Commentary on the Surah of the Sun 8 страница
• • • Passages Translated by Shoghi Effendi Wherever possible, translations made by Shoghi Effendi have been used in preparing this book. In many instances his renderings of individual phrases have been incorporated, but these are too numerous to list. Below are listed two categories of translation that have been used. One is a direct translation of the actual Tablet concerned, or of excerpts therefrom. The second category is slightly less direct: in a number of His later Writings Bahá’u’lláh used to quote passages from His own Tablets, but when doing so He often modified the passage from which He was quoting. Thus, when Shoghi Effendi’s translations of such quoted passages—as, for example, in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf—have been used, they have had to be adjusted to agree with the passage as it appeared in the Tablet from which Bahá’u’lláh was quoting, as it is these original Tablets that are here translated. Such adjustments are slight and have not been specially noted, but will be apparent to anyone who compares the passages as they appear in this book with the volumes from which Shoghi Effendi’s translations are taken.
Passage Source The entire Tablet of Carmel Bahá’u’lláh. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, XI. “We, verily, have come …” to “… hath gone far astray.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, God's Vicar on Earth. “Open the doors of your hearts.…” to “… grievous error.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, God's Vicar on Earth. “O concourse of priests!…” to “… His great glory!” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, His Messages to Christian Leaders. “He that summoneth …” to “… that are on earth” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, His Messages to Christian Leaders. “Let the Breeze of God …” to “… among the wellassured.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, His Messages to Christian Leaders. “O concourse of bishops …” to “… from His Purpose.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, His Messages to Christian Leaders. “O concourse of monks…” to “… the AllMerciful.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, His Messages to Christian Leaders. “Bethlehem is astir …” to “… the Best-Informed” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, His Messages to Christian Leaders. “I never passed…” to “… crucified upon thee.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, Let the Oppressor Desist. “behave towards…” to “… honesty and truthfulness.” Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By, Chapter XII. “O people of God! …” to “… life to the world.” Shoghi Effendi. The Advent of Divine Justice. “A good character…” to “… and the radiance thereof.” Shoghi Effendi. The Advent of Divine Justice. “‘O Son of Spirit,’ …” to “… before thine eyes.’” Bahá’u’lláh. The Hidden Words, Arabic no. 2. “‘We will now mention…” to “… Lord of creation.’” Bahá’u’lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. “swiftly appearing newspapers” and “the mirror of the world” Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By, Chapter XII. “an amazing and potent phenomenon” Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By, Chapter XII. “Knowledge is as wings…” to “… witness the Mother Book” Bahá’u’lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. “In truth, knowledge is …” to “… gladness unto him.” Bahá’u’lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. “Verily I say: The fear of God …” to “… do not possess it.” Bahá’u’lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. “The pen of the Most High…” to “… endued with discernment!” Bahá’u’lláh.
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[Tablet to the (Zoroastrian) Servants of God] CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
Published in _____ as “The Beginning of All Utterance is the Praise of God”, together with a number of other large tablets addressed to the congregations of Zoroastrian believers. The term Servant of God is a Islamic term for faithful believers that submit to the yoke of God, thuis the tablet is addressed to all believers in general.
[SERVANTS OF GOD]
1.
The beginning of all utterance is the praise of God.
2.
O servants [of God]!
The springs of divine bestowal are streaming forth.
3.
Quaff ye therefrom, that by the aid of the incomparable Friend
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ye may be sanctified from this darksome world of dust and enter His abode.
4.
Renounce the world and direct your steps toward the city of the Beloved.
5.
O servants!
The fire that consumeth all veils hath been kindled by My hand;
quench it not with the waters of ignorance.
6.
The heavens are the token of My greatness;
look upon them with a pure eye.
7.
The stars bear witness to My truth;
bear ye likewise witness thereto.
8.
O servants!
Eyes are needed if one is to see,
and ears, if one is to hear.
9.
Whoso in this blessed Day hath not heard the divine call hath indeed no ear.
10.
By this is not meant that bodily ear that is perceived by the eye.
11.
Open your inner eye, that ye may behold the celestial Fire,
12.
and listen with the ear of inner understanding,
that ye may hear the delightsome words of the Beloved.
13.
O servants!
If your heart acheth for the Beloved, lo, the remedy is come!
14.
If ye have eyes to see,
behold, the shining countenance of the Friend hath appeared!
15.
Kindle ye the fire of knowledge and flee from the ignorant.
16.
Such are the words of the Lord of the world.
17.
O servants!
Lifeless is the body that is bereft of a soul,
and withered the heart that is devoid of the remembrance of its Lord.
18.
Commune with the remembrance of the Friend and shun the enemy.
19.
