Prayer for Steadfastness in the Cause of God 10 страница
26.
Thou beholdest, O my God,
what hath befallen Thy dear ones in Thy days.
27.
Thy glory beareth me witness!
The voice of the lamentation of Thy chose ones hath been lifted up throughout Thy realm.
28.
Some were ensnared by the infidels in Thy land,
and were hindered by them from having near access to Thee
and from attaining the court of Thy glory.
28.
Others were able to approach Thee,
yet were kept back from beholding Thy face.
29.
Still others were permitted, in their eagerness to look upon Thee,
to enter the precincts of Thy court,
yet they allowed the veils of the imaginations of Thy creatures
and the wrongs inflicted by the oppressors among Thy people
to come in between them and Thee.
30.
This is the hour, O my Lord,
which Thou hast caused to excel every other hour,
and hast related to the choicest among Thy creatures.
31.
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Lordship and by them,
to ordain in the course of this year what shall exalt Thy loved ones.
32.
Do Thou, moreover, decree within this year what will enable the Daystar of Thy power
to shine brightly above the horizon of Thy glory,
and to illuminate by Thy sovereign might, the whole world.
33.
Render Thy Cause victorious, O my Lord,
and abase Thou Thine enemies.
34.
Write down, then, for us the good of this life and of the life to come.
35.
Thou art the Truth, Who knoweth the secret things.
No God is there except Thee,
the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.
Baha-ullah
[Prayer for the Rizvan Fast] CHAPTER ONE
Divisons 1-25
The spring holidays of Naw Ruz (the Persian New Year) and Rizvan (the important Bahai holiday that honors the prophet Baha-ullah's announcement of his prophetic mission) just a few days later, appear to be about a week of festivity, the regular practice of ancient times. The Hebrew New Year and Passover, are a few days after Rizvan, with the same connection as Christmas and New Years in the West.
[PRAYER FOR THE FAST]
1.
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God!
2.
These are the days whereon Thou hast bidden all men to observe the fast,
that through it they may purify their souls
and rid themselves of all attachment to anybody save Thee,
3.
and that out of their hearts may ascend that which will be worthy of the court of Thy majesty
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and may well beseem the seat of the revelation of Thy [union].
4.
Grant, O my Lord, that this fast may become a river of life-giving waters
and may yield the virtue wherewith Thou hast endowed it.
5.
Cleanse Thou by its means the hearts of Thy servants
whom the evils of the world have failed to hinder from turning towards Thine all-glorious Name,
6.
and who have remained unmoved by the noise and tumult
of them that have repudiated Thy most resplendent signs
that have accompanied the advent of Thy Manifestation,
[Him] Whom Thou hast invested with Thy sovereignty, Thy power, Thy majesty and glory.
7.
These are the servants who, as soon as Thy call reached them,
hastened in the direction of Thy mercy,
and were not kept back from Thee by the changes and chances of this world
or by any human limitations.
8.
I am he, O my God, who testifieth to Thy unity, who acknowledgeth Thy oneness,
who boweth humbly before the revelations of Thy majesty,
and who recognizeth with downcast visage the splendors of the light of Thy transcendent glory.
9.
I have believed in Thee after Thou didst enable me to know Thy Being.
10.
Whom Thou hast revealed to men's eyes through the power of Thy sovereignty and might.
11.
Unto Him I have turned, wholly detached from all things,
and cleaving steadfastly unto the cord of Thy gifts and favors.
12.
I have embraced His truth,
and the truth of all the wondrous laws and precepts that have been sent down unto Him.
13.
I have fasted for love of Thee and in pursuance of Thine injunction,
and have broken my fast with Thy praise on my tongue and in conformity with Thy pleasure.
14.
Suffer me not, O my Lord, to be reckoned among them who have fasted in the daytime,
and who in the night-season have prostrated themselves before Thy face,
15.
and yet who have repudiated Thy truth, disbelieved in Thy signs,
gainsaid Thy testimony, and perverted Thine utterances.
16.
Open Thou, O my Lord, mine eyes and the eyes of all them that have sought Thee,
that we may recognize Thee with Thine own eyes.
17.
This is Thy bidding given us in the Book sent down by Thee
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unto Him Whom Thou hast chosen by Thy will,
18.
Whom Thou hast singled out for Thy favor above all Thy creatures,
Whom Thou hast been pleased to invest with Thy sovereignty,
and Whom Thou hast specially favored and entrusted with Thy Message unto Thy people.
19.
Praised be Thou, therefore, O my God,
inasmuch as Thou hast graciously enabled us to recognize Him
and to acknowledge whatsoever hath been sent down unto Him,
and conferred upon us the honor of attaining the presence of
the One Whom Thou didst promise in Thy Book and in Thy Tablets.
20.
Thou seest me then, O my God, with my face turned towards Thee,
cleaving steadfastly to the cord of Thy gracious providence and generosity,
and clinging to the hem of Thy tender mercies and bountiful favors.
21.
