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We have removed from the Holy Scriptures and Tablets
the law prescribing the destruction of books.
The eleventh Glad-Tidings
43.
It is permissible to study sciences and arts,
yet only such sciences as are useful
and would redound to the progress and advancement of the people.
Thus hath it been decreed by Him Who is the Ordainer, the All-Wise.
The twelfth Glad-Tidings
44.
It is enjoined upon every one of you to engage in some form of occupation,
such as crafts, trades, and the like.
45.
We have graciously exalted your engagement in such work
to the rank of [the equivilant of] worship unto God, the True [Lord].
46.
Ponder ye in your hearts the grace and the blessings of God
and render thanks unto Him at eventide and at dawn.
47.
Waste not your time in idleness and sloth.
48.
Occupy yourselves with that which profiteth yourselves and others.
49.
Thus hath it been decreed in this Tablet
from whose horizon the daystar of wisdom and utterance shineth resplendent.
50.
The most despised of men in the sight of God are those who sit idly and beg.
51.
Hold ye fast unto the cord of material means,
placing your whole trust in God, the Provider of all means.
52.
When anyone occupieth himself in a craft or trade,
such occupation itself is regarded in the estimation of God as an act of worship;
and this is naught but a token of His infinite and all-pervasive bounty.
The thirteenth Glad-Tidings
53.
The men of God’s House of Justice have been charged with the affairs of the people.
54.
They, in truth, are the Trustees of God among His servants
and the daysprings of authority in His countries.
55.
O people of God!
That which traineth the world is Justice,
for it is upheld by two pillars, reward and punishment.
56.
These two pillars are the sources of life to the world.
57.
Inasmuch as for each day there is a new problem, and for every problem an expedient solution, such affairs should be referred to the Ministers of the House of Justice
that they may act according to the needs and requirements of the time.
58.
They that, for the sake of God, arise to serve His Cause,
are the recipients of divine inspiration from the unseen Kingdom.
59.
It is incumbent upon all to be obedient unto them.
60.
All matters of State should be referred to the House of Justice,
yet acts of worship must be observed according to that which God hath revealed in His Book.
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Tablet of Glad-Tidings CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 61-80
GLAD TIDINGS
61.
O people of Bahá!
Ye are the dawning-places of the love of God
and the daysprings of His loving-kindness.
62.
Defile not your tongues with the cursing and reviling of any soul,
and guard your eyes against that which is not seemly.
63.
Set forth that which ye possess.
If it be favorably received, your end is attained;
if not, to protest is vain.
64.
Leave that soul to himself and turn unto the Lord,
the Protector, the Self-Subsistent.
65.
Be not the cause of grief, much less of discord and strife.
66.
The hope is cherished that ye may obtain true education
in the shelter of the tree of His tender mercies
and act in accordance with that which God desireth.
67.
Ye are all the leaves of one tree and the drops of one ocean.
The fourteenth Glad-Tidings
68.
It is not necessary to undertake special journeys to visit the resting-places of the dead.
69.
If people of substance and affluence offer the cost of such journeys to the House of Justice,
it will be pleasing and acceptable in the presence of God.
70.
Happy are they that observe His precepts.
The fifteenth Glad-Tidings
71.
Although a republic form of government profiteth all the peoples of the world,
yet the majesty of kingship is one of the signs of God.
72.
We do not wish that the countries of the world should remain deprived thereof.
73.
If the sagacious combine the two forms into one,
great will be their reward in the presence of God.
74.
In former religions such ordinances as holy war, destruction of books,
the ban on association and companionship with other peoples, or on reading certain books
had been laid down and affirmed according to the exigencies of the time;
75.
however, in this mighty Revelation, in this momentous Announcement,
the manifold bestowals and favors of God have overshadowed all men,
and from the horizon of the Will of the Ever-Abiding Lord,
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His infallible decree hath prescribed that which We have set forth above.
76.
We yield praise unto God—hallowed and glorified be He—
for whatsoever He hath graciously revealed in this blessed, this glorious and incomparable Day.
77.
Indeed if everyone on earth were endowed with a myriad tongues
and were to continually praise God and magnify His Name to the end that knoweth no end,
their thanksgiving would not prove adequate
for even one of the gracious favors We have mentioned in this Tablet.
78.
Unto this beareth witness every man of wisdom and discernment,
of understanding and knowledge.
79.
We earnestly beseech God—exalted be His glory—to aid the rulers and sovereigns,
who are the exponents of power and the daysprings of glory,
to enforce His laws and ordinances.
