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 peoples of the earth! Verily His Remembrance is come to you from God
after an interval during which there were no Messengers,(41) that He may
purge and purify you from uncleanliness in anticipation of the Day of the
One true God; therefore seek ye whole-heartedly divine blessings from Him,
inasmuch as We have, in truth, chosen Him to be the Witness and the Source
of wisdom unto all that dwell on earth...
O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Proclaim that which hath been sent down unto Thee as a
token of the grace of the merciful Lord, for if Thou do it not, Our secret
will never be made known to the people,(42) while the purpose of God in
creating man is but for him to know Him. Indeed God hath knowledge of all
things and is self-sufficient above the need of all mankind. _Chapter
LXII._
“Whenever the faithful hear the verses of this Book ...”
Whenever the faithful hear the verses of this Book being recited, their
eyes will overflow with tears and their hearts will be deeply touched by
Him Who is the Most Great Remembrance for the love they cherish for God,
the All-Praised. He is God, the All-Knowing, the Eternal. They are indeed
the inmates of the all-highest Paradise wherein they will abide for ever.
Verily they will see naught therein save that which hath proceeded from
God, nothing that will lie beyond the compass of their understanding.
There they will meet the believers in Paradise, who will address them with
the words ‘Peace, Peace’ lingering on their lips...
O concourse of the faithful! Incline your ears to My Voice, proclaimed by
this Remembrance of God. Verily God hath revealed unto Me that the Path of
the Remembrance which is set forth by Me is, in very truth, the straight
Path of God, and that whoever professeth any religion other than this
upright Faith, will, when called to account on the Day of Judgement,
discover that as recorded in the Book no benefit hath he reaped out of
God’s Religion...
Fear ye God, O concourse of kings, lest ye remain afar from Him Who is His
Remembrance [the Báb], after the Truth hath come unto you with a Book and
signs from God, as spoken through the wondrous tongue of Him Who is His
Remembrance. Seek ye grace from God, for God hath ordained for you, after
ye have believed in Him, a Garden the vastness of which is as the vastness
of the whole of Paradise. Therein ye shall find naught save the gifts and
favours which the Almighty hath graciously bestowed by virtue of this
momentous Cause, as decreed in the Mother Book. _Chapter LXIII._
“O Spirit of God! Call Thou to mind the bounty which ...”
O Spirit of God! Call Thou to mind the bounty which I bestowed upon Thee
when I conversed with Thee in the midmost heart of My Sanctuary and aided
Thee through the potency of the Holy Spirit that Thou mightest, as the
peerless Mouthpiece of God, proclaim unto men the commandments of God
which lie enshrined within the divine Spirit.
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