Prayer for Steadfastness in the Cause of God 9 страница
The period of the Fast is March 2 through March 20,
ending on Naw Ruz, the Persian New Year's day.
1.
This is, O my God, the first of the days
on which Thou hast bidden Thy loved ones to observe the Fast.
2.
I ask of Thee by Thy name
and by him who hath fasted out of love for Thee and for Thy good-pleasure
3.
and not out of ego and desire,
nor out of fear of Thy wrath and by Thy most excellent names and august attributes,
4.
to purify Thy servants from the love of anything except Thee
and to draw them nigh unto the Dawning-Place of the lights of Thy visage
and the Seat of the throne of Thy union.
5.
Illumine their hearts, O my God, with the light of Thy knowledge
and brighten their faces with the rays of the Daystar that shineth from the horizon of Thy Will.
6.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
7.
No God is there except Thee, the All-Glorious,
Whose help is implored by all men.
8.
Assist them, O my God, to render Thee victorious and to exalt Thy Word.
9.
Suffer them, then, to become as hands of Thy Cause amongst Thy servants,
and make them to be revealers of Thy religion and Thy signs amongst mankind,
in such wise that the whole world may be full of Thy remembrance and praise
and Thy proofs and evidences.
10.
Thou art, in truth, the All-Bounteous, the Most Exalted,
the Powerful, the Mighty, and the Merciful.
Baha-ullah
1.
In the Name of Him Who hath been promised in the Books of God,
the All-Knowing, the All-Informed!
2.
The days of fasting have arrived
wherein those servants who circle round Thy throne,
and have attained Thy presence, have fasted.
3.
Say,
O God of names, and Creator of heaven and earth!
4.
I beg of thee by Thy Name, the All-Glorious,
to accept the fast of those who have fasted for love of Thee
and for the sake of Thy good-pleasure
and have carried out what Thou hast bidden them in Thy Books and Tablets.
5.
I beseech Thee by them to assist me in the promotion of Thy Cause
and to make me steadfast in Thy love,
that my footsteps may not slip on account of the clamor of thy creatures.
6.
Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest.
7.
No God is there except Thee,
the Quickener, the All-Powerful, the Most Bountiful, the Ancient of Days.
Bahau'lah
CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
1.
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign,
and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men,
2.
to not cast me away from the gate of the city of Thy presence,
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and to disappoint not the hopes I have set on the manifestations of Thy grace amidst Thy creatures.
3.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
4.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
5.
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy most sweet Voice and by Thy most exalted Word,
to draw me ever nearer to the threshold of Thy door,
and to suffer me not to be far removed from the shadow of Thy mercy
and the canopy of Thy bounty.
6.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
7.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
8.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the splendor of Thy luminous brow, and the brightness of the light of Thy visage,
which shineth from the all-highest horizon,
to attract me by the fragrance of Thy raiment,
and make me drink of the choice wine of Thine [theological] utterance.
9.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
10.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung
all in this world and in the world to come.
11.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by Thy hair which moveth across Thy face,
even as Thy most exalted pen moveth across the pages of Thy Tablets,
shedding the musk of hidden meanings over the kingdom of Thy creation,
12.
so to raise me up to serve Thy Cause that I shall not fall back,
nor be hindered by the suggestions of them who have caviled at Thy signs
and turned away from Thy face.
13.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
14.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
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15.
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Name which Thou hast made the King if Names,
by which all who are in heaven and all who are on earth have been enraptured,
to enable me to gaze on the Daystar of Thy Beauty,
and to supply me with the wine of Thine utterance.
16.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding tightly to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
17.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
18.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the Tabernacle of Thy majesty upon the loftiest summits,
and the Canopy of Thy Revelation on the highest hills,
to graciously aid me to do what Thy will hath desired and Thy purpose hath manifested.
19.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
20.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
21.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by Thy Beauty that shineth forth above the horizon of eternity,
22.
a Beauty, that before which. as soon as it be revealed
the entire kingdom of beauty boweth down in worship, [because it is the prophetic revelation]
23.
magnifying it in ringing tones,
to grant that I may die to all that I possess and live to whatsoever belongeth unto Thee.
