HE WHO KNOWETH HIS BEING HATH KNOWN HIS LORD GOD 3 страница
O Thou Who art the rustling of the Sadrah of divine utterance,
O Thou the Tree of certitude planted in the paradise of knowledge.
72.
Through Thee, the daystar of God's manifestation shone forth,
the Speaker of Sinai[75] hath spoken,
and the divine behest of forgiveness and generosity hath been enforced amongst men.
73.
I bear witness, moreover, that Thou wert the way of God, and His balance,
the dayspring of His verses,
the reflection of His sovereignty,
and the safety-deposit of His binding commandments and all pressing injunctions.
74.
Verily, Thou art the City of love and the lovers are but its hosts and citizens;
Thou art the Ark of God and the sincere ones are its companions and wayfarers.[76]
75.
By virtue of Thy utterance, the sea of divine knowledge billowed forth,
O Thou who art the quintessence of knowledge.[77]
76.
Through Thee, the daystar of certitude shone above the horizon of testimony.
77.
It was due to Thy clarion call, raised in the arena of martyrdom and struggle[78]
that the cry of the embodiments of beauty were raised in the Paradise created by God,
the Rich, the Most Exalted.
78.
Because of Thy appearance, the banner of righteousness and piety was raised and the traces of rebellion and wickedness were obliterated.
79.
I testify, moreover, that Thou art the Treasury of the pearls of the knowledge of God and the Repository of the gems of His utterance and wisdom. [79]
80.
Because of Thy calamity, the Point[80] left its most sublime position, and sought for itself a station beneath the Letter Bá'. [81]
81.
Thou art truly that Most Great Tablet[82] upon which is inscribed all the secrets of the past and the future and all knowledge from all eternity to all eternity.
82.
Thou art the Supreme Pen[83] through Whose movement, earth and heaven were made to move and through Thee, all things have turned to the lights emanating from the Face of God, the Lord of the throne above and the earth below.
83.
Ah! Ah!
By virtue of Thy tragedy, lamentations, mourning, and weeping were raised in the All-Highest Paradise, and the Maids of heaven, the sacred houris, sought their abiding place on dust itself! [84]
84.
Great is the blessedness of that servant who weepeth in Thy afflictions and blessed is the handmaiden of God who cries with tears for Thy tribulations.
85.
Also, blessed are those eyes from which tears are shed in Thy Cause.
86.
Hallowed is the earth bearing the inestimable honour of Thy remains!
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Moreover, most blessed is the spot wherein Thy most pure body was laid to rest. [85]
87.
All[86] praise and sanctity is Thine, O my God, the Lord of Revelation,
O Thou Who hast cast Thy effulgent rays on Mount Sinai![87]
88.
I adjure Thee, by this Light,[88] Which hath shone forth above the firmament of detachment and renunciation, and by Which the principle of sole reliance upon God and acquiescence unto His Will was established.
89.
Again, I adjure Thee, by those bodies slain in Thy path!
90.
I beseech Thee, by those hearts which have melted in Thy love, and by all the sacred blood shed upon the earth of resignation, [89] to forgive all those who have turned their faces unto this Supreme Station, this summit of exaltation,
91.
and that further, O my God, Thou mayest ordain for them that which will ensure that the fragrance of their acceptance and sincerity will never cease being wafted upon the divine cities of remembrance and praise.
92.
Thou seest, O my Lord, that they are attracted by the breezes of Thy revelation and that they are severed from all else but Thee in Thy days.
93.
I beseech Thee, to cause them to drink from the hand of generosity the river of everlasting life.
94.
I beg of Thee to write down for them by Thy pen of grace and loving-kindness, the reward of such as have attained unto Thy presence.
95.
I beseech Thee, moreover, O Lord of all names,
by Thy cause through which Thou hast subdued the kingdoms of earth and heaven,
and by Thy sweet call which hath enthralled the denizens of Thy dominion,
that Thou mayest aid all to attain that which Thou desirest and wishest and that our stations may thereby be exalted in the precincts of Thy glory and the canopy of nearness unto Thee.
96.
O Lord, we are Thy servants who have fixed our gaze unto the effulgences of the lights of the Orb of Thy revelation, which hath shone above the firmament of Thy generosity.
97.
We beseech Thee, by the waves of the sea of Thy holy utterance amongst Thy people,
that Thou mayest assist us to perform those deeds which have been commanded by Thee
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in Thy clearly written book.[90]
98.
Thou art He who of those who show mercy art the most Merciful[91] and Thou art the Desire of all who are in heaven and on earth.[92]
99.
I implore Thee further, O our Lord God,
by Thy power that hath encompassed all created things,
and by Thy omnipotence that has embraced all beings,
that Thou mayest illumine the throne of tyranny[93] with the light of the daystar of Thy justice
and that Thou mayest replace the seat of oppression and injustice with the throne of equity and fairness by Thy might and sovereignty.
100.
Verily, Thou art powerful to do what Thou wishest.
There is no other God but Thee,
the Almighty, the Omnipotent!
