Concerning the questions of Manakji Limji Hataria 13 страница
95.
If it were said that what became manifest in the new revelation
had not been apparent in previous dispensations –-though all are wondrous and new—
this saying is also correct and complete.
96.
For if God speaks a word today that comes to be on the lips of all the people,
before and after, that word will be new, if you only think about it.
97.
Consider the word, “monotheism,”
about which all the manifestations of the Eternal Truth have spoken in each dispensation,
and which all the adherents of the various religions have asserted.
98.
Nevertheless, in each dispensation it is an innovation,
and its novel character can never be withdrawn from it.
99.
God breathes into each word he speaks a new spirit,
and the breezes of life from that word waft upon all things outwardly and inwardly.
100.
Again, for how long and until what age and era can the traces remain visible,
of the divine verses revealed by
the Manifestations of both the inner soul and of the farthest horizons?
101.
For this reason, some of the people speak of illusory matters
and take pride and become haughty about them.
102.
All of these are rejected and unmentioned by God.
103.
For, glory lies in attaining mystical insight into the Eternal Truth and remaining firm,
steadfast and unswerving in the Cause of God.
104.
It does not come from outward statements,
as my predecessor explained these spiritual levels.
105.
Look, so that you might understand.
106.
For instance, the souls who have ascended to the peaks of mystical insight
and those who remained at the lowest rank
have precisely the same station in the eyes of God.
107.
For the nobility of knowledge and insight
is not dependent on these attributes in themselves.
108.
If they lead to the Eternal Truth and acceptance of it, they are approved.
109.
Otherwise, they are rejected.
110.
On this plane, all words are mentioned on the same level.
111.
For instance, what if God were to say,
“I was born?”
112.
This assertion would recall his saying,
“He was not born, nor gave birth.” Quran 112
113.
Although this latter verse on the surface asserts that God is beyond having any likeness, peer, or rival, it in fact leads only to the station of insight into humanity.
114.
For among the people, as well, this station is the highest and most exalted.
115.
However, even this distinction is dependent on God’s acceptance and will.
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Tablet of the Son CHAPTER FIVE
Divisions 116-150
THE SON
116.
In the dispensations of the Qur’an and the Bayan,
the divine will preferred pure transcendence and absolute sanctification.
117.
For this reason, the brilliance of these utterances has established itself
and become apparent in the hearts of the believers.
118.
Otherwise, that Sea of preexistence is sanctified above all these words created in time,
and the most holy court is purified above all of these statements.
119.
One must look at the basic principle of the cause of God,
not at the high or low levels of verbal insight that have been achieved among the people.
120.
I wish I were able to make manifest what is hidden.
121.
My inability to do so derives from the way souls are veiled.
Otherwise, He is the Self-Sufficient, the All-Praised.
122.
At one time, He says, “You shall never see me.” Quran 7:139
At another He says, “Behold and you shall see me.”
123.
Yes, today every soul who affirms belief in what was revealed from the heaven of the divine will has ascended to and attained the summit of mystical insight.
124.
All others are deprived and non-existent.
125.
We ask God to aid us and you to be steadfast in the Cause,
at which the realm of names was turned upside down
and the inhabitants of the cities of creation were inebriated,
save for those who were overtaken by guidance from God, the Guardian, the Eternal.
126.
My supporter:
Think aright upon what was revealed from the most high pen,
so that the doors of infinite knowledge might be opened before your heart
and so that you might witness yourself rendered independent of everything but God,
the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsistent.
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127.
Likewise, do not think that the manifestation of the Eternal Truth
is limited to causing outward knowledge to appear
or altering some well-established laws among the people.
128.
Rather, at the time of revelation
all things become bearers of divine emanations and infinite capabilities,
and in accordance with the exigencies of the time and earthly circumstances,
these become manifest.
129.
In this regard, a summary was revealed from the heaven of the divine will
in answer to a Christian priest who lives in Istanbul.
130.
Here, a portion of it will be quoted,
so that perhaps some of the servants might become aware of divine,
profound maxims that had been concealed from the eyes of the people.
131.
God said:
Your letter arrived at the kingdom of your lord, the All-Merciful,
and we have grasped it with spirituality and fragrance,
and have answered you even before you posed your question.
132.
Think, that you might know, for this is a grace from your Lord,
the Mighty, the Help in Peril.
133.
Blessed are you, insofar as you have attained to it,
and though it is hidden, it shall be revealed to you should God will and desire.
134.
Then will you see what no eye has witnessed.
