Letter concerning the Tablet of the Divine Test 3 страница
Divisions 161-190
RIDVAN OF JUSTICE
161.
O Concourse of the earth!
Know thou that for Justice there are levels and stations and unlimited modes of meaning.
162.
Yet shall We bestow upon thee but a sprinkling of this Ocean
to the end that thou be purified of the delusions of injustice
and thus be numbered among those who are sincere.
163.
“Know verily that the essence of justice and the source thereof are both embodied in
the ordinances prescribed by Him who is the Manifestation of the [Spirit] of God
[on the Day of His theophany] amongst men, if ye be of them that recognize this truth.
164.
He doth verily incarnate the highest, the infallible standard of justice unto all creation.
165.
Were His law to be such as to strike terror into the hearts of all that are in heaven and on earth,
that law is naught but manifest justice.
166.
The fears and agitation which the revelation of this law provokes in men's hears
should indeed be likened to the cries of the suckling babe weaned from his mother's milk,
if ye be of them that perceive.
167.
Were men to discover the motivating purpose of God's Revelation,
they would assuredly cast away their fears,
and, with hearts filled with gratitude, rejoice with exceeding gladness.”
168.
Say:
`Should autumn winds denude trees of their springtime blossoming [ornamentation],
this is but for the sake of the appearance of a subsequent blossoming [ornamentation].
169.
Wherefore hath the matter been ordained on the part of One Powerful, Omnipotent.
170.
On account of Justice, all characterized by truth receive their true measure.
171.
This just as thou observe in the varied manifestations of existence
though not after the fashion most of the people suppose.
172.
So contemplate these matters and be conscious of their purpose
in the light of what hath been sent down from a Wondrous Pen.
173.
Say:
Justice is [evident, in] He Who striketh therewith the pillars of injustice [tyranny]
and annihilates therewith the supports of ungodliness [blasphemy].
174.
Thus is established through this theophany in this [destined] dawning time wherein
the Sun of Bahā’ hath shined forth from the Horizon of Eternity with manifest sovereignty.
175.
Whomsoever believeth not in Him hath indeed strayed far from the citadel [fortress] of Justice.
176.
His name hath assuredly been written amongst the tyrannical [unjust] ones
in Mighty, Preserved Tablets.
177.
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Whomsoever exhibits such good works as them are practiced throughout the heavens and the earth
and is just amongst the people until the end which hath no end,
yet is hesitant regarding this Cause,
hath acted unjustly towards himself and is to be numbered amongst the tyrannical [unjust].
178.
So await attentively, O people, the days of Justice.
179.
In truth they have indeed come to pass!
180.
But beware lest ye be veiled therefrom and be numbered within the ranks of the heedless.
181.
Say:
`O people!
Ornament thy termples [persons] with the Ornament of Justice.
182.
Then execute judgment according to what God hath decreed in the scriptural Tablets.
183.
Be thou not numbered amongst the transgressors.
184.
Say:
`Whomsoever drinketh merely a drop of [pure and blessed] water [i.e. scripture]
at my prompting [in lieu of wine (although certain potent scriptures are compared to wine)]
performs a superior act of servitude
than anything which might be performed by all the servants upon the earth.
185.
This since God hath never accepted the actions of anybody throughout all the worlds
unless they be ornamented with the Ornament of My Authorization.
186.
Then observe ye, O people, what We have commanded thee in the scriptural Tablets
for such hath indeed descended from the Heaven of God,
the Help in Peril, the Mighty, the Powerful.
187.
Whomsoever fixeth their gaze upon the fragrance the Garment of My Name, the All-Merciful, shall indeed witness in all things the signs of their Lord, the Justice Promoter, Ordainer.
188.
O Supreme Pen!
Now raise up [commission] the servant who hath been named Riḍā’ after Nabīl [=Muhammad] to be among the manifestations of Justice within the kingdom of creation..
189.
His justice is his faith in God.
190.
This cannot even be justly compared to the Justice of the heavens and of the earth.
Tablet of the Riḍwān of Justice CHAPTER EIGHT
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Divisions 191-225
RIDVAN OF JUSTICE
191.
O servant!
Hearken ye unto the shreiking of the Supreme Pen!
192.
Then gather together the people at the shore of the Most Great Ocean
which hath been made manifest by virtue of this pre-existent Most Ancient Name.
193.
So preserve the servants of the All-Merciful perchance the countenances of the deeply knowing may remain unaffected by the strikings of the allusions of the manifestations of Satan.
194.
Thus hath thy Lord, the Mighty, the Benificent, commanded thee.
195.
Act ye then according to what thou hast been commanded on the part of One Mighty, Beautiful.
196.
Be ye even as a wall [barrier], separating the Gog of blasphemy [Infidelity]
from the Hosts of the All-Merciful, lest they [the hordes of Gog] bypass beyond their limits.].
197.
Wherefore was the matter sent down from the Heaven of the decree of thy Lord,
the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
198.
