreed about it and the divines of this Age objected to Him --
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divines who were veiled in the veils of vanity.
383.
And you did recognize the Beauty of God in the garment of Ali, the Self-Subsistent. (the Bab)
384.
And ere long all in the heavens and earth will recognize Him
and this was previously inscribed in truth and has been irrevocable with God.
385.
And ye shall know of His Announcement at an inevitably approaching time.
386.
Yet O people of the Bayan!
Strive with the utmost striving that ye may not disagreed about the Cause of God
387.
and be ye as steadfast as the mountain in all truth
in such wise that the whisperings of the Evil One may not cause you to slip
and that nothing on earth may pervert you.
388.
All this is that which the Dove of Revelation counselleth you at the time of departure from `Iraq
because of what the hands of unbelievers have wrought.
389.
Furthermore know ye, O concourse of chosen ones,
that when the Sun sets, the birds of night will move about in the darkness,
yet you ought not pay heed to them.
390.
Rather turn your faces in this well-beloved and holy direction.
391.
Beware lest ye follow the "Samiri" in your souls;
beware lest ye fall behind the "Calf" when it bleats amongst you.
392.
This is my best counsel unto you and unto all created things.
393.
You shall hear the call of Samiri after Me [ ]
and he will summon you to the Evil One.
394.
Go ye not therefore to him,
rather turn to this Hidden and Glorious Beauty.
395.
At this point We address all who are in heaven and on earth from this City
that haply all things may attain to what has been ordained for them
from the Wise, the Omniscient [Lord].
396.
O Moment of time!
Be not heedless of this moment that has come in truth,
during which the breeze of God is blowing from a holy and westerly direction.
397.
O Hour [of truth]!
Celebrate this hour that has arisen with thee
and recognize this eternal, heavenly, and everlasting banquet
that has descended from the clouds of holiness and light
from the heaven of might in the name of God.
398.
O [light of] Day!
Illumine all existing things in this luminous, resplendent, and divine Day
that has become manifest from the horizon of Iraq.
399.
In this wise We clarify for you the divine verses
and We disclose to you the words of the spirit
and vouchsafe unto all things what has been ordained in the Book of divine might
so that everyone may know the fountain of divine bounty
which is following from this Ridvan in all truth.
400.
May the spirit be upon you,
and upon those who have [been] circumambulating [the Kaaba],
and directing themselves in the direction of divine love.
Translated by K. Fananapazir
Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-35
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