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that they have laid down their lives for Thee
[and hastened to the scene of their death] in their longing to gaze on Thy beauty
and in their yearning to attain Thy presence.
42.
And were anyone to say unto them on their way,
"Whither go ye?"
they would say,
"Unto God, the All-Possessing, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent!"
43.
The transgressions committed by such as have turned away from Thee
and have borne themselves haughtily towards Thee
have not availed to hinder them from loving Thee,
and from setting their faces towards Thee, and from turning in the direction of Thy mercy.
44.
These are they who are blessed by the Concourse on high,
who are glorified by the denizens of the everlasting Cities,
and beyond them by those on whose foreheads Thy most exalted pen hath written:
45.
"These! The people of Baha.
Through them have been shed the splendors of the light of guidance."
46.
Thus hath it been ordained, at Thy command and by Thy will,
in the Tablet of Thine irrevocable decree.
47.
Proclaim, therefore, O my God, their greatness
and the greatness of those who while living or after death have circled around them.
48.
Supply them with that which Thou hast ordained for the righteous among Thy creatures.
49.
Potent art Thou to do all things.
50.
There is no God save Thee,
the All-Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful.
[Prayer for the Rizvan Fast] CHAPTER THREE
Divisons 51-75
[PRAYER FOR THE FAST]
51.
Do not bring our fasts to an end with this fast, O my Lord,
nor the covenants Thou hast made with this covenant.
52.
Do Thou accept all that we have done for love of Thee, and for the sake of Thy [will],
and all that we have left undone as a result of our subjection to our evil and corrupt desires.
53.
Enable us, then, to cleave steadfastly to Thy love and Thy good pleasure,
and preserve us from the mischief of such as have denied Thee
and repudiated Thy most resplendent signs.
54.
Thou art, in truth, the Lord of this world and of the next.
55.
No God is there beside Thee, the Exalted, the Most High.
56.
Magnify Thou, O Lord my God,
Him Who is the Primal Point, the Divine Mystery, the Unseen Essence,
the Dayspring of Divinity, and the Manifestation of Thy Lordship,
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57.
Him through whom all the knowledge of the past
and all the knowledge of the future were made plain,
and through Whom the pearls of Thy hidden wisdom were uncovered,
and the mystery of Thy treasured name disclosed,
58.
Him Whom Thou hast appointed as the Announcer of the [Lord]
through Whose name the letter “B” and the letter “E” have been joined and united,
59.
through Whom Thy majesty, Thy sovereignty and Thy might were made known,
60.
through Whom Thy words have been sent down,
and Thy laws set forth with clearness,
and Thy signs spread abroad, and Thy Word established,
61.
through Whom the hearts of Thy chosen [servant]s were laid bare,
and all that were in the heavens and all that were on the earth were gathered together,
62.
Whom Thou has called Ali-Muhammad [the Bab] in the kingdom of Thy names,
and the Spirit of Spirits in the tablets of Thine irrevocable decree,
63.
Whom Thou hast invested with Thine own title,
unto Whose name all other names have, at Thy bidding and through the power of Thy might,
been made to return,
and in Whom Thou hast caused all Thine attributes and titles to attain their final consummation.
64.
To Him also belong such names as lay hid within Thy stainless tabernacles,
in Thine invisible world and Thy sanctified cities.
65.
Magnify Thou, moreover, them that have believed in Him and in His signs
and have turned towards Him,
from among those that have acknowledged Thy unity in His Latter Manifestation -
66.
a Manifestation whereof He hath made mention in His Tablets, His Books, and His Scriptures,
and in all the wondrous verses and gem-like utterances that have descended upon Him.
67.
It is this same Manifestation Whose covenant Thou hast bidden Him establish
ere He had established His own covenant.
68.
He it is Whose praise the Bayan hath celebrated.
69.
In it, His excellence hath been extolled, and His truth established,
and His sovereignty proclaimed, and His Cause perfected.
70.
Blessed is the man that hath turned unto Him,
and fulfilled the things He hath commanded,
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O Thou Who art the Lord of the worlds
and the Desire of all them that have known Thee!
71.
Praised be Thou, O my god,
inasmuch as Thou hast aided us to recognize and love Him.
72.
I, therefore, beseech Thee by Him and by Them who are the Daysprings of Thy divinity,
and the Manifestations of Thy lordship,
and the Treasuries of Thy revelation,
and the Libraries of Thine inspiration,
73.
to enable us to serve and obey Him,
and to empower us to become the helpers of His Cause and the dispensers of His adversaries.
74.
Powerful art Thou to do all that pleaseth Thee.
75.
No God is there beside Thee,
the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the[Lord/servant] Whose help is sought by all men!
Baha-ullah
1.
Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God!
2.
We have observed the Fast in conformity with Thy bidding,
and break the Fast now through Thy love and Thy good-pleasure.
3.
