Persian Tablet of the Hidden Words 6 страница
149.
They who exhort others unto justice, while themselves committing iniquity,
stand accused of falsehood by the inmates of the Kingdom and by those who circle round the throne of their Lord, the Almighty, the Beneficent, for that which their tongues have uttered.
150.
Commit not, O people,
that which dishonoureth your name and the fair name of the Cause of God amongst men.
151.
Beware lest ye approach that which your minds abhor.
152.
Fear God and follow not in the footsteps of them that are gone astray.
153.
Deal not treacherously with the substance of your neighbour.
154.
Be ye trustworthy on earth, and withhold not from the poor the things given unto you by God through His grace.
155.
He, verily, will bestow upon you the double of what ye possess.
He, in truth, is the All-Bounteous, the Most Generous.
156.
Say:
We have ordained that our Cause be taught through the power of utterance.
157.
Beware lest ye dispute idly with anybody.
158.
Whoso ariseth wholly for the sake of his Lord to teach His Cause, the Holy Spirit shall strengthen him and inspire him with that which will illumine the heart of the world, how much more the hearts of those who seek Him.
161.
O people of Bahá!
Subdue the citadels of men’s hearts with the swords of wisdom and of utterance.
162.
They that dispute, as prompted by their desires, are indeed wrapped in a palpable veil.
163.
Say:
The sword of wisdom is hotter than summer heat, and sharper than blades of steel, if ye do but understand.
164.
Draw it forth in My name and through the power of My might, and conquer then with it the cities of the hearts of them that have secluded themselves in the stronghold of their corrupt desires.
165.
Thus biddeth you the Pen of the AllGlorious, whilst seated beneath the swords of the wayward.
166.
If ye become aware of a sin committed by another, conceal it, that God may conceal your own sin.
He, verily, is the Concealer, the Lord of grace abounding.
167.
O ye rich ones on earth!
If ye encounter one who is poor, treat him not disdainfully.
168.
Reflect upon that whereof ye were created.
169.
Every one of you was created of a sorry germ [of wheat].
170.
It behoveth you to observe truthfulness, whereby your temples shall be adorned, your names uplifted, your stations exalted amidst men, and a mighty recompense assured for you before God.
Second Tablet to Napoleon III CHAPTER SEVEN
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Divisions 171-210
2ND TABLET TO NAPOLEON THE 3RD
171.
Give ear, O peoples of the earth,
unto that which the Pen of the Lord of all nations commandeth you.
172.
Know ye of a certainty that the Dispensations of the past have attained their highest, their final consummation in the Law that hath branched out from this Most Great Ocean.
173.
Haste ye thereunto at Our command.
We, verily, ordain as We please.
174.
Regard ye the world as a man’s body, which is afflicted with divers ailments, and the recovery of which dependeth upon the harmonizing of all of its component elements.
175.
Gather ye around that which We have prescribed unto you, and walk not in the ways of such as create dissension.
176.
All feasts have attained their consummation in the two Most Great Festivals, and in two other Festivals that fall on the twin days—the first of the Most Great Festivals being those days whereon God shed the effulgent glory of His most excellent Names upon all who are in heaven and on earth, and the second being that day on which We raised up the One Who announced unto the people the glad-tidings of this Great Announcement.
Thus hath it been set down in the Book by Him Who is the Mighty, the Powerful.
177.
On other than these four consummate days, engage ye in your daily occupations, and withhold yourselves not from the pursuit of your trades and crafts.
Thus hath the command been issued and the law gone forth from Him Who is your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
178.
Say:
O concourse of priests and monks!
Eat ye of that which God hath made lawful unto you and do not shun meat.
179.
God hath, as a token of His grace, granted you leave to partake thereof save during a brief period.
He, verily, is the Mighty, the Beneficent.
180.
Forsake all that ye possess and hold fast unto that which God hath purposed.
181.
This is that which profiteth you,
if ye be of them that comprehend.
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182.
We have ordained a fast of nineteen days in the most temperate of the seasons,
and have in this resplendent and luminous Dispensation relieved you from more than this.
183.
Thus have We set forth and made clear unto you that which ye are bidden to observe, that ye may follow the commandments of God and be united in that which the Almighty, the All-Wise, hath appointed unto you.
184.
He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful, cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body.
185.
Haste ye to win your share of God’s good grace and mercy in this Day that eclipseth all other created Days.
186.
How great the felicity that awaiteth the man that forsaketh all he hath in a desire to obtain the things of God!
187.
Such a man, We testify, is among God’s blessed ones.
188.
O King!
Bear thou witness unto that which God hath Himself and for Himself borne witness ere the creation of earth and heaven, that there is none other God except Me, the One, the Single, the Most Exalted, the Incomparable, the Inaccessible.
189.
Arise with the utmost steadfastness in the Cause of thy Lord, the All-Glorious.
190.
Thus hast thou been instructed in this wondrous Tablet.
