The Summons of the Lord of Hosts eBook

Bahá'u'lláh
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 233 pages of information about The Summons of the Lord of Hosts.

The Summons of the Lord of Hosts eBook

Bahá'u'lláh
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 233 pages of information about The Summons of the Lord of Hosts.

109 Say:  Take heed lest your devotions withhold you from Him Who is the object of all devotion, or your worship debar you from Him Who is the object of all worship.  Rend asunder the veils of your idle fancies!  This is your Lord, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, Who hath come to quicken the world and unite all who dwell on earth.  Turn unto the Dayspring of Revelation, O people, and tarry not, be it for less than the twinkling of an eye.  Read ye the Evangel and yet refuse to acknowledge the All-Glorious Lord?  This indeed beseemeth you not, O concourse of learned men!

110 Say:  If ye deny this Revelation, by what proof have ye believed in God?  Produce it then.  Thus hath the summons of God been sent down by the Pen of the Most High at the bidding of your Lord, the Most Glorious, in this Tablet from whose horizon the splendour of His Light hath shone forth.  How many are My servants whose deeds have become veils between them and their own selves, and who have been kept back thereby from drawing nigh unto God, He Who causeth the winds to blow.

111 O concourse of monks!  The fragrances of the All-Merciful have wafted over all creation.  Happy the man that hath forsaken his desires, and taken fast hold of guidance.  He, indeed, is of those who have attained unto the presence of God in this Day, a Day whereon commotions have seized the dwellers of the earth and filled with dismay all save those who have been exempted by God, He Who layeth low the necks of men.

112 Adorn ye your bodies whilst the raiment of God is stained with the blood of hatred at the hands of the people of denial?  Issue forth from your habitations and bid the people enter the Kingdom of God, the Lord of the Day of Judgement.  The Word which the Son concealed is made manifest.  It hath been sent down in the form of the human temple in this day.  Blessed be the Lord Who is the Father!  He, verily, is come unto the nations in His most great majesty.  Turn your faces towards Him, O concourse of the righteous!

113 O followers of all religions!  We behold you wandering distraught in the wilderness of error.  Ye are the fish of this Ocean; wherefore do ye withhold yourselves from that which sustaineth you?  Lo, it surgeth before your faces.  Hasten unto it from every clime.  This is the day whereon the Rock(12) crieth out and shouteth, and celebrateth the praise of its Lord, the All-Possessing, the Most High, saying:  “Lo!  The Father is come, and that which ye were promised in the Kingdom is fulfilled!” This is the Word which was preserved behind the veils of grandeur, and which, when the Promise came to pass, shed its radiance from the horizon of the Divine Will with clear tokens.

114 My body hath borne imprisonment that your souls may be released from bondage, and We have consented to be abased that ye may be exalted.  Follow the Lord of glory and dominion, and not every ungodly oppressor.  My body longeth for the cross, and Mine head awaiteth the thrust of the spear, in the path of the All-Merciful, that the world may be purged from its transgressions.  Thus hath the Daystar of divine authority shone forth from the horizon of the Revelation of Him Who is the Possessor of all names and attributes.

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