Persian Tablet of the Hidden Words 5 страница
“The Ancient of Days is come in His great glory!”
12.
Everything celebrateth the praise of its Lord.
13.
Some have known God and remember Him;
others remember Him, yet know Him not.
14.
Thus have We set down Our decree in a very clear Tablet.
15.
Give ear, O King,
unto the Voice that calleth from the Fire which burneth in this verdant Tree,
on this Sinai which hath been raised above the hallowed and snow-white Spot,
beyond the Everlasting City;
16.
“Verily, there is no other God save Me, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful!”
17.
We, in truth, have sent Him Whom We aided with the Holy Spirit that He may announce unto you this Light that hath shone forth from the horizon of the Will of your Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, and Whose signs have been revealed in the West.
18.
Set your faces towards Him on this Day which God hath exalted above all other days, and whereon the All-Merciful hath shed the splendour of His effulgent glory upon all who are in heaven and all who are on earth.
19.
Arise thou to serve God and help His Cause.
20.
He, verily, will assist thee with the hosts of the seen and unseen,
and will set thee king over all that whereon the sun riseth.
Thy Lord, in truth, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty.
21.
The breezes of the Most Merciful have passed over all created things;
22.
happy the man that hath discovered their fragrance,
and set himself towards them with a sound heart.
23.
Attire thy temple with the ornament of My Name,
and thy mouth with remembrance of Me,
and thine heart with love for Me, the Almighty, the Most High.
24.
We have desired for thee nothing except that which is better for thee
than what thou dost possess and all the treasures of the earth.
Thy Lord, verily, is knowing, informed of all.
25.
Arise, in My Name, amongst My servants, and say:
26.
“O ye peoples of the earth!
Turn yourselves towards Him Who hath turned towards you.
27.
He, verily, is the Face of God amongst you, and His Testimony and His Guide unto you.
28.
He hath come to you with signs which none can produce.”
29.
The voice of the Burning Bush is raised in the midmost heart of the world,
and the Holy Spirit calleth aloud among the nations:
30.
“Lo, the Desired One is come with manifest dominion!”
Second Tablet to Napoleon III CHAPTER TWO
|
|
|
Divisions 31-55
2ND TABLET TO NAPOLEON THE 3RD
31.
O King!
The stars of the heaven of knowledge have fallen, they who seek to establish the truth of My Cause through the things they possess, and who make mention of God in My Name.
32.
And yet, when I came unto them in My glory, they turned aside.
33.
They, indeed, are of the fallen.
34.
This is, truly, that which the Spirit of God hath announced, when He came with truth unto you,
He with Whom the Jewish doctors disputed,
till at last they perpetrated what hath made the Holy Spirit to lament,
and the tears of them that have near access to God to flow.
35.
Consider how a Pharisee who had worshipped God for 70 years repudiated the Son when He appeared, whereas one who had committed adultery gained admittance into the Kingdom.
36.
Thus doth the Pen admonish thee as bidden by the Eternal King,
that thou mayest be apprised of what came to pass aforetime and be reckoned in this day among them that truly believe.
37.
Say:
O concourse of monks!
Seclude not yourselves in your churches and cloisters.
38.
Come ye out of them by My leave,
and busy, then, yourselves with what will profit you and others.
39.
Thus commandeth you He Who is the Lord of the Day of Reckoning.
40.
Seclude yourselves in the stronghold of My love.
41.
This, truly, is the seclusion that befitteth you, could ye but know it.
42.
He that secludeth himself in his house is indeed as one dead.
43.
It behoveth man to show forth that which will benefit mankind.
44.
He that bringeth forth no fruit is fit for the fire.
45.
Thus admonisheth you your Lord;
He, verily, is the Mighty, the Bountiful.
46.
Enter ye into wedlock, that after you another may arise in your stead.
47.
We, verily, have forbidden you lechery, and not that which is conducive to fidelity.
48.
Have ye clung unto the promptings of your nature, and cast behind your backs the statutes of God?
49.
Fear ye God, and be not of the foolish.
50.
But for man, who, on My earth, would remember Me,
|
|
|
and how could My attributes and My names be revealed?
51.
Reflect, and be not of them that have shut themselves out as by a veil from Him,
and were of those that are fast asleep.
52.
He that married not could find no place wherein to abide, nor where to lay His head, by reason of what the hands of the treacherous had wrought.
53.
His holiness consisted not in the things ye have believed and imagined, but rather in the things which belong unto Us.
54.
Ask, that ye may be made aware of His station which hath been exalted above the vain imaginings of all the peoples of the earth.
55.
Blessed are they that understand.
Second Tablet to Napoleon III CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 56-80
2ND TABLET TO NAPOLEON THE 3RD
56.
O King!
We heard the words thou didst utter in answer to the Czar of Russia,
concerning the decision made regarding the war.
57.
Thy Lord, verily, knoweth, is informed of all.
58.
Thou didst say:
“I lay asleep upon my couch, when the cry of the oppressed,
who were drowned in the Black Sea, wakened me.”
