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 My servants! This is God’s appointed Day which the merciful Lord hath
promised you in His Book; wherefore, in very truth, glorify ye abundantly
the name of God while treading the Path of the Most Great Remembrance...
Verily God hath granted leave to His Remembrance to say whatsoever He
willeth in whatever manner He pleaseth. Indeed whatsoever He chooseth is
none other than what is chosen by Us. The Lord, in truth, witnesseth all
things. _Chapter LXXXVII._
“Indeed We conversed with Moses by the leave of God ...”
Indeed We conversed with Moses by the leave of God from the midst of the
Burning Bush in the Sinai and revealed an infinitesimal glimmer of Thy
Light upon the Mystic Mount and its dwellers, whereupon the Mount shook to
its foundations and was crushed into dust...
O peoples of the earth! I swear by your Lord! Ye shall act as former
generations have acted. Warn ye, then, yourselves of the terrible, the
most grievous vengeance of God. For God is, verily, potent over all
things. _Chapter LIII._
“O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! I recognize in Thee none other ...”
O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! I recognize in Thee none other except the ‘Great
Announcement’—the Announcement voiced by the Concourse on high. By this
name, I bear witness, they that circle the Throne of Glory have ever known
Thee.
O concourse of the believers! Do ye harbour any doubt as to that whereunto
the Remembrance of God doth summon you? By the righteousness of the One
true God, He is none other than the sovereign Truth Who hath been made
manifest through the power of Truth. Are ye in doubt concerning the Báb?
Verily He is the One Who holdeth, by Our leave, the kingdoms of earth and
heaven in His grasp, and the Lord is in truth fully aware of what ye are
doing...
Indeed I am but a man like unto you. However, God bestoweth upon Me
whatever favours He willeth as He pleaseth, and that which your Lord hath
decreed in the Mother Book is unbounded. _Chapter LXXXVIII._
“God, of a truth, revealed unto Me in the sacred house of ...”
God, of a truth, revealed unto Me in the sacred house of the Ka’bah,
‘Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I have singled Thee out for
Myself and have chosen Thee as the Remembrance. Indeed, whosoever beareth
allegiance unto Thee by walking in the way of the Báb, for him the
recompense of the next world hath surely been prescribed...’ It is
ordained in the Book that upon the realization of the Cause of the
Remembrance, the Most Great Event will have come to pass according to the
dispensation of Providence, and God, truly, is potent over all things.
_Chapter LXXIX._
“O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Say: Verily I am the One Who is ...”
O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Say: Verily I am the One Who is hailed in the Mother
Book as the ‘Great Announcement’. Say: The people have grievously differed
over Me, whereas in truth there is no difference between Me and the Báb;
and God, the Eternal Truth, is sufficient witness. _Chapter LXXVII._
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