24.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
25.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
26.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the Manifestation of Thy Name, the Well-Beloved,
through Whom the hearts of Thy lovers were consumed
and the souls of all that dwell on earth have soared aloft,
to aid me to remember Thee amongst Thy creatures, and to praise Thee amidst Thy people.
27.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
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28.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
29.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree
and the murmur of the breezes of Thine utterance in the kingdom of Thy names,
to remove me far from whatsoever Thy will abhorreth,
and draw me near to the station wherein He Who is the Dayspring of Thy signs hath shone forth.
30.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
31.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
32.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by that Letter which, as soon as it proceeded our of the mouth of Thy will,
hath caused the oceans to surge, and the winds to blow,
33.
and the fruits to be revealed, and the trees to spring forth,
and all past traces to vanish, and all veils to be rent asunder,
34.
and them who are devoted to Thee to hasten unto the light of the visage of their Lord,
the Unconstrained,
to make known unto me what lay hid in the treasuries of Thy knowledge
and concealed within the repositories of Thy wisdom.
35.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
36.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
37.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the fire of Thy love which drove sleep from the eyes of Thy chosen ones and Thy loved ones,
and by their remembrance and praise of Thee [in religious worship] at the hour of dawn,
to number me with such as have attained unto
that which Thou hast sent down in Thy Book and manifested through Thy will.
38.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
39.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
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40.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the light of Thy visage which impelled them who are near unto Thee
to meet [and observe ] the darts [of the words] of Thy [Heavenly] decree,
and [consequentially, caused] them that are devoted to Thee
to face the swords of Thine enemies in Thy path,
41.
to write down for me with Thy most exalted Pen
what Thou hast written down for Thy trusted ones and Thy chosen ones.
42.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name, the Most Holy,
the Most luminous, the Most Mighty,
43.
the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
44.
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Name
through which Thou hast hearkened unto the call of Thy lovers,
and the sighs of them that long for Thee,
and the cry of them that enjoy near access to Thee,
and the groaning of Them that are devoted to Thee,
45.
and through which Thou hast fulfilled the wishes of them that have set their hopes on Thee,
and hast granted them their desires, through Thy grace and Thy favors,
46.
and by Thy Name through which the ocean of forgiveness surged before Thy face,
and the clouds of Thy generosity rained upon Thy servants,
47.
to write down for everybody who hath turned unto Thee,
and observed the fast prescribed by Thee,
the recompense decreed for them that speak not, except by Thy bidding,,
and who forsook all that they possessed in Thy path and for love of Thee.
48.
I beseech Thee, O my Lord,
by Thy Lordship, and by Thy signs, and Thy clear tokens,
and the shining light of the Daystar of Thy Beauty, and Thy Branches [of the tree of life],
to cancel the trespasses of those who have held fast to Thy laws,
and have observed what Thou hast prescribed unto them in Thy Book.
49.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
50.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
Baha-ullah
1.
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God!
2.
I beseech Thee by this revelation whereby darkness hath been turned into light,
through which the Frequented Fane hath been built,
and the Written Tabled revealed,
and the Outspread Roll uncovered,
3.
to send down upon me and upon them who are in my company
that which will enable us to soar into the heavens of Thy transcendent glory,
4.
and will wash us from the stain of such doubts
as have hindered the suspicious from entering into the tabernacle of Thy unity.
5.
I am the one, O my Lord, who hath held fast the cord of Thy loving-kindness,
and clung to the hem of Thy mercy and favors.
6.
Do Thou ordain for me and for my loved ones
the good of this world and of the world to come.
7.
Supply them, then, with the Hidden Gift
Thou didst ordain for the choicest among Thy creatures.
8.
These are, O my Lord, the days
in which Thou hast bidden Thy servants to observe the fast.
9.
Blessed is he that observeth the fast wholly for Thy sake
and with absolute detachment from all things except Thee.
10.
Help me and help them.
11.
