Tablet to Fuad Pasha the Heart 1 страница
Tablet of My Covenant CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
MY COVENANT
1.
Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world,
yet within the treasury of trust and resignation
We have bequeathed to Our heirs an excellent and priceless Heritage.
2.
Earthly treasures We have not bequeathed,
nor have We added such cares as they entail.
3.
By God! In earthly riches fear is hidden and peril is concealed.
4.
Consider ye and call to mind that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’án:
5.
‘Woe betide every slanderer and defamer,
him that layeth up riches and counteth them.’ Qurán 104:1-2
6.
Fleeting are the riches of the world;
all that perisheth and changeth is not, and hath never been, worthy of attention,
except to a recognized measure.
7.
The aim of this Wronged One in sustaining woes and tribulations,
in revealing the Holy Verses and in demonstrating proofs,
hath been naught except to quench the flame of hate and enmity,
8.
that the horizon of the hearts of men may be illumined with the light of concord
and attain real peace and tranquillity.
9.
From the dawning-place of the divine Tablet the day-star of this utterance shineth resplendent,
and it behoveth everyone to fix his gaze upon it:
10.
We exhort you, O peoples of the world,
to observe that which will elevate your station.
11.
Hold fast to the fear of God and firmly adhere to what is right.
12.
Verily I say, the tongue is for mentioning what is good,
defile it not with unseemly talk.
13.
God hath forgiven what is past.
14.
Henceforward everyone should utter that which is meet and seemly,
and should refrain from slander, abuse and whatever causeth sadness in men.
15.
Lofty is the station of man!
16.
Not long ago this exalted Word streamed forth from the treasury of Our Pen of Glory:
17.
Great and blessed is this Day
—the Day in which all that lay latent in man hath been and will be made manifest.
18.
Lofty is the station of man,
were he to hold fast to righteousness and truth and to remain firm and steadfast in the Cause.
19.
In the eyes of the All-Merciful a true man appeareth even as a firmament;
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its sun and moon are his sight and hearing, and his shining and resplendent character its stars.
20.
His is the loftiest station, and his influence educateth the world of being.
21.
Every receptive soul who hath in this Day inhaled the fragrance of His garment
and hath, with a pure heart, set his face towards the all-glorious Horizon
is reckoned among the people of Bahá in the Crimson Book.
22.
Grasp ye, in My Name, the chalice of My loving-kindness,
drink then your fill in My glorious and wondrous remembrance.
23.
O ye that dwell on earth!
The religion of God is for love and unity;
make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.
24.
In the eyes of men of insight and the beholders of the Most Sublime Vision,
whatsoever are the effective means for safeguarding and promoting
the happiness and welfare of the children of men
have already been revealed by the Pen of Glory.
25.
But the foolish ones of the earth, being nurtured in evil passions and desires,
have remained heedless of the consummate wisdom of Him Who is, in truth, the All-Wise,
while their words and deeds are prompted by idle fancies and vain imaginings.
Tablet of My Covenant CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-65
MY COVENANT
26.
O ye the loved ones and the trustees of God!
27.
Kings are the manifestations of the power,
and the daysprings of the might and riches, of God.
28.
Pray ye on their behalf.
29.
He hath invested them with the rulership of the earth
and hath singled out the hearts of men as His Own domain.
30.
Conflict and contention are categorically forbidden in His Book.
31.
This is a decree of God in this Most Great Revelation.
32.
It is divinely preserved from annulment
and is invested by Him with the splendour of His confirmation.
33.
Verily He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
34.
It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command
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who are adorned with the ornament of equity and justice.
35.
Blessed are the rulers and the learned
among the people of Bahá.
36.
They are My trustees among My servants
and the manifestations of My commandments amidst My people.
37.
Upon them rest My glory,
My blessings and My grace which have pervaded the world of being.
38.
In this connection,
the utterances revealed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas are such that from the horizon of their words
the light of divine grace shineth luminous and resplendent.
39.
O ye My Branches!
A mighty force, a consummate power lieth concealed in the world of being.
40.
Fix your gaze upon it and upon its unifying influence,
and not upon the differences which appear from it.
41.
The Will of the divine Testator is this:
It is incumbent upon the Aghsán, the Afnán and My Kindred
to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch.
42.
Consider that which We have revealed in Our Most Holy Book:
43.
‘When the ocean of My presence hath ebbed and the Book of My Revelation is ended,
turn your faces toward Him Whom God hath purposed,
Who hath branched from this Ancient Root.’
44.
The object of this sacred verse is none other except the Most Mighty Branch. (Bahá-ullah)
45.
