Selections From the Writings of the BábBab, ʻAli Muhammad Shirazi
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Selections From the Writings of the Báb
Bab, ʻAli Muhammad Shirazi
Babism; Bahai Faith
Say, God hath, according to that which is revealed in the Book, taken upon
Himself the task of ensuring the ascendancy of any one of the followers of
the Truth, over and above one hundred other souls, and the supremacy of
one hundred believers over one thousand non-believers and the domination
of one thousand of the faithful over all the peoples and kindreds of the
earth; inasmuch as God calleth into being whatsoever He willeth by virtue
of His behest. Verily He is potent over all things.
Say, the power of God is in the hearts of those who believe in the unity
of God and bear witness that no God is there but Him, while the hearts of
them that associate partners with God are impotent, devoid of life on this
earth, for assuredly they are dead.
The Day is approaching when God will render the hosts of Truth victorious,
and He will purge the whole earth in such wise that within the compass of
His knowledge not a single soul shall remain unless he truly believeth in
God, worshippeth none other God but Him, boweth down by day and by night
in His adoration, and is reckoned among such as are well assured.
Say, God indeed is the Sovereign Truth, Who is manifestly Supreme over His
servants; He is the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
“God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His ...”
God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the kingdoms
in the heavens and on the earth and all that is between them. He is
exalted above the comprehension of all things, and is inscrutable to the
mind of every created being; none shall be able to fathom the oneness of
His Being or to unravel the nature of His Existence. No peer or likeness,
no similitude or equal can ever be joined with Him. Yield ye praise then
unto Him and glorify Him and bear ye witness to the sanctity and oneness
of His Being and magnify His might and majesty with wondrous
glorification. This will enable you to gain admittance into the
all-highest Paradise. Would that ye had firm faith in the revelation of
the signs of God.
This is the divinely-inscribed Book. This is the outspread Tablet. Say,
this indeed is the Frequented Fane, the sweet-scented Leaf, the Tree of
divine Revelation, the surging Ocean, the Utterance which lay concealed,
the Light above every light... Indeed every light is generated by God
through the power of His behest. He of a truth is the Light in the kingdom
of heaven and earth and whatever is between them. Through the radiance of
His light God imparteth illumination to your hearts and maketh firm your
steps, that perchance ye may yield praise unto Him.
Say, this of a certainty is the Garden of Repose, the loftiest Point of
adoration, the Tree beyond which there is no passing, the blessed
Lote-Tree, the Most Mighty Sign, the most beauteous Countenance and the
most comely Face.
“From the beginning that hath no beginning all men have ...”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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