Please accept, O my God,
the deeds that we have performed in Thy path wholly for the sake of Thy beauty
with our faces set towards Thy Cause, free from anything else except Thee.
4.
Bestow, then, Thy forgiveness upon us, upon our forefathers,
and upon all such as have believed in Thee and in Thy mighty signs
in this most great, this most glorious Revelation.
5.
Potent art Thou to do what Thou choosest.
6.
Thou art, verily, the Most Exalted, the Almighty, the Unconstrained.
Baha-ullah
1.
Praised be Thou, O God, my God!
2.
These are the days whereon Thou hast ordained Thy chosen [servants],
Thy loved [believers], Thy servants, to observe the Fast,
3.
which Thou hast made a light unto the people of Thy kingdom,
even as Thou didst make obligatory prayer a ladder of climbing
for those who acknowledge Thy union.
4.
I beg of Thee, O my God, by these two mighty pillars,
which Thou hast ordained as a glory and honor for all mankind,
to keep Thy religion safe from the mischief of the ungodly and the plotting of every wicked doer.
5.
O Lord, conceal not the light which Thou hast revealed
through Thy strength and Thine omnipotence.
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6.
Assist, then, those who truly believe in Thee
with the hosts of the seen and the unseen, through Thy command and Thy sovereignty.
7.
No God is there except Thee, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
Baha-ullah
PRAYER FOR OBSERVATION OF THE INTERCALARY DAYS
The Intercalary Days, from February 26 to March 1, should be days of preparation for the Fast, days of hospitality, charity, and the giving of presents. Somewhat of a feast time before the fast, and a time for some fellowship with other believers, to encourage observance of the fast from March 1 to March 21. Called the Days of Ha.
19 x 19 = 361 + 4 or 5 = 365 the Intercalary Days
1.
My God, my Fire and my Light! [Zoroastrian theme]
2.
The days which Thou hast named the Ayyam-i-Ha in Thy Book have begun,
O Thou Who art the King of names,
and the fast which Thy most exalted Pen hath commanded
unto all who are in the kingdom of Thy creation to observe is approaching.
3.
I entreat Thee, O my Lord, by these days
and by all such as have during that period clung to the cord of Thy commandments,
and laid hold on the handle of Thy precepts,
to grant that unto every soul may be assigned a place within the precincts of Thy court,
and a seat at the revelation of the splendors of the light of Thy countenance.
4.
These, O my Lord, are Thy servants whom no corrupt inclination hath kept back
from what Thou didst send down in Thy Book.
5.
They have bowed themselves before Thy Cause,
and received Thy Book with such resolve as is born of Thee,
and observed what Thou hadst prescribed unto them,
and chosen to follow that which had been sent down by Thee.
6.
Thou seest, O my Lord, how they have recognized and confessed [belief in]
whatsoever Thou hast revealed in Thy Scriptures.
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7.
Give them to drink, O my Lord,
from the hands of Thy graciousness the waters of Thine eternity.
8.
Write down, then, for them
the recompense ordained for him that hath immersed himself in the ocean of Thy presence,
and attained unto the choice wine of Thy [meeting] [teaching].
9.
I implore Thee, O Thou the King of kings and the Pitier of the downtrodden,
to ordain for them the good of this world and of the world to come.
10.
Write down for them, moreover, what none of Thy creatures hath discovered,
and number them with those who have circled round Thee,
and who move about Thy throne in every world of Thy worlds.
Thou, truly, art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.
Baha-ullah
NAW-RUZ PRAYER
Naw-Ruz, March 21, is the first day of the Baha'i year.
1.
Praised be Thou, O my God,
that Thou hast ordained Naw-Ruz as a festival unto those who have observed the fast for love of Thee
and abstained from all that is abhorrent unto thee.
2.
Grant, O my Lord, that the fire of Thy love and the heat produced by the fast enjoined by Thee
may inflame them in Thy Cause,
and make them to be occupied with Thy praise and with remembrance of Thee.
3.
Since thou hast adorned them, O my Lord, with the ornament of the fast prescribed by Thee,
do Thou adorn them also with the ornament of Thine acceptance,
through Thy grace and bountiful favor.
4.
For the doings of men are all dependent upon Thy good-pleasure,
and are conditioned by Thy behest.
5.
Shouldst Thou regard him who hath broken the fast as one who hath observed it,
such a man would be reckoned among them who from eternity had been keeping the fast.
6.
And shouldst Thou decree that he who hath observed the fast hath broken it,
that person would be numbered with them that have
caused the Robe of Thy Revelation to be stained with dust,
and been far removed from the crystal waters of this living Fountain.
7.
Thou art He through Whom the ensign "Praise-worthy art Thou in Thy works" hath been lifted up,
and the standard "Obeyed art Thou in thy behest" hath been unfurled.
8.
