The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER SIXTY TWO 14 страница
and the Fire of the [Divine] Lote-Tree blazed up in his breast.
61.
He was seized by the pangs of love and the yearnings of desire on all sides
and he heard the Call of God from the Tree of [the Perfect] Man in his inmost Being,
`He, verily is Thou [Who] art God,
the King, the Protector, the Mighty, the Holy'.
62.
This is what was ordained for Muhammad in the realm of the Spirit
in a realm [station] unto which the hearts of those of old did not draw near.
63.
Thus do we mention unto thee
something of the mysteries of knowledge and the jewels of wisdom
perchance that the people might be enkindled and illumined
by the Fire of God in the Lote-Tree of the Remembrance.
64.
When Muhammad the Messenger of God desired to make mention of this most-exalted station
in order that he might inform them [his people, the Jews]
of the mysteries of the Divine Unity in the Tree of his Logos-Self
65.
and might enable them to be independent of the Fire
which shone forth in the Sinai of the Decree upon the Moses of the Cause,
God inspired unto him this luminous verse Quran 24:35
that it might be a proof unto those who were given the Torah
and a guidance unto those who were guided
by the lights of guidance in the Muhammedan Lote-Tree.
66.
And God commanded Moses to announce unto the people
this [Muhammadan] Sinai in this Aḥmadian spot.
67.
Unto this beareth witness that which was revealed in the Book:
"We verily sent Moses with Our signs [and the command to]
`Bring out the [thy] people from the darkness into the light
and announce unto them the Days of God" Qurān 14:5
68.
This is that which was inscribed in the Tablets if you are of those who are informed.
69.
He indeed is the one who gave tidings unto the people concerning His [eschatological] Days;
70.
how attainment unto his station might be realized
[as would be clear] should thou be numbered among such as comprehend.
Tablet on the Isolated Letters [of the Light] CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 71-
THE ISOLATED LETTERS [OF THE LIGHT]
71.
Know thou that when Moses became aware of the Fire of the Tree
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about the shore of the right-hand side of the [sacred] Vale
he was guided by it and was among those who, with the permission of God,
have entered the Blessed Spot.
72.
Aforetime it was the case that if Muhammad became familiar with some reality or something interacted [touched] with him as Fire he made it Light unto whomsoever are in the heavens and upon the earth.
73
And he guideth unto this Light whomsoever he willeth among His creatures.
74.
Such is what was inscribed in the Book
and which thou recite through the Criterion. (the Qurān)
75.
Then know thou that the locale of the Niche in this [Light] verse Quran 24:35
is His Logos-Being ( = Muhammad)
and that the "Lamp" is his resplendent heart.
76.
The "Glass" is his sanctified Person [Temple, Body]
in which the Lamp of the Divine Singularity shines forth.
77.
The "Light" is ignited and radiates splendor from Muhammad,
for from him derives the splendor of all who are in the heavens and on the earth.
78.
Wherefore do We mention this unto thee that thou might be illuminated by means of this "Light"
in the [eschatological] Days of the Spirit.
79.
After this "Light" had shone forth in the Muhammedan "Lamp",
and was ignited in the Aḥmadian "Niche"
and the creation of the Unique One (the Bāb) was completed
through the creation of the pre-existent Temple,
80.
God hath decreed that he might remind the people about the Encounter with Him [God] at the time of the latter resurrection and give them tidings of a Holy, Laudable Reality in a locale in which the concourse of the Elevated Ones and the Spirits of the cherubic Beings (`those who are near unto God') shall be gathered together.
81.
Therein shall be uplifted the clouds of Divine Bounty
and through the rejoicing of God the believers shall be made to greatly rejoice.
82.
This is what was promised in mighty, Preserved Tablets
in which He says, exalted be His sovereignty,
"The Day when your Lord shall come or certain of the signs of your Lord" Quran 6:158
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83.
And this is what all who are in the heavens and on the earth were promised about him
[the theophany of the Bāb] to the end that all might bear witness within their hearts
that this One is certainly the True One, no God is there except Him.
He undoubtedly is the Ultimately Real, the One Aware of things Unseen.
84.
Then know [thou of] the station of he who came in the garment of Alī [the Bāb, or a sublime robe]
upon clouds of Light,
and that Muhammad, the Messenger of God was an announcer
of the glad-tidings of the Encounter [Meeting] with Him
on a Day in which the righteous shall greatly rejoice on his account.
85.
Know also that after he came unto them with manifest signs the slanderers spoke against him
and treated him in such wise that the Pen is loathe to dwell upon it.
86.
And God beareth witness unto this even if thou do not so testify.
87.
They disbelieved in him and denied him and among them was one who slandered God accusing him of enchanting the people.
