Concerning the questions of Manakji Limji Hataria 16 страница
159.
It behooveth a prudent man of wisdom to speak with utmost leniency and forbearance
so that the sweetness of his words may induce all men to attain that which befitteth man’s station.
160.
O friend of mine!
The Word of God is the king of words and its pervasive influence is incalculable.
161.
It hath ever dominated and will continue to dominate the realm of being.
162.
The Great Being saith:
The Word is the master key for the whole world,
inasmuch as through its potency the doors of the hearts of men,
which in reality are the doors of heaven, are unlocked.
163.
No sooner had a mere glimmer of its brilliant splendor shone forth upon the mirror of love
than the blessed word “I am the Best-Beloved” was reflected therein.
164.
It is an ocean inexhaustible in riches, [yea] comprehending all things.
165.
Every thing which can be perceived is merely an emanation therefrom.
166.
High, immeasurably high, is this sublime station,
in whose shadow moveth the essence of loftiness and splendor, wrapt in praise and adoration.
167.
Methinks people’s sense of taste hath, alas, been sorely affected
by the fever of negligence and folly,
for they are found to be wholly unconscious and deprived of the sweetness of His utterance.
168.
How regrettable indeed that mankind should debar himself from the fruits of the tree of wisdom
while his days and hours pass swiftly away.
169.
Please God, thatthe hand of divine power may safeguard all mankind
and direct their steps towards the horizon of true understanding.
Verily our Lord of Mercy is the Helper, the Knowing, the Wise.
170.
I would like to add that thy second letter which had been sent from Jerusalem hath been received,
and that which thou hadst written and set forth therein was perused and read in His presence.
He bade me write as follows:
Tablet to Mirza Maqṣúd CHAPTER SEVEN
Divisions 171-205
MAQSUD
171.
O Maqṣúd!
We have heard thy voice
and perceived the sighing and lamentation thou didst raise in thy longing and eagerness.
172.
Praised be God!
The sweet savors of love could be inhaled from every word thereof.
173.
Please God, this bounty may last for ever.
174.
The Servant-in-Presence recited the verses thou hast composed.
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175.
Thy name is often mentioned in the presence of this Wronged [Servant]
and the glances of Our loving-kindness and compassion are directed towards thee.
176.
Great is the station of Man.
177.
Great must also be his endeavors for the rehabilitation of the world and the well-being of nations.
178.
I beseech the [great] true God to graciously confirm thee in that which beseemeth man’s station.
179.
Be thou guided by wisdom under all conditions,
inasmuch as persons who harbor evil motives
have been and are still diligently engaged in intriguing.
180.
Gracious God!
Unto that immeasurably exalted Being Who seeketh nothing except
to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men,
and to revive the world and ennoble its life,
they have imputed such charges as the tongue and the pen are ashamed to recount.
181.
We have remembered thee and make mention of thee now.
182.
We entreat Him—exalted is His glory—to protect thee with the hands of might and power
and enable thee to recognize that which will serve thy best interests
both in this world and in the next.
183.
He is the Lord of Mankind, the Possessor of the Throne on High and of the world below.
No God is there besides Him, the Omnipotent, the Powerful.
184.
God grant that this wronged [servant] may observe fidelity.
185.
He hath not forgotten nor will He ever forget thee.
186.
Thou hast mentioned thine intention to stay in Damascus until spring,
then to proceed to Mosul, should the means be forthcoming.
187.
This lowly servant entreateth God—exalted is His glory—
to provide such means as is deemed expedient, and to aid thee.
He is Potent and Powerful.
188.
Although all the inhabitants of this region have been treated with the utmost kindness,
yet no evidence of fellowship can be discerned from them.
189.
Thou shouldst observe much tact and wisdom,
for they seek at all times to cavil at and deny the Cause.
May the [great] true God grant them equity.
190.
Concerning thine own affairs,
if thou wouldst content thyself with whatever might come to pass it would be praiseworthy.
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191.
To engage in some profession is highly commendable,
for when occupied with work one is less likely to dwell on the unpleasant aspects of life.
192.
God willing thou mayest experience joy and radiance,
gladness and exultation in any city or land where thou mayest happen to sojourn.
193.
This lowly servant will never forget that distinguished and kind friend.
194.
He hath remembered and will continue to remember thee.
195.
The decree lieth with God, the Lord of all worlds.
196.
I wish I can hope He may vouchsafe divine assistance
and grant confirmation in that which is pleasing and acceptable unto Him.
197.
Every word of thy poetry is indeed like unto a mirror
in which the evidences of the devotion and love thou cherishest for God and His chosen [servants]
are reflected.
198.
Well is it with thee who hast quaffed the choice wine of utterance
and partaken of the soft flowing stream of true knowledge.
199.
