Tablet of the Calamity of the Elevated Letters 9 страница
8.
Endow him with the wings of Thy strengthening grace,
wings of detachment and divine aid,
9.
€”that he may soar thereby unto the atmosphere of Thy tender mercy,
be able to partake of Thy celestial bestowals,
may become a sign of divine guidance and standard of the Concourse on high.
10.
Thou art the Potent, the Powerful, the Seeing, the Hearing.
Baha-ullah
PRAYER FOR HUQUQU'LLAH
(the Right of God = Tithes)
Huquq-ullah is the semi-voluntary tithe and tax, much like tithing to the Church, the shekel offering at the Synagogue, and the Zakat of Islam. The Bahai tithe is officially voluntary, yet technically is mandatory before God and the worlds.
1.
Huququ'llah is indeed a great law.
2.
It is imperative upon all to make this offering,
because it is the source of grace, abundance, and of all good.
3.
It is a bounty which shall remain with every soul in every world of the worlds of God,
the All-Possessing, the All-Bountiful.
Baha-ullah
1.
Magnified art Thou, O Lord of the entire creation,
the [Lord] unto Whom all things must turn.
2.
With my inner and outer tongues
I bear witness that Thou hast manifested and revealed Thy [Lordship],
sent down Thy signs, and proclaimed Thy testimonies.
3.
I testify to Thy sufficiency from anything else except Thee,
and Thy sanctity above all earthly things.
4.
I entreat Thee by the transcendent glory of Thy Cause,
and the supreme potency of Thy Word,
5.
to grant confirmation unto them who desireth
to offer what Thou prescribed unto them in Thy Book,
and to observe that which will shed forth the fragrance of Thine acceptance.
6.
Verily Thou art the All-Mighty,
the All-Gracious, the All-Forgiving, the All-Generous.
Baha-ullah
1.
Glorified art Thou, O my compassionate Lord!
2.
I entreat Thee by the tumult of the ocean of Thy holy utterance,
and by the manifold tokens of Thy supreme sovereignty,
and the compelling evidences of Thy Divinity,
and the hidden mysteries that lie concealed within Thy knowledge,
3.
to give my Thy grace to serve Thee and Thy chosen ones,
and enable me to dutifully offer Thy Huquq which Thou hast ordained in Thy Book.
4.
I am [thine servant], O my Lord, who hath set his affections on Thy realm of glory,
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and hath clung tenaciously to the hem of Thy generosity.
5.
O Thou Who art the Lord of all being and the Ruler of the kingdom of names,
I beseech Thee not to deny me the things thou dost possess,
nor to withhold from me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen [servants].
6.
I implore Thee, O Lord of all names and Creator of the heavens,
to assist me to be steadfast in Thy Cause, through Thy strengthening grace,
7.
in such wise that the vanities of the world may not suffer me to be shut out as by a veil,
nor to be hindered by the violent commotions of the wicked-doers
who have risen up to lead Thy people astray in Thy days.
8.
Destine for me then, O [God], my heart's Desire,
[that is,] the good of this world and the world hereafter.
9.
Verily Thou art powerful to do as Thou willest.
10.
No God is there except Thee,
the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
Baha-ullah
PRAYERS FOR CERTAIN OCCASIONS
PRAYERS FOR THE FAST OF RIDVAN
[Ridvan, pronounced 'rizvan' = 'garden' or 'paradise', are holy days to celebrate verdant Spring.]
The Kitab-i-Aqdas [the tablet of the Most Holy] states:
"We have commanded you to pray and fast from the beginning of maturity [at 15 years];
this is ordained by God, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers....
The traveler, the ailing, those who are with child or giving suck, are not bound by the fast....
Abstain from food and drink, from sunrise to sundown,
and beware lest desire deprive you of this grace that is appointed in the Book."
The period of the Fast is March 2 through March 20,
ending on Naw Ruz, the Persian New Year's day.
1.
This is, O my God, the first of the days
on which Thou hast bidden Thy loved ones to observe the Fast.
2.