Make known this Thy station, O my God, unto Thy servants,
that they may be made aware that the excellence of all things
is dependent upon Thy bidding and Thy word,
9.
and the virtue of every act is conditioned by Thy leave and the good pleasure of Thy will,
and my recognize that the reins of men's doings
are within the grasp of Thine acceptance and Thy commandment.
10.
Make this known unto them, that nothing whatsoever may shut them out from Thy Beauty,
in these days whereon the Christ exclaimeth:
"All dominion is Thine, O Thou the Begetter of the Spirit (Jesus)";
11.
and Thy Friend (Muhammad) crieth out:
12.
"Glory be to Thee, O Thou the Best-Beloved,
for that thou hast uncovered thy Beauty,
and written down for Thy chosen ones what will cause them to attain unto
the seat of the revelation of Thy Most Great Name,
13.
through which all the peoples have lamented
except them that have detached themselves from all else except Thee,
and set themselves towards Him Who is the Revealer of Thyself
and the Manifestation of Thine attributes."
14.
He Who is Thy Branch and all Thy company, O my Lord, have broken this day their fast,
after having observed it within the precincts of Thy court, and in their eagerness to please Thee.
15.
Do Thou ordain for Him, and for them,
and for all that have entered Thy presence in those days
all the good Thou didst destine in Thy Book.
16.
Supply them, then, with that which will profit them,
in both this life and in the life beyond.
Thou, in truth, art the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Baha-ullah
Prayer for Jināb of Āqā Mīrzā Āqā
A scriptural tablet in the form of a supplication for Jināb of Āqā Mīrzā Āqā, [who was ]
1.
He is the All-Hearing, the Listener!
2.
Say :
Glorified be Thou, O my God!
3.
I beseech Thee by Thy Bounty,
and by means of Thy hosts,
4.
and by virtue of the Light which sheds splendor upon
the Cities of Thy Knowledge and of Thy Wisdom,
that Thou may ordain for me that which will draw me near to Thee!
5.
Then write down for me that which will make me a heart that singeth out Thy melodies
and that is firmly established in Thy love.
6.
Thou indeed art [a] All-Powerful [God],
Mighty and Most Excellent.
PARTLY UNTRANSLATED TABLETS
Tablet of the Priest of Istanbul CHAPTER [ ]
Divisions [ ]
otherwise named the Tablet to the Son of Man
What is referred to as `the Tablet of the Son of Man', drawing on the translation of Shoghi Effendi, is a tract from a lengthy summary of a large tablet of Baha-ullah to a priest living in Istanbul. That is to say, the so-called Tablet of the Son of Man forms part of the larger unamed tablet that converses with followers of the Bab.
Selection translated by S. Effendi
Gleanings 36
Gleanings 36
Know thou that when the Son of Man…
Know thou that when the Son of Man (Jesus) yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation (al-ashiya' kulliha) wept with a great weeping. By sacrificing Himself, however, a fresh capacity was infused into all created things. Its evidences, as witnessed in all the peoples of the earth, are now manifest before thee. The deepest wisdom which the sages have uttered, the profoundest learning which any mind hath unfolded, the arts which the ablest hands have produced, the influence 86 exerted by the most potent of rulers (al-sultan), are but manifestations of the quickening power (al-quwwat) released by His transcendent, His all-pervasive, and resplendent (al-munir) Spirit (ruh).
We testify that when He came into the world, He shed the splendor of His glory upon all created things (tajalli `ala al-mumkinat). Through Him the leper recovered from the leprosy of perversity and ignorance. Through Him, the unchaste and wayward were healed. Through His power, born of Almighty God, the eyes of the blind were opened, and the soul of the sinner sanctified.
Leprosy may be interpreted as any veil that interveneth between man and the recognition of the Lord, his God. Whoso alloweth himself to be shut out from Him is indeed a leper, who shall not be remembered in the Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. We bear witness that through the power of the Word of God every leper was cleansed, every sickness was healed, every human infirmity was banished. He it is Who purified the world. Blessed is the man who, with a face beaming with light, hath turned towards Him.
Tablet of Glory CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-[ ]
Tablet of Baha
Dated to around early 1866, or to the middle of the Edirne-Adrianople period in about 1865-6, whch was shortly before the `Most Great Separation' beween Mirza Yahya and Baha-ullah. Another source, sets the tablet's date at around the time of the exile from Baghdad to Constantinople-Istanbul. Starting in Arabic, there is a Persian part too.
Addressed to Khatun Jan Qazviniyya, the daughter of Hajji Asad-Allah Farhadi Qazvini.
GLORY
1.
This is the tablet of Glory which was revealed from the Heaven of Eternity.
2.
So recite it then, O concourse of the Theophanic Cloud,
that perchance ye might soar up unto the heaven of the Cause of God in this atmosphere
and thus be firmly established within the Cause of thy Lord, the All-Merciful.
3.
He is the All-Eternal.
Then the female figure Khatum Jan is addressed as follows,
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