We have indeed made thee a remembrance from Us among Our servants,
as well as a stronghold for Our created beings amidst the worlds.
199.
This that thou might preserve them from the piercing darts of allusive fancies
and remind them of this Announcement,
by means of which the embodiments of Names have been unsettled [in disarray],
visages have been changed,
the earths of grandiosity cleft asunder,
and the fruits dislodged from every elevated, inaccessible tree.
200.
So blessed art thou! in that thou hast shattered the idols of vain imaginings through the Power of thy Lord, banished from thy [human] temple the trappings [garments] of blind imitation then ornamented it with the garments of the Dvine Unity.
201.
This by means of Thy Sancrified, Blessed, Transcendent, All-Encompassing Name.
202.
So thou informed! that the concourse of the Bayān hath turned aside from their Lord, the All-Merciful!
203.
They disbelieved in He in Whom they had previously believed,
though We had made this incumbent upon them in all the scriptural Tablets
not to be veiled by anything at the time of My advent,
even if it be something He hath created between the heavens and the earth.
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204.
Among them (the Bābis) was he who disbelieved in My Logos-Person [of the spirit of prophecy]
even though he recited My words.
205.
Then there was he who took pride in My books [scriptural communications]
which were revealed from My heart on a previous occasion.
206.
Say:
`If on this Day someone were to fill all that is in the heavens and on the earth
with books of inestimable value,
yet there fail to waft therefrom the breezes of My Command and the fragrant breaths of My love,
they would never even be mentioned before God, thy Lord and the Lord of all the worlds.
207.
Say:
`Then Woe be upon thee O people [of the Bayān]!
because the totality of all that hath been revealed in the kingdom of the Bayān
was sent down for the sake of My Remembrance and My laudation,
as would be evident if thou were to be numbered among the well informed.
208.
Say:
`So God's Displeasure at ye! for thou didst break the covenant of God
and did cast His Covenant behind thyself
and did return unto thy position as the lowest of the lowly ones.
209.
Say:
`O My Name!
I remain alone among the concourse of the Bayān even though the Bayān was not revealed but for the sake of the Remembrance of mine Own Wronged and Matchless Logos-Persona. [Spirit?]
210.
O people! Fear ye God! By God!
The The Primal Point did not even breathe save for the sake of My Remembrance.
211.
He never did speak but in praise of My Logos-Person.
212.
The Beloved of His heart was naught but My radiant and luminous Beauty.
213.
O My Name!
Know ye that He from whom Tabernacles of Justice were raised up
and from whom the Lights of the Divine Bounty shone forth
is accounted an infidel [blasphemer] promoting injustice.
214.
Such is what these unjust [tyrannical] ones attribute to My Logos-Persona.
215.
The land will be altered as a result of their tyranny.
216.
Affairs [therein] will be disrupted.
Thus doth an All-Knowing, Veridical Tongue inform thee.
217.
Through the Riḍwān of Thy Command and Thy Wisdom
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the trees of justice hath been spread abroad.
218.
So preserve them, O my God, from the tempestuous winds of whatever their fate may be
and from the roaring thunder of lamentation.
219.
This such that their branches and their twigs might ever remain
covered by the shadow of Thy Bounty and the proximity of Thy Mercy.
220.
Enable then, O my God, the chosen [servants] among Thy creatures
and such as are near unto God among thy servants,
to dwell in the shadow of their foliage
for Thou art indeed [a lord] Powerful to accomplish whatsoever Thou willeth
and Thou indeed art [the Lord] Forgiving, and Compassionate.
221.
We created the Riḍwān of Justice through a Power and a Might which originate with Us!
222.
We communicated it through mighty, wondrous fruits.
223.
So taste ye then its fruits and meander freely within its foliage
that thou might be preserved from the fire of the infidels.
224.
Wherefore hath the benefaction been perfected for thee
that thou might be thankful towards thy Lord
and be numbered among such as are truly thankful.
225.
And Praise be unto God, the Lord of all the worlds.
Translated by S. Lambden and J. R. Cole
Tablet of the Sun of the Divine Beauty
Translated by S. Lambden
Still in progress
This scriptural Tablet of Baha'-Allah commencing Shams-i jamāl-i ilāhī ("The Sun of the Divine Beauty") exists in the INBMC Vol. 32: 31-4 collection of mss. of the writings of Baha'-Allah. Another text was supplied to me some years ago by my colleague and friend Nejati Alkan (now in Istanbul), a clearer complete text in the Ottoman archives in Istanbul (Arsivi confiscated alwah, Iradeler, Meclis-i Mahsus no. 1475/35, 7-13). The original text of the Lawh-i Shams-i jamāl-i ilāhī sometimes alternates between Persian and Arabic, with constant headings and often with a recreated alternating refrain. I have named this perhaps Istanbul period (c. 1863??) Tablet of Bahā'-Allāh after its opening words. The date is unknown though it might at the earliest be assigned it to the Sulaymaniyya interregnum years (1854-1856 CE) if the address "O Darvish" is indicative of Baha'-Allah himself and not another unknown recipient of this Arabo-Persian poetic writing. As a wandering mystic Bahā'-Allāh was known as Darvish Muhammad during this time. A currently unidentified `Ali is thus twice addressed. If these addresses are not directed to Baha'-Allah himself, then the `Ali here would most likely be Darvish Siddiq/ Sidq-`Ali Qazvini (d.1299/1882) who had been a Babi-Baha'i from the late 1850s if not earlier.
