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Walk in the path of the Will of the Friend; His will hath been and will be in His creatures. For no one must enter the home of his friend against his will, neither dispose of his property, nor prefer his own will to His will, nor claim precedence in any wise. Then think upon this, O, possessors of reflection. [H]
113.
44. O COMPANION OF MY THRONE!
Hear no evil, and see no evil,
abase not thyself, neither sigh and weep.
114.
Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee,
and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great;
and wish not the abasement of anybody else, that thine own abasement be not exposed.
115.
Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleeting moment,
with thy mind stainless, thy heart unsullied,
thy thoughts pure, and thy nature sanctified,
so that, free and happy, thou mayest put away this mortal frame,
and retire unto the mystic paradise and abide in the eternal kingdom for evermore.
O, Friend of My Throne!
Hear not evil, and behold not evil; degrade not thyself, neither lament. That is, utter no evil words, and thou shalt not hear them; think not the faults of others to be great, and thine own faults will not seem great. Be not pleased with the abasement of any soul, and then thine own abasement will not be seen. So with pure heart, holy mind, sanctified breast, and upright thoughts (during all the days of thy life, which are counted less than an instant), thou mayest be detached and return with ease from this mortal body, to the Paradise of Inner Significance, and abide in the immortal Kingdom. [H]
Tablet of the Hidden Words CHAPTER FIVE
Divisions 116-140
Persian
[PERSIAN] HIDDEN WORDS
116.
45. ALAS! ALAS! O LOVERS OF WORLDLY DESIRE!
Even as the swiftness of lightning ye have passed by the Beloved One,
and have set your hearts on satanic fancies.
117.
Ye bow the knee before your vain imagining, and call it truth.
118.
Ye turn your eyes towards the thorn, and name it a flower.
119.
Not a pure breath have ye breathed,
nor hath the breeze of detachment been wafted from the meadows of your hearts.
120.
Ye have cast to the winds the loving counsels of the Beloved
and have effaced them utterly from the tablet of your hearts,
and even as the beasts of the field,
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ye move and have your being within the pastures of desire and passion.
Woe to ye; Woe to ye! O Lovers of lustful Passions!
Ye have left the spiritual Beloved with the swiftness of lightning and have attached your hearts firmly to devilish thoughts. Ye worship fancy and call it fact; ye are gazing at a thorn, and call it a flower. Not a free breath have ye drawn, neither hath a breeze of self-renouncement blown from the garden of your minds. Ye have cast to the winds, the compassionate advices of the Beloved; effaced them from the Tablet of your minds, and have become as low animals, feasting in the pastures of lust and desire. [H]
121.
46. O BRETHREN IN THE PATH!
Wherefore have ye neglected the mention of the Loved One,
and kept remote from His holy presence?
122.
The essence of beauty is within the peerless pavilion, set upon the throne of glory,
whilst ye busy yourselves with idle contentions.
123.
The sweet savors of holiness are breathing and the breath of bounty is wafted,
yet ye are all sorely afflicted and deprived thereof.
124.
Alas for you and for them that walk in your ways and follow in your footsteps!
O Brothers of the Path!
Why are ye heedless of the remembrance of the Beloved, and why are ye far from the Presence of the Friend? The Absolute Beauty is established upon the Throne of Glory, under the peerless Canopy, while ye are engaged in argument according to your own passion. The fragrances of holiness are wafting and the breezes of Generosity are blowing, but ye have lost the power to smell, and are unable to sense any of them. Woe unto you, and unto whosoever followeth in your steps, and walketh in your footprints. [H]
125.
47. O CHILDREN OF DESIRE!
Put away the garment of vainglory, and divest yourselves of the attire of haughtiness.
126.
In the 3rd of the most holy lines writ and recorded in the Ruby Tablet
by the pen of the unseen, it is inscribed in fine letters:
O Children of Desire!
Divest yourselves from the garment of vanities, and strip yourselves from the robe of pride.
In the third of the lines of Holiness, of the Ruby Tablet, it is inscribed in fine type: [H]
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127.
48. O BRETHREN!
Be forbearing one with another and set not your affections on things below.
128.
Pride not yourselves in your glory, and be not ashamed of abasement.
129.
By My beauty! I have created all things from dust, and to dust will I return them again.
O Brethren!
Deal with one another in kindness and cut your minds from the world. Neither boast when in honor, nor be ashamed when in abasement. I swear by My Own Beauty, that I have created ye all from the dust, and will assuredly turn ye all again unto dust. [H]
130.
49. O CHILDREN OF DUST!
Tell the rich of the midnight sighing of the poor,
lest heedlessness lead them into the path of destruction, and deprive them of the Tree of Wealth.
131.
To give and to be generous are attributes of Mine;
well is it with him that adorneth himself with My virtues.
O Children of Dust!
Make known to the rich, the wailing of the poor, lest the latter be brought to ruin through their heedlessness, and have no share in the tree of Good-Fortune. Mercy and Generosity are both of My Qualities. Happiness unto him who adorneth himself with My Characteristics. [H]
132.
