Tablet of the Deathless Youth 11 страница
9.
This is impossible, because the Ancient Essence is known only by Himself,
and all things which are known
are made possible only through that which flows from the Pen of His Command.
10.
Exalted is He, that He should be known through that which is beside Him because,
verily, all else but Him was created as thou art.
11.
In this day all those on earth and in heaven are viewed by God as being in one region.
12.
Every soul which is wholly cut from all else save God
and is soaring to the Heaven of the knowledge of God,
is and will be of those who are faithful to God and of His saints,
even though they should not be known by others;
13.
and the soul which rejects [God] will be considered
as one of the lowest of the creatures in the sight of God,
even though he should be of the chiefs among the people,
14.
because God (exalted is His mention) hath never been and never will be
related or attributed to any one of the creatures.
15.
All people were created alike by the Breath of His order,
and loftiness, exaltation, and debasement appeared among the people after they had been created.
16.
Every soul who accepts the word of God while hearing it,
verily, is of the inhabitants of the Supreme Kingdom
and of the confirmed ones in the Paradise of Abha,
and those who do not accept [the word of God] are mentioned as the people of Hades.
17.
In this day he who desires to be in relationship with the Tree of the Cause,
must withdraw himself from all that is in heaven and upon earth
and advance toward the Great Aspect with a pure and shining heart and a sanctified soul.
18.
If any soul desires to know God (exalted is His Majesty) through other means,
he will never succeed, and will never understand,
because all beside Him are limited with evident limitations of possibilities
and are brought into existence by God's power of creation.
19.
Through that which is created and limited,
the Essence of the Ancient was not and never will be known.
20.
Hear the Lordly commandments and the tones of the Eternal Holiness,
and turn from the left hand of uncertainty and superstition to the Right Hand of Assurance.
21.
Ponder carefully with thine insight upon the Godly Manifestations
and the conditions of Eternal Holiness.
22.
Cleanse the eye from unsatisfying views
that thou mayest see the Manifestations of the Majestic Oneness in everything.
23.
Purify thine ear from the saying of all the people,
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that thou mayest hear the Holy and Godly tones from all directions,
24.
and sanctify thy heart from the confused, wordy allusions of the past
that thou mayest perceive the plain, direct, wonderful words revealed,
and victoriously succeed to the Stream of Eternal Holiness
and the Pure Wine [water?] which has no likeness.
25.
This is the command of Jamal El Quedam (The Beauty of the Ancient) to thee.
Tablet of Joseph CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
JOSEPH
26.
Concerning what thou hast asked as to the beginning of the Creation,
its end, assembling, resurrection, path, paradise and fire,
27.
know verily that all are true and there is no doubt about them,
and he who is faithful and has clear insight can see with his inward and outward eyes
all these ranks and stations in every time,
28.
because such an one will not be, in any time, prevented from the Bounty,
neither excluded from what he wishes.
29.
If thou soarest unto the Heaven of Godly Bounty, thou shalt see the Sign of God manifested
in all manners of things brought into existence in every time, whether of the past or the future;
because, verily, the Bounty of God hath never been nor ever will be specialized in any one thing.
30.
The explanation of what God intended by the words Assembling, Resurrection, Paradise, Fire, etc.,
which are mentioned in the Godly Tablets,
is found only and especially at the time of the Manifestation;
31.
for example, at the time of the Manifestation the Tongue of God utters the Word,
and through the Word which comes forth from his mouth,
the Paradise, Fire, Assembling, Resurrection, Oath,
and all that thou hast asked, and that which thou hast not, will be disclosed and manifested.
32.
Every soul who sincerely accepts the Word of God
hath verily passed through the Right Path
and succeeded in approaching the Paradise of God's Pleasure,
and hath assembled with those who are near to God --- the chosen ones.
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33.
He, in the Presence of God, will be considered as one of the inhabitants of the Paradise
and of the confirmed ones of the Supreme Kingdom;
34.
and every soul that rejects is in fire and considered as one of those who are in relationship with denial and Sejjin (Hades) and assembled in the shadow of the polytheists.
35.
That which has just been mentioned, represents all these stations,
which in the time of the Manifestation appear through the Word.
36.
But the souls who succeed in attaining the Pleasure of God and believing in His Cause,
will gain the reward of their deeds in the world to come, after their spirits leave their bodies.
37.
Because all seen things in this world are not ready or able
to bear more than that which has been given to them.
38.
Though the worlds of God are circulating around this world,
yet for each soul in any of these worlds there is a fixed and preordained command.
39.