I ask of Thee by Thy name
and by him who hath fasted out of love for Thee and for Thy good-pleasure
3.
and not out of ego and desire,
nor out of fear of Thy wrath and by Thy most excellent names and august attributes,
4.
to purify Thy servants from the love of anything except Thee
and to draw them nigh unto the Dawning-Place of the lights of Thy visage
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and the Seat of the throne of Thy union.
5.
Illumine their hearts, O my God, with the light of Thy knowledge
and brighten their faces with the rays of the Daystar that shineth from the horizon of Thy Will.
6.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
7.
No God is there except Thee, the All-Glorious,
Whose help is implored by all men.
8.
Assist them, O my God, to render Thee victorious and to exalt Thy Word.
9.
Suffer them, then, to become as hands of Thy Cause amongst Thy servants,
and make them to be revealers of Thy religion and Thy signs amongst mankind,
in such wise that the whole world may be full of Thy remembrance and praise
and Thy proofs and evidences.
10.
Thou art, in truth, the All-Bounteous, the Most Exalted,
the Powerful, the Mighty, and the Merciful.
Baha-ullah
1.
In the Name of Him Who hath been promised in the Books of God,
the All-Knowing, the All-Informed!
2.
The days of fasting have arrived
wherein those servants who circle round Thy throne,
and have attained Thy presence, have fasted.
3.
Say,
O God of names, and Creator of heaven and earth!
4.
I beg of thee by Thy Name, the All-Glorious,
to accept the fast of those who have fasted for love of Thee
and for the sake of Thy good-pleasure
and have carried out what Thou hast bidden them in Thy Books and Tablets.
5.
I beseech Thee by them to assist me in the promotion of Thy Cause
and to make me steadfast in Thy love,
that my footsteps may not slip on account of the clamor of thy creatures.
6.
Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest.
7.
No God is there except Thee,
the Quickener, the All-Powerful, the Most Bountiful, the Ancient of Days.
Bahau'lah
CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
1.
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign,
and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men,
2.
to not cast me away from the gate of the city of Thy presence,
and to disappoint not the hopes I have set on the manifestations of Thy grace amidst Thy creatures.
3.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
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the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
4.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
5.
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy most sweet Voice and by Thy most exalted Word,
to draw me ever nearer to the threshold of Thy door,
and to suffer me not to be far removed from the shadow of Thy mercy
and the canopy of Thy bounty.
6.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
7.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
8.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the splendor of Thy luminous brow, and the brightness of the light of Thy visage,
which shineth from the all-highest horizon,
to attract me by the fragrance of Thy raiment,
and make me drink of the choice wine of Thine [theological] utterance.
9.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
10.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung
all in this world and in the world to come.
11.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by Thy hair which moveth across Thy face,
even as Thy most exalted pen moveth across the pages of Thy Tablets,
shedding the musk of hidden meanings over the kingdom of Thy creation,
12.
so to raise me up to serve Thy Cause that I shall not fall back,
nor be hindered by the suggestions of them who have caviled at Thy signs
and turned away from Thy face.
13.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
14.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
15.
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Name which Thou hast made the King if Names,
by which all who are in heaven and all who are on earth have been enraptured,
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to enable me to gaze on the Daystar of Thy Beauty,
and to supply me with the wine of Thine utterance.
16.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding tightly to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
17.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
18.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the Tabernacle of Thy majesty upon the loftiest summits,
and the Canopy of Thy Revelation on the highest hills,
to graciously aid me to do what Thy will hath desired and Thy purpose hath manifested.
19.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
20.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
21.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by Thy Beauty that shineth forth above the horizon of eternity,
22.
a Beauty, that before which. as soon as it be revealed
the entire kingdom of beauty boweth down in worship, [because it is the prophetic revelation]
23.
magnifying it in ringing tones,
to grant that I may die to all that I possess and live to whatsoever belongeth unto Thee.
24.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
25.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
26.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the Manifestation of Thy Name, the Well-Beloved,
through Whom the hearts of Thy lovers were consumed
and the souls of all that dwell on earth have soared aloft,
to aid me to remember Thee amongst Thy creatures, and to praise Thee amidst Thy people.