Translated by K. Fananapazir
Edited by M. Wolf
Tablet to the Sultan of Turkey (Alí Páshá) CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-35
(and to the minister of the Sultan)
TO THE SULTAN OF TURKEY
1.
O Ra'is!
Hear the Voice of God, the Protecting, Independently-existing King.
2.
Verily, He crieth between the earth and heaven and summoneth all to the Most Glorious Outlook.
3.
Neither doth thy croaking prevent Him, nor the barking of those who are around thee, nor the hosts of the worlds.
4.
The world hath been kindled by the Word of thy Lord, El-Abha.
5.
It is softer than the breath of the east wind, and hath appeared in the form of man;
and by it God hath quickened His advancing servants.
6.
In the inner part of this Word there is a water whereby God hath purified the hearts of those who came unto Him, who were negligent in mentioning aught else save Him;
and thus have We brought them nigh to the Outlook of His Great Name.
7.
We have caused this water to descend upon the dead,
and they are looking toward the shining and brilliant Beauty of God.
8.
O Chief!
Thou hast committed that by reason of which Muhammad, the Prophet of God, lamenteth in the highest heaven.
9.
And the world hath made thee proud in such wise that thou hast turned away from the face of Him by whose light the people of the Supreme Assembly are illumined, and thou shalt find thyself in manifest loss.
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10.
And thou didst unite with the Persian Minister in opposition to Me, after that I came unto you from the rising-place of greatness and might, with a matter whereby the eyes of those near to God are consoled.
11.
By God, this is a Day wherein the fire speaketh through all things:
"The Beloved of the two worlds hath come!"
12.
And on the part of everything an interlocutor of the matter hath sprung up to listen to the Word of thy Lord, the Precious, the Knowing.
13.
Verily, should We come out from the Garment which We have worn for the sake of your weakness, all, whosoever is in the heaven and on the earth, would not hesitate to redeem Me by their souls,
14.
and to this thy Lord beareth witness;
yet no one hears Him save those who have severed themselves from the world, through the love of God, the Mighty, the Powerful.
15.
Dost thou imagine that thou canst quench the fire which God hath kindled in the horizons?
16.
No, by Himself, the True One, wert thou of those who know!
17.
Rather, by that which thou hast done, its burning is increased, and its blaze;
and it shall encompass the earth and whosoever is thereupon.
18.
Thus hath the matter been decreed and whosoever is in the heavens or upon the earth could not withstand His command.
19.
And the Land of the Mystery (Adrianople) and what is beside it shall be changed, shall pass out of the hands of the Sultan of Turkey, and commotions shall appear, lamentations shall arise and corruptions shall become manifest on all sides, and matters shall be altered by reason of that which hath come upon the hearts from the hosts of the oppressors.
20.
The authority shall be changed, and to such an extent shall the matter become grievous that the sandheaps in the desolate hills shall lament and the trees in the mountains weep, and blood shall flow from all things, and thou shalt see the people in great disturbance.
21.
O Chief!
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We have revealed Ourselves to thee once in Mt. Tina (near Baghdad), and once in Mt. Ranita, and also in this Blessed Spot; but thou didst not take any notice, become of that by reason of which thou didst follow thy lust and become one of the heedless.
22.
Look! And then remember when Mohammed came with manifest signs on the part of One Mighty and Wise.
23.
The people would have stoned Him in the public places and streets, and they denied the signs of God, thy Lord and the Lord of thy fathers who were there.
24.
And the learned denied Him; then those factions who followed them, and after them the kings of the earth, as thou hast heard in the stories of those who were aforetime.
25.
And of these was Kisra (the Sasanian king).
Unto him He sent a kind letter inviting him to God and forbidding him from polytheism; and verily, thy Lord hath knowledge of all things.
26.
Verily he made himself great against God, and tore up the letter,
because he followed his passion, the lust.
Is he not of the people of hell?
27.
Was Pharaoh able to hinder God by exercising his dominion,
when he relied on the earth and was of the disobedient?
28.
We have indeed manifested the Interlocutor (Moses),
from Pharaoh's house in spit of his will; verily, We were able to do this.
29.
And remember when Nimrod kindled the fire of polytheism, whereby he would burn the Friend of God (Abraham).
Verily, We calmed the fire by the truth and brought upon Nimrod manifest grief.
30.
Say:
Verily, the oppressor (King of Persia) slew the Beloved of the worlds (the Bab)
that he mighty thereby extinguish the light of God among His creatures
and hinder mankind from the pure water of life in the days of his Lord, the Mighty, the Kind.
31.
We have made the matter manifest in the country
and elevated His mention (the Bab's) among the unitarians.
32.
Say:
The Servant hath assuredly come to vivify the world
and bring to union whosoever is upon the surface of the earth.
33.
That which God willeth shall overcome and thou shalt see the earth as the garden of El-Abha;
thus hath it been written by the Pen of Command in an irrevocable Tablet.
34.
Leave the mention of the Chief;
then mention the Friend who became accustomed to the love of God
and separated Himself from those who associated other things with God and were lost.