Your enemy is such things as ye have acquired of your own inclination,
to which ye have firmly clung, and whereby ye have sullied your souls.
20.
The soul hath been created for the remembrance of the Friend;
safeguard its purity.
21.
The tongue hath been created to bear witness to God;
pollute it not with the mention of the wayward.
22.
O servants!
Verily I say, he is to be accounted as truthful who hath beheld the straight Path.
23.
That Path is one, and God hath chosen and prepared it.
24.
It shineth resplendent amongst all paths as the sun amongst the stars.
25.
Whosoever hath not attained it hath failed to apprehend the truth and hath gone astray.
Such are the counsels of the incomparable, the peerless Lord.
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[Tablet to the Servants of God] CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
[SERVANTS OF GOD]
26.
O servants!
This nether world is the abode of demons:
27.
Guard yourselves from approaching them.
28.
By demons is meant those wayward souls who,
with the burden of their evil deeds, slumber in the chambers of oblivion.
29.
Their sleep is preferable to their wakefulness, and their death is better than their life.
30.
O servants!
Not every mortal frame hath a spirit or is imbued with life.
31.
In this day he is endowed with spirit who with all his heart seeketh the abode of the Beloved.
32.
The end of all beginnings is to be found in this Day:
33.
Turn ye not a blind eye unto it.
34.
The matchless Friend is :
35.
Stray not far from Him.
36.
O servants!
Ye are even as saplings in a garden, which are to perishing for want of water.
37.
Wherefore, revive your souls with the heavenly water that is raining down
from the clouds of divine bounty.
38.
Words must be followed by deeds.
39.
Whoso accepteth the words of the Friend is in truth a man of deeds;
otherwise a dead carcass is verily of greater worth.
40.
O servants!
Pleasant is the utterance of the Friend:
41.
Where is the soul who will taste its sweetness, and where is the ear that will hearken unto it?
42.
Well is it with him who, in this day, communeth with the Friend
43.
and in His path renounceth and forsaketh all save Him,
that he may behold a new world and gain admittance to the everlasting paradise.
44.
The Lord of the world saith,
O servants!
Forsake your own desires and seek that which I have desired for you.
45.
Walk ye not without one to guide you on the way,
and accept ye not the words of every guide.
46.
How numerous the guides who have gone astray and failed to discover the straight Path!
47.
He alone is a guide who is free from the bondage of this world
and whom nothing whatsoever can deter from speaking the truth.
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48.
O servants!
Follow the path of truthfulness and turn not away from the needy.
49.
Make mention of Me before the great ones of the earth and fear not.
50.
O servants!
Be pure in your deeds, and conduct yourselves in accordance with the words of God.
Such are the counsels of the incomparable Lord.
Tablet to the (Zoroastrian) Friends of God CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
Published in _____ as “The Beginning of Every Account is the Name of God”, together with a number of other large tablets addressed to the congregations of Zoroastrian believers. Friend of God is a term for Abraham, and, a term that is commonly used by the Greek sea empires and their friends that preceded Abraham with the ancient Minoan sea empire at Knossus. Here it refers to the prophet.
[FRIENDS OF GOD]
1.
The beginning of every account is the name of God.
2.
O friends of God!
Incline your inner ears to the voice of the peerless and self-Subsistent Lord,
that He may deliver you from the bonds of entanglement and the depths of darkness
and enable you to attain the eternal light.
3.
Ascent and descent, stillness and motion,
have come into being through the will of the Lord of all that hath been and shall be.
4.
The cause of ascent is lightness, and the cause of lightness is heat.
5.
Thus hath it been decreed by God.
6.
The cause of stillness is weight and density, which in turn are caused by coldness.
7.
Thus hath it been decreed by God.
8.
And since He hath ordained heat to be the source of motion and ascent
and the cause of attainment to the desired goal, hot air balloons, 1000 BC in Persia
He hath therefore kindled with the mystic hand that Fire that dieth not
9.
and sent it forth into the world, that this divine Fire might, by the heat of the love of God,
guide and attract all mankind to the abode of the incomparable Friend.
10.
This is the mystery enshrined in your Book that was sent down aforetime,
a mystery which hath until now remained concealed from the eyes and hearts of men.
11.
That primal Fire hath in this Day appeared with a new radiance and with immeasurable heat.
12.
This divine Fire burneth of itself, with neither fuel nor fume,
that it might draw away such excess moisture and cold
as are the cause of torpor and weariness, of lethargy and despondency,
and lead the entire creation to the court of the presence of the All-Merciful.
13.
Whoso hath approached this Fire hath been set aflame and attained the desired goal, and whoso hath removed himself therefrom hath remained deprived.
14.
O servant of God!
