Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh — John Shaqi
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláhBahá'u'lláh
Religion
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
Bahá'u'lláh
Bahai Faith -- Doctrines
Blessed are they that have soared on the wings of detachment and attained
the station which, as ordained by God, overshadoweth the entire creation,
whom neither the vain imaginations of the learned, nor the multitude of
the hosts of the earth have succeeded in deflecting from His Cause. Who is
there among you, O people, who will renounce the world, and draw nigh unto
God, the Lord of all names? Where is he to be found who, through the power
of My name that transcendeth all created things, will cast away the things
that men possess, and cling, with all his might, to the things which God,
the Knower of the unseen and of the seen, hath bidden him observe? Thus
hath His bounty been sent down unto men, His testimony fulfilled, and His
proof shone forth above the Horizon of mercy. Rich is the prize that shall
be won by him who hath believed and exclaimed: “Lauded art Thou, O Beloved
of all worlds! Magnified be Thy name, O Thou the Desire of every
understanding heart!”
Rejoice with exceeding gladness, O people of Bahá, as ye call to
remembrance the Day of supreme felicity, the Day whereon the Tongue of the
Ancient of Days hath spoken, as He departed from His House, proceeding to
the Spot from which He shed upon the whole of creation the splendors of
His name, the All-Merciful. God is Our witness. Were We to reveal the
hidden secrets of that Day, all they that dwell on earth and in the
heavens would swoon away and die, except such as will be preserved by God,
the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Such is the inebriating effect of the words of God upon Him Who is the
Revealer of His undoubted proofs, that His Pen can move no longer. With
these words He concludeth His Tablet: “No God is there but Me, the Most
Exalted, the Most Powerful, the Most Excellent, the All-Knowing.”
XV: THE PEN OF REVELATION EXCLAIMETH: “ON THIS...
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