Selections From the Writings of the Báb — John Shaqi
Selections From the Writings of the BábBab, ʻAli Muhammad Shirazi
Religion
Selections From the Writings of the Báb
Bab, ʻAli Muhammad Shirazi
Babism; Bahai Faith
O King of Islám! Aid thou, with the truth, after having aided the Book,
Him Who is Our Most Great Remembrance, for God hath, in very truth,
destined for thee, and for such as circle round thee, on the Day of
Judgement, a responsible position in His Path. I swear by God, O _Sh_áh!
If thou showest enmity unto Him Who is His Remembrance, God will, on the
Day of Resurrection, condemn thee, before the kings, unto hell-fire, and
thou shalt not, in very truth, find on that Day any helper except God, the
Exalted. Purge thou, O _Sh_áh, the Sacred Land [Ṭihrán] from such as have
repudiated the Book, ere the day whereon the Remembrance of God cometh,
terribly and of a sudden, with His potent Cause, by the leave of God, the
Most High. God, verily, hath prescribed to thee to submit unto Him Who is
His Remembrance, and unto His Cause, and to subdue, with the truth and by
His leave, the countries, for in this world thou hast been mercifully
invested with sovereignty, and wilt, in the next, dwell, nigh unto the
Seat of Holiness, with the inmates of the Paradise of His good-pleasure...
By God! If ye do well, to your own behoof will ye do well; and if ye deny
God and His signs, We, in very truth, having God, can well dispense with
all creatures and all earthly dominion. _Chapter I._
“Be thou content with the commandment of God, the ...”
Be thou content with the commandment of God, the True One, inasmuch as
sovereignty, as recorded in the Mother Book by the hand of God, is surely
invested in Him Who is His Remembrance...
O Minister of the _Sh_áh! Fear thou God, besides Whom there is none other
God but Him, the Sovereign Truth, the Just, and lay aside thy dominion,
for We, by the leave of God, the All-Wise, inherit the earth and all who
are upon it,(10) and He shall rightfully be a witness unto thee and unto
the _Sh_áh. Were ye to obey the Remembrance of God with absolute
sincerity, We guarantee, by the leave of God, that on the Day of
Resurrection, a vast dominion shall be yours in His eternal Paradise.
Vain indeed is your dominion, for God hath set aside earthly possessions
for such as have denied Him; for unto Him Who is your Lord shall be the
most excellent abode, He Who is, in truth, the Ancient of Days....
O concourse of kings! Deliver with truth and in all haste the verses sent
down by Us to the peoples of Turkey and of India, and beyond them, with
power and with truth, to lands in both the East and the West.... And know
that if ye aid God, He will, on the Day of Resurrection, graciously aid
you, upon the Bridge, through Him Who is His Most Great Remembrance...
O people of the earth! Whoso obeyeth the Remembrance of God and His Book
hath in truth obeyed God and His chosen ones and he will, in the life to
come, be reckoned in the presence of God among the inmates of the Paradise
of His good-pleasure. _Chapter I._
“Verily We made the revelation of verses to be a testimony ...”
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