Turn thou away from the stranger, that thou mayest recognize the Friend.
15.
He indeed is a stranger who leadeth you away from the Friend.
16.
This is not the day whereon the high priests can command and exercise their authority.
17.
In your Book it is stated that the high priests will, on that day,
lead men far astray, and will prevent them from drawing near unto Him.
18.
He indeed is a high priest who hath seen the light
and hastened unto the way leading to the Beloved.
19.
Such a man is a benevolent priest and a source of illumination to the whole world.
20.
O servant of God!
Any priest who leadeth thee away from this Fire,
which is the reality of the Light and the mystery of divine Revelation, is indeed thine enemy.
21.
Suffer not the words of the foe to hold thee back from the Friend
or the insinuations of the enemy to cause thee to forsake the Beloved.
22.
O servant of God!
The day of deeds hath come,
Now is not the time for words.
23.
The Messenger of God hath appeared,
Now is not the hour for hesitation.
24.
Open thou thine inner eye that thou mayest behold the face of the Beloved,
25.
and hearken thou with thine inner ear
that thou mayest hear the sweet murmur of His celestial voice.
[Tablet to the Friends of God] CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
[FRIENDS OF GOD]
26.
O servant of God!
The robe of divine bestowal hath been sewn and readied.
27.
Take hold of it and attire thyself therewith.
28.
Renounce and forsake the people of the world.
29.
O wise one!
Shouldst thou heed the counsel of thy Lord,
thou wouldst be released from the bondage of His servants
and behold thyself exalted above all men.
30.
O servant of God!
We have bestowed a dewdrop from the ocean of divine grace;
would that men might drink therefrom!
31.
We have brought a trace of the sweet melodies of the Beloved;
would that men might hearken with their inner ear!
32.
Soar upon the wings of joy in the atmosphere of the love of God.
33.
Regard the people of the world as dead and seek the fellowship of the living.
34.
Whoso hath not breathed the sweet fragrance of the Beloved at this dawntide
is indeed accounted among the dead.
35.
He Who is the All-Sufficing proclaimeth aloud,
“The realm of joy hath been ushered in;
be not sorrowful!
36.
The hidden mystery hath been made manifest;
be not disheartened!”
37.
Wert thou to apprehend the surpassing greatness of this Day,
thou wouldst renounce the world and all that dwell therein
and hasten unto the way that leadeth to the Lord.
38.
O servants of God!
Deprived souls are heedless of this triumphant Day,
and chilled hearts have no share of the heat of this blazing Fire.
39.
O servant of God!
The Tree which We had planted with the Hand of Providence hath borne its destined fruit,
and the glad-tidings We had imparted in the Book have appeared in full effect.
40.
O servant of God!
We revealed Ourself to thee once in thy sleep, yet thou didst remain unaware.
41.
Remember now, that thou mayest perceive
and hasten with heart and soul to the placeless Friend.
42.
O servant of God!
Say,
O high priests!
The Hand of Omnipotence is stretched forth from behind the clouds;
behold ye it with new eyes.
43.
The tokens of His majesty and greatness are unveiled;
44.
gaze ye on them with pure eyes.
45.
O servant of God!
The Daystar of the everlasting realm is shining resplendent above the horizon of His will
and the Oceans of divine bounty are surging.
46.
Bereft indeed is the one who hath failed to behold them,
and lifeless the one who hath not attained thereunto.
47.
Close thine eyes to this nether world,
48.
open them to the countenance of the incomparable Friend,
and commune intimately with His Spirit.
49.
O servant of God!
With a pure heart unloose thy tongue in the praise of thy Lord
for having made mention of thee through His gem-scattering pen.
50.
Couldst thou but realize the greatness of this bestowal,
thou wouldst find thyself invested with everlasting life.
[Tablet of Muhammad] CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-9
[MUHAMMAD]
1.
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
2.
Praised be to God hath ever been alone Eternally Existent
through the Eternality of His own Being,
alone Ever-Permanent through the Continuance of His Pre-Eternality,
3.
Who created all existence through a Word of His Command
and Who caused to be made manifest the realms of possibility
for the theophany of the Lights of His Love. [for the souls of God's favored children]
4.
He is the [Lord] Who made the hearts of His chosen [sevant]s
to be a throne for the enthronement of the Beauty of His union
and mirrors for the announcement of the Glory of His Sovereignty.
5.
Peace and blessing be upon the First-Primal Point
made manifest from the unseen dimension of the realm of the Divine Union,
6.
the first Letter by means of which the comprehensive Logos-Word was completed;
the Primal Light which shed splendour from the Dawn of the Divine Ipseity;
7.
the First Breeze which hath wafted forth from the Divine Garden
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