The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER SIXTY TWO 21 страница
191.
Thus we have known Thee and we do not see Thee except among those who slandered against God!"
192.
Verily, whenever We have admonished them with the counsel of Truth, they never turned unto God to the extent that their inward mischief swelled up and they gathered among themselves, determined to kill Him (Muhammad).
193.
Wherefore, they consulted the leaders of their religion.
194.
Verily, they have been conspiring against the religion of God.
195.
Finally, We have saved Him in Truth, exalted His Cause, and confirmed His Divine Verses and Evidences.
196.
Nevertheless, they were haughty and walked arrogantly in this world. [9]
197.
Warn then Our servants of the One Who came in Truth in the Name of Ali, (the Báb)
Who hath risen from the Horizon of Holiness with majestic splendor.
198.
On His right side are Rivers of Spirit, flowing with the Treasured Knowledge.
199.
He said:
"O People!
The clouds of Divine Wisdom have been cleft asunder!
And God hath come down with His Cause.
201.
Verily, this is what ye have been promised in all the previous Tablets.
So fear God and hearken unto Me.
202.
O People!
I am the Son of your Prophet[10];
I have come with Verses and Signs that bewildered all the learned ones
and this is, verily, of God’s Proofs and Evidences.
203.
Therefore, do not reject them with your doubts and suspicions; so be fair unto yourselves.
204.
Verily, this is the Law of God which God hath ordained in Truth, if ye believe.
205.
O People!
By God I desire nothing except to reform your religion in all about which you dispute.
206.
O People!
Verily, this is of the Breezes of the Spirit, wafting upon you,
leading you from certain death to Eternal Life, if ye turn unto this.
207.
O People!
Verily, the Tree of Divine Knowledge has given its fruits in this Eternal Sadrát
and the Primal Point hath been established,
and the Word of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent, hath been completed.
208.
O People!
Verily, this is the Divine Beauty, which hath been disclosed before you!
209.
The veils have been lifted; the Nightingale is singing;
the Essence of Holiness hath shed His effulgence,
whereby all those who are in the heavens and on the earth were illumined,
if ye with the eyes of the Spirit bear witness!
210.
They cried out!
"We do not find You truthful,
nor did we find in Your days what we have been promised in the books of our forefathers.
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211.
Hence, we shall not follow you, even if you have brought every Verse and Sign unto us."
212.
He said:
O People!
Be pious and behold how God hath ordained this Firm and Eternal Proof
for all those who are in heaven and on earth, if ye but know.
213.
O People!
All for which ye have been waiting for or heard from your forefathers and your learned ones can be demonstrated by these verses of the Holy Writ, which have filled all the heavens and earth, as ye witness.
214.
If ye doubt this, by what proof can you demonstrate your faith with certainty or prove it to others?
215.
Verily, this world shall vanish and so will all that is therein,
and ye shall be called to the Holy Presence and between the Hands of God ye shall be gathered.
Tablet of Admonition CHAPTER EIGHT
Divisions 216-240
ADMONITION
216.
O People!
The charming speech of your learned ones should not prevent you,
neither have in yourselves any doubt concerning this Cause.
217.
Rather, ye should adhere to Our Guidance and never reject God’s Counsel.
218.
Alas! Whenever the Remembrance increased His mention of God,
they increased their transgression against Him.
219.
Finally, all the religious leaders of His day plotted against Him except those who comprehended the Will of God, the Mighty, the Beloved.
220.
They persisted in their conspiring, vehemently determined to kill Him.
221.
They suspended Him; then the multitude of heresy released the bullets of their wrath and hate riddling His Body!
222.
That Temple is the One to which the Holy Spirit bows in adoration; and the Concourse on High have visited the dust beneath His feet; and the Denizens of Paradise were blessed by His Sandals.
223.
Thus the eyes of the invisible realms wept with great weeping in the celestial pavilions and the very foundation of the Throne quickened and the reality of the entire existence rumbled.
224.
Thus, the Divine Tree within Himself hath quenched Its thirst with His Luminous Blood that hath been shed in the Path of God! [11]
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225.
Verily, God shall reveal the Mystery of this Divine Tree and shall raise It in Truth and shall call out:
226.
I am God!
And there is none other God but Him, and all else are My creatures.
227.
We have created them for Our Cause and all abide by Our bidding.
228.
Verily, that which We have ordained for Ourself the Truth is to exalt those who have been downtrodden in this world, and humiliate the arrogant ones.
229.
Verily, We have not sent a Messenger or a Prophet or a Guardian but that the malicious transgressors have opposed; just as ye witness the rejection of the debauched ones today!
230.
Verily, people have never turned away from God in any Dispensation except when their leaders turned away and rose up arrogantly against God and were among those who denounced His clear signs.
231.