135.
You, who are immersed in the sea of mystical insight
and are gazing toward the precincts of your lord, the All-Merciful
—you must know that this cause is great, very great.
136.
Consider, and make mention of the one who was named Peter in the kingdom of God.
137.
Despite the loftiness of his rank,
the splendor of his destiny, and the greatness of his station,
his feet nearly strayed from the straight path.
138.
The hand of grace, however, grasped him and safeguarded him from stumbling,
and bestowed certainty upon him.
139.
If you were to recognize this bounty,
of which the dove warbles on the twigs of the tree beyond which there is no passing,
then you would be certain that what was mentioned formerly has been fulfilled in truth.
140.
Behold, in the kingdom of God he partakes of the eternal, everlasting bounty,
and drinks from the fountain of realities and the spring of meanings.
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But the people are behind a thick veil.
141.
It would be better for those who heard this call,
and were heedless of it and hesitated in this cause, [better] if they had never been born.
142.
But what appeared has appeared, and the matter was decreed by God,
the mighty, the glorious, the sovereign.
143.
Say:
People, the Spirit (Jesus) has come again, to fulfill for you what he said aforetime.
144.
Thus were you promised in the tablets, if you only knew.
145.
In truth, he says now that which he said formerly, and has given his life,
just as he did the first time, out of love for all who are in the heavens and on earth.
146.
Know that when the Son surrendered [the] [his] spirit, all things wept for him. +
147.
But by giving his life he bestowed a new capacity upon all things,
as you witness throughout the creation.
148.
Every sage from whom wisdom appeared,
every scholar who showed forth knowledge and sciences,
149.
every craftsman who produced crafts and industries,
every monarch who demonstrated his power
150.
—all these persons derived their gifts from the confirmation of his spirit,
the Exalted, the Sovereign, the Radiant.
Tablet of the Son CHAPTER SIX
Divisions 151-185
THE SON
151.
We bear witness that when He came into the world
He bestowed his radiance on contingent beings.
152.
By him the leper was cleansed from the diseases of ignorance
and blindness and the afflicted was cured of the maladies of negligence and passion.
153.
The eyes of the blind were opened,
and all souls were purified by the Almighty, the All-Powerful.
154.
In one station,
leprosy refers to whatever causes a servant to be veiled from mystical insight into his lord,
such that whoever is thus veiled is termed a leper,
nor is he worthy of mention in the kingdom of God, the Glorious, the All-Praised.
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155.
We testify that by the word of God lepers were cleansed,
the infirm were cured, and the sick were healed.
156.
In truth, it is the purifier of the world.
Blessed are those who advance toward it with illumined faces.
157.
Then know that the one who ascended into heaven has now descended in truth.
158.
By him, the breezes of grace have wafted over the world,
and your lord is a witness to what I say.
159.
The world has been perfumed by his return and manifestation.
160.
Those who busy themselves with this world
and its vanities cannot perceive the fragrance of (Joseph’s) coat.
161.
We have found them in the grip of a mighty delusion.
162.
Say:
The bell rings out his name, the trumpet declares his mention,
and his soul bears witness to his soul.
Blessed are they who know.
163.
But today, the leper has been cleansed even before the words,
“Be cleansed!” are pronounced.
164.
For by virtue of his appearance the world
and its people have been cured of every malady and illness.
165.
Exalted be this grace, which no other grace has surpassed,
and this mercy, which has encompassed the world.
166.
You, who are mentioned in the kingdom of God,
seek empowerment from your lord.
167.
Arise, and say:
People of the earth, the reviver of the world has come
and has ignited a fire in the heart of the world.
168.
The caller has cried out in the sacred wilderness with the name of `Ali Muhammad.
169.
He prophesied to the people that they would meet God in the most glorious garden,
and opened its gate to them
by virtue of his grace upon the faces of those who have come forward.
170.
What the most high pen wrote in the kingdom of God,
the lord of this world and the next, has been completed.
171.
Whoever desires may eat of its fruits, for it is wondrous nutrition.
172.
Say:
The most great bell has appeared
and is being rung by the force of God’s will in the garden of divine oneness.
173.
Listen attentively, people, and do not be negligent.
174.
God willing, a people will appear,
who shall grasp the intent of the Eternal Truth as expressed in his discourse;
who shall strive with perfect submission and humility
to protect and safeguard the cause of God from the rejected idolaters.
175.
He is able to accomplish what he wills.
176.
