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At every instant there shall radiate upon it the Sun of the Providence of its Lord,
the Forgiving, the Generous,
for it shall make progress upon the stairway of detachment
unto a station which cannot be articulated save by its Originator.
35.
This station [position] can never be spoken about except with His permission,
neither can it make progress but through the Divine Intention which cometh from Him.
He is indeed the All-Powerful, the Justice Promoter,
the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
36.
O this Name!
Take glory unto thyself for We have made thee to be the Dawning-Place of Our Justice within all the worlds.
37.
We will indeed bring forth from thee manifestations within the dominion [of creation]
through whom We will roll up the tent of injustice [tyranny]
and spread out the carpet of Justice [in its stead] betwixt the heavens and the earths.
38.
Thereby will God obliterate the traces of injustice [tyranny] throughout the world and ornament the horizons of the regions throughout all the worlds with their [these Divine] Names.
39.
Such are the ones through whom the very Mouth of Existence [operative] throughout realms both seen and the unseen, shall be wreathed in smiles.
40.
These are the mirrors of My Justice amidst my servants
and the dawning-places of My [Divine] Names amidst My created [terrestrial] localities.
41.
Through them will the hands of tyranny [injustice] be cut off and the powers of the Cause be strengthened.
42.
Wherefore do We indeed decree this matter in this Sanctified, Protective scriptural Tablet.
43.
O this Name!
We made thee to be an Ornament for the kings.
44.
Blessed be they if they ornament their beings [temples] with thee [=Justice]
and act justly among the peoples, with, in very truth, pure sincerity.
45.
Likewise should they decree in line with what God hath decreed in His Pre-Existent and firmly established Book.
46.
No ornament was ordained for them more befitting [comely] than thee [Justice].
47.
Through thee was their sovereignty made manifest and their mention elevated for He doth commemorate their names in the Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the Powerful.
48.
Whomsoever hath forbidden himself access to thee [Justice] is one naked betwixt the heavens and the earth, even though one bedecked in the silk of all the worlds.
49.
O Concourse of Kings!!
Ornament thy heads with the diadems [crowns] of Justice such that the four corners of the countries may radiate its Lights.
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50.
Thus do We command thee as a Bounty from before Us!
Tablet of the Riḍwān of Justice CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 51-80
RIDVAN OF JUSTICE
51.
O Concourse of Sovereigns!
God will indeed make manifest on earth kings [rulers] who will repose upon cushions of Justice and decree for the people that which they decree for themselves.
52.
They are indeed the benevolent ones amongst of My creatures, amidst all created beings.
53.
O People!
Ornament thy beings [temples] with the comeliness of justice for such is befitting of all,
as would be evident if thou wert among such as are informed.
54.
So too with decency [culture, refinement] and equity.
55.
Such do We stipulate in many of the scriptural Tablets to the end that thou be numbered among those who act appropriately.
56.
He did not command any soul save according to what is best for it
and will bestow comfort thereon in the hereafter as well as this preliminary domain.
57.
He indeed, in His Own Logos-Persona,
is assuredly independent of the activity of such as act and of the deep insight of every world.
58.
It is proclaimed that God hath indeed Self-manifested unto all things through this Name [= `ādil = `Justice Promoter’] in this scriptural Tablet.
59.
So Blessed be such as shed illumination through its Lights and those who have attained thereto for they are to be numbered among My servants, the ones nigh unto God.
60.
In this Riḍwān We indeed, with the hands of Power [Destiny],
planted the trees of Justice and cultivated [shaded] them with the waters of the Divine Bounty.
61.
Wherefore shall every promise come to pass by means of their fruits.
62.
Thus hath the matter been ordained!
63.
There shall be no recinding of this on Our part
for We are indeed the Realizer of [what is between] the two commands.
64.
O Manifestations of Justicel!
When the Perfumes [Fragrances] of Might blow,
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invite ye the concourse of the Bayān to be present!
65.
Call then their attention to this Mighty, Most Great Announcement.
66.
Then enquire ye, O people! by what Proof thou hast believed in `Alī [Muhammad = the Bāb]
and have disbelieved in He of Whom He gave the good-tidings in all the scriptural Tablets!
67.
So be clear about this matter, O concourse of ignorance!
68.
So fear ye God!
O concourse of erring ones!
69.
Do ye feign faith in My Herald [the Bab]
yet disbelieve in My Mighty, All-Wise, Logos-Persona?
70.
Your likeness is as the likeness of such as believed in the Prophet John [the Baptist] who summoned the people unto the kingdom [of God].
71.
Yet when the Word [Jesus] was made manifest they disbelieved in Him
and issued condemnation against Him.
72.
May the curse of God be upon these unjust ones.
73.
Subsequently he [John the Baptist] daily summoned the servants with the most elevated Call
and made a covenant with them regarding the Word of God [Jesus].
74.
He announced for them the Meeting [Encounter] with Him
until he sacrificed his soul out of love for His Mighty, Wondrous Logos-Persona.
