Concerning the questions of Manakji Limji Hataria 11 страница
191.
In truth, those who turned away from the brilliancy of this countenance,
God will blacken their own faces in hellfire, until they are as the feathers of the raven.
192.
He will chastise them with the burning flames of remoteness.
193.
Say:
In truth, he it is who created the heavens and the earth, and established the throne on the water.
194.
Then he suspended the water from the sky,
so that you might recognize the handiwork of God, who perfected the creation of all things.
195.
Meditate thereon, and on the blessings that have been foreordained in the earth.
196.
Say:
People, in truth, I am that `good' you were promised in the year Nine,
concerning whom God covenanted with all the atoms.
197.
Blessed is the soul that fulfills his covenant.
The canopy of pre-existence has been raised.
198.
People of the Bayan, do not keep yourselves therefrom, but rather dwell in its court.
199.
By God, the lote-tree of Baha' has borne fruit in this paradise
that has manifested itself in four- and three-sided patterns.
200.
People of the Ark of Eternity, draw near to it, and enjoy its harvest.
Tablet of the Companions CHAPTER EIGHT
Divisions 201-225
THE COMPANIONS
201.
Say:
People, do you deny the verses of God and yet continue to recite what was revealed before?
202.
Woe to you, insofar as satan has made your works seem beautiful to your base selves.
203.
Thus do we share with you the verses of the Cause,
that you might rise from the dust of negligence
and be nourished by what descended from the clouds of sanctity,
and the waters that rain down from them.
204.
Thus does the pen of the Cause counsel every soul among the perceptive.
205.
The vessels of immortality have come to rest on the crimson sea,
and happy is the one who clings to their sacred cords, that he might attain everlasting life by virtue of their imperishability.
206.
By God, this sea has dazzled the eyes of contingent beings
and its waters are plied by the ark of holiness
that was constructed by the Noah of the spirit for this youth,
in whose name the helm of the ark is taken, and in whose name it is spun.
207.
Say:
The seas of eternity have billowed within this Most Great Ocean,
and no one has attained to its shore, how much less to its whirling depths,
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save those who clung to the sacred ships that ply it.
208.
Board them, then, in my name.
209.
The burning bush has been raised up on the Sinai of immortality,
and the nightingale that sang before the world was made
warbles on its branches with the best of melodies.
210.
Give ear, temples of the All-Praised, that you may hear them.
211.
The river of paradise has streamed out from this celestial fountain
that flowed from the sacred spring of Kawthar,
through these lips from which the waters of eternity descend.
212.
Blessed is he on whom they overflow.
213.
Say:
This is the Self of God, which is seated on the throne,
and God has sanctified his robe from the touch of the idolaters.
214.
O my beloved friend,
nourish every soul with the tender, imperishable bounties of the divine unity that descend from this heaven, which has been raised up with truth.
215.
Take heed lest you transgress the bounds of the people,
and give to every soul according to its capacity.
216.
He whose sense of taste has suffered an alteration
will never be able to distinguish between the sweet and bitter,
except if he should recover from his illness.
217.
Thus, we created souls in various conditions.
218.
They who have not cleansed their ears shall never delight in the songs of holiness.
219.
Thus do we share with you the purport of every decree.
220.
Break the seal on the flask of the All-Merciful in my name, the All-Bountiful,
and pass about the wine of life that was pressed by the fingers of the All-Praised.
221.
Perhaps the people of the contingent world will be warmed by its heat
and be illumined by its gleaming light.
222.
In this manner have we revealed the verses,
and have changed them from one condition to another.
223.
We send them forth as we please,
so that in their dispatch you may witness the power of your Lord,
and may prostrate yourself humbly before him.
224.
Say:
By God, the Eternal Truth, glory lies not in revealing verses and the like.
225.
Rather, glory lies in my manifestation between the heavens and the earth,
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among the divers peoples of the world, if you have eyes to see.
Tablet of the Companions CHAPTER NINE
Divisions 226-256
THE COMPANIONS
226.
If you find those whose names we have mentioned in this Tablet fragrant and encompassed by the spirit, then waft on them the diffusing scent of God, the Exalted, the Mighty, the Guardian.
227.
If not, stop up the mouth of the perfume bottle,
lest those who join partners with God discover its aroma,
and seal it with the mark of holiness or with a crimson gem from this Yemen.
228.
Beware lest you spread the divine writings among the idolaters.
229.
Rather, abandon them, be patient and sorrow not.
230.