Tablet of the Sun of the Divine Beauty CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-35
THE SUN OF THE DIVINE BEAUTY
1.
He is God.
2.
The Sun of the Divine Beauty beameth forth from the Lordly Orient of the Unseen
and hath thereby shed illumination upon all realms of existence.
3.
Therefore, blessed be thou!
thou who art made luminous through its radiant brilliances.
4.
He is God.
5.
The Lamp of God radiateth light so much that through its intrinsic Splendour
the candles of the hearts of humankind are ignited!
6.
Therefore, blessed be thou, who art rendered resplendent through its splendours!
7.
He is God.
8.
In this land the [Abstracted] Tree of Detachment hath been purified
at the hand of the Beloved [Lord]
and inclineth towards the Blessed Paradise of Holiness.
9.
Therefore, blessed be thou,
for thou art in its shade which is alotted unto such as seek its shadow;
from its fruit is providence for such as seek sustenance therefrom.
10.
He is God.
11.
The Sinaitic Lote Tree crieth out with the tongue of "I, verily, am God".
12.
Therefore, blessed be thou, who hast hearkened unto its melodies
13.
He is God.
14.
The Sanctified Phoenix eternally casteth a shadow upon the realms of uncertain being.
15.
Therefore, blessed be thou! who seeketh shelter neath its shade.
16.
O Darvish!
Be thou detatched from the world that is merely of the nullification of your soul,
that thou mayest ever soar up within the world of eternal subsistence!
17.
Then cut thyself off from this mortal world
until God enableth thee to ascend unto the lofty heights of the heaven of holiness.
18.
O Darvish!
Be thou free of the tincture of the world
that thou mayest be ornamented with the wondrous tincture of the lovers!
19.
Therefore, blessed be thou, who art numbered among them that take action!
20.
He is God the Desired [Lord]!
21.
The Beauty of the Lord of Divine Majesty eternally riseth up
as a Similitude from the Dawning-Place of the Unseen.
22.
Therefore, blessed be thou, who were present between His hands
and art numbered among them that are ennobled through His manifest and resplendent Beauty.
23.
He is God.
24.
The Divine Cupbearer proferred the Lordly wine from the Chalice of the All-Merciful!
25.
Therefore, blessed be thou, that thou art numbered among such as have drunk deep of this Wine!
26.
O`Ali,
May the annihilated soul become the Immortalized soul
so that by means of the Divine Names of the Deity Most proximate thou be carried aloft.
27.
Therefore blessed be thou, that thou art numbered among such have are efficacious.
28.
He is God.
29.
Take ye flight on the wings of mystic meaning towards the heaven of Lordly Holiness
and bypass this world until thou hast entered the worlds of souls
near the Gate of the Divine Splendor.
30.
Therefore, blessed be thou, that thou art numbered among such have hearkened aright.
31.
He is God.
32.
The Divine Fire blazeth forth from the Lote Tree of Sinai
and the Moses of the Spirit discourses saying,
33.
"I, verily am God!
34.
Thy God! And the Deity of all the worlds!"
35.
Therefore, blessed be thou, that thou hast hearkened with the ear of Reality unto its words
and visioned therein with the eye of the Fire its fiery blazing.
Tablet of the Sun of the Divine Beauty CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 36-70
THE SUN OF THE DIVINE BEAUTY
36.
He is God.
37.
In the Name of Eternity through the Lote-Tree of the Encounter with God
and with the melodies of the Dove, it warbleth forth and saith:
38.
`O People!
This is the Greatest Beauty of God who hath risen up from this Dawning-Place of Lights
and discloses the veil from the Supremely Pure Visage.
39.
Therefore, blessed be thou,
that thou art to be numbered among them that have attained unto His Beauty!
40.
He is God.
41.
Envision with the insight born of Reality such that the Pearl encrusted Beauty might glisten forth!
42.
And thus, with the tongue of the inward Mystery, thou shall utter the [words]
43.
"O Thou Best of Creators". Quran 23:14
44.
O thou who art the Ornamented Garment of Reality!
45.
The Nightingale of the Mystic Holiness, in the best of accents warbleth forth the words,
46.
"Regenerate anew with every Melody!"
47.
Therefore, blessed be thou, that thou art numbered among such as have truly hearkened!!
48.
O `Ali
Peel away the husks the world of contingency
so that thou might ascend to the Pre-Existent Throne of the Placeless!
49.
He is God.
50.
The Falcon of Loves' Joy hath been made manifest from the Horizon of Divine Holiness
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