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
The most acceptable prayer is the one offered with the utmost spirituality
and radiance; its prolongation hath not been and is not beloved by God.
The more detached and the purer the prayer, the more acceptable is it in
the presence of God. VII, 19.
“The Day of Resurrection is a day on which the sun riseth ...”
The Day of Resurrection is a day on which the sun riseth and setteth like
unto any other day. How oft hath the Day of Resurrection dawned, and the
people of the land where it occurred did not learn of the event. Had they
heard, they would not have believed, and thus they were not told!
When the Apostle of God [Muḥammad] appeared, He did not announce unto the
unbelievers that the Resurrection had come, for they could not bear the
news. That Day is indeed an infinitely mighty Day, for in it the Divine
Tree proclaimeth from eternity unto eternity, ‘Verily, I am God. No God is
there but Me’. Yet those who are veiled believe that He is one like unto
them, and they refuse even to call Him a believer, although such a title
in the realm of His heavenly Kingdom is conferred everlastingly upon the
most insignificant follower of His previous Dispensation. Thus, had the
people in the days of the Apostle of God regarded Him at least as a
believer of their time how would they have debarred Him, for seven years
while He was in the mountain, from access to His Holy House [Ka’bah]?
Likewise in this Dispensation of the Point of the Bayán, if the people had
not refused to concede the name believer unto Him, how could they have
incarcerated Him on this mountain, without realizing that the quintessence
of belief oweth its existence to a word from Him? Their hearts are
deprived of the power of true insight, and thus they cannot see, while
those endowed with the eyes of the spirit circle like moths round the
Light of Truth until they are consumed. It is for this reason that the Day
of Resurrection is said to be the greatest of all days, yet it is like
unto any other day. VIII, 9.
“There is no paradise, in the estimation of the believers in ...”
There is no paradise, in the estimation of the believers in the Divine
Unity, more exalted than to obey God’s commandments, and there is no fire
in the eyes of those who have known God and His signs, fiercer than to
transgress His laws and to oppress another soul, even to the extent of a
mustard seed. On the Day of Resurrection God will, in truth, judge all
men, and we all verily plead for His grace. V, 19.
“God loveth those who are pure. Naught in the Bayán and ...”
God loveth those who are pure. Naught in the Bayán and in the sight of God
is more loved than purity and immaculate cleanliness....
God desireth not to see, in the Dispensation of the Bayán, any soul
deprived of joy and radiance. He indeed desireth that under all
conditions, all may be adorned with such purity, both inwardly and
outwardly, that no repugnance may be caused even to themselves, how much
less unto others. V, 14.
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