Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláhBahá'u'lláh
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Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
Bahá'u'lláh
Bahai Faith -- Doctrines
The spirit that animateth the human heart is the knowledge of God, and its
truest adorning is the recognition of the truth that “He doeth whatsoever
He willeth, and ordaineth that which He pleaseth.” Its raiment is the fear
of God, and its perfection steadfastness in His Faith. Thus God
instructeth whosoever seeketh Him. He, verily, loveth the one that turneth
towards Him. There is none other God but Him, the Forgiving, the Most
Bountiful. All praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.
CXXXV: O LETTER OF THE LIVING! THE EAR OF GOD...
O Letter of the Living! The ear of God hath heard thy cry, and His eyes
have beheld thy written supplication. He is calling thee from His seat of
glory, and is revealing unto thee the verses that have been sent down by
Him Who is the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Blessed art thou for having utterly abolished the idol of self and of vain
imagination, and for having rent asunder the veil of idle fancy, through
the power of the might of thy Lord, the Supreme Protector, the Almighty,
the one Beloved. Thou art indeed to be numbered with those Letters that
have excelled every other Letter. Wherefore thou hast been singled out by
God through the tongue of thy Lord, the Báb, the brightness of Whose
countenance hath enveloped, and will continue to envelop, the whole of
creation. Render thanks unto the Almighty, and magnify His name, inasmuch
as He hath aided thee to recognize a Cause that hath made the hearts of
the inhabitants of the heavens and of the earth to tremble, that hath
caused the denizens of the Kingdoms of creation and of Revelation to cry
out, and through which the hidden secrets of men’s breasts have been
searched out and tested.
Thy Lord, the Most High (the Báb), addresseth thee, from His Realm of
glory, these words: Great is the blessedness that awaiteth thee, O Letter
of the Living, for thou hast truly believed in Me, hast refused to shame
Me before the Concourse on high, hast fulfilled thy pledge, hast cast away
the veil of vain imaginings, and hast fixed thy gaze upon the Lord, thy
God, the Lord of the unseen and the seen, the Lord of the Frequented Fane.
I am well pleased with thee, inasmuch as I have found thy face beaming
with light on the Day when faces have been made dismal and turned black.
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