191.
We, verily, have desired naught for thee save that which is better for thee than all that is on earth.
192.
Unto this testify all created things and beyond them this perspicuous Book.
193.
Meditate on the world and the state of its people.
194.
He, for Whose sake the world was called into being, hath been imprisoned in the most desolate of cities , by reason of that which the hands of the wayward have wrought.
195.
From the horizon of His prison-city He summoneth mankind unto the Dayspring of God, the Exalted, the Great.
196.
Exultest thou over the treasures thou dost possess, knowing they shall perish?
197.
Rejoicest thou in that thou rulest a span of earth, when the whole world,
in the estimation of the people of Bahá, is worth as much as the black in the eye of a dead ant?
198.
Abandon it unto such as have set their affections upon it,
and turn thou unto Him Who is the Desire of the world.
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199.
Whither are gone the proud and their palaces?
200.
Gaze thou into their tombs, that thou mayest profit by this example,
inasmuch as We made it a lesson unto every beholder.
201.
Were the breezes of Revelation to seize thee, thou wouldst flee the world, and turn unto the Kingdom, and wouldst expend all thou possessest, that thou mayest draw nigh unto this sublime Vision.
202.
We behold the generality of mankind worshipping names and exposing themselves, as thou dost witness, to dire perils in the mere hope of perpetuating their names,
whilst every perceiving soul testifieth that after death one’s name shall avail him nothing except insofar as it beareth a relationship unto God, the Almighty, the All-Praised.
203.
Thus have their vain imaginings taken hold of them in requital for that which their hands have wrought.
204.
Consider the pettiness of men’s minds.
205.
They seek with utmost exertion that which profiteth them not, and yet wert thou to ask of them:
“Is there any advantage in that which ye desire?”,
thou wouldst find them sorely perplexed.
206.
Were a fair-minded soul to be found, he would reply:
“Nay, by the Lord of the worlds!”
207.
Such is the condition of the people and of that which they possess.
208.
Leave them in their folly and turn thy sight unto God.
209.
This is in truth that which beseemeth thee.
210.
Hearken then unto the counsel of thy Lord, and say,
Lauded art Thou, O God of all who are in heaven and on earth!
Tablet of Sorrows CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-35
Suriy-i-Ahzán
SORROWS
1.
This is the Surah of Sorrows, which was revealed by the All-Merciful
to the one who hath turned his face toward the All-Praised at this time,
when all have forsaken the shadow of God and his compassion,
and have taken Satan unto themselves as a helper.
2.
In the name of God, the Inaccessible, the most Holy, the most Mighty, the All-Glorious.
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3.
You who swim in the realm of divine unity,
plunge into the ocean of grandeur that became manifest with My name, the most glorious.
4.
Thereupon were launched the arks of eternal life,
which were boarded by those servants who detached themselves from the world.
5.
They soared with the wings of holiness into the expanse of these gales,
which appeared in this heaven that was exalted in the cloud of the mysterious essence.
6.
Thus did the grace of your Lord encompass them, that they might give thanks to God
and be of those who were recorded in the tablets as among the grateful.
7.
Ye should, in truth, say:
"In the Name of God" and "By God," and then enter into the deluge of this ocean.
8.
For those near to God have failed even to attain its shores, much less to plunge into it.
9.
Yet the tongue of the beloved hath thus commanded you.
10.
Fear no one and put your trust in Him, and He will safeguard you,
as He protected those who came before you. He is powerful over all things.
11.
By God, the Eternal Truth! Today is your day.
12.
Emerge from behind the veils of silence, and speak forth between the heavens and the earth.
13.
Apprise the people of the glad-tidings of this announcement,
whereby the earth of haughtiness was split, the heavens of resistance were cleft asunder,
the mountains of malice were leveled, and the edifice of rancor was razed
--leaving the hosts of the blind idolaters shuddering in terror.
14.
Gaze at those who joined partners with God, and at what issued from their lips.
15.
One among them asks,
"Hath God become manifest, and hath the sun risen from the horizon of sanctity?"
16.
Say:
Yes, by My lord, it hath risen by virtue of a sovereignty that hath encompassed the worlds.
17.
As for you, O blind ones of the earth,
open your eyes that you might behold it dawning forth, radiant and effulgent.
18.
It will remain visible in the center of the heavens with the power of grandeur, might and splendor,
and can never be eclipsed by the rejection of those who turn away,
or the idolatry of those who join partners with God.
19.
Thus was the truth of the Cause apparent.
20.
Another says, "That is the one who utters falsehoods concerning God!"
21.
Say:
Woe unto thee, fickle worshipper of many gods [and idols]!
22.
Is this anything except an inspired revelation,
which God taught Him at the Lote-tree beyond which there is no passing,
when He beheld the signs of his lord?
23.
By God, his feet will never stumble on anything created between the heavens and the earth.
24.
