Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas eBook
Bahá'u'lláh
However, this is a matter that should be practised
with moderation and fairness. Our Pen of Glory
hath, as a token of wisdom and for the convenience
of the people, desisted from laying down its limit.
Nevertheless We exhort the loved ones of God to observe
justice and fairness, and to do that which would prompt
the friends of God to evince tender mercy and compassion
towards each other. He is in truth the Counsellor,
the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful. God grant
that all men may be graciously aided to observe that
which the Tongue of the One true God hath uttered.
And if they put into practice what We have set forth,
God—exalted be His glory—will
assuredly double their portion through the heaven
of His bounty. Verily He is the Generous, the
Forgiving, the Compassionate. Praise be unto
God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great.
Nevertheless the conduct of these affairs hath been
entrusted to the men of the House of Justice that
they may enforce them according to the exigencies
of the time and the dictates of wisdom.
Once again We exhort all believers to observe justice
and fairness and to show forth love and contentment.
They are indeed the people of Baha, the companions
of the Crimson Ark. Upon them be the peace of
God, the Lord of all Names, the Creator of the heavens.
LAWH-I-HIKMAT (TABLET OF WISDOM)
This Tablet was addressed to Aqa
Muhammad, a distinguished believer from the town
of Qa’in, who was surnamed Nabil-i-Akbar (see
Memorials of the Faithful pages 1-5). Another
distinguished believer of Qa’in, Mulla Muhammad-’Ali,
was known as Nabil-i-Qa’ini (see Memorials
of the Faithful pages 49-54). In the abjad
notation the name ‘Muhammad’ has the same
numerical value as ’Nabil’.
THIS is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent
down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly
a breath of life unto those who dwell in the realm
of creation. Glorified be the Lord of all worlds!
In this Epistle mention is made of him who magnifieth
the Name of God, his Lord, and who is named Nabil
in a weighty Tablet.
O Muhammad! Hearken unto the Voice proceeding
out of the Realm of Glory, calling aloud from the
celestial Tree which hath risen above the land of
Za’faran(51): Verily, no God is there but
Me, the Omniscient, the Wise. Be thou as the
breezes of the All-Merciful for the trees of the realm
of existence and foster their growth through the potency
of the Name of thy Lord, the Just, the All-Informed.
We desire to acquaint thee with that which will serve
as a reminder unto the people, that they may put away
the things current amongst them and set their faces
towards God, the Lord of the sincere.
We exhort mankind in these days when the countenance
of Justice is soiled with dust, when the flames of
unbelief are burning high and the robe of wisdom rent
asunder, when tranquillity and faithfulness have ebbed
away and trials and tribulations have waxed severe,
when covenants are broken and ties are severed, when
no man knoweth how to discern light and darkness or
to distinguish guidance from error.