Letter concerning the Tablet of the Divine Test 13 страница
43.
Take [firm] hold [then] of the Book through the power which cometh from Us
and be not numbered among the patient [to observe it].
44.
Now as for Our observing thy receptivity.
46.
We have cast receptivity upon thee
and We make mention of thee for on this account are the eyes of the mystic knowers solaced!
47.
Should this [eschatological] Day anyone befittingly orient themselves
they would indeed hearken unto the [latter day] splitting apart of everything
and would heaken on this account unto that which the Supreme Pen crieth out in this respect.
48.
The All-Merciful hath indeed come unto His kingdom with the signs [verses] [of fulfillment].
49.
Blessed be whomsoever hath attained thereto and woe be upon such as delay.
50.
O Yari!
Have ye not heard the [eschatological] Call
or are ye to be numbered among the heedless?
51.
He hath come, him about whom the Speaker [Moses] cried out on the Mystic Sinai!
52.
There hath appeared a Pathway unto Him through the sea [ocean] Exodus 15:14,23
and [thereby] salvation from Pharoah and his hosts.
53.
Thy Lord is indeed the Powerful, the Victorious, the Almighty.
54.
Blessed be whomsoever casteth aside [opposeth] their idle fancies,
and turneth unto the Most Transcendent Horizon with a luminous visage.
55.
So cast ye aside whatsoever is of the people
on this Day in which the world hath been ennobled with the breaths of divine inspiration!
56.
Then Blessed be whomsoever hath attained and uttered,
57.
`Unto thee be praise,
O Thou who art the Desire of all the worlds'! [God in the spritual heaven]
58.
O Hadi!
We observed thy name and thus mention thee for We have heard thy petition
59.
and We respond unto thee through the verses of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.
60.
Say:
`O my God! O my God!
Translated by S. Lambden.
Tablet concerning the Prophetic Mission of Moses CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-30
to the honorable Khalīl, "the Friend",
a Jewish follower of the religion of Baha
THE PROPHETIC MISSION OF MOSES
1.
In the Name of Our Lord
Who hath described His Logos-Person by means of His Logos-Person
so that He might designate it through the Divine Names.
2.
The Sovereign of the Divine Realm and King of Life Who dieth not
hath so established and ornamented the Kingdom of Majesty and Beauty
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and the Spiritual Realm of Might and Magnificence,
3.
that, through merely a breeze of the breezes of the Hidden Sea of Ink
which hath exuded from the Supreme Pen,
the Beauty of the Prophets was made manifest.
4.
They, through the Sun of the Blessed Word,
`I, verily, am Almighty God, Powerful over all things',
which shone forth from the Mouth of the Divine Will,
were transfigured through the Divine Theophany and irradiated with Light.
5.
Exalted be His Command and His Power!
6.
Exalted be His Might and His Sublimity!
7.
Exalted be His Grandeur and His Sovereignty!
8.
A beam from the lights and splendors of this bright, luminous, and splendid Sun
became manifest and evident in the horizons of existent being and the uncertain realities,
until the veils of forgetfulness intervened and eyes were withheld from witnessing.
9.
Then the Visage of the Speaker [Moses] appeared from the horizon of
the divine intention of the Living [God], the Ancient of Days.
10.
Praised be He Who caused Him [Moses] to be made manifest!
11.
And praise be He Who raised Him [Moses] up from the midst of the Sinaitic Fire, saying,
12.
`Moses, Moses!
I am the God of your father,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob!". Exodus 3:4,6
13.
When Moses heard the Divine Call from the midst of the Sinaitic Fire,
he was captivated by the charm of the All-Compelling Divinity
and veiled His face out of fear, being unable to look at Him.
14.
Thunderstruck He swooned away on account of the Call of His Lord,
for a period of 81,000 years,
until the Bounty of the Lord encompassed Him, and the fragrance of reunion wafted upon Him.
15.
When he came out of His swoon He exclaimed,
`Unto Thee be praised, O Thou Who hast enlivened Me through Thy most sweet call
and raised Me up once again, O Lord of Names,
through the Spirit of Thine Exposition.'
16.
Moses then rose up and stood before the Lord,
submissive, humble, praising, given to the remembrance of God;
glorifying and magnifying His Lord in His inmost heart for a period of 9,000,.000 years.
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17.
Then, yet again, was the divine call made manifest from the Supreme Horizon,
“Moses, Moses!
18.
Go in my peace and with the fragrance of My garment
unto the retreats of My Holiness and the regions of Mine Intimacy;
19.
then unto the Cities of the Realm of Unknowing,
the Kingdoms of My Spirit,
the Worlds of Exaltedness,
20.
the Plains of Flashing Light,
the Most-Sublime Horizon,
and the Gardens of Eternity.
21.
It is permitted that thou ascend every Heaven, enter every Ocean, and ride in every Ark
22.
yet beware, beware lest you traverse the Ocean of Grandeur,
approach the Crimson Arks,
or draw near unto the sacred Snow-White Land,
for therein is a station in which the realities of Names are consumed.
24.
[And God said to Moses]
"I verily, when I heard the cry for succor of My hidden people,
hearkened unto the longing of My beloved ones about whom none is informed save Me,
and became aware of their lamentation in their separation from Me
25.