Thus have We graciously revealed unto you Our potent Will,
and I am verily the Gracious, the All-Powerful.
46.
Verily God hath ordained the station of the Greater Branch (the Bab, Muḥammad Alí)
to be beneath that of the Most Great Branch. (Bahá-ullah)
47.
He is in truth the Ordainer, the All-Wise.
We have chosen ‘the Greater’ after ‘the Most Great’,
as decreed by Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.
48.
It is enjoined upon everyone to manifest love towards the Aghsán,
but God hath not granted them any right to the property of others.
49.
O ye My Aghsán, My Afnán and My Kindred!
We exhort you to fear God,
to perform praiseworthy deeds
and to do that which is meet and seemly and serveth to exalt your station.
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50.
Verily I say, fear of God is the greatest commander that can render the Cause of God victorious, and the hosts which best befit this commander have ever been and are
an upright character and pure and goodly deeds.
51.
Say:
O servants!
Let not the means of order be made the cause of confusion
and the instrument of union an occasion for discord.
52.
We fain would hope that the people of Bahá may be guided by the blessed words:
53.
‘Say:
All things are of God.’
54.
This exalted utterance is like unto water for quenching the fire of hate and enmity
which smouldereth within the hearts and breasts of men.
55.
By this single utterance contending peoples and kindreds will attain the light of true unity.
56.
Verily He speaketh the truth and leadeth the way.
He is the All-Powerful, the Exalted, the Gracious.
57.
It is incumbent upon everyone to show courtesy to, and have regard for the Aghsán,
that thereby the Cause of God may be glorified and His Word exalted.
58.
This injunction hath time and again been mentioned and recorded in the Holy Writ.
59.
Well is it with him who is enabled to achieve that which the Ordainer,
the Ancient of Days hath prescribed for him.
60.
Ye are bidden moreover to respect the members of the Holy Household,
the Afnán and the kindred.
61.
We further admonish you to serve all nations
and to strive for the betterment of the world.
62.
That which is conducive to the regeneration of the world
and the salvation of the peoples and kindreds of the earth
hath been sent down from the heaven of the utterance of Him Who is the Desire of the world.
63.
Give ye a hearing ear to the counsels of the Pen of Glory.
64.
Better is this for you than all that is on the earth.
65.
Unto this beareth witness My glorious and wondrous Book.
Tablet to Czar Alexander II CHAPTER ONE
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Divisions 1-25
CZAR ALEXANDER
1.
O Czar of Russia!
Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy,
2.
and turn thou unto Paradise,
the Spot wherein abideth He Who, among the Concourse on high, beareth the most excellent titles,
and Who in the kingdom of creation is called by the name of God, the Splendid, the All-Glorious.
3.
Beware lest thy desire deter thee from turning towards the face of thy Lord,
the Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
4.
We, verily, have heard the thing for which thou didst supplicate thy Lord,
whilst secretly communing with Him.
5.
Wherefore, the breeze of My loving-kindness wafted forth, and the sea of My mercy surged,
and We answered thee in truth.
Thy Lord, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
6.
Whilst I lay chained and fettered in the prison, one of thy ministers extended Me his aid.
7.
Wherefore hath God ordained for thee a station
which the knowledge of none can comprehend except His knowledge.
8.
Beware lest thou barter away this sublime station.
Thy Lord, verily, doeth what He willeth.
9.
What He pleaseth will God abrogate or confirm,
and with Him is the knowledge of all things in a Guarded Tablet.
10.
Beware lest thy sovereignty withhold thee from Him Who is the Supreme Sovereign.
11.
He, verily, is come with His Kingdom, and all the atoms cry aloud:
“Lo! The Lord is come in His great majesty!”
12.
He Who is the Father is come, and the Son, in the holy vale, crieth out:
“Here am I, here am I, O Lord, My God!”,
13.
whilst Sinai circleth round the House, and the Burning Bush calleth aloud:
14.
“The All-Bounteous is come mounted upon the clouds!
15.
Blessed is he that draweth nigh unto Him, and woe betide them that are far away.”
16.
Arise thou amongst men in the name of this all-compelling Cause,
and summon, then, the nations unto God, the Exalted, the Great.
17.
Be thou not of them who called upon God by one of His names, yet who,
when He Who is the Object of all names appeared, denied Him and turned aside from Him,
and, in the end, pronounced sentence against Him with manifest injustice.
18.
Consider and call thou to mind the days whereon the Spirit of God appeared,
and Herod gave judgement against Him.
19.
God, however, aided Him with the hosts of the unseen, and protected Him with truth,
and sent Him down unto another land, according to His promise.
