The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh eBook

Bahá'u'lláh
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 87 pages of information about The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh.

The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh eBook

Bahá'u'lláh
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 87 pages of information about The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh.
I lay chained and fettered in the prison, one of thy ministers extended Me his aid.  Wherefore hath God ordained for thee a station which the knowledge of none can comprehend except His knowledge.  Beware lest thou barter away this sublime station...  Beware lest thy sovereignty withhold thee from Him Who is the Supreme Sovereign.  He, verily, is come with His Kingdom, and all the atoms cry aloud:  ‘Lo!  The Lord is come in His great majesty!’ He Who is the Father is come, and the Son (Jesus), in the holy vale, crieth out:  ‘Here am I, here am I, O Lord, My God!’ whilst Sinai circleth round the House, and the Burning Bush calleth aloud:  ’The All-Bounteous is come mounted upon the clouds!  Blessed is he that draweth nigh unto Him, and woe betide them that are far away.’

Arise thou amongst men in the name of this all-compelling Cause, and summon, then, the nations unto God, the Exalted, the Great.  Be thou not of them who called upon God by one of His names, but who, when He Who is the Object of all names appeared, denied Him and turned aside from Him, and, in the end, pronounced sentence against Him with manifest injustice.  Consider and call thou to mind the days whereon the Spirit of God (Jesus) appeared, and Herod gave judgment against Him.  God, however, aided Him with the hosts of the unseen, and protected Him with truth, and sent Him down unto another land, according to His promise.  He, verily, ordaineth what He pleaseth.  Thy Lord truly preserveth whom He willeth, be he in the midst of the seas, or in the maw of the serpent, or beneath the sword of the oppressor....

Again I say:  Hearken unto My Voice that calleth from My prison that it may acquaint thee with the things that have befallen My Beauty, at the hands of them that are the manifestations of My glory, and that thou mayest perceive how great hath been My patience, notwithstanding My might, and how immense My forbearance, notwithstanding My power.  By My Life!  Couldst thou but know the things sent down by My Pen, and discover the treasures of My Cause, and the pearls of My mysteries which lie hid in the seas of My names and in the goblets of My words, thou wouldst, in thy love for My name, and in thy longing for My glorious and sublime Kingdom, lay down thy life in My path.  Know thou that though My body be beneath the swords of My foes, and My limbs be beset with incalculable afflictions, yet My spirit is filled with a gladness with which all the joys of the earth can never compare.

Set thine heart towards Him Who is the Point of adoration for the world, and say:  O peoples of the earth!  Have ye denied the One in Whose path He Who came with the truth, bearing the announcement of your Lord, the Exalted, the Great, suffered martyrdom?  Say:  This is an Announcement whereat the hearts of the Prophets and Messengers have rejoiced.  This is the One Whom the heart of the world remembereth and is promised in the Books of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise. 

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