�1Kad'�CN]y�n�/h���A*.�W�����xÑ�ܙP������Y�H�E�i�Cj.k�&dB���Y�H�����y�H����$����|�ɒBJ-�(:n)��'cpܞy͖��3��+0�y.��K�Zp�^:��ڄț33�NI��5Uc Whereupon the inhabitants of the unseen realm wept sore beneath the pavilion of eternity, the pillars of the Throne trembled, the inmost realities of all things were stirred into commotion, and the divine Tree received its full measure of His gleaming blood which was shed upon the earth. Such is the state of them who are in a far-gone error! This, in truth, is that which We pledged Ourself aforetime to accomplish: to show favour unto those who were brought low in the land and to humble them that have waxed proud. And when ye took away His life, one of His followers arose to avenge His death. By the one true God! stream
He it is, in truth, Who is the Lord of the worlds and the Object of the desire of every searching soul. Others rebelled against Him, and rejected the signs of God, the Most Powerful, the Almighty, the All-Wise. A selection of prayers and meditations revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, compiled and translated by Shoghi Effendi and first published in 1938. There is none other God but Him. By God! Take heed lest anything debar you from Him Whose presence is the same as Mine own. 1 0 obj
Deny them not at the prompting of your idle fancies, and be fair in your judgement. Some were guided by the Light of God, gained admittance into the court of His presence, and quaffed, from the hand of resignation, the waters of everlasting life, and were accounted of them that have truly recognized and believed in Him. Likewise, every provision that hath been expounded in Our perspicuous Book is but for His sake, were ye to judge fairly. I bear witness that at times the Ancient Beauty was in want of even a change of garments. Had not His fame as a direct descendant of the Apostle been spread abroad amongst you? This is that which ye were promised in all the Scriptures. [33] Would that ye had put Him to death after the manner men are wont to put one another to death! So too, in regard to the word “Beloved”, He, indeed, is My Beloved and the Beloved of every understanding heart. Would that thou wert standing at this moment before the Throne and couldst hear how the melodies of eternity issue from the Temple of Bahá! God is My witness! Through but a single one of His melodies the realities of all things were reborn, and through another the hearts of His favoured ones were filled with rapture. Your iniquity waxed greater and greater until ye slew Him Who had never taken His eyes away from the face of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great.