116 They who recite the verses of the All-Merciful in the most melodious
of tones will perceive in them that with which the sovereignty of earth
and heaven can never be compared. From them they will inhale the divine
fragrance of My worlds—worlds which today none can discern save those who
have been endowed with vision through this sublime, this beauteous
Revelation. Say: These verses draw hearts that are pure unto those
spiritual worlds that can neither be expressed in words nor intimated by
allusion. Blessed be those who hearken.
117 Assist ye, O My people, My chosen servants who have arisen to make
mention of Me among My creatures and to exalt My Word throughout My realm.
These, truly, are the stars of the heaven of My loving providence and the
lamps of My guidance unto all mankind. But he whose words conflict with
that which hath been sent down in My Holy Tablets is not of Me. Beware
lest ye follow any impious pretender. These Tablets are embellished with
the seal of Him Who causeth the dawn to appear, Who lifteth up His voice
between the heavens and the earth. Lay hold on this Sure Handle and on the
Cord of My mighty and unassailable Cause.
118 The Lord hath granted leave to whosoever desireth it that he be
instructed in the divers tongues of the world that he may deliver the
Message of the Cause of God throughout the East and throughout the West,
that he make mention of Him amidst the kindreds and peoples of the world
in such wise that hearts may revive and the mouldering bone be quickened.
119 It is inadmissible that man, who hath been endowed with reason, should
consume that which stealeth it away. Nay, rather it behoveth him to
comport himself in a manner worthy of the human station, and not in
accordance with the misdeeds of every heedless and wavering soul.
120 Adorn your heads with the garlands of trustworthiness and fidelity,
your hearts with the attire of the fear of God, your tongues with absolute
truthfulness, your bodies with the vesture of courtesy. These are in truth
seemly adornings unto the temple of man, if ye be of them that reflect.
Cling, O ye people of Bahá, to the cord of servitude unto God, the True
One, for thereby your stations shall be made manifest, your names written
and preserved, your ranks raised and your memory exalted in the Preserved
Tablet. Beware lest the dwellers on earth hinder you from this glorious
and exalted station. Thus have We exhorted you in most of Our Epistles and
now in this, Our Holy Tablet, above which hath beamed the Day-Star of the
Laws of the Lord, your God, the Powerful, the All-Wise.
121 When the ocean of My presence hath ebbed and the Book of My Revelation
is ended, turn your faces toward Him Whom God hath purposed, Who hath
branched from this Ancient Root.
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