75.
Then when the veil was shattered
and the Mightiest Word appeared they turned aside from him and said,
`He hath bypassed what John [the Baptist] had commanded him’.
76.
Wherefore did their own hearts seduce them
to the extent that they were deprived of the Meeting with their Lord, the Powerful, the Mighty.
77.
And among the unbelievers was he who said,
`There hath not been confirmed on earth what the Son of Zechariah [= John the Baptist] announced about him [Jesus].
78.
His judgment hath not been established among the servants throughout the lands.
79.
Until this hath come about
it can in no wise be that anybody at all (a Messiah figure) should emerge.’
80.
In such manner did they swell with pride regarding the Spirit [Jesus]
and were thus numbered among such as opposed.
Tablet of the Riḍwān of Justice CHAPTER FOUR
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Divisions 81-105
RIDVAN OF JUSTICE
81.
And [also] among them was said,
`John [the Baptist] baptized the people with water
yet the one who appeared baptized with the Spirit and consorted with sinners’.
82.
This is the like of what statements thou might hear during these days from the people of the Bayān [Babis].
83.
They [simply] utter [anew] what they [the followers of John the Baptist] have [previously] said.
84.
Nay rather!
They [the Babis] speak forth that which hath not been uttered by anyone aforetime!
85
Woe then be upon those who follow these unbelievers!
86.
O Concourse of the Bayān!
Be ye enraptured at the Beauty of thy Lord, the All-Merciful
who hath appeared at the Pivot of Existent Being with a perspicuous and radiant Proof!
87.
He came unto thee with the Name `Alī [Muhammad = the Bāb] aforetime
when he gave thee the glad-tidings of the Meeting [Encounter] with Me
and announced unto thee news of [the existence of] My Logos-Persona.
88.
So make ye no movement save out of love for Me
and breathe ye not at all save for the Remembrance of Me, the Mighty, the Wondrous.
89.
He [the Bāb] announced unto thee that every possessor of Light
would be darkened before His Bahā’ (glory),
and he stated that every possessor of a [pregnant] womb [child] would cast aside her burden.
90.
Likewise would every possessor of trustworthiness [cast aside] their trustworthiness.
91.
Thus was the matter sent down from the Heaven of the Will of thy Lord,
the Transcendent, the All-Knowing.
92.
And when the [eschatological] Hour came upon thee,
thou, at the moment, were heedless thereof!
93.
Then did the Beauty of the Best Beloved radiate forth from
the horizon of the intention of thy Lord, the Powerful, the Mighty).
94.
Then did thou turn aside from Him and [again] turned aside from Him,
disbelieving His signs [verses] and acting blasphemously towards His Logos-Persona.
95.
This until thou intended to shed His sanctified, purifying, mighty, and luminous blood!
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96.
Say:
O People!
Fear ye God
and set not limits for the Cause of God on account of the limitations of thine selves.
97.
He commandeth in whatever manner He willeth through a Command that cometh from Him
for He indeed is the Help in Peril, the Powerful, the Mighty.
98.
By God! He is indeed the One Who speaketh forth from My breast,
crieth out from my Soul and communicateth through My tongue.
99.
He is assuredly the One Who awakened me through the zephyrs [breezes] of His Cause
and enabled me to make proclamation betwixt the heavens and the earths.
100.
Say:
By God! One Mighty, Elevated!
Permit Me to be proximate to Thee
and to hear from Thee what hath never been heard by the ears of anyone aforetime.
101.
Thou did, in very Truth, manifest Me and commanded Me
that I should not worship none save Him and make mention of Thee according to
what is best for Thee within the Kingdom which is of dominion of the heavens and of the earths.
102.
Had this circumstance [directive] been within My power,
I would in no wise have manifested Myself between the hands of these malicious ones.
103.
Yet He is indeed the SelectorWho doeth what He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever he desireth.
104.
Say:
`O people!
Direct not thy gave unto Me with thine own eyes nor through the eyes of thy leaders!
105.
By God, the True One! Such would never in the least be sufficient
even if thou shouldst seek the assistance of the creatures of primordial and later times!
Tablet of the Riḍwān of Justice CHAPTER FIVE
Divisions 106-135
RIDVAN OF JUSTICE
106.
Say: `O people!
Gaze ye upon My Beauty with Mine own Eye!
107.
If thou should gaze with the eyes of anyone other than Me thou wouldst never,
for all eternity, recognize [know] Me’.
108.
Wherefore doth the command descend in the scriptural Tablets of God,
the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Wise!
109.
Say:
`O people!
I do not cry out amongst thee of mine own accord or for mine own sake.
110.
Nay rather! He causeth Me to cry out through His Logos-Persona
in whatever manner He pleaseth for the sake of His servants.
111.
Unto this beareth witness My loud outcry, My screaming aloud,
and the pitiful yearning of My heart
[as thou wouldst realize] if thou be numbered among those characterized by equity.