All souls who are nourished by a sprinkling from the heavenly stream of utterance
will perceive that in the dispensation of the Point of the Bayan (the Bab),
there appeared that which had remained concealed.
177.
This revelation and the revelation before it
bear an exact resemblance to the dispensations of (John) the son of Zechariah
and (Jesus) the Spirit. [the Christ]
178.
In some of the revealed tablets this has been mentioned.
179.
Note well:
This was the revelation that appeared in order to prepare the people of the world.
It arrived at a time when the world and its inhabitants had perished.
180.
That person came, who had remained alive, in order to bestow eternal life,
and to ensure that it persisted, and to favor others with the water of life.
181.
What was revealed in the Bayan has been established.
182.
This is that prophesied beauty who, he said,
“will come after me even though he is before me.”
183.
He is the call that was raised between the earth and heaven,
so that you might make straight and build up the stations of God, that is, the hearts.
184.
That was the same call that the son of Zechariah (John the Baptist)
raised before the Spirit (Jesus) came.
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” Matthew 3:3
185.
If a woman give birth to a viper,
that is better than that a man should be born
and become known in the kingdom of God as an enemy.
Blessed be the barren in that day
and woe unto mothers with babes at the breast.
Tablet of the Son CHAPTER SEVEN
Divisions 186-220
THE SON
186.
Say, the highest pen writes:
O you who are lost in the wilderness of carnal passion,
you do not accept me.
187.
Yet you have accepted the call of the one who made mention of me.
188.
You lie, and are the people of darkness,
avoiding the radiant morn.
189.
For if you sought to draw near,
in the light your selfish and reprobate actions would, naturally, become visible.
190.
Woe be unto those souls who ignore these days and their fruits.
191.
Soon, they will lament for themselves
and will find no one who will commiserate with them.
192.
Happy is the estate of the truthful, who attain to the unadulterated truth.
193.
Happy is the estate of the mystics,
who have recognized the straight path and turned toward his kingdom.
194.
Blessed is the estate of the joyous and sincere,
the lamps of whose hearts have been lit and illumined by the oil of mystical insight
into the very soul of God himself.
195.
By the glass of attachment they were protected from the gales of sorrow and temptation.
196.
Pure is the estate of the strong-hearted who did not grow faint before the oppression of tyrants.
197.
Pure is the estate of the clear-sighted who know both annihilation and immortality,
and who turned toward eternal life
so that they are mentioned as deathless in the celestial realm.
198.
Naturally, their hearts will not fail because they are among the people of insight.
199.
Say:
My servants, you shall die and fall sacrifice,
either by the sword of illness or by the saber of ill-wishers.
200.
Given that this is so, it is preferable and more right
that you be killed by the blades of the idolaters in the path of the Beloved of the Worlds.
201.
For the indemnity [of guilt] that is received from a murderer
by the family of a victim is beloved. [and/or blessed]
202.
Do not forget or give up this desired fruit.
203.
Pure is the estate of the beneficent from whose good deeds wafts the fragrance of divine approval.
204.
Evil is the estate of detractors who wreak corruption and oppress.
205.
Even though they might attain honor and wealth among the servants,
soon those souls shall be overtaken by sudden abasement and relentless wrath.
206.
The former word is shining by virtue of a new spirit at all times in this era,
from the horizon of the mouthpiece of the All-Merciful.
207.
That word is this:
I said to the Son, that is, Jesus the Spirit,
“Moses came for the sake of the law and religion.
208.
John the Baptist came for the sake of baptism.
209.
And I came so as to bestow everlasting life
and to deliver souls into the realm of immortality.” John 1:17-18
210.
Say:
Friends!
Thieves and traitors wait in ambush.
211.
You, who bear the trust of the All-Merciful:
Do not grow negligent.
212.
Safeguard the pearls of divine love from brigands.
213.
I swear by the luminary of the heaven of meaning
that all who neglect to rend the veils of illusion today shall be unable to hear the divine call.
214.
Pure are they who shatter the idols wrought by false imaginings,
who listen to the voice of the All-Merciful, and who rise up from among the dead.
215.
Upon them may the breath of God waft,
for he is the king of names and attributes.
213.
People of the earth:
The cry of the compassionate God has been raised between the earth and heaven,
and upon hearing the divine word the heart of the world has been set aflame by the fire of love.
214.
The dispirited, however,
have remained entombed in the graves of negligence and stupor.
215.
They could not feel its warmth, much less burst into flames.
216.
They lie eternally in their graves.
217.
People: Arise to aid God.
218.
The abiding one has come to you,
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