Destroy not, I implore Thee,
my hopes of attaining unto that which Thou didst ordain for Thy servants
who have turned towards the precincts of Thy court and the sanctuary of Thy presence,
and have observed the fast for love of Thee.
22.
I confess, O my God, that whatever proceedeth from me
is wholly unworthy of Thy sovereignty and falleth short of Thy majesty.
23.
And yet I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast revealed Thy person,
with the glory of Thy most excellent titles,
unto all created things, in this Revelation
whereby Thou hast, through Thy most resplendent Name, manifested Thy beauty,
24.
to give me to drink of the wine of Thy mercy and of the pure beverage of Thy favor,
which have streamed forth from the right hand of Thy will,
25.
that I may so fix my gaze upon Thee and be so detached from all else save Thee,
that the world and all that hath been created therein
may appear before me as a fleeting day which Thou hast not deigned to create.
[Prayer for the Rizvan Fast] CHAPTER TWO
Divisons 26-50
[PRAYER FOR THE FAST]
26.
I moreover entreat Thee, O my God, to rain down,
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from the heaven of Thy will and the clouds of Thy mercy,
that which will cleanse us from the noisome savors of our transgressions,
27.
O Thou Who hast called Thyself the God of Mercy!
28.
Thou art, verily, the Most Powerful, the All-Glorious, the Beneficent.
29.
Cast not away, O my Lord, him that hath turned towards Thee,
nor suffer him who hath drawn nigh unto Thee to be removed far from Thy court.
30.
[Quench not, and deny] not the hopes of the suppliant
who hath longingly stretched out his hands to seek Thy grace and favors,
and deprive not Thy sincere servants
of the wonders of Thy tender mercies and loving-kindness.
31.
Forgiving and Most Bountiful art Thou, O my Lord!
32.
Power has Thou to do what Thou pleasest.
33.
All else save Thee are impotent before the revelations of Thy might,
all else are as lost in the face of the evidences of Thy wealth,
all else are as nothing when compared with the manifestations of Thy transcendent sovereignty,
and as are destitute of all strength, when face to face with the signs and tokens of Thy power.
34.
What refuge is there beside Thee, O my Lord, to which I can flee,
and where is there a haven to which I can hasten?
35.
Nay, the power of Thy might beareth me witness!
36.
No protector is there save Thee,
no place to flee to except Thee, no refuge to seek save Thee.
37.
Cause me to taste, O my Lord,
the divine sweetness of Thy [noble] remembrance and [blessed] praise.
38.
I swear by Thy might!
Whosoever tasteth of [the transcendent glory of your remembrance,
and your sincere religious praises, that are of the utmost] sweetness,
will rid himself of all attachment to the world and all that is therein,
and will set his face towards Thee, cleansed from the remembrance of anyone except Thee,
[O God].
39.
Inspire then my soul, O my God, with Thy wondrous remembrance,
that I may glorify Thy name.
40.
Number me not with them that read Thy words and yet fail to find Thy hidden gift
which, as decreed by Thee, is contained therein,
and which quickeneth the souls of Thy creatures and the hearts of Thy servants.
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41.
Cause me, O my Lord, to be reckoned among them who have been so stirred up
by the sweet savors that have been wafted in Thy days
that they have laid down their lives for Thee
[and hastened to the scene of their death] in their longing to gaze on Thy beauty
and in their yearning to attain Thy presence.
42.
And were anyone to say unto them on their way,
"Whither go ye?"
they would say,
"Unto God, the All-Possessing, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent!"
43.
The transgressions committed by such as have turned away from Thee
and have borne themselves haughtily towards Thee
have not availed to hinder them from loving Thee,
and from setting their faces towards Thee, and from turning in the direction of Thy mercy.
44.
These are they who are blessed by the Concourse on high,
who are glorified by the denizens of the everlasting Cities,
and beyond them by those on whose foreheads Thy most exalted pen hath written:
45.
"These! The people of Baha.
Through them have been shed the splendors of the light of guidance."
46.
Thus hath it been ordained, at Thy command and by Thy will,
in the Tablet of Thine irrevocable decree.
47.
Proclaim, therefore, O my God, their greatness
and the greatness of those who while living or after death have circled around them.
48.
Supply them with that which Thou hast ordained for the righteous among Thy creatures.
49.
Potent art Thou to do all things.
50.
There is no God save Thee,
the All-Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful.
[Prayer for the Rizvan Fast] CHAPTER THREE
Divisons 51-75
[PRAYER FOR THE FAST]
51.
Do not bring our fasts to an end with this fast, O my Lord,
nor the covenants Thou hast made with this covenant.
52.
Do Thou accept all that we have done for love of Thee, and for the sake of Thy [will],
and all that we have left undone as a result of our subjection to our evil and corrupt desires.
53.
Enable us, then, to cleave steadfastly to Thy love and Thy good pleasure,
and preserve us from the mischief of such as have denied Thee
and repudiated Thy most resplendent signs.
54.