88.
Thus were they veiled from the Encounter with God;
did not assist him in his Cause and failed to turn in the direction of the Visage
unto which those who are near unto God have turned.
89.
And thou, O Concourse of the Bayān!
Render thanks unto God, in that he hath bestowed his bounty upon thee
in such wise that thou hast been enabled to known His Word-Being ( = the Bāb)
and were ennobled through attaining the Encounter with God.
90.
He, in very truth, raised thee up and sent down unto thee
that which enabled thee to be free of those who disbelieved
and that inclined to associate [false] gods with God
even though all expected the advent of His Days, and all were heirs to the promise of His coming.
91.
Wherefore know that We have, in very truth,
awakened thee, raised thee up, and ennobled thee through the divine Grace,
inasmuch as We gave thee a refuge in the precincts of knowledge,
instructed thee in the paths of gnosis
and drew thee near unto a Fire
through which the hearts of those who have believed in God, their Lord and trusted in Him,
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were at every moment made to blaze
92.
Then know that the significance of the [Light] verse cannot be [understood]
except that We should instruct thee through the Truth, [or, the True One?] Esoteric
since none shall comprehend it save those who were patient in God
and inasmuch as none shall understand it except those who were sincere.
93.
This is from the [divine] Bounty which hath neither beginning nor end.
94.
Yet thou, O thou hopeful petitioner, during these days in which
the Sun of Bounty hath shone forth from the Dawning-Place of Singularity
and the Lamp of the Divine Ipseity hath shed splendor in the Niche of Holiness,
shall not witness [the significance of] this [Light] verse
save in a Temple which God has secreted beyond the Pavilion of Might
in the beloved heights of divinity.
95.
Do thou not witness how God hath caused His Logos-Being
to radiate through the Fire of His Own Logos-Being, in the Eternal "Niche"
and preserved it in the "Lamp" of Power between the earth and the heavens;
96.
lest the breezes of ungodliness should blow upon it
and there be manifest therefrom the Light from behind the 70, 000 veils [of light and darkness]
according to a prescribed measure [to the extent of the eye of-the needle]
and [how] He caused to radiate from the Glasses the possibilities of existence.
97.
This in such wise that they may all give account about God, their Creator
in view of the theophany upon them of this Divine Light.
98.
This is what We bring to thine attention, of the wonders of hidden knowledge,
in order that at every moment thou might render thanks unto God thy Lord
as also all the believers do make offerings of thanks.
99.
This to the end that thou might be contented within thy heart,
in that thou be oriented towards a region
upon which not a single footstep of the creatures hath attained;
save those, that is, those who are at every moment consumed by the fire of love
and unto which none have drawn near, except such as are detached from
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all that is within the mighty domain of the Divine command and in the world of creation
and who, with the permission of God, tread the paths of submission.
100.
Thus have We given thee sufficient [insight(?)]
through that which We have explained for thee relative to this sanctified verse.
101.
We have abridged the elucidation of its significances in that We have previously commented upon it in diverse ways and modes which have astonished the intellects of mystic knowers.
102.
Be satisfied with what hath been sent down for thee in this blessed night which God hath set aside among nights as one in which He hath decreed every affair as something ordained [sealed] before One Mighty, Self-Subsistent.
103.
If this be deemed that which the Pen of Might hath written down upon these very clear tablets,
then return unto what was previously inscribed by a mighty, evident Finger,
since in the Lote-Tree of the Words through the Fire of Singleness hath blazed forth,
104.
and none shall grasp it save such as profess
the unity of God On its branches are Doves
all of which were created from the Fire of the Divine Ipseity;
and none doth hear their cooing save those who are detached.
105.
By God! If thou should make careful observation
thou would assuredly become informed of all branches of knowledge,
according to what hath been inscribed in these Tablets, and be free from all except Him.
This, verily, is the certain truth.
Tablet on the Isolated Letters [of the Light] CHAPTER FOUR
Divisions 106-140
THE ISOLATED LETTERS [OF THE LIGHT]
106.
Now regarding that which thou enquired of the isolated letters in the writings and the scriptures.
107.
Know thou that every single one of these letters are assuredly signs unto such as are informed.
108.
In them are ciphers. allusions, deep significances and testimonies
not a letter of which can be grasped except by those who tread the path of God's good-pleasure
and delight in the Riḍwān [New Year's Day/Springtime] of knowledge.
109.
From all eternity hath their mysteries been hidden in the Storehouses of Infallibility,
sealed with the Seal of Power and veiled in the Veil of Might;
although at this moment hath their Seal been broken in view of thy capacity, and thy desire,
and in accordance with what the people are capable of understanding.
110.
