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
Unto every people We have sent down the Book in their own language.(14)
This Book We have, verily, revealed in the language of Our Remembrance and
it is in truth a wondrous language. He is, verily, the eternal Truth come
from God, and according to the divine judgement given in the Mother Book,
He is the most distinguished among the writers of Arabic and most eloquent
in His utterance. He is in truth the Supreme Talisman and is endowed with
supernatural powers, as set forth in the Mother Book...
O people of the city! Ye have disbelieved your Lord. If ye are truly
faithful to Muḥammad, the Apostle of God and the Seal of the Prophets, and
if ye follow His Book, the Qur’án, which is free from error, then here is
the like of it—this Book, which We have, in truth and by the leave of God,
sent down unto Our Servant. If ye fail to believe in Him, then your faith
in Muḥammad and His Book which was revealed in the past will indeed be
treated as false in the estimation of God. If ye deny Him, the fact of
your having denied Muḥammad and His Book will, in very truth and with
absolute certainty, become evident unto yourselves. _Chapter IV._
“Fear ye God and breathe not a word concerning His ...”
Fear ye God and breathe not a word concerning His Most Great Remembrance
other than what hath been ordained by God, inasmuch as We have established
a separate covenant regarding Him with every Prophet and His followers.
Indeed, We have not sent any Messenger without this binding covenant and
We do not, of a truth, pass judgement upon anything except after the
covenant of Him Who is the Supreme Gate hath been established. Ere long
the veil shall be lifted from your eyes at the appointed time. Ye shall
then behold the sublime Remembrance of God, unclouded and vivid. _Chapter
V._
“Do men imagine that We are far distant from the people ...”
Do men imagine that We are far distant from the people of the world? Nay,
the day We cause them to be assailed by the pangs of death(15) they shall,
upon the plain of Resurrection, behold how the Lord of Mercy and His
Remembrance were near. Thereupon they shall exclaim: ‘Would that we had
followed the path of the Báb! Would that we had sought refuge only with
Him, and not with men of perversity and error! For verily the Remembrance
of God appeared before us,(16) behind us, and on all sides, yet we were,
in very truth, shut out as by a veil from Him.’ _Chapter VII._
“Do not say, ‘How can He speak of God while in truth ...”
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