Happy is he who hath drunk his fill and attained unto Him,
and woe betide the heedless.
200.
Its perusal hath truly proved highly impressive,
for it was indicative of both the light of reunion and the fire of separation.
201.
Far be it from us to despair at any time of the incalculable favors of God,
for if it were His wish He could cause a mere atom to be transformed into a sun
and a single drop into an ocean.
202.
He unlocketh thousands of doors,
while man is incapable of conceiving even a single one.
203.
So heedless is this servant that with words such as these
he seeketh to vindicate the supreme power of God—exalted be His glory.
204.
I implore pardon of God, the Most Great, for these assertions
and affirm that this servant at all times recognizeth his grievous trespasses and misdeeds.
205.
He entreateth pardon of his sins from the ocean of the forgiveness of his Lord, the Most Exalted,
and beggeth for that which will make him wholly devoted to God
and enable him to utter His praise, turn himself toward Him, and to put his whole trust in Him.
Verily He is the Potent, the Forgiving, the Merciful.
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Tablet to Mirza Maqṣúd CHAPTER EIGHT
Divisions 206-2300
MAQSUD
206.
Praised be God, the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
207.
This lowly one hath read the descriptions of the dialogue with the traveler
which thou hast recounted in thy letter to my Lord (may my life be offered up for His sake).
208.
The explanations which were set forth awaken the people from the slumber of heedlessness.
209.
Indeed the actions of man himself breed a profusion of satanic power.
210.
For were men to abide by and observe the divine teachings,
every trace of evil would be banished from the face of the earth.
211.
However, the widespread differences that exist among mankind
and the prevalence of sedition, contention, conflict and the like
are the primary factors which provoke the appearance of the satanic spirit.
212.
Yet the Holy Spirit hath ever shunned such matters.
213.
A world in which nothing can be perceived except strife, quarrels, and corruption
is bound to become the seat of the throne, the very metropolis, of Satan.
214.
How vast the number of the loved and chosen [servants] of God
who have lamented and moaned by day and by night
that haply a sweet and fragrant breeze might blow from the court of His goodpleasure
and dispel altogether the loathsome and foul-smelling odors from the world.
215.
However, this ultimate goal could not be attained, and men were deprived thereof
by virtue of their evil deeds, which brought upon them the retribution of God,
in accordance with the basic principles of His divine rule.
216.
Ours is the duty to remain patient in these circumstances
until relief be forthcoming from God, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.
217.
Magnified be Thy Name,
O Lord of all beings and Desire of all created things!
218.
I beseech Thee,
by the Word which hath caused the Burning Bush to lift up its Voice and the Rock to cry out,
whereby the well-favored have hastened to attain the court of Thy presence
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and the pure in heart the dayspring of the light of Thy visage,
219.
and by the sighing of Thy true lovers in their separation from Thy chosen ones
and by the lamentation of them that long to behold Thy face
before the dawning splendor of the light of Thy Revelation,
220.
to graciously enable Thy servants to recognize
what Thou hast prepared for them by Thy bounty and Thy grace.
221.
Prescribe for them then through Thy Pen of Glory
that which will direct their steps to the ocean of Thy generosity
and will lead them unto the living waters of Thy heavenly reunion.
222.
O Lord!
Look not at the things they have wrought,
rather look unto the loftiness of Thy celestial bounty
which hath preceded all created things, visible and invisible.
223.
O Lord!
Illumine their hearts with the brilliant light of Thy knowledge
and brighten their eyes with the shining splendor of the daystar of Thy favors.
224.
I entreat Thee, O Lord of Names and Creator of the heavens,
by the blood spilt in Thy Path, and by the heads carried aloft on spears for the sake of Thy love,
225.
and by the souls that have melted in their separation from Thy loved ones,
and by the hearts broken for the exaltation of Thy Word,
226.
to grant that the dwellers of Thy realm may unite together
in their allegiance to Thine incomparable Word
so that they may all acknowledge Thy unity and Thy oneness.
227.
There is no God but Thee,
the Omnipotent, the Most Exalted, the Knowing, the Wise.
228.
I wish I could hope that He Who is the All-Sufficing, the Inaccessible,
may heed the solicitation of this lowly servant,
may attire the people of the world with the raiment of goodly deeds
and purge them from evil inclinations.
229.
He is the Mighty, the Powerful,
the All-Wise, the All-Perceiving.
230.
He heareth and seeth;
He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
Tablet of the Riḍwān of Justice CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
Written at the Ottoman city of Edirne (Adrianople) circa 1867.
RIDVAN OF JUSTICE
Preamble
This is the [Tablet of the] Riḍwān of Justice!
It was indeed made manifest through the Divine Bounty
and by virtue of the Ornamentation of God,
an expression of Mighty and Transcendent scriptural traces.
