Tablet to Jinab-i Khalil “the Friend” 16 страница
It behooveth thee to make thy companion love of Me, and thy goal knowledge of Me,
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and thy fortress trust in thy Lord [God], the All-Knowing,
in these days wherein all have turned away from His beauty
and taken to themselves lords other than God.
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Thus did they act aforetime.
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If thou dost attain the attributes that We commanded thee to acquire,
God shall open the eye of thy heart and thou wilt witness what none of His servants hath glimpsed.
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Thou wilt come to know what was never apprehended by those who claim in themselves that which God hath not sanctioned for them, and say what they do not understand.
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Therefore, leave the idolaters and what they possess,
and ascend with the wings of holiness into the heavens of intimacy,
that thou mightest reach the most great Paradise in this hidden and concealed Word.
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Say:
O people,
I do not speak from My own selfish passions,
rather, the Spirit speaketh in My breast,
and that is My proof, if ye would be fair.
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O people,
if this is my crime, I am not the first to commit it in God's presence;
so also have His honored servants who feared Him.
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Dispute not the truth with your lips,
then gaze in the direction of equity concerning that which descended in truth
from the kingdom of God, the Omnipotent, the Help-in-Peril, the Self- Subsisting.
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If ye should dispute these words, then, by God,
ye shall not be adjudged to have faith in the verses of His Lord that were revealed to Ali (the Bab),
nor in the verses prior to His, that were given to the messengers of God, if ye did but know.
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O people, be merciful to yourselves, and weigh not the Cause by what is with you.
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Be of those who, when the verses of their Lord are recited to them,
quake in eagerness to attain His presence, and then fall prostrate upon their faces.
Tablet of the Sacrifice CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 31-60
SACRIFICE
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O Dhabih, by God, this Youth hath fallen into the well of hatred.
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Would that some caravan might stop and throw down the bucket of aid,
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that this Youth might emerge from it
and illumine with His radiance the visages of all the denizens of the heavens and the earth.
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Thus hath been written the wont of fate upon glorious and preserved Tablets,
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and thus is it related by this Pen,
which quaffed the waters of life from the fountain of the All-Merciful,
and grew in the earth of holiness in the center of the heart.
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From it floweth the springs of God's praise,
yet the people do not begin to understand.
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Know, then, that a commotion appeared whereby the heavens of idle imaginings were cleft,
and the sun of creation failed to give its light.
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Then was manifested the falseness of those who claimed in themselves
to believe in the verses of God, the Guardian, the Eternal.
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Say:
O people,
these are the verses of `Ali (the Bab) in truth!
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Beware lest ye grow haughty toward them, and be rather among the obedient.
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Say:
By God, the clouds of grace have risen high,
raining down upon contingent beings the water of life.
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This is the bounty of thy Lord, the All-Merciful,
if ye did but have certitude.
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Hast thou seen any grace greater than this?
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Nay, by God Himself,
the Help in Peril, the Almighty, the Well-Beloved.
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Hast thou reckoned in the whole creation any mercy more expansive?
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Nay, by My Being, the all-Bounteous,
ye have not, if ye only knew.
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One among the people asked concerning the Announcement
from those whom he imagined to be are rightly guided.
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Say:
O people,
He shall never, in order to vindicate His Cause,
stand in need of anything that was created between the heavens and the earth.
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All else besides Him hath been fashioned by His Word,
if ye would merely think upon His verses.
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Say:
Verily, His proof is Himself and His very existence is equivalent to His sovereignty.
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None is cognizant of this
save those who turned with sanctified visages toward the countenance of their Lord,
and who were among those that descry their Lord.
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Beware lest thou fail to acquaint thyself with the Cause of thy Lord.
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Then gaze with the eye of holiness upon the proofs of the Prophets and Messengers,
that this matter may be facilitated for thee,
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and thou mayest crush the idols of vain imaginings
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by the power of thy Lord, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing,
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and become one of those who recline upon the cushions of grandeur.
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Know that all that hath issued from the Pen of true counsel hath been a token of My love for thee.
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Otherwise, thy Lord is, verily, able to dispense with all who are in the heavens and upon the earth.
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He ruleth as He willeth and giveth judgment as He wisheth,
through His Word, "Be!" – and it is.
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Listen well within thyself,
and allow not the whispering of Satan to cause thee to stumble upon the paths of the All-Merciful.
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Be steadfast in the Cause of thy Lord,
and be of those who gaze with the eyes of God upon His Cause.
Tablet of the Sacrifice CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 61-85
SACRIFICE
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Say:
O people,
all that ye possess and all that in which ye take pride is established solely by the verses of God,
and these verses have descended from the heaven of the divine Will.