80.
He is in truth the Omnipotent, the All-Powerful,
He Who wishes to answer the call of men.
Tablet of Joseph CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
JOSEPH
1.
The Tongue of God utters thus in Persian words.
2.
O Joseph!
My Demonstration was brought to its fullness and completion
for all who are in heaven and on earth before I made Myself known,
because it appeared with such wonderful condition that none could find a way to delay or oppose.
3.
Meditate upon the nations of former ages and why they were excluded from approaching the Shore of God and prevented from the Beauty of His Eternal Majesty.
4.
If thou lookest with iron sight (clear insight),
thou wilt perceive that all are deprived of the of the Bounty of God
on account of the veils of words, imaginations, and invented proofs.
5.
In the Day of God, though the Beauty of God was like the sun in heaven, shining and radiating, still they were veiled on account of their superstitions and imaginations.
6.
Notwithstanding that they had been commanded in all the Tablets not to cling to anything
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created between earth and Heaven in the time of the Manifestation,
yet to adhere only to the Root of the Cause and that which is manifested through Him,
7.
yet they deviated from the Right Path and adhered to the idea that the way to know God
(Who is exalted and holy above all) depends upon believing or disbelieving the people.
8.
Woe upon them, being remote from God
because of their willingness to know God through that which is beside Him!
9.
This is impossible, because the Ancient Essence is known only by Himself,
and all things which are known
are made possible only through that which flows from the Pen of His Command.
10.
Exalted is He, that He should be known through that which is beside Him because,
verily, all else but Him was created as thou art.
11.
In this day all those on earth and in heaven are viewed by God as being in one region.
12.
Every soul which is wholly cut from all else save God
and is soaring to the Heaven of the knowledge of God,
is and will be of those who are faithful to God and of His saints,
even though they should not be known by others;
13.
and the soul which rejects [God] will be considered
as one of the lowest of the creatures in the sight of God,
even though he should be of the chiefs among the people,
14.
because God (exalted is His mention) hath never been and never will be
related or attributed to any one of the creatures.
15.
All people were created alike by the Breath of His order,
and loftiness, exaltation, and debasement appeared among the people after they had been created.
16.
Every soul who accepts the word of God while hearing it,
verily, is of the inhabitants of the Supreme Kingdom
and of the confirmed ones in the Paradise of Abha,
and those who do not accept [the word of God] are mentioned as the people of Hades.
17.
In this day he who desires to be in relationship with the Tree of the Cause,
must withdraw himself from all that is in heaven and upon earth
and advance toward the Great Aspect with a pure and shining heart and a sanctified soul.
18.
If any soul desires to know God (exalted is His Majesty) through other means,
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he will never succeed, and will never understand,
because all beside Him are limited with evident limitations of possibilities
and are brought into existence by God's power of creation.
19.
Through that which is created and limited,
the Essence of the Ancient was not and never will be known.
20.
Hear the Lordly commandments and the tones of the Eternal Holiness,
and turn from the left hand of uncertainty and superstition to the Right Hand of Assurance.
21.
Ponder carefully with thine insight upon the Godly Manifestations
and the conditions of Eternal Holiness.
22.
Cleanse the eye from unsatisfying views
that thou mayest see the Manifestations of the Majestic Oneness in everything.
23.
Purify thine ear from the saying of all the people,
that thou mayest hear the Holy and Godly tones from all directions,
24.
and sanctify thy heart from the confused, wordy allusions of the past
that thou mayest perceive the plain, direct, wonderful words revealed,
and victoriously succeed to the Stream of Eternal Holiness
and the Pure Wine [water?] which has no likeness.
25.
This is the command of Jamal El Quedam (The Beauty of the Ancient) to thee.
Tablet of Joseph CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
JOSEPH
26.
Concerning what thou hast asked as to the beginning of the Creation,
its end, assembling, resurrection, path, paradise and fire,
27.
know verily that all are true and there is no doubt about them,
and he who is faithful and has clear insight can see with his inward and outward eyes
all these ranks and stations in every time,
28.
because such an one will not be, in any time, prevented from the Bounty,
neither excluded from what he wishes.
29.
If thou soarest unto the Heaven of Godly Bounty, thou shalt see the Sign of God manifested
in all manners of things brought into existence in every time, whether of the past or the future;
because, verily, the Bounty of God hath never been nor ever will be specialized in any one thing.
30.