1.
In the Name of God,
the Promoter of Justice, the All-Wise.
2.
This is a Tablet in which God raised up His Name, the Promoter of Justice.
3.
Therefrom did He breath forth the Spirit of Justice
within the temples of the totality of created things.
4.
This to the end that all might assuredly rise up for the sake of pure Justice and might,
of their own beings, decree the same as well as [decree it] for the selves of the servants [of God].
5.
Such persons should in no wise fear this [just decree]
even to the extent of the pit of a date-stone.
6.
O this Name!
We made thee to be a Sun
among the Suns of Our Most Beautiful Names betwixt earth and heaven.
7.
Shed then illumination upon all things
that were created at the genesis of creation through Thy Mighty Wondrous Lights.
8.
This perchance the people may be gathered together in Thy shadow [shade]
having razed behind themselves the darkness of tyranny
and shed illumination through Thy sacred and luminous Lights.
9.
O this Name!
We made thee to be the genesis of Our Justice
and its very locale (the very source) amongst such of Our servants as are nigh unto God.
10.
Through Thee hath been manifested the Justice of every dispenser of justice,
while through Thine Ornament hath Our proximate servants been ornamented.
11.
O this Name!
Beware lest this position [station] seduce thee away from humility
through proximity to God, the Powerful, the Mighty.
12.
Know ye then that thy connection to Us is even as the connection of other than thee for there is no difference between thee and aught else besides thee of what hath been created betwixt the heavens above and the earths below.
13.
This since We, when We did mount up upon the celestial Throne which is expressive of Justice, We thereby created the contingent realms through a Word which cometh from Us.
14.
Wherefore was thy Lord One Mighty over all things.
15.
We thus raised up certain of the Divine Names unto the Kingdoms of Eternity,
a Bounty from before Us for We are indeed Powerful, Transcendent, Mighty, Wondrous.
16.
Say:
There is indeed no relationship whatsoever between Him and between His creation.
17.
So praised be He above all that He created and above everything of which Our servants might make mention.
18.
Indeed! The relationship which truly results in a relationship and is mentioned in the scriptural Tablets, is realized [made manifest] through the Divine Intention which was generated through His Divine Will which He created through His All-Encompassing and Conclusive Logos-Command.
19.
It is the case, however, that We have chosen thee [al-Ādil = the Name of God, `The Promoter of Justice], selected thee, and elevated thee in this scriptural tablet that thou might render thanks unto thy Lord and be numbered among such as are detached.
20.
Yet beware lest the elevation of thy Name obstruct thee from God,
thy Lord and the Lord of all the worlds.
21.
We do indeed exalt whomsoever We will through Our Logos-Command for We are All-Powerful in accomplishing whatsoever He willeth and in stipulating whatsoever We intend.
22.
Naught shalt thou [al-Ādil = `The Promoter of Justice], witness within thine own self save the theophany of the Sun of His Word, the Logos-Command which hath radiated forth from the Horizon of the Mouth of the Intention of Thy Lord, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
23.
And thou [al-Ādil = `The Promoter of Justice] shalt never witness within thine own essence any Power or Might [AQA., IV: 247] any motion or repose, save by virtue of the Logos-Command of God, the Ruler, the Mighty, the Powerful.
24.
Thy movement shall be [at the promptings] of the Breezes of Thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious not [as accords with] that which thou dost cherish from the precincts of the lower-self and passion.
25.
Thus doth the Supreme Pen command thee that thou might act accordingly.
Tablet of the Riḍwān of Justice CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
RIDVAN OF JUSTICE
26.
Beware lest thou be the likeness of such as have been ornamented with the ornament of the Divine Names in the kingdom of origination yet gaze upon thine own self and feel elevated on account of the [glory] of this Name
for this is blasphemy against God Who created thee and provideth for thee.
27.
Such an one will indeed be returned from the most elevated station
unto the lowest [position] among those of low estate.
28.
Say:
`The [Divine] Names are what have been sent down of the [Divine] Garments
and We ornament therewith such as We will among Our devoutly attentive servants.
29.
Yet do We withhold this from whomsoever We willeth.
30.
And such is a directive from Us
for We are indeed the Powerful, the Wise Director, the All-Knowing.
31.
That which We advise Our servants at this time of dispossession corresponds with that which We advise them at the moment of [the bestowal of] providence.
32.
Wherefore, Know ye then the directive of thy Lord
and be numbered among those of manifest certainty
for Our Might can in no wise, in any way, be stolen away,
nor can the Hands of Our Mighty Power ever be up;
as thou wouldst know if thou were to be numbered among the mystic knowers.
33.
Say:
`Every Name that knoweth its Lord, and doth not deviate from its specified limit,
will, at every moment, have its gravitas magnified.
34.
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