And whenever their leaders opposed the Manifestations, the people followed them in their vain imaginings and rejection, and none believed among them except those who were endowed with holy sight, whose hearts God had tested, preparing them for His Faith.
232.
Thus, He provided them with sanctified chalices which were sealed with the musk of the Spirit so that they became intoxicated with the Wine of Certitude.
233.
Verily, they are the ones whom the angels of Paradise from the Celestial Heaven glorify,
and who rejoice with the divine gladness of God, Himself!
234.
Verily, We have not sent a Prophet but the learned ones rejected Him and rejoiced in their own knowledge as did the leaders of the past!
235.
Say;
O learned ones!
Do ye call unto your own idols, neglecting the One Who created you and taught you what ye knew not?
236.
O people of the world!
Meditate on the affairs of those debauched ones and on what they have wrought and what they busied themselves!
237.
Say:
Wasn’t it He Who came to you with clear evidences of truth from God, (the Bab)
to which ye testified while ye were slumbering upon your couches?
238.
Hence, with what proof do ye support your Faith in the One Whom We sent previously in the Name of Muhammad?
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239.
Thus, O people of hate!
Be fair within yourselves.
240.
Say [to them]:
Do ye support your rejection with any evidences beside what We previously revealed unto Muhammad in these clear and mighty verses?
Tablet of Admonition CHAPTER NINE
Divisions 241-275
ADMONITION
241.
Say [to them]:
O Ignorant People!
If ye find any evidence beside what was revealed to Him from God,
he Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent, produce it!
242.
If ye were just or truthful in your speech;
if ye have no proof or evidence except what has been revealed from the well desired and majestic Heaven,
then why don’t ye believe in the One Who brought you Clear Verses
243.
which have filled up the East of the Earth and the West thereof;
where, as a result, all fell dumbfounded
except those who were wholly enchanted with the verses of God?
244.
Nay, by the One in Whose Hands is My Soul,
those are the corrupt ones who never believed in God, neither in His Manifestations.
245.
Nay, they denounced Them even when they initially believed with absolute certainty in these Clear Evidences.
246.
Verily, they refused to attain the Presence of God,
despite the fact that they had been promised this in all the Tablets
and they were seeking His Presence in their supplication every morning and eventide!
247.
Alas! When the Inevitable Promise came to pass,
they turned away and were arrogant
and became doubtful of the Day of attaining the Presence of their Redeemer!
248.
Verily, they have turned on their heels, slandering against God
and ruling against His Manifestations with all the malice and might in their possession. [12]
249.
Verily, No Messenger has been killed except by their permission.
250.
Hence, they have committed grievous calamities against God in His Days and have been utterly heedless of Him.
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Yet they knew it not!
251.
Hence, behold the people of this world, who claimed to believe, how they returned to dust, turning away from the Lord of Lords; and were prostrating unto the idols of their own persons and passion!
252.
Verily, they felt Pride for following those who claimed absolute servitude to God!
253.
In truth, they believed not but have conspired against God Himself! [13]
254.
They continued treading the deserts until they reached the spot where One of the Names was buried. (Imam Husayn)
255.
Although they passed by the One Who exalted the station of that Spot, yet they knew it not! (Bahá-ulláh)
256.
Among them is the one who was called the servant (Sheik Abdu’l-Husayn Tehrani),
the name from which all the oceans of names have branched.
257.
To this all the denizens of the Eternal Courts bear witness,
and beside them does also this Luminous, well-treasured Pen.
258.
Verily, He is the one from whose transgressions Satan himself flees, while the hearts of those,
who detached themselves from all else beside God,
have been consumed and have committed this matter unto God.
259.
Verily, he did not believe in God - not even for a moment
– and, verily, he is the one in whose heart Satan has whispered and thus has made him to neglect God’s Remembrance and caused him to be expelled from the Well-desired, the Holy Precincts of Nearness.
260.
Alas, he is the one who taught Abel to kill his brother
and was of those who walked arrogantly against God,
the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent from all eternity to all eternity.
261.
Verily, there has been no heresy, oppression, or debauchery
except that which has been committed by this evil one,
whose nefarious actions shall be revisited upon him, if ye can but see through the eyes of God.
262.
Alas! All the Angels of the Concourse on High point unto him and tell each other:
"Verily, this is the one who walked haughtily against God from the beginning that has no beginning, and rebelled against the Prophets and Messenger.
263.
Therefore, know and curse him, if ye but comprehend!"
264.
Hence, God made him a servant for His Letters.
265.
Despite his arrogance he wanted to serve them, pretending to renovate their dwellings; but, alas, he has slandered against them and was proud of it and did not realize what he had perpetrated.
266.
Thus, God takes those into account who move with the wings of self and vain imaginings.
267.
Say:
Woe to you, O swine!