O my Lord, to obey Thee and to keep Thy precepts.
12.
Thou, verily, hast power to do what Thou choosest.
13.
There is no God except Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
14.
All praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.
Baha-ullah
1.
These are, O my God, the days
whereon Thou didst enjoin Thy servants to observe the fast.
2.
With it Thou didst adorn the preamble of the Book of Thy Laws revealed unto Thy creatures,
and didst deck forth the libraries of Thy commandments
in the sight of all who are in Thy heaven and all who are on Thy earth.
3.
Thou hast endowed every hour of these days with a special virtue,
mysterious to all except Thee, Whose knowledge embraceth all created things.
4.
Thou hast, also, assigned unto every soul a portion of this virtue
in accordance with the Tablet of Thy decree and the Scriptures of Thine irrevocable judgment.
5.
Every leaf of these Books and Scriptures Thou hast, moreover,
allotted to each of the peoples and kindreds of the earth.
6.
For Thine ardent lovers Thou hast, according to Thy decree, reserved, at each daybreak,
the [spiritual] cup of Thy remembrance, O Thou Who art the Ruler of rulers!
7.
These are they who have been so inebriated with the [spiritual] wine of Thy manifold wisdom
that they forsake their couches in their longing to celebrate Thy praise and extol Thy virtues,
and flee from sleep in their eagerness to approach Thy presence and partake of Thy bounty.
8.
Their eyes have, at all times, been bent upon the Dayspring of Thy loving-kindness,
and their faces set towards the Fountainhead of Thine inspiration.
9.
Rain down, then, upon us and upon them from the clouds of Thy mercy
what beseemeth the heaven of Thy bounteousness and grace.
10.
Lauded be Thy name, O My God!
11.
This is the hour when Thou hast unlocked the doors of Thy bounty
before the faces of Thy creatures,
and opened wide the portals of Thy tender mercy
unto all the dwellers of Thine earth.
12.
I beseech Thee,
by all them whose blood was shed in Thy path,
who, in their yearning over Thee, rid themselves from all attachment to any of Thy creatures,
13.
and who were so carried away by the sweet savors of Thine inspiration
that every part of their bodies intoned Thy praise and trembled at Thy remembrance,
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not to withhold from us the things Thou hast irrevocably ordained in this revelation,
15.
a revelation the potency of which hath caused every tree to cry out
what the Burning Bush had aforetime proclaimed unto Moses, Who conversed with Thee,
16.
a revelation that hath enabled every least pebble to resound again with Thy praise,
as the stones glorified Thee in the days of Muhammad, Thy Friend.
17.
These are the ones, O my God,
whom Thou hast graciously enabled to have fellowship with Thee
and to commune with Him Who is the Revealer of Thee.
18.
The winds of Thy will have scattered them abroad
until Thou didst gather them together beneath Thy shadow,
and didst cause them to enter into the precincts of Thy court.
19.
Now that Thou hast made them to abide under the shade of the canopy of Thy mercy,
do Thou assist them to attain what must befit so august a station.
20.
Suffer them not, O my Lord, to be numbered with them who,
though enjoying near access to Thee, have been kept back from recognizing Thy face,
and who, though meeting with Thee, are deprived of Thy presence.
21.
These are Thy servants, O my Lord,
who have entered with Thee in this, the Most Great Prison,
who have kept the fast within its walls according to what Thou hast commanded them
in the Tablets of Thy decree and the Books of Thy behest.
22.
Send down, therefore, upon them
what will thoroughly purge them of all that Thou abhorrest,
that they may be wholly devoted to Thee,
and may detach themselves entirely from all except Thyself.
23.
Rain down, then, upon us, O my God,
that which beseemeth Thy grace and befitteth Thy bounty.
24.
Enable us, then, O my God,
to live in remembrance of Thee and to die in love of Thee,
and supply us with the gift of Thy presence in Thy worlds hereafter,
worlds which are mysterious to all except Thee.
25.
Thou art our Lord and the Lord of all worlds,
and the God of all that are in heaven and all that are on earth.
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