35.
He rent asunder the veils in such wise that the people of paradise heard the rending thereof.
Glory be to God, the King, the Knower, the Wise.
Tablet to the Sultan of Turkey CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 36-65
TO THE SULTAN OF TURKEY
36.
O Dove!
Hear the voice of El-Abha in this night whereon the military officers were assembled against Us, while We were in great joy.
37.
O that Our blood might be shed on the surface of the earth in the way of God and that We might be cast on the ground,
for this is My desire and the desire of him who hath Me in view
and who hath ascended unto My kingdom, the Marvellous, the Most Wonderful.
38.
Know then, O servant,
that one day We found the friends of God confronted by transgressors.
39.
The troops beset all gates and prevented the servants of God from entrance and exit, and were of the oppressors.
40.
And the friends of God and His family were left without food in the first night.
41.
Thus did it befall those for whose sake was created the world and what is therein.
42.
Shame upon them, and upon those who command them to do evil!
43.
And God shall consume their lives with fire -- and verily, He is the fiercest of avengers.
44.
Men gathered around the house and the eyes of Islam and the Christians wept and the sound of wailing arose betwixt heaven and earth, because of that which the oppressors had wrought.
45.
Verily, We found the Assembly of the Son (Christians) more bitter in their weeping than those of other creeds, and therein are indeed signs to the thoughtful.
46.
And one from among the friends has sacrificed himself and cut his throat by his own hand from the love of God.
47.
This is the like of which We have not heard from former ages.
48.
This is what God hath set apart for this Manifestation as showing forth His Power, for, verily, He is the Mighty, the Powerful.
49.
And he whose throat was cut in Iraq (Baghdad), verily, he is the beloved of martyrs and their sultan.
50.
And that which appeared from him was the proof of God unto all creatures.
51.
The beloved of God are those in whom the Word of God taketh effect and who taste the sweetness of commemoration,
and upon whom the fragrance of union hath taken hold in such wise that they separate themselves from whosoever is upon the earth and advance to the Face [of God] with brilliant visages;
52.
and though they have committed that which God never permitted,
yet God pardoneth them as a favor on His part;
verily, He is the Pardoner, the Merciful.
53.
The attraction of the Most Powerful hath overpowered them in such wise that it seized from their hands the reins of option, until they ascended into the station of presence and disclosure, before God, the Precious, the Wise.
54.
Say:
the Servant hath left this world, but He put every tree and stone in charge of the trust which God shall bring forth with the truth.
55.
Thus the True One hath come and the matter hath been decreed on the part of the Designer, the Wise, whose commands the hosts of heaven and earth could not withstand, nor could all the kings and rulers withhold Him from that which He willeth.
56.
Say:
Calamities are as oil for this lamp and through them its light increaseth, were ye of those who know.
57.
Say:
All oppositions displayed by the oppressors are indeed as heralds to this matter and by such the appearance of God and His affair have been widely spread among the people of the world.
58.
Blessed are ye by reason of that whereby ye left your homes and travelled over the country for the love of God, your Lord, the Mighty, the Pre-existent, until ye came and entered into the Land of Mystery (Adrianople) on a day wherein the fire of oppression was kindling and the raven of separation was crying out.
59.
Ye are the participators in My calamities,
because ye were with us on a night wherein the hearts of the unitarians were disturbed.
60.
Ye entered the land in Our love, and ye left it by Our command.
61.
By God, it beseemeth the earth, through you, to make itself great against heaven!
62.
How precious is this great and exalted beauty!
63.
O ye birds of Eternity, ye were withheld from your nests in the Cause of the Lord, the Unconstrained.
64.
Verily, He will make for you lodgings under the wings of the grace of your Lord, the Merciful.
65.
Blessed are they who know.
Tablet to the Sultan of Turkey CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 66-100
TO THE SULTAN OF TURKEY
66.
O victim of Mine!
The Spirit is to thee and to him who rejoiceth by thee and from thee findeth My fragrance and heareth that by reason of which the hearts of the seekers are purified.
67.
Thank thou God for that through which thou hast reached the shore of the Most Great Sea and heard the cry of all particles, saying:
68.
"This is the Beloved of the World!
And the people of the world oppress Him and do not know Him whom they call upon at all times."
69.
Those who are heedless and who turned away from Him (the Bab) for the sake of whose Beloved they should sacrifice themselves, are in great loss.
70.
How much more then for His brilliant and shining perfection?
71.
Although thine heart would assuredly melt at separation from God, be patient, for thou hast with Him a great station.
72.
Rather, shalt thou stand before the Face, and We will speak to thee with the tongue of might and power, that which the ears of the sincere were withheld from hearing.
73.
Say:
Should He speak one word, verily it would be of greater sweetness than the words of all the people of the world.
74.
This is a Day unto which had Mohamet, the Prophet of God, attained, He would assuredly say:
"We have known Thee, O Desire of all the Apostles!"
75.
And had the Friend of God, Abraham, attained it, He would have placed His face upon the earth, humbling Himself, before God, saying:
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