By God, this is a Cause at which all who are in the heavens and on earth are thunderstruck,
the skin of the haughty has crawled with fright,
the lands of the pharaohs have been split,
towering peaks have been leveled,
231.
every nursing mother has forsaken her newborn,
every pregnant woman has laid down her fetus,
and a drunken stupor has enveloped the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth,
all save those on whom God bestowed a heart able to bear afflictions.
232.
Bear the Book of God with a power and a might deriving from us.
233.
Shrink not from bearing it, and feel no apprehension at its weight,
for he will, in truth, protect you and will guard you from all trials and calamities.
234.
When any tribulation touches those endued with knowledge,
it only increases their detachment in God,
and their yearning for that station which God has sanctified from the vicissitudes of time.
235.
If you find yourself alone between the heavens and the earth,
then be pleased therewith, and with the One who created them,
and do not be overwhelmed by trials and distress.
236.
Turn away from those who have disbelieved, and draw near to God.
237.
In truth, that is better for you than possession of the heavens and the earth,
and of all that was created, whether hidden or manifest.
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238.
Purify your hem from the tumult of the created world,
and quaff from the crimson chalice proffered by the hand of this most glorious youth,
so that your soul may be liberated from this world and the vanities and palaces that are therein.
239.
Say:
People, do not focus on discrepancies among the verses we have revealed,
for these have all descended from one strong in power, from the realm of immortality,
and differ according to various stations, if you be among the discerning.
240.
Thus do we bestow on you a portion of the mysteries of the Cause,
lest your feet stumble on this exalted and manifest path.
241.
Conceal not the Cause of your Lord
to the extent that the divine fire is extinguished in all else besides it,
nor openly proclaim it in such a way that harm befalls you.
242.
Follow a clear path between these two.
243.
Know, then, that this Beauty has been sorely tried among those persons
in such a way that he desires to withdraw from them,
or soar into the heavens of holiness in the primal homeland.
244.
By God, I have fallen at every moment beneath the talons of the malicious and the hateful,
and I shall never find for myself any helper save God, who created me and all else besides, and sent me forth with the sovereignty of his Cause to land and sea, and to the inhabitants of the cities.
245.
Say:
We related not even an intimation of our vision to the believers in the Unknowable Essence.
246.
Behold, they could not bear it,
and they cast us into this pit, in the depths of darkness.
247.
Thus do we relate to you the mysteries of the Cause that were shrouded and concealed.
248.
Know that among those present were some who turned away from God, their Lord,
and disbelieved in his signs,
and some who believed in their Lord, and attained safety and salvation.
249.
The former disguised themselves, when they ventured out from behind their wine jugs,
in the gowns of women,
after which they turned away from this most manifest, and yet most hidden, Beauty.
250.
Say:
People, fear God and do not dispute with the manifestation of his Being;
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rather, turn to him with splendid humility.
251.
The invisible God has become manifest and the symbol of the hidden God has appeared from this sanctuary.
252.
People, render thanks to God,
who created you from gushing water and made known to you the paths of holiness.
253.
For he revealed to you divine laws and standards,
so that you might follow the way of guidance
for the sake of this fountain that has appeared with the truth.
254.
Beware lest you differ concerning it,
nor should you doubt that you will attain the presence of your Lord.
255.
Draw near to him in your hearts, for that is, in truth,
better for you than all that has been made manifest and all that has remained concealed.
Tablet of the Companions CHAPTER TEN
Divisions 256-290
THE COMPANIONS
256.
This is the Surah of the Companions, which we have revealed with the truth,
and we have sent it to you
that you may recite it to those in whose faces you discover the radiance of the All-Merciful.
257.
When they hear the verses of God,
they soar to the lote-tree of the farthest limit in this sanctified and united Court.
258.
If you see Nasr, relate to him, even after the last-mentioned person,
what has at this time been revealed from the kingdom of exaltation,
that he might remember within himself, and be among those who were secure and guided.
259.
Say:
Nasr, aid your Lord to the extent you are able
for the sake of this victory that has been manifested in the form of this youth.
260.
Blessed by God, who created and proportioned all things.
261.
Be steadfast in the Cause of your Lord God in such a way
that nothing in the heavens or on earth could prevent you from being among those that made a covenant and fulfilled it.
262.
Say:
People, do you dispute the Spirit concerning what he witnessed and saw,
and the melodies of God that he heard in the most holy, pure and glorious realm?
263.
In truth, he is so steadfast that the entire creation will never deter him,
nor will all who are in the heavens and on earth ever be more in his eyes than a handful of dust.
264.
Were he but to speak forth the least intimation,
it would be sweeter than all that has been revealed in the kingdom of the Cause and the world of creation.
265.
This is known only by those who possess understanding.
266.
In truth, he has mounted the throne and seated himself thereon.