112.
A [mere] Leaf [am I] which Thou didst seize through the winds of the Will of God!
113.
How then is it then,
that Thou didst decree that it be a dwelling-place for Thine Own Logos-Persona?
114.
Nay indeed!
By He Who caused me, in very truth, to cry out!
115.
Of a certainty doth He move it [Me] as He desireth,
of a certainty is He the Ordainer of whatsoever He intendeth.
116.
Its [My] very motion and its trembling within its Logos-Persona bear witness,
if thou be of such as are informed, unto its [His] veracity.
117.
So observe ye then, O people, the condition of the wind instrument
placed beneath the fingers of the intention of its Lord, the All-Merciful.
118.
There bloweth therein the Logos-Persona of the Praiseworthy [Lord].
119.
How then, in its very essence, can it possibly keep silent!
Nay! By thy Lord, the Mighty, the Benefactor!
120.
Nay indeed! there shall assuredly be manifest therefrom diverse melodies just as He willeth,
for He, verily, is the All-Mighty, the Ordainer, the Powerful.
121.
How could it possibly be that the Sun should rise up
from the Ocean of the Horizon of the Cause
dispossessed of its radiance
or such that it should be in a position to withhold it by denying everything its light?
122.
Nay rather, by the Logos-Persona of Bahā!
Every equitable and insightful person would give witness unto this matter.
123.
Say:
`O people!
The fingers of the Power of Thy Lord, the Transcendent,
the All-Glorious moveth this Supreme Pen for this [power of revelation] is not from Me,
yet rather, cometh from God, thy Lord and Lord of thine earlier forefathers.
124.
As for thee O concourse of unbelievers!
125.
Do ye turn aside from this Pen,
or from the [servant] through Who it moveth it through a sovereignty which cometh from [God]?
126.
Say:
`Woe then be upon thee!
127.
Thou hast all but bewitched by thine actions the citizens of the concourse of all the worlds.
128.
On this account did the eye of justice weep for My Logos-Soul.
129.
The very reality of justice did wail on account of My injury and My calamity.
130.
It did lament at what came upon My Person from such as were created through My Intention
and who take pride in their having arisen in My Presence
and sought beatitude from the dust of My Blessed, Mighty, Inaccessible footsteps.
131.
O Manifestation of Justice!
I do indeed make complain unto Thee regarding those who have disbelieved in God
and blasphemed against My very Logos-Persona [Holy Spirit]
whom they were promised in all the scriptural Tablets.
132.
So too in a Tablet which God Himself preserved in the treasuries of His Infallibility
and which He made to be safeguarded away from the gaze of the totality of the creatures.
133.
Say:
`O people!
Since thou attained Riḍwān and perceived the Rose
then smell ye thereof that from it thou might catch the fragrances of Perfume.
134.
So Fear ye God!
Do not disavow Him or be among such as comprehended then turned aside
having been counted among the infidels.
135.
And if anyone be found possessed of a keen sense of smell they would surely discover within everything that is manifest from Me, a Sanctified, Mighty, Beneficent Perfume.
Tablet of the Riḍwān of Justice CHAPTER SIX
Divisions 136-160
RIDVAN OF JUSTICE
136.
O Manifestations of this Name!
Thou were indeed created of My Command and were raised up through My Intention.
137.
So beware lest this station turn thee away from humility between the hands of Thy Lord,
the Mighty, the All-Informed,
on the Day in which God hath come unto thee in the shadows of the clouds
with a Mighty Sovereignty.
138.
And whereon He bloweth the Spirit of Life into [all] the denizens of Existent Being.
139.
Thereon also did He ornament Riḍwān with My Mighty, Benificent Name.
140..
Likewise did He renew humankind with the Ornament of the All-Merciful.
141.
And He ornamented all things with the mantle of the Divine Names on the part of One Generative, Mighty.
142.
Indeed were ye created for that Day,
so fear ye God, and deprive not thyselves of that Mighty Bounty.
143.
O thou who art named after that Name!
Let not the [Divine] Names seduce thee this Day!
144.
Hasten ye then unto the shore of the Divine Bounty.
145.
Should the clouds of the Command rain down as upon thee the darts of wrath,
beware that thou only be patient thereat for the briefest moment.
146.
No one shall possess even a single thing on that Day!
147.
On that Day the Command belongeth unto God alone, the Mighty, the Wise.
148.
Say:
Be ye faithful O people! unto the Covenant of God.
149.
Thou shalt not break the covenant about which thou didst covenant in the very Presence of God,
the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, within the primordial realm of past Eternity.
150.
Say:
`Open thine eyes!
By God, the True One!
151.
He hath indeed raised up this Day
for it is this very moment whereon God hath come down in the shadows of the clouds.
So Blessed be God, the Comissioner, the Powerful,
the Transcendent, the Mighty!
152.
Wherefore shall fearful dread afflict all within the heavens and upon the earth
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