At one time He speaketh in the tones of `Ali (the Bab) in the farthest realm,
at another in the melodies of Muhammad in the kingdom of creation,
and at yet another after the manner of the Spirit (Jesus) in the heavens of eternal life.
25.
Then He speaketh with the accents of grandeur in this beauty that hath dawned forth on all things.
26.
By virtue of his splendor, the forms of all things took on the shape of "There is no God but Him."
27.
Verily, He is the beloved in the heart of the adored one,
and He is the one who is worshipped in all that was and shall be.
28.
Yet most of the people are veiled from Him, even after He manifested himself with all the verses.
29.
That which appeared with Him was a witness for Him.
30.
Would that you were present at this moment before the throne, and that you had heard how the melodies of immortality issue from the human temple of Baha'.
31.
By God, the Eternal Truth, should the ears of all contingent beings become purified,
and should they hear even one such song, they would, one and all,
swoon dazed upon the earth in the presence of your lord, the almighty, the Bestower.
32.
When, however, they rose in opposition to God,
He caused them to be deprived of the wonders of His grace.
33.
Before your lord, at this time, they are no more than handfuls of cast-out clay.
34.
If you will contemplate what issued from their lips, by God,
you will hear what was never heard from the Jews when we sent Jesus with a perspicuous book.
35.
Such words were not voiced by the community of the Gospel
when we caused the sun of everlasting life to dawn upon them from Mecca,
sending Him to them with clearly visible lights,
nor by the people of the Qur'an when the heavens of mystical insight were cleft
and God came in the shadows of His name, the All-Merciful, in the beauty of `Ali with the truth.
the Bab
Tablet of Sorrows CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 36-60
SORROWS
36.
Now that We have arrived at the mention of this blessed, inaccessible, exalted and hallowed Name, which was wondrous in very truth, two powerful emotions have invaded My breast.
37.
I behold My heart ablaze with the flames of sorrow over what befell the Beauty of the All-Merciful at the hands of the people of the Qur'an.
38.
It is as if My entire frame is aflame at this moment with a fire
that, if it had its way, would consume all who are in this mortal realm.
39.
God is to this My witness.
40.
Likewise, I see that my eyes are weeping
--nay, all My body, to the extent that teardrops are streaming from each hair of My head,
at the calamities rained down upon Him by the wicked, who slew God and knew Him not.
41.
At a time when they were taking pride in one of His names,
they suspended Him in the air and riddled Him with the bullets of their malice.
42.
Would that the universe had never been created, the world never brought into being,
no Prophet sent nor any Messenger dispatched,
no Cause established among God's servants,
no name of God manifested between the heavens and the earth,
no scriptures, Books, Psalms, Tablets or Writings revealed--
43.
and that the Ancient Beauty had never been afflicted among the sinful,
nor suffered at the hands of those who openly proclaimed their unbelief
and perpetrated what no one in all the worlds had ever perpetrated.
44.
In the name of God, the Eternal Truth!
O `Ali, if thou gazest at all My limbs and members, at My heart and My breast,
thou wilt find the marks of the bullets that struck the Temple of God!
45.
Alas, alas, thus hath the Revealer of verses been prevented from sending them down,
this Ocean been prevented from surging, this Lote-tree from bearing fruit,
this Sun from shining, and these heavens from rising high.
46.
Thus hath the matter been ordained at this time.
47.
Would that I were as nothing, that My mother had never borne Me,
and that I had never heard what befell Him at the hands of those who worshipped Names
and slew their Revealer, Creator, Fashioner and Sender.
48.
Woe be unto them, inasmuch as they followed the prompting of their passions,
and committed that which caused the Maids of Heaven to swoon in their chambers.
49.
Then the Spirit's face was soiled in the dust
because of what those wolves wrought toward the Lord of lords.
50.
Thus, all things weep at the tears I shed for Him,
and all lament at My wailing for My separation from Him.
51.
I have reached the point in My bereavement
where the hymns of everlasting life will never be sung by My lips,
nor will the spiritual breezes waft from My heart,
52.
and were it not for the invulnerability of My soul
My mortal frame would have been cleft in two and I would have been annihilated.
53.
Behold, the Manifestation (the Bab) Who preceded Me doth weep, and addresseth thee, saying,
"O`Ali, by God, the Eternal Truth!
54.
If thou wilt but look upon My heart and My breast,
upon what is concealed within Me and what is manifest,
upon My internal state and My outward condition,
thou wilt discover scars from the darts of rancor that struck My later Manifestation.
55.
In the name of My Name, the All- Glorious!
Thus do I bewail, and all who are in the Concourse on High mourn at My weeping for Him.
56.
I groan, and all who are in the canopies of Names lament.
57.
I cry aloud, and the denizens of the cities of eternity break into tears
at My grief for this Wronged One, Who hath fallen among the people of the Bayan.
58.
By God, they have done to Him what the community of the Qur'an never perpetrated against Me.
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