Do not think or imagine that anything mentioned in the Books of God is false or foolish;
Verily, God is exalted above all that.
40.
I swear by the Sun of the Horizon of the Meanings,
that there are for ever and ever many Godly Paradises which have no equal nor comparison.
41.
In this the first life the meaning of Paradise is pleasing God and believing entering His Cause!
42.
Yet after departing from this world
the faithful [souls] will enter into paradises which have no likeness
and will enjoy winning graces which are beyond comprehension;
43.
verily those paradises are the fruits of their deeds which they have accomplished in this world.
44.
Dost thou not see that if any one of God's creatures serves another, or performs work for him,
he receives his reward and compensation for it?
45.
Then how can it be said that the All-Generous [God]
commandeth his creatures to do according to His Ordinances
and after that excluded them from His Mercy?
46.
Praised is He, and Praised is He about that;
Exalted is He and Exalted is He above what the creatures imagine about Him!
47.
In this day, all these ranks asked about are witnessed;
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therefore is the soul blessed who victoriously succeedeth in attaining the Paradise of ABHA,
which is was and ever will be the Supreme of all Paradises.
48.
If purified ears and matured souls shall be found,
then, continually will be mentioned that which is from the Wonderful Bounty of God,
that all may be purified and emptied of all that they perceived, understood or witnessed;
and advanced toward the highest Aspect.
49.
Yet of what benefit is this!
Since through all the training of the Point of Bayan,
(the souls of all beside Him be a sacrifice for Him!)
these creatures have not progressed from the seed to the first station of the embryo,
therefore, when will they reach the condition of the body?
50.
And beside all these there are several stations which have not been mentioned.
Tablet of Joseph CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 51-75
JOSEPH
51.
Woe upon those who changed the Grace of God that was bestowed upon them
so that by their being in existence,
the Heaven of Meanings was prevented from mentioning them, the stations and their conditions!
52.
Thus ponder carefully upon the condition of these creatures and be one of the witnesses.
53.
The Paradise and the Fire in the apparent life,
were and will ever be the acceptance and the rejection;
54.
and after the ascension of the spirit,
there are Paradises which have no equal --
and also Fire which has no likeness,
55.
which are the fruits of the deeds of the advancer and the opposer,
who will be in such condition;
yet no soul understood or ever will understand these stations save God.
56.
And for the faithful believer, many stations were created above what was heard;
this is from the wonderful gifts of God,
which are prepared in the Paradise of Everlasting Majesty.
57.
In the same way stations were created
for the denier of eternal and everlasting torment, beyond what was heard.
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58.
Heareby We bear witness that the Path is lifted up in Truth,
the Balance is laid in Justice,
the Manifestations assembled,
59.
the hidden issues disclosed,
the Clarion pealed,
the Trumpet sounded,
60.
the Fire burst forth,
the Paradise approached nearer,
61.
the Proclaimer announced,
the Heavens rolled together as a scroll,
the Ground leveled,
62.
the Breeze of God wafted,
the Spirit of God sent,
63.
the Beauteous damsels adorned,
the Youths beautified,
64.
the Mansions assured,
the securities of the upper apartments of Paradise inlaid with precious stones,
the Waters overflowed,
65.
the Fruits hung low so as to be easily gathered,
the Fruits plucked,
the Texts revealed,
66.
the Deeds of the deniers effaced,
the Deeds of the Advancers confirmed,
67.
the Tablet which was kept in Heaven manifested in Truth,
the Written Tablet pronounced with Authority,
68.
and the Desired [Lord] of all existence,
the Beloved of all creatures,
the worshipped of those on earth and in Heaven,
hath been manifested in the Temple of a Youth,
while the tongue of everything declares,
"Verily, blessed is God, the Creator of the Creators."
69.
O My servant! O Joseph!
hear the Tones of God, and do not compare this Day with any other day,
neither the Wonderful Sweet Words of God with any other words;
70.
look to the apparent matters with thine own eye,
and do not follow anyone in knowing the greatest and brilliant orb.
71.
In this Day, the beloved of God must not hesitate or delay an instant
in teaching the Cause of the Manifestation;
and must summon the people continually, with good admonitions and conciliating words,
to the Religion of Majestic Oneness;
72.
because verily, in this Day, to the soul who is the cause of guidance to another soul,
the recompense of a Martyr in the way of God will be assuredly recorded
by the Pen of the Cause for his deed.
73.
This is from the Bounty of God unto the servants' teachers.
74.
Do according to what thou has been commanded and do not be of those who tarry.
75.
And El-Baha is upon thee and upon those who are with thee,
if thou art steadfast in this Sublime and Most Exalted Cause.