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Take heed lest ye deny them,
and in so doing render all your works vain.
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Be not of them who follow every croaking orator
and then reject the verses of their Lord.
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Know thou that We have made thee Our envoy,
that thou mightest share with the people the glad tidings of this Cause,
at which[, when beheld,] every woman with child hath [rejoiced],
and the veils of [love] have covered the eyes of all who dwell in the heavens and upon the earth,
save only a limited few.
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The latter grew steadfast behind the canopies of glory,
and sought to draw nigh unto the Sinai of nearness.
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These are they who swim in the watery depths of this Cause.
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Strip thyself of everything, that the hand of grace may take thee,
and exalt thee to the majestic and beloved seat,
and clothe thee in raiment that will illumine all beings.
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This is from thy Lord's bounty upon thee,
if thou wilt refrain from consuming it in the fires of mortal intimations
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and wilt adhere unwaveringly to the Cause of thy Lord.
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Follow not every cast-out idolater,
and beware lest thou limit thyself with the limitations of allusions
or veil thyself with the veils of signs.
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Burn away the veils by Our sovereignty,
then consume those allusions in the flames that were ignited upon the Sinai of Pre-existence,
and which shed their effulgence upon this Pen
in such wise as to attract the hearts of those who seek guidance in the verses of God.
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Meditate upon the community of the Qur'an, and upon all that they possessed,
that thou mightest sanctify thy soul from the hints of the people
and be praiseworthy in thy rectitude.
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Forsake this mortal world,
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then ascend into these heavens that thou mightest discover what no one else hath perceived,
save those who were willed to do so by thy Lord [God],
the Powerful, the Exalted, the All-Protecting, the Everlasting.
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If thou wilt purify thyself and contemplate My exile in that year that We arrived in Iraq,
by God, this would suffice thee above all things
and render thee one of those who think upon the signs of their Lord.
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Thereby hath the proof of God been completed for His servants and pure ones,
His blessing hath been fulfilled for His Chosen Ones,
and His Countenance hath gleamed forth to His creation.
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When, however, the veils of imaginings encompassed the people,
they neglected to meditate upon all this.
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Indeed, they were heedless of the Cause of their Lord.
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Say:
O people,
act not as did the people of the Qur'an,
and never surrender the reins of your insight into the hands of anyone else.
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Seize upon the grace proffered you in these days, and see with your own eyes.
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Turn not upon your heels when the verses of your Lord are recited,
nor be of those who reject the signs of God and hurl derision from where they sit.
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O Dhabih, I have been sacrificed at every moment for the past 20 years,
and this is known only to thy Lord, the Almighty, the Beloved.
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Know that when He who was sacrificed before Me desired the field of annihilation,
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the sacrifice came to Him from the heavens of the divine Will.
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Yet I have been sacrificed even before being offered up,
impaled upon the sword of rancor by the wicked,
who know not what they do.
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If thou shouldst hallow thy gaze above mortal allusions,
and ascend unto the most great Panorama,
thou wilt see that My head is raised aloft upon the spears of the hypocrites against the horizon,
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and thou wilt weep at this, as lovers tearfully lament
when the dictates of destiny forbid them access to the abode of the glorious beloved.
Tablet of the Sacrifice CHAPTER FOUR
Divisions 86-110
SACRIFICE
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O Dhabih, purify thy vision from all the worlds of being and what they contain,
and from the contingent universe and all that is therein,
that thou mayest recognize the handiwork of God, which perfected the creation of all things.
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Thus mightest thou enter the house of mysteries,
wherein no one setteth foot save by the will of God,
the All-Knowing, the Omniscient, the Omnipotent, the Self-Subsistent.
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Strive to appreciate the greatness of these days,
wherein the visage of this Youth sheddeth its radiance among you,
and strive to estimate the [glory of] what passed thee by, [when] thou didst [wrong] Him.
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This is better for thee than the [worldly wealth of the] kingdoms of the heavens and the earth,
than all that ye do and know.
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Thou shalt place the fingers of grief between the teeth of bewilderment,
yet shall not discover this Youth, though thou diligently search the heavens and the earth.
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Thus doth the Pen of the divine Will reveal to thee the mysteries of fate,
that the servants might rise from their graves of heedlessness
and detach themselves from all that hindereth them from attaining the throne of His recognition.
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This is the garden that God hath sanctified above the notice of those who joined gods with God.
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When the cloak of this Youth reacheth thee stained with true blood,
press it to thy face and inhale from it the fragrance of the All-Merciful.