59.
This is what We heard thee say,
and, verily, thy Lord is witness unto what I say.
60.
We testify that that which wakened thee was not their cry but the promptings of thine own passions, for We tested thee, and found thee wanting.
61.
Comprehend the meaning of My words, and be thou of the discerning.
62.
It is not Our wish to address thee words of condemnation,
out of regard for the dignity We conferred upon thee in this mortal life.
63.
We, verily, have chosen courtesy, and made it the true mark of such as are nigh unto Him.
64.
Courtesy is, in truth, a raiment which fitteth all men, whether young or old.
65.
Well is it with him that adorneth his temple therewith,
and woe unto him who is deprived of this great bounty.
66.
Hadst thou been sincere in thy words, thou wouldst have not cast behind thy back the Book of God, when it was sent unto thee by Him Who is the Almighty, the All-Wise.
|
|
|
67.
We have proved thee through it, and found thee other than that which thou didst profess.
68.
Arise, and make amends for that which escaped thee.
69.
Erelong the world and all that thou possessest will perish,
and the kingdom will remain unto God, thy Lord and the Lord of thy fathers of old.
70.
It behoveth thee not to conduct thine affairs according to the dictates of thy desires.
71.
Fear the sighs of this Wronged One, and shield Him from the darts of such as act unjustly.
72.
For what thou hast done, thy kingdom shall be thrown into confusion,
and thine empire shall pass from thine hands, as a punishment for that which thou hast wrought.
73.
Then wilt thou know how thou hast plainly erred.
74.
Commotions shall seize all the people in that land, unless thou arisest to help this Cause,
and followest Him Who is the Spirit of God in this, the Straight Path.
75.
Hath thy pomp made thee proud?
76.
By My Life! It shall not endure;
77.
nay, it shall soon pass away, unless thou holdest fast by this firm Cord.
78.
We see abasement hastening after thee, whilst thou art of those who are fast asleep.
79.
It behoveth thee when thou hearest His Voice calling from the seat of glory to cast away all that thou possessest, and cry out:
80.
“Here am I, O Lord of all that is in heaven and all that is on earth!”
Second Tablet to Napoleon III CHAPTER FOUR
Divisions 81-105
2ND TABLET TO NAPOLEON THE 3RD
81.
O King!
We were in ‘Iráq, when the hour of parting arrived.
82.
At the bidding of the King of Islám We set Our steps in his direction.
83.
Upon Our arrival, there befell Us at the hands of the malicious that which the books of the world can never adequately recount.
84.
Thereupon the inmates of Paradise, and they that dwell within the retreats of holiness, lamented; and yet the people are wrapped in a thick veil!
85.
Say:
Do ye cavil at Him Who hath come unto you bearing the clear evidence of God and His proof, the testimony of God and His signs?
|
|
|
86.
These things are not from Himself; nay, rather they proceed from the One Who hath raised Him up, sent Him forth through the power of truth, and made Him to be a lamp unto all mankind.
87.
More grievous became Our plight from day to day, nay, from hour to hour, until they took Us forth from Our prison and made Us, with glaring injustice, enter the Most Great Prison.
88.
And if anyone ask them: “For what crime were they imprisoned?”,
89.
they would answer and say: “They, verily, sought to supplant the Faith with a new religion!”
90.
If that which is ancient be what ye prefer, wherefore, then, have ye discarded that which hath been set down in the Torah and the Evangel?
91.
Clear it up, O men!
92.
By My life! There is no place for you to flee to in this day.
93.
If this be My crime, then Muḥammad, the Apostle of God, committed it before Me, and before Him He Who was the Spirit of God, and yet earlier He Who conversed with God.
94.
And if My sin be this, that I have exalted the Word of God and revealed His Cause, then indeed am I the greatest of sinners!
95.
Such a sin I will not barter for the kingdoms of earth and heaven.
96.
Upon Our arrival at this Prison, We purposed to transmit to the kings the messages of their Lord, the Mighty, the All-Praised.
97.
Though We have transmitted to them, in several Tablets, that which We were commanded, yet We do it once again as a token of God’s grace.
98.
Perchance they may recognize the Lord, Who hath come down in the clouds with manifest sovereignty.
99.
As My tribulations multiplied, so did My love for God and for His Cause increase, in such wise that all that befell Me from the hosts of the wayward was powerless to deter Me from My purpose.
100.
Should they hide Me away in the depths of the earth, yet would they find Me riding aloft on the clouds, and calling out unto God, the Lord of strength and of might.
101.
I have offered Myself up in the way of God, and I yearn after tribulations in My love for Him, and for the sake of His good pleasure.
102.
Unto this bear witness the woes which now afflict Me, the like of which no other man hath suffered.
103.
Every single hair of Mine head calleth out that which the Burning Bush uttered on Sinai, and each vein of My body invoketh God and saith:
104.
“O would I had been severed in Thy path, so that the world might be quickened, and all its peoples be united!”
105.
Thus hath it been decreed by Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.