267.
This is a difficult thing indeed for those who join partners with God,
and for him who has disbelieved and transgressed, then turned away and provoked great misery.
268.
Say:
Concourse of the hateful, die in your rancor!
269.
For the sun has dawned forth,
spreading the rays of God from the zenith of the mid-morning sky,
and all have been illumined thereby,
save the despicable, who have gone astray and become blind.
270.
Thus do we relate to you some of the stories of God,
you possessors of intellect.
271.
In truth, a glance at him is better than all that is in the concourse on high,
and than the kingdoms of this world and the next.
272.
Blessed is the one who has attained the presence of the throne,
has gazed on the countenance of the Most High,
and has heard in the songs of holiness the most great verses of his Lord.
273.
Nasr, listen to what is revealed to you from the farthest divine realm,
and take heed lest you fear any man.
274.
Turn to the visage of your Lord,
and be of those who profited from the remembrance of God.
275.
Have patience when the heavens are cleft asunder, the earth of desire is split
and the lamentations among those who turned away and were lost fill the air.
276.
He whose heart is not purified from all that can be described by any name will never reflect within himself this brilliant and most limpid Beauty.
277.
Purify the mirrors of your souls, people of the earth,
then ascend to the station that God has rendered, from behind himself, only two bow-lengths away, or less.
278.
In truth, he declares at all times what the Spirit revealed within his pure and sinless breast.
279.
Say:
He speaks not out of his own base desire,
rather, he proclaims the most great verses of his Lord,
with which he is inspired by one powerful in his commands.
280.
Say:
In truth, he has at this time risen above the most exalted horizon,
and he is, verily, the Primal Beauty (the Bab) clothed in another mantle.
281.
By him have the standards of the Cause been raised aloft in the kingdom of names,
and the pavilion of glory been erected in the realm of the Unknowable Essence.
282.
Say:
O people, return to him, for he is the end of all things.
283.
By God, he is the heaven of refuge at the lote-tree of holiness when the effulgence of the light becomes manifest from this shining and most glorious Beauty.
284.
Thus, his sharp gaze swerved not from the most manifest, and yet most hidden,
sovereignty of his Lord that he witnessed with his own eyes.
285.
Say:
Were he to uncover the veil from the face of only one of his words,
the earth would be rent and the heavens of the most high would be cloven.
286.
He, however, treated his servants with gentle courtesy,
lest their hearts be distinguished from one another,
and they return to the seat of wrath in the deepest pit.
287.
Be afraid of no one, and remind the people of the verses of your Lord,
for this is his triumph in the kingdom of the heavens and the earth.
288.
Thus he aids you with this mention, and to him the commemoration returns.
289.
Thus have we caused to flow forth from every letter of this tablet 19 rivers.
290.
Happy is he that thirsts and seeks to drink.
Tablet of the Companions CHAPTER ELEVEN
Divisions 291-330
THE COMPANIONS
291.
When we completed this tablet,
the most great verses of God began to descend once again from the realm of immortality,
that every reasoning and gracious man might take admonishment therefrom.
292.
Let us mention in this tablet some of the beloved of God to whom we have not heretofore referred,
that the grace of God might encompass every atom and every possessor of refinement and prudence.
293.
Then remind those, over whose names the pen of the cause has not moved,
if you find them bearing in mind the remembrance of their Lord.
294.
Otherwise, leave them to themselves and avoid every one who turns away in suspicion.
295.
Say:
O people, delight in these days wherein God has come in the shadows of the spirit,
and the countenance has dawned forth from behind the veil.
296.
Share with Muhammad-`Ali, whose name you mentioned in your letter,
what the pen of fate reminds him in the realm of the divine decree,
in the presence of his Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower.
297.
Thus might he ascend within himself to the heights of sanctity through this ascension that has manifested itself in the form of this youth, and be among those who obeyed and repented.
298.
Servant, detach yourself from all that your passions desire,
then cling to the most great cord within yourself,
which is, in truth, better for you than the kingdom of the heavens and the earth.
299.
Only the steadfast believers can comprehend this saying and those endued with insight.
300.
Give praise in the name of your Lord, and let the ecstasy and rapture of love wash over you, insofar as we have poured out for you the wine of life in wondrous and sanctified goblets.
301.
We have, in truth, rendered those letters chalices containing the most marvelous attributes,
and we give such of our servants as we desire to drink from the cup of our verses.
302.
Say:
From us this grace appeared and to us shall it return on the Resurrection Day.
303.
A drop thereof bestows life on the forms of all beings.
304.
Thus has our mercy preceded all things, and encompassed every atom,
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