Thou art, in truth, the Lord of this world and of the next.
55.
No God is there beside Thee, the Exalted, the Most High.
56.
Magnify Thou, O Lord my God,
Him Who is the Primal Point, the Divine Mystery, the Unseen Essence,
the Dayspring of Divinity, and the Manifestation of Thy Lordship,
57.
Him through whom all the knowledge of the past
and all the knowledge of the future were made plain,
and through Whom the pearls of Thy hidden wisdom were uncovered,
and the mystery of Thy treasured name disclosed,
58.
Him Whom Thou hast appointed as the Announcer of the [Lord]
through Whose name the letter “B” and the letter “E” have been joined and united,
59.
through Whom Thy majesty, Thy sovereignty and Thy might were made known,
60.
through Whom Thy words have been sent down,
and Thy laws set forth with clearness,
and Thy signs spread abroad, and Thy Word established,
61.
through Whom the hearts of Thy chosen [servant]s were laid bare,
and all that were in the heavens and all that were on the earth were gathered together,
62.
Whom Thou has called Ali-Muhammad [the Bab] in the kingdom of Thy names,
and the Spirit of Spirits in the tablets of Thine irrevocable decree,
63.
Whom Thou hast invested with Thine own title,
unto Whose name all other names have, at Thy bidding and through the power of Thy might,
been made to return,
and in Whom Thou hast caused all Thine attributes and titles to attain their final consummation.
64.
To Him also belong such names as lay hid within Thy stainless tabernacles,
in Thine invisible world and Thy sanctified cities.
65.
Magnify Thou, moreover, them that have believed in Him and in His signs
and have turned towards Him,
from among those that have acknowledged Thy unity in His Latter Manifestation -
66.
a Manifestation whereof He hath made mention in His Tablets, His Books, and His Scriptures,
and in all the wondrous verses and gem-like utterances that have descended upon Him.
67.
It is this same Manifestation Whose covenant Thou hast bidden Him establish
ere He had established His own covenant.
68.
He it is Whose praise the Bayan hath celebrated.
69.
In it, His excellence hath been extolled, and His truth established,
and His sovereignty proclaimed, and His Cause perfected.
70.
Blessed is the man that hath turned unto Him,
and fulfilled the things He hath commanded,
O Thou Who art the Lord of the worlds
and the Desire of all them that have known Thee!
71.
Praised be Thou, O my god,
inasmuch as Thou hast aided us to recognize and love Him.
72.
I, therefore, beseech Thee by Him and by Them who are the Daysprings of Thy divinity,
and the Manifestations of Thy lordship,
and the Treasuries of Thy revelation,
and the Libraries of Thine inspiration,
73.
to enable us to serve and obey Him,
and to empower us to become the helpers of His Cause and the dispensers of His adversaries.
74.
Powerful art Thou to do all that pleaseth Thee.
75.
No God is there beside Thee,
the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the[Lord/servant] Whose help is sought by all men!
Baha-ullah
1.
Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God!
2.
We have observed the Fast in conformity with Thy bidding,
and break the Fast now through Thy love and Thy good-pleasure.
3.
Please accept, O my God,
the deeds that we have performed in Thy path wholly for the sake of Thy beauty
with our faces set towards Thy Cause, free from anything else except Thee.
4.
Bestow, then, Thy forgiveness upon us, upon our forefathers,
and upon all such as have believed in Thee and in Thy mighty signs
in this most great, this most glorious Revelation.
5.
Potent art Thou to do what Thou choosest.
6.
Thou art, verily, the Most Exalted, the Almighty, the Unconstrained.
Baha-ullah
1.
Praised be Thou, O God, my God!
2.
These are the days whereon Thou hast ordained Thy chosen [servants],
Thy loved [believers], Thy servants, to observe the Fast,
3.
which Thou hast made a light unto the people of Thy kingdom,
even as Thou didst make obligatory prayer a ladder of climbing
for those who acknowledge Thy union.
4.
I beg of Thee, O my God, by these two mighty pillars,
which Thou hast ordained as a glory and honor for all mankind,
to keep Thy religion safe from the mischief of the ungodly and the plotting of every wicked doer.
5.
O Lord, conceal not the light which Thou hast revealed
through Thy strength and Thine omnipotence.
6.
Assist, then, those who truly believe in Thee
with the hosts of the seen and the unseen, through Thy command and Thy sovereignty.
7.
No God is there except Thee, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
Baha-ullah
Prayer for Huququ'llah
(the Right of God)
Huquq-ullah is the voluntary tithe and tax, much like tithing to the Church, the shekel offering at the Synagogue, and the Zakat of Islam. The Bahai tithe is officially voluntary, yet technically is mandatory before God and the worlds.
1.
Huququ'llah is indeed a great law.
2.
It is imperative upon all to make this offering,
because it is the source of grace, abundance, and of all good.
3.
It is a bounty which shall remain with every soul in every world of the worlds of God,
the All-Possessing, the All-Bountiful.
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