The explanation of what God intended by the words Assembling, Resurrection, Paradise, Fire, etc.,
which are mentioned in the Godly Tablets,
is found only and especially at the time of the Manifestation;
31.
for example, at the time of the Manifestation the Tongue of God utters the Word,
and through the Word which comes forth from his mouth,
the Paradise, Fire, Assembling, Resurrection, Oath,
and all that thou hast asked, and that which thou hast not, will be disclosed and manifested.
32.
Every soul who sincerely accepts the Word of God
hath verily passed through the Right Path
and succeeded in approaching the Paradise of God's Pleasure,
and hath assembled with those who are near to God --- the chosen ones.
33.
He, in the Presence of God, will be considered as one of the inhabitants of the Paradise
and of the confirmed ones of the Supreme Kingdom;
34.
and every soul that rejects is in fire and considered as one of those who are in relationship with denial and Sejjin (Hades) and assembled in the shadow of the polytheists.
35.
That which has just been mentioned, represents all these stations,
which in the time of the Manifestation appear through the Word.
36.
But the souls who succeed in attaining the Pleasure of God and believing in His Cause,
will gain the reward of their deeds in the world to come, after their spirits leave their bodies.
37.
Because all seen things in this world are not ready or able
to bear more than that which has been given to them.
38.
Though the worlds of God are circulating around this world,
yet for each soul in any of these worlds there is a fixed and preordained command.
39.
Do not think or imagine that anything mentioned in the Books of God is false or foolish;
Verily, God is exalted above all that.
40.
I swear by the Sun of the Horizon of the Meanings,
that there are for ever and ever many Godly Paradises which have no equal nor comparison.
41.
In this the first life the meaning of Paradise is pleasing God and believing entering His Cause!
42.
Yet after departing from this world
the faithful [souls] will enter into paradises which have no likeness
and will enjoy winning graces which are beyond comprehension;
43.
verily those paradises are the fruits of their deeds which they have accomplished in this world.
44.
Dost thou not see that if any one of God's creatures serves another, or performs work for him,
he receives his reward and compensation for it?
45.
Then how can it be said that the All-Generous [God]
commandeth his creatures to do according to His Ordinances
and after that excluded them from His Mercy?
46.
Praised is He, and Praised is He about that;
Exalted is He and Exalted is He above what the creatures imagine about Him!
47.
In this day, all these ranks asked about are witnessed;
therefore is the soul blessed who victoriously succeedeth in attaining the Paradise of ABHA,
which is was and ever will be the Supreme of all Paradises.
48.
If purified ears and matured souls shall be found,
then, continually will be mentioned that which is from the Wonderful Bounty of God,
that all may be purified and emptied of all that they perceived, understood or witnessed;
and advanced toward the highest Aspect.
49.
Yet of what benefit is this!
Since through all the training of the Point of Bayan,
(the souls of all beside Him be a sacrifice for Him!)
these creatures have not progressed from the seed to the first station of the embryo,
therefore, when will they reach the condition of the body?
50.
And beside all these there are several stations which have not been mentioned.
Tablet of Joseph CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 51-75
JOSEPH
51.
Woe upon those who changed the Grace of God that was bestowed upon them
so that by their being in existence,
the Heaven of Meanings was prevented from mentioning them, the stations and their conditions!
52.
Thus ponder carefully upon the condition of these creatures and be one of the witnesses.
53.
The Paradise and the Fire in the apparent life,
were and will ever be the acceptance and the rejection;
54.
and after the ascension of the spirit,
there are Paradises which have no equal --
and also Fire which has no likeness,
55.
which are the fruits of the deeds of the advancer and the opposer,
who will be in such condition;
yet no soul understood or ever will understand these stations save God.
56.
And for the faithful believer, many stations were created above what was heard;
this is from the wonderful gifts of God,
which are prepared in the Paradise of Everlasting Majesty.
57.
In the same way stations were created
for the denier of eternal and everlasting torment, beyond what was heard.
58.
Heareby We bear witness that the Path is lifted up in Truth,
the Balance is laid in Justice,
the Manifestations assembled,
59.
the hidden issues disclosed,
the Clarion pealed,
the Trumpet sounded,
60.
the Fire burst forth,
the Paradise approached nearer,
61.
the Proclaimer announced,
the Heavens rolled together as a scroll,
the Ground leveled,
62.
the Breeze of God wafted,
the Spirit of God sent,
63.
the Beauteous damsels adorned,
the Youths beautified,
64.
the Mansions assured,
the securities of the upper apartments of Paradise inlaid with precious stones,
the Waters overflowed,
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