Second Tablet to Napoleon III CHAPTER FIVE
Divisions 106-140
2ND TABLET TO NAPOLEON THE 3RD
106.
Know of a truth that your subjects are God’s trust amongst you.
107.
Watch ye, therefore, over them as ye watch over your own selves.
108.
Beware that ye allow not wolves to become the shepherds of the fold,
or pride and conceit to deter you from turning unto the poor and the desolate.
109.
Wert thou to quaff the mystic Wine of everlasting life from the chalice of the words of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, thou wouldst be enabled to forsake all that thou dost possess and to proclaim My Name before all mankind.
110.
Cleanse then thy soul with the waters of detachment.
111.
Verily, this is the Remembrance that hath shone forth above the horizon of creation,
which shall purge thy soul from the dross of the world.
112.
Abandon thy palaces to the people of the graves, and thine empire to whosoever desireth it,
and turn, then, unto the Kingdom.
113.
This, verily, is what God hath chosen for thee, wert thou of them that turn unto Him.
114.
They that have failed to turn unto the Countenance of God in this Revelation are indeed bereft of life.
115.
They move as bidden by their own selfish desires, and are in truth accounted among the dead.
116.
Shouldst thou desire to bear the weight of thy dominion, bear it then to aid the Cause of thy Lord.
117.
Glorified be this station which whoever attaineth thereunto hath attained unto all good that proceedeth from Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
118.
Arise thou, in My name, above the horizon of renunciation,
and set, then, thy face towards the Kingdom,
at the bidding of thy Lord, the Lord of strength and of might.
119.
Through the power of My sovereignty stand before the inhabitants of the world and say:
120.
“O people!
The Day is come, and the fragrances of God have been wafted over the whole of creation.
121.
They that have turned away from His Face are the helpless victims of their corrupt inclinations.
122.
They are indeed of them that have gone astray.”
123.
Adorn the body of Thy kingdom with the raiment of My name, and arise, then, to teach My Cause.
124.
Better is this for thee than that which thou possessest.
125.
God will, thereby, exalt thy name among all the kings.
Potent is He over all things.
126.
Walk thou amongst men in the name of God, and by the power of His might, that thou mayest show forth His signs amidst the peoples of the earth.
127.
Burn thou brightly with the flame of this undying Fire which the All-Merciful hath ignited in the midmost heart of creation, that through thee the heat of His love may be kindled within the hearts of His favoured ones.
128.
Follow in My way and enrapture the hearts of men through remembrance of Me, the Almighty, the Most Exalted.
129.
Say:
He from whom, in this day, the sweet savours of the remembrance of His Lord, the All Merciful, have not been diffused, is indeed unworthy of the station of man.
130.
He, verily, is of them that have followed their own desires, and shall erelong find himself in grievous loss.
131.
Doth it behove you to relate yourselves to Him Who is the God of mercy, and yet commit the things which the Evil One hath committed?
132.
Nay, by the Beauty of Him Who is the All-Glorified! could ye but know it.
133.
Purge your hearts from love of the world, and your tongues from calumny, and your limbs from whatsoever may withhold you from drawing nigh unto God, the Mighty, the All-Praised.
134.
Say:
By the world is meant that which turneth you aside from Him Who is the Dawning-Place of Revelation, and inclineth you unto that which is unprofitable unto you.
135.
Verily, the thing that deterreth you, in this day, from God is worldliness in its essence.
136.
Eschew it, and approach the Most Sublime Vision, this shining and resplendent Seat.
137.
Blessed is he who alloweth nothing whatsoever to intervene between him and his Lord.
138.
No harm, assuredly, can befall him if he partaketh with justice of the benefits of this world, inasmuch as We have created all things for such of Our servants as truly believe in God.
139.
Should your words, O people, be at variance with your deeds,
what then shall distinguish you from those who profess their faith in the Lord, their God,
140.
and yet, when He came down to them overshadowed with clouds,
rejected Him and waxed proud before God, the Incomparable, the Omniscient?
Second Tablet to Napoleon III CHAPTER SIX
Divisions 141-170
2ND TABLET TO NAPOLEON THE 3RD
141.
Shed not the blood of anyone,
O people, neither judge ye anyone unjustly.
142.
Thus have ye been commanded by Him Who knoweth, Who is informed of all.
143.
They that commit disorders in the land after it hath been well ordered,
these indeed have outstepped the bounds that have been set in the Book.
144.
Wretched shall be the abode of the transgressors!
145.
God hath prescribed unto everyone the duty of teaching His Cause.
146.
Whoever ariseth to discharge this duty, must needs, ere he proclaimeth His Message,
adorn himself with the ornament of an upright and praiseworthy character,
so that his words may attract the hearts of such as are receptive to his call.
147.
Without it, he can never hope to influence his hearers.
148.
Thus doth God instruct you.
He, verily, is the [Most] Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
Дата добавления: 2019-02-13; просмотров: 192; Мы поможем в написании вашей работы! |
Мы поможем в написании ваших работ!