He, verily, ordaineth what He pleaseth.
20.
Thy Lord truly preserveth whom He willeth,
be he in the midst of the seas, or in the maw of the serpent, or beneath the sword of the oppressor.
21.
Blessed be the king whom the veils of glory have not deterred
from turning unto the Dayspring of beauty
and who hath forsaken his all in his desire to obtain the things of God.
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He, indeed, is accounted in the sight of God as the most excellent of men,
and is extolled by the inmates of Paradise
and them that circle morn and eve round the Throne on high.
23.
Again I say:
Hearken unto My voice that calleth from My prison,
that it may acquaint thee with the things that have befallen My Beauty,
at the hands of them that are the manifestations of My glory,
24.
and that thou mayest perceive how great hath been My patience, notwithstanding My might,
and how immense My forbearance, notwithstanding My power.
25.
By My life! Couldst thou but know the things sent down by My Pen,
and discover the treasures of My Cause, and the pearls of My mysteries
which lie hid in the seas of My names and in the goblets of My words,
thou wouldst, in thy love for My name,
and in thy longing for My glorious and sublime Kingdom,
lay down thy life in My path.
Tablet to Czar Alexander II CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-60
CZAR ALEXANDER
26.
Know thou that though My body be beneath the swords of My foes,
and My limbs be beset with incalculable afflictions,
yet My spirit is filled with a gladness with which all the joys of the earth can never compare.
27.
Set thine heart towards Him Who is the Point of adoration for the world, and say:
28.
“O peoples of the earth!
Have ye denied the One in Whose path He Who came with the truth,
bearing the announcement of your Lord, the Exalted, the Great, suffered martyrdom?”
Say:
This is an Announcement whereat the hearts of the Prophets and Messengers have rejoiced.
28.
This is the One Whom the heart of the world remembereth,
and is promised in the Books of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise.
29.
The hands of the Messengers were, in their desire to meet Me,
upraised towards God, the Mighty, the Glorified.
30.
Unto this testifieth that which hath been sent down in the sacred Scriptures
by Him Who is the Lord of might and power.
31.
Some lamented in their separation from Me, others endured hardships in My path,
and still others laid down their lives for the sake of My Beauty, if ye only could know it.
32.
Say:
I, verily, have not sought to extol Mine own Self,
yet rather God Himself, were ye to judge fairly.
33.
Naught can be seen in Me except God and His Cause, could ye but perceive it.
34.
I am the One Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled,
the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned.
35.
Thus hath it been decreed in the Scriptures of thy Lord, the Most Merciful.
36.
He, verily, hath borne witness unto Me, as I bear witness unto Him.
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And God testifieth to the truth of My words.
38.
Say:
The Books have been sent down for naught but My remembrance.
39.
Whosoever is receptive to their call shall perceive therefrom
the sweet fragrances of My name and My praise;
and he who hath unstopped the ear of his inmost heart shall hear from every word thereof:
40.
“The True One is come! He indeed is the beloved of the worlds!”
41.
It is for the sake of God alone that My tongue counselleth you
and that My pen moveth to make mention of you,
for neither can the malice and denial of all who dwell on earth harm Me,
nor the allegiance of the entire creation profit Me.
42.
We, verily, exhort you unto that which We were commanded, and desire naught from you
except that ye draw nigh unto what shall profit you in both this world and the world to come.
43.
Say:
Will ye slay Him Who summoneth you unto life everlasting?
45.
Fear ye God, and follow not every contumacious oppressor.
46.
O proud ones of the earth!
Do ye believe yourselves to be abiding in palaces
whilst He Who is the King of Revelation resideth in the most desolate of abodes?
47.
Nay, by My life! In tombs do ye dwell, could ye only perceive it.
48.
Verily, he who faileth, in these days, to be stirred by the breeze of God
is accounted among the dead in the sight of Him Who is the Lord of all names and attributes.
49.
Arise, then, from the tombs of self and desire and turn unto the Kingdom of God,
the Possessor of the Throne on high and of earth below,
that ye may behold that which ye were promised aforetime by your Lord, the All-Knowing.
50.
Think ye that the things ye possess shall profit you?
51.
Soon others will possess them and ye will return unto the dust with none to help or succour you.
52.
What advantage is there in a life that can be overtaken by death,
or in an existence that is doomed to extinction,
or in a prosperity that is subject to change?
53.
Cast away the things that ye possess
and set your faces toward the favours of God which have been sent down in this wondrous Name.
54.
Thus doth the Pen of the Most High warble unto thee its melodies
by the leave of thy Lord, the All-Glorious.
55.
When thou hast heard and recited them, say:
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