For what your hands have wrought to the extent that you have drawn the sword from its sheath towards the Countenance of God, and waxed arrogantly against God,
the Help in Peril, the Mighty and Most Holy.
268.
You have thought that you were among those who devotedly served God but you knew of your sin which you had committed in this vanishing world!
269.
Verily, there is nothing equal to this sin in the heavens and on the earth or in whatever hath been or shall be.
270.
You thought that you had constructed their Homes and established their foundations!
271.
Nay, by the One in Whose Hands is My Soul, you have not improved any dwelling, rather you destroyed the foundation of the House, ruined the homes and shaken their pillars and desecrated their worth and significance.
272.
To this bears witness the Tongue of Grandeur in the formidable Realms of Might.
273.
Alas! People knew it not; neither had they realized his malicious actions.
274.
Verily, you have slandered the Lord of the House and its Master but never felt ashamed before God, your Lord and the Lord of all things.
Yet, you imagined that you were restoring the House?
275.
Verily, this is but a very evil deed from your malicious self towards God,
the Mighty and Most Beloved.
Tablet of Admonition CHAPTER TEN
Divisions 276-300
ADMONITION
276.
Inquire from him, O People of the world!
Don’t you claim that God had commanded in His Book of Truth, not to take people’s properties or money unjustly, and not to wax arrogantly against God’s commandments?
277.
How is it then that the money and properties of the believers were taken unjustly by the one who rose up against God and whose oppression was more evident than the sun in its zenith?
278?
And he claimed that he is restoring the House?
279.
We, verily, testify that the Lord of the House denounces you and your deeds and curses you for what your hands have wrought, if ye be of those who contemplate upon the mysteries of the Cause.
280.
We, verily, have heard from this cursed one that he sits proudly in the social gatherings, showing arrogance against God.
281.
Say:
Many men before you were, equally arrogant, who are now crying out in the midmost of fire and will never find for themselves a helper or savior.
282.
Verily, whenever they invoke (God) to be saved from the torture of hellfire, they will not be saved but will, rather, be punished by God’s wrath.
283.
Just as those who rejected Him, you too shall return to thy destiny in the hellfire with which those who took partners unto God are tortured.
284.
Say:
By God! O ye who took partners unto Him and who rejected His signs and verses, and denounced His bounties;
even the people of the hellfire of the lowest abyss flee from the fire of thyself and seek refuge unto God from you and your evil,
for at every moment they, verily, curse you and those who followed you.
285.
Say!
Didn’t God forbid you saying:
Do not follow the malicious oppressor lest that same fire will touch you?
286.
Hence, by what proof do ye pride yourselves in following this debaucher who commits whatever God hath forbidden and discards whatever He was commanded, as ye testified to his deeds?
287.
Verily, despite this, ye have sought near access to him, glorified him, listened to him, extolled him in thy gatherings, supported him in his claims and have turned to his guidance in thy affairs. [14]
288.
This Is, verily, a mystery that has never before been revealed unto the Arabian Muhammad from the hidden and mighty Words.
289.
Indeed, every path has its guardian:
Corrupt ones are attached to the corrupt one.
290.
In truth, this is the malicious one who sought near access to the Jubt and believed in Taghut and has denounced God and was of those who waxed arrogant against Him. [15]
291.
He is among those who never realized what they have wrought;
rather they have oppressed (others) in the Days of God,
and yet they curse who previously oppressed and turned away from God,
and yet, knew not of what they were saying.
292.
Verily, they curse no one except themselves and their very words testify against whatever their hands have wrought.
293.
Those are, verily, the ones who denounced God while they professed their faith in Him,
while today, they have, indeed, rejected Him.
294.
Thus, We have told you these tales in Truth in these tablets, and have explained to you every thing in detail, as a guide and mercy on Our part for those who are pious.
295.
Happily ye may know all that hath previously happened to the Trusted Ones of God and His Ambassadors.
296.
Perchance your feet and the feet of those who tread the Straight Path will not slip.
297.
Lo! When the Dove of the Cause warbled with celestial melodies and was drawn by the heavenly singing of the Nightingale, it therefore, came out of the Ridván of Nearness,
298.
fluttering betwixt heaven and earth, flapping the holy wings above the sacred horizons,
calling in the heart of the Bayán the Learned Ones of previous cycles.
299.
Verily, ye are just as those who are here now until the Day when God shall come with His Cause and recompense through His Word everything according to its worth say,
“"Be!” And it is."
300.
He will guide them and admonish them as to what is better for them than the dominion of Heaven and Earth, and whatever they have known, including not to trust in their own knowledge nor their deeds nor whatever they have previously believed in.
Tablet of Admonition CHAPTER ELEVEN
Divisions 301-330
ADMONITION
301.
O Learned Ones in the Bayán!
Never allow your knowledge to prevent you from recognizing, your Savior,
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