-- their tortured cries in the land of the One Who is invoked
in their ardent desire for the meeting with Me, and their request for reunion with Me --
26.
and when I came to a knowledge of their thirst and burning desire
for the Kawthar of My Hidden and Treasured Name,
27.
I desired to send you, Moses, unto them with My fragrances and My perfumes,
My sweet-scents and My bounties;
with My glad-tidings, My manifestations, and My graces.
27.
Then the Speaker [Moses] presented His plight unto the Lord, the Ancient of Days.
28.
He said to Him,
"If I come unto the people and say to them,
'Your Beloved bath sent Me unto you' and they ask What is His name?',
what reply shall I give to them?
29.
Then did the Divine Realm of Might quake, the celestial sphere of Power shake,
and the heavenly Kingdom of Loftiness and Exaltedness swoon away.
30.
The most elevated Heaven of Heavens trembled
by reason of the Divine Call which was raised from the Hidden Retreat of Grandeur
and the reverberation of the Voice of the Lord displaced every ancient mountain.
Tablet concerning the Prophetic Mission of Moses CHAPTER TWO
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Divisions 31-60
to the honorable Khalīl, "the Friend",
a Jewish follower of the religion of Baha
THE PROPHETIC MISSION OF MOSES
31.
Say:
'I am He who is I AM WHO I AM.
32.
I AM hath sent Me (Moses) unto thee.'
33.
O Moses!
This thou shalt say unto the thirsty ones who desire the Kawthar of union with Me,
YHWH, your Beloved [Lord God], hath sent Me unto you
in order that I might give thee the glad-tidings of His manifestation,
His future advent, His nearness, and the Meeting with Him.'
34.
Subsequently Moses again heard the Divine Call from the supremely pure region,
the most luminous and holy station.
35.
Say,
'YHWH it is Who, from the Unseen Cloud of Unknowing,
hath enabled Me [Moses] to hearken unto His voice and be attentive to His Call,
yet I have neither seen Him nor gazed upon Him.
36.
He merely commanded Me that I should turn unto you with
merely a fragrance of the garment of the Beloved [Lord God]
in order that patience might be established in your hearts
on account of His absence and separation from thee,
to the end result that thou be comforted in view of the many days of your remoteness from Him."
37.
Then again was the Divine Call made manifest from the Furthermost Tree
that had grown up from the midst of the Throne
in the Snow-White Heights of the most concealed realm of Grandeur,
38.
'O Mosesl
This is My Name and My Memorial unto the people throughout their holy and blessed generations.
39.
It will endure throughout the ages of Eternity and Everlastingness
and throughout times having neither beginning nor end.
40.
This is a Sign among the people of the Day of My coming unto them
and through which I shall make Myself known unto them
and draw aside the veil which conceals My Beauty.
41.
They shall know no one except Me,
and, apart from this My Name and this My Memorial,
shall nothing ever be mentioned among them.
42.
These are My servants whom I did not command to prostrate themselves when I created Adam.
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43.
The inhabitants of My Concealed Pavilions
and the Concourse of the Realm of My Unknowing were not informed about them.
44.
"O Moses!
Bear Thou witness that I, verily, am the Lord!
45.
I was alone, a divine Being sanctified above all Names in Mine Essence.
46.
I remained unknkown, [unseen and unheard,] for an eternity of eternities.
47.
In the hiddenness of My Bahā' I shall not be known until the end of all ages.
48.
I, verily, appeared unto Abraham and lsaac and Jacob through My Name,
the Almighty God Powerful over all things
yet by My Name YHWH, I did not make Myself known until this Day. Exodus 6:3
49.
This is the Treasured Secret of My Hidden Name.
50.
This is the Mystery of My Concealed Name.
51.
This is the cipher of My Concealed and Guarded Beauty.
52.
It hath ever been and will ever be,
as long as the Ancient Eternity of Mine Essence and the Locale of My Being endureth
hidden and concealed in the Treasuries of My Command
and the Storehouses of My Custodianship;
53.
secreted beneath the Veils of My Glory
and wrapped under the Coverings of Mine Infallibility and Power.
54.
I have hidden the name Bahā beneath the Robe of My Greatness and the Canopy of My Grandeur
until the time that it will be made known on My part
in a land that is concealed and hidden in the Veils or Mine Occultation
and the All-Encircling Ocean of My Knowledge.
55.
I alone shall determine the appointed time for its disclosure.
56.
And He, verily is I Myself in the era of the One Invoked.
57.
I shall decree when this Treasure (that is, the greatest name Baha) shall be made manifest
through the sovereign [power and might]of My Will,
and I shall break its seal with the Fingers of My Might
and the Fingertips of My Power.
58.
I shall cause that Hidden Pearl to emerge, by the submersion of My Supreme Pen,
from the concealed, inaccessible, pure and untainted [Kingdom of] Oman of My Ink".
59.
When the Divine Call was ended,
and the Mighty, Hidden Letters came to be in the threefold form in the foursquare Temple,
and the Innermost Mystery and Secret Treasure was made manifest,
and eight Illumined Letters bore up the Heavenly Throne,
then was the Temple of the Greatest Name perfected and sealed with a sacred, guarded Seal.
60.
Blessed be he who gazes upon the Seal of the Beloved One
and becomes aware of that which bath been decreed in it
of the Mysteries deposited in the treasuries of the Books of old
on the part of One All-Knowing, All-Wise.
Translated by S. Lambden
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