50. O QUINTESSENCE OF PASSION!
Put away all covetousness and seek contentment;
for the covetous hath ever been deprived, and the contented hath ever been loved and praised.
O Essence of Passion!
Cast aside greed and be satisfied with contentment; because the covetous hath always been deprived (of all good), whilst the contented hath been beloved and accepted. [H]
133.
51. O SON OF MY HANDMAID!
Be not troubled in poverty nor confident in riches,
for poverty is followed by riches, and riches are followed by poverty.
134.
Yet to be poor in all save God is a wondrous gift,
belittle not the value thereof, for in the end it will make thee rich in God,
135.
and thus thou shalt know the meaning of the utterance,
"In truth ye are the poor,"
and the holy words, "God is the all-possessing,"
shall even as the true morn break forth gloriously resplendent upon the horizon of the lover's heart,
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and abide secure on the throne of wealth.
O Son of My Maid-servant!
Be neither troubled in poverty, nor at ease in wealth. All poverty is succeeded by wealth, and all wealth is followed by poverty. Destitution of everything that is beside GOD, is the greatest gift; despise it not; because in the end thereof, the Wealth of God will appear. This condition is hidden in the verse of the Koran "Thou art the poor," and the blessed word "GOD only is wealthy," shall appear, shine, blaze forth and glitter as the true morn, from the horizon of the lover's mind, and shall be established and stationed upon the Throne of Wealth. [H]
136.
52. O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE AND PASSION!
Ye have suffered My enemy to enter My house and have cast out My friend,
for ye have enshrined the love of another than Me in your hearts.
137.
Give ear to the sayings of the Friend and turn towards His paradise.
138.
Worldly friends, seeking their own good, appear to love one the other,
whereas the true Friend hath loved and doth love you for your own sakes;
indeed He hath suffered for your guidance countless afflictions.
139.
Be not disloyal to such a Friend, nay rather hasten unto Him.
140.
Such is the daystar of the word of truth and faithfulness,
that hath dawned above the horizon of the pen of the Lord of all names.
Open your ears that ye may hearken unto the word of God,
the Protector, the Independent.
O Children of Heedlessness and Passion!
Ye have brought My enemy to My home and have sent away My Friend from ye; so that ye have placed the love of another than Myself in the mind. Listen to the Saying of the Friend, and approach His Garden. Outward Friends have loved and love each other, only with regard to their own interests; but the real Friend loveth and hath loved ye for the sake of yourselves – nay rather He hath accepted countless afflictions for your special guidance. Oppress not such a Friend, but hasten to His Abode. This is the Sun of the Word of Truth and Faithfulness which hath arisen from the Horizon of the Finger of the Possessor of Names. Open your ears to hear the word of GOD, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. [H]
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Tablet of the Hidden Words CHAPTER SIX
Divisions 141-165
Persian
[PERSIAN] HIDDEN WORDS
141.
53. O YE THAT PRIDE YOURSELVES ON MORTAL RICHES!
Know ye in truth that wealth is a mighty barrier between the seeker and his desire,
the lover and his beloved.
142.
The rich, except for a few, shall in no wise attain the court of His presence
nor enter the city of happiness and relaxation.
143.
Well is it then with him, who, being rich,
is not hindered by his riches from the eternal kingdom,
nor deprived by them of imperishable dominion.
144.
By the Most Great Name! The splendor of such a wealthy man
shall illuminate the dwellers of heaven even as the sun enlightens the people of the earth!
O ye who are puffed up by Mortal Possessions!
Know that wealth is a strong barrier betwixt the seeker and the Desired One! between the lover and the Beloved. A few only of the wealthy shall enter the Abode of Nearness and Come into the City of Contentment and Resignation. Then good is the condition of that wealthy one whom wealth preventeth not from the Everlasting Kingdom, and depriveth not of the eternal Riches. I swear by the Greatest Name, that the light of that wealthy one shall impart brightness to the celestial inhabitants, as the sun to the dwellers of the earth. [H]
146.
54. O YE RICH ONES ON EARTH!
The poor in your midst are My trust;
guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease.
O Wealthy Ones of the Earth!
The needy are a trust of Mine among ye. Then protect them carefully and be not wholly occupied with your own ease. [H]
147.
55. O SON OF PASSION!
Cleanse thyself from the defilement of riches
and in perfect peace advance into the realm of poverty;
that from the well-spring of detachment thou mayest quaff the wine of immortal life.
O Child of Passion!
Be pure from the stain of wealth, and step into the Heavens of Poverty with all tranquillity; then shalt thou drink the Wine of Eternity, from out the Source of Death. [H]
148.
56. O MY SON!
The company of the ungodly increaseth sorrow,
whilst fellowship with the righteous cleanseth the rust from off the heart.
149.
He that seeketh to commune with God,
let him betake himself to the companionship of His loved ones;
and he that desireth to hearken unto the word of God,
let him give ear to the words of His chosen ones.
O My Son!
The companionship of the wicked increaseth sorrow, and the fellowship of the just removeth rust from off the mind. Whosoever desireth to be associated with GOD, let him associate with His lovers; and whosoever desireth to hear the speech of GOD, let him hearken unto the speeches of His chosen ones. [H]
150.