This such that those to whom hath been given the guidance which cometh from God,
might assuredly testify that everything created exists by virtue of an Embodied Reality [theophany] who, in very truth, crieth out [Divine guidance],
for around Him do circumambulate all the Elevated Letters and the compounded words
as thou would realize if thou should [truly] comprehend. [i.e. read through the holy writings]
111.
Then know thou that those letters in the station of the Names
give testimony unto eternal levels of Being without beginning,
the realities of the Divine Oneness and the pristine sublimities of the Divine Ipseity,
the like of which thou dost recite in the Criterion. [the Quran]
112.
He [God] saith --magnified be His Light-- at the start of the Book, [the Quran]
"Alif, Lām, Mīm. [A- L- M].
This is a Book about which there is no doubt.
It is a guidance unto the pious" Quran 2:1-2
113.
In this place God hath designated His Beloved One [= Muhammad]
by these extended, isolated letters as a means of confirming
such as hath soared upon the wings of detachment in the atmosphere of the Spirit.
114.
O Muhammad!
That "Book" is indicative of the Book of thine own Logos-Persona
which deriveth from a Hidden, Preserved Book
which hath not been understood by anybody except God.
115.
All the Books derive therefrom if thou art of such as are confirmed.
116.
And this is from a Book in which is distinguished
the knowledge of all that hath been and will be
and by means of which the rightly-guided ones are guided.
117.
All that which was revealed from the beginning which hath no beginning
of the various Books and the Scriptures are merely a letter of "that Book".
118.
And none are informed of this save such as have [mi`rāj-like]
ascended on the Buraq [celestial Steed] of Might unto the atmosphere of divine ness.
119.
Everything is capable of being registered on the level of descriptiion except this Hidden Book which is abstracted beyond all that can be characterized
and all that those who describe things can depict.
120.
And He creates from it all that hath been and will be through His saying,
"Be! And it is!" Quran 6:73
121.
Then know that ["that] "Book" signifies the Logos-Persona of Muhammad in which all mysteries hath been inscribed by the Pen of God, the Protector, the Mighty, the Self-Subsistent.
122.
This to the end that thou should testify to the fact that there is no God except Him,
the King, the Protector, the Beloved One.
123.
Thus has it been sent down aforetime,
"Read! the Book of thine own being, [for this Day it suffices to reckon against thee]" Quran 17:15
124.
This is a "Book" which suffices those who have believed
and which enables them to attain unto the precincts of a Treasured Name
125.
And on another level reference is made to a Book which was, in very truth,
sent down upon him and which God made to be a Distinguisher [Criterion]
between such as have believed and such as have disbelieved in their Lord,
as accords with [divine] justice.
126.
And on another level know thou that God named His Beloved One [Muhammad]
by means of the composite letters and the compounded words the like of which thou do utter
through his Names, Muhammad, Aḥmad, and Maḥmud in the Kingdom of Names).
127.
Thus He named him by means of extended letters and Isolated characters in order that all possessed of some knowledge of God might acknowledge that all the Most-Beautiful Letters and the Most Beautiful Names were created for him such that nothing appears from the Beloved One [= Muhammad] except that He hath thereby intended His Beloved [Muhammad / Baha'-Allah].
128.
And this indeed is His Beloved One as thou would realize
if thou should observe with the eye of the spirit.
129.
The utterance is confirmed in the light of that which the Dove of Timeless Eternality
daily crieth out,
`Supplicate ye! for his are the Most Beautiful Names.'
130.
This indeed is what was sent down aforetime and which thou dost recite during his days;
the same also do most of the people recite Quran 7:179-180
131.
Then know thou that God is the One Who created by means of these extended, Isolated letters
aspects of a Name of His Beloved One
which is an expression of the essential realities of the extendedness
and of the subtle, elevated, pristine characteristics
the like of which thou do witness in the Mirrors which reflect the Muhammadan Sun.
[the 12 Imams]
132.
Wherefore did He create in his Name through the Sacred Words
the Blessed Definitive Temples from the elements of the Divine Singularity
wholly in accordance with their respective degrees of reflecting this Sun.
133.
Then ponder upon the creation of the heavens and of the earth
in order that thou might be aware that every [Divine] Name
is in the shadow of his Name and every [Divine] Attribute is but a shadow of his Attribute.
134.
Be assured that everything lies within the grasp of his power
and is created from the Letters of his Name
and be thou reckoned among such as have discerned with the eye of God
the manifestations of Divine artistry.
135.
And on another level the [isolated Arabic letter] "A" represents the Absolute Divinity.
136.
The [isolated letter] "L" represents the Absolute Wilāya ("Providential Overseership")
which is realized through His "Logos-Persona";
actualized through His saying, "Thy 'Patron' is God [only]." Quran 5:55
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