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Redden thine own face therewith,
and lament with a crimson visage between earth and heaven,
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that perchance the people of veils might burn away their idle imaginings
and divest themselves of the garments of allusions,
and wing their way unto the kingdom of names and attributes.
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This is the exalted, mighty, and praised station.
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When this Sacrifice wished to enter the abode of nearness to God,
the realm of His Lord, the Exalted, the Most High,
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behold, Satan manifested himself in the form of a man
and desired to prevent Him from entering the holy and concealed sanctuary.
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When We recognized [Satan], We cast stones at him with Our own power and might.
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Thus did it come to pass, if ye be of them that know.
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It behooveth thee to emulate [us] and do as [we] did.
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If thou perceivest that anyone desireth to deter thee from loving this Youth,
know that he is Satan who hath taken the form of a human being.
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Then take refuge with God and exorcise him with a luminous star-shower.
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Beware lest thou payest heed to anything.
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Determine in thy heart to set out for this sacred and adored shore.
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By God, O Dhabih,
all that thou hast heard from the beginning of this Cause was manifested by Us.
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However, We concealed it out of a wisdom of which only the sincere are cognizant.
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Thereby have most of the servants dealt with Us unjustly,
insofar as they remained unaware.
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We were patient in our trials,
and shall forebear by the power and might of God until such time as
the pre-existent Beauty shall come with the authority to save and rescue His Youth
in a manner that transcendeth the abilities of all who were and shall be.
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Spirit, greetings, and glory be upon thee,
and upon all who are patient with the good-pleasure of their Lord.
Translated by J.R.I. Cole
Tablet of the Suffering of the Exalted Letters CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-30
Tablet to Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-'Álín
THE SUFFERING OF THE EXALTED LETTERS
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He is that He is.
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Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God!
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How is the pen to write and the ink to flow,
inasmuch as the gentle breezes of affection have been stilled,
the daystar of the divine decree hath arisen from the horizon of fulfillment, [unto Heaven]
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the sword of tribulation hath been unsheathed from the scabbard of creation,
the firmament of sorrow hath been upraised,
and the arrows of hardship and the darts of trials have rained down from the clouds of fate,
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in such wise that the stars of joy in the hearts of Thy loved ones have fallen,
every measure of happiness in the souls of Thy chosen ones hath been effaced,
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and successive tribulations have waxed so severe that no man hath the power to bear them, nor any soul the ability to withstand them.
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For the doors of hope have been slammed shut, the sweet-scented breezes of fidelity have ceased to waft, and the odours of extinction have been diffused.
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I swear by Thy glory!
The pen weepeth, the ink crieth aloud, the Tablet hath swooned away, bodies have trembled, and pillars have quaked.
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Alas, alas, for what hath been decreed and come to pass!
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Verily, this is the first token of Thy loving Providence.
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Thou art He Who kindled the lamps of love in the niche of providential care, and Who nourished
them with the oil of learning and wisdom, until they became radiant and refulgent.
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By their illumination did the lights of Thy union shine forth in the niche of Thy sovereignty, and the foundations of the house of Thine eternity were established in the gardens of Thy hallowed Being.
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In the globe of Thy grace and the crystal glass of Thy mercy didst Thou protect them, lest they be assailed by the winds of antipathy.
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Thereafter Thou didst clothe them in the vesture of Thy generosity and compassion, and made
them manifest in the kingdom of attributes in the temple of Thy names.
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And when their creation reached its consummation and they were made well-pleasing, the gales of annihilation struck them and left them bereft of the fragrances of eternity, until their lives were taken, their niches shattered, and their lights extinguished.
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Alas, alas, for what hath been decreed and come to pass!
Verily, this is a token of Thy latter decrees.
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How am I to make mention, O my God, of the marvels of Thy handiwork and the mysteries of Thy
wisdom, inasmuch as Thou hast created that gleaming white fluid out of the substance of divine
bounty?
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Thou hast made it to flow from the loins of the fathers, generation after generation, until it
attained unto one among Thy servants.
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Thereupon, Thou didst make the subtle, limpid fluid to
descend into the shell of one of Thy handmaidens, didst nurture it with the hands of Thy mystery and by the essence of Thy tender mercy therein, and didst design it in accordance with the exigencies of Thy wisdom,
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until Thou didst fashion it in the mother’s womb, clothe it with the most noble form, and invest it with the most excellent attributes.
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Thereafter, Thou didst cause him to depart from the womb, and didst suckle him, nourish him,
feed him, bestow Thy grace upon him, exalt him,
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stand him erect, and deliver him unto the stage of maturity, until Thou didst enable him to reach that boundless extremity in Thy fashioning, and that limitless exaltation in Thy creation,
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