27.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
28.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
29.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree
and the murmur of the breezes of Thine utterance in the kingdom of Thy names,
to remove me far from whatsoever Thy will abhorreth,
and draw me near to the station wherein He Who is the Dayspring of Thy signs hath shone forth.
30.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
31.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
32.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by that Letter which, as soon as it proceeded our of the mouth of Thy will,
hath caused the oceans to surge, and the winds to blow,
33.
and the fruits to be revealed, and the trees to spring forth,
and all past traces to vanish, and all veils to be rent asunder,
34.
and them who are devoted to Thee to hasten unto the light of the visage of their Lord,
the Unconstrained,
to make known unto me what lay hid in the treasuries of Thy knowledge
and concealed within the repositories of Thy wisdom.
35.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
36.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
37.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the fire of Thy love which drove sleep from the eyes of Thy chosen ones and Thy loved ones,
and by their remembrance and praise of Thee [in religious worship] at the hour of dawn,
to number me with such as have attained unto
that which Thou hast sent down in Thy Book and manifested through Thy will.
38.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
39.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
40.
I beseech Thee, O my God,
by the light of Thy visage which impelled them who are near unto Thee
to meet [and observe ] the darts [of the words] of Thy [Heavenly] decree,
and [consequentially, caused] them that are devoted to Thee
to face the swords of Thine enemies in Thy path,
41.
to write down for me with Thy most exalted Pen
what Thou hast written down for Thy trusted ones and Thy chosen ones.
42.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name, the Most Holy,
the Most luminous, the Most Mighty,
43.
the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
44.
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Name
through which Thou hast hearkened unto the call of Thy lovers,
and the sighs of them that long for Thee,
and the cry of them that enjoy near access to Thee,
and the groaning of Them that are devoted to Thee,
45.
and through which Thou hast fulfilled the wishes of them that have set their hopes on Thee,
and hast granted them their desires, through Thy grace and Thy favors,
46.
and by Thy Name through which the ocean of forgiveness surged before Thy face,
and the clouds of Thy generosity rained upon Thy servants,
47.
to write down for everybody who hath turned unto Thee,
and observed the fast prescribed by Thee,
the recompense decreed for them that speak not, except by Thy bidding,,
and who forsook all that they possessed in Thy path and for love of Thee.
48.
I beseech Thee, O my Lord,
by Thy Lordship, and by Thy signs, and Thy clear tokens,
and the shining light of the Daystar of Thy Beauty, and Thy Branches [of the tree of life],
to cancel the trespasses of those who have held fast to Thy laws,
and have observed what Thou hast prescribed unto them in Thy Book.
49.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name,
the Most Holy, the Most Luminous,
the Most Mighty, the Most Great,
50.
the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious,
and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
Baha-ullah
1.
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God!
2.
I beseech Thee by this revelation whereby darkness hath been turned into light,
through which the Frequented Fane hath been built,
and the Written Tabled revealed,
and the Outspread Roll uncovered,
3.
to send down upon me and upon them who are in my company
that which will enable us to soar into the heavens of Thy transcendent glory,
4.
and will wash us from the stain of such doubts
as have hindered the suspicious from entering into the tabernacle of Thy unity.
5.
I am the one, O my Lord, who hath held fast the cord of Thy loving-kindness,
and clung to the hem of Thy mercy and favors.
6.
Do Thou ordain for me and for my loved ones
the good of this world and of the world to come.
7.
Supply them, then, with the Hidden Gift
Thou didst ordain for the choicest among Thy creatures.
8.
These are, O my Lord, the days
in which Thou hast bidden Thy servants to observe the fast.
9.
Blessed is he that observeth the fast wholly for Thy sake
and with absolute detachment from all things except Thee.
10.
Help me and help them.
11.
O my Lord, to obey Thee and to keep Thy precepts.
12.
Thou, verily, hast power to do what Thou choosest.
13.
There is no God except Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
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