Translated by A. Haddad
Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
SIYYID MIHDÍY-I-DAHAJÍ
1.
He is the Most Holy, the Most Great,
the Most Exalted, the Most High
2.
O My Name!
Yield thou praise unto God for having graciously chosen thee to be a shower of bounty for that which We have sown in the pure and blessed soil and enabled thee to serve as a springtime of tender mercy for the wondrous and sublime trees We have planted.
3.
Indeed so great is this favor that of all created things in the world of existence, none can ever hope to rival it.
4.
We have moreover given thee to drink the choice wine of utterance from the chalice of the heavenly bestowals of thy merciful Lord, which is none other than this Tongue of holiness—
5.
a Tongue that, as soon as it was unloosed, quickened the entire creation, set in motion all beings and caused the Nightingale to pour forth its melodies.
6.
This is the Fountain of living water for all that dwell in the realm of being.
7.
Oftentimes have We wafted upon thee the sweet savors of the All-Merciful from this Branch which moveth over the Tablet of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Unconstrained.
8.
By the righteousness of the [eternal] true God!
Were all created things, visible and invisible, to direct themselves towards Him,
thou wouldst find them winging their flight unto the Supreme Goal,
the Spot wherein the divine Lote-Tree exclaimeth:
9.
Verily, no God is there except Me,
the Almighty, the All-Bountiful.
10.
Great is thy blessedness, inasmuch as thou hast been journeying throughout the lands of God,
and been the embodiment of joy and assurance
for the people of Bahá who have renounced all else except Him,
and set their hearts towards this Court which hath shed its radiance upon all realms,
11.
and [sprinkled] [washed] them with the surging waters of this Ocean wherewith thou thyself hast been [sprinkled] [washed]— an Ocean which hath encompassed all created things.
12.
Indeed thou didst grasp the significance of rendering assistance unto God and didst arise to achieve this through the power of wisdom and utterance.
13.
Say:
To assist Me is to teach My Cause.
14.
This is a theme with which whole Tablets are laden.
15.
This is the changeless commandment of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future.
16.
Comprehend this, O ye men of insight.
They that have passed beyond the bounds of wisdom fail to understand
the meaning of assisting God as set forth in the Book.
17.
Say:
Fear ye God and sow not the seeds of dissension amongst men.
18.
Observe ye that which hath been enjoined upon you by your Lord,
the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
19.
He knoweth the reality of victory and hath taught it to you with an utterance that the vain imaginings of them that rove distraught in the wilderness of doubt can never corrupt.
20.
O My Name!
Suffer all created things to quaff once again from this chalice which hath caused the seas to rise.
21.
Kindle then in the hearts the blazing fire which this crimson Tree hath ignited,
that they may arise to extol and magnify His Name amidst the adherents of all Faiths.
22.
Numerous letters from thee have been presented before Our Throne.
23.
We have perused them as a token of grace on Our part,
24.
and for each name thou didst mention therein We have revealed
that which will stir the minds of men and will cause the spirits to soar.
25.
Moreover We have repeatedly enabled thee to hearken unto the warblings of the birds of heaven
and to incline thine ear to the songs of the nightingales
pouring forth their melodies upon the branches.
Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
SIYYID MIHDÍY-I-DAHAJÍ
26.
Thus was the Pen of God set in motion in thy remembrance that thou mightest admonish men through the power of this utterance which is divinely ordained to be the revealer of the signs of His glory.
27.
Blessed is the spot wherein the anthem of His praise is raised,
and blessed the ear that hearkeneth unto that which hath been sent down
from the heaven of the loving-kindness of thy Lord, the All-Merciful.
28.
Urge thou the servants of God unto that whereunto We have urged thee
that they may abstain from whatsoever is forbidden them in the Mother Book.
29.
Those who perpetrate deeds that would create turmoil among the people
have indeed strayed far from helping God and His Cause,
and are numbered with the mischief-makers in the Tablet which God hath designated
to be the dawning-place of all Tablets.
30.
Say:
If it be Our pleasure We shall render the Cause victorious
through the power of a single word from Our presence.
He is in truth the Omnipotent, the All-Compelling.
31.
Should it be God’s intention, there would appear out of the forests of celestial might the lion of indomitable strength whose roaring is like unto the peals of thunder reverberating in the mountains.
32.
However, since Our loving providence surpasseth all things, We have ordained that complete victory should be achieved through speech and utterance, that Our servants throughout the earth may thereby become the recipients of divine good.
33.
This is but a token of God’s bounty vouchsafed unto them.
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