57. O SON OF DUST!
Beware! Walk not with the ungodly and seek not fellowship with him,
for such companionship turneth the radiance of the heart into infernal fire.
O Son of Dust, Beware!
Befriend not the wicked and seek not his companionship, because the society of the wicked, changeth the light of the Spirit into the fire of hell. [H]
151.
58. O SON OF MY HANDMAID!
Wouldst thou seek the grace of the Holy Spirit,
enter into fellowship with the righteous,
for he hath drunk the cup of eternal life at the hands of the immortal Cup-bearer
and even as the true morn doth quicken and illumine the hearts of the dead.
O Son of My Maid-servant!
If thou seekest the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, be a companion of the noble, for the just have drunk of the Cup of Immortality from the hand of the Cup-bearer of Eternity, and they quicken, illuminate and brighten the minds of the dead, as doth the true Dawn. [H]
152.
59. O HEEDLESS ONES!
Think not the secrets of hearts are hidden,
nay, know ye of a certainty that in clear characters they are engraved
and are openly manifest in the holy Presence.
O Heedless Ones!
Suppose not that the mysteries of minds are yeiled; nay rather, know surely that they are inscribed in clear type, and are visible in the Threshold of the Presence! [H]
153.
60. O FRIENDS!
Verily I say, whatsoever ye have concealed within your hearts
is to Us open and manifest as the day;
yet that it is hidden [from all others], is of Our grace and favor, and not of your deserving.
O Friends!
Truly I say: all that ye have concealed in your minds, is, before Us, clear, manifest and evident as the day; but the cause of veiling them is from Our Generosity and Favour, not from your merit. [H]
154.
61. O SON OF MAN!
A dewdrop out of the fathomless ocean of My mercy I have shed upon the peoples of the world,
yet found none turn thereunto,
155.
inasmuch as every one hath turned away from the celestial wine of unity
unto the foul dregs of impurity,
and, content with a mortal cup, hath put away the chalice of immortal beauty.
156.
Vile is that wherewith he is contented.
O Son of Man!
I poured out a dew from the vast Ocean of My Mercy, upon the dwellers of the world, and have not found one approaching; because all have drawn near to the impure water of wine, and have left the immortal, delicate Wine of Unity, and, turning from the Cup of the immortal Beauty, have contented themselves with the mortal cup. "How evil is that with which they are contented!" Close not thine eye to the peerless Wine of the eternal Beloved One, and open not thine eye to the turbid and mortal wine. Take immortal Cups from the hand of the Cupbearer of Oneness, and thou shalt become all consciousness and listen to the invisible Utterance of Reality. Say: O worthless ones! why have ye turned from My Eternal Holy Wine, to mortal water? [H]
157.
62. O SON OF DUST!
Turn not away thine eyes from the matchless wine of the immortal Beloved,
and open them not to foul and mortal dregs.
158.
Take from the hands of the divine Cup-bearer the chalice of immortal life,
that all wisdom may be thine,
and that thou mayest hearken unto the mystic voice calling from the realm of the invisible.
159.
Cry aloud, ye that are of low aim!
160.
Wherefore have ye turned away from My holy and immortal wine unto evanescent water?
The Haddad translation omits the hidden word 62.
161.
63. O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD!
Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity followeth you, and grievous retribution awaiteth you.
162.
Think not that which ye have committed hath been effaced in My sight.
163.
By My beauty! All your doings hath My pen engraved
with open characters upon tablets of chrysolite. [translucent Olivine]
Say: O Dwellers of the Earth!
Know verily that sudden calamity is following ye, and a great eagle is pursuing ye. Believe not that all that ye have committed is effaced from before My Sight. I swear by My Beauty, that all your deeds are engraved with a clear Pen upon Chrysolite Tablets. [H]
164.
64. O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH!
Withdraw your hands from tyranny,
for I have pledged Myself not to forgive any man's injustice.
165.
This is My covenant which I have irrevocably decreed in the preserved tablet
and sealed with My seal.
O Tyrants of the Earth!
Withdraw your hands from oppression, for I have sworn not to pass over anyone's oppression. This is a Covenant which I have decreed in the Preserved Tablet [a Tablet kept in heaven and preserved from the least change or corruption] and sealed it with the Seal of Might. [H]
Tablet of the Hidden Words CHAPTER SEVEN
Divisions 166-1
Persian
[PERSIAN] HIDDEN WORDS
166.
65. O REBELLIOUS ONES!
My forbearance hath emboldened you and My long-suffering hath made you negligent,
in such wise that ye have spurred on the fiery charger of passion
into perilous ways that lead unto destruction.
167.
Have ye thought Me heedless or that I was unaware?
O Rebellious Ones!
My Forbearance hath emboldened ye, and My Patience hath led ye to negligence, so that ye ride fearlessly upon the mount of the fire of passion, in the fatal, dangerous path. Perchance ye have counted me heedless, and supposed Me to be unconscious. [H]
168.
66. O EMIGRANTS!
The tongue I have designed for the mention of Me, defile it not with detraction.
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