The Book of the Most Holy CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

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The Book of the Most Holy CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

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THE MOST HOLY

781.

O people of the Bayá n!

We, verily, set foot within the School of God when ye lay slumbering;

and We perused the Tablet while ye were fast asleep.

782.

By the one true God! We read the Tablet ere it was revealed, while ye were unaware,

and We had perfect knowledge of the Book when ye were yet unborn.

783.

These words are to your measure, not to God's.

784.

To this testifieth that which is enshrined within His knowledge, if ye be of them that comprehend;

785.

and to this the tongue of the Almighty doth bear witness, if ye be of those who understand.

786.

I swear by God, were We to lift the veil, ye would be dumbfounded.

787.

Take heed that ye dispute not idly concerning the Almighty and His Cause, for lo!

He hath appeared amongst you invested with a Revelation so great as to encompass all things, whether of the past or of the future.

788.

Were We to address Our theme by speaking in the language of the inmates of the Kingdom,

We would say:

789.

" In truth, God created that School ere He created heaven and earth,

and We entered it before the letters B and E were joined and knit together. "

790.

Such is the language of Our servants in Our Kingdom;

consider what the tongue of the dwellers of Our exalted Dominion would utter,

for We have taught them Our knowledge and have revealed to them whatever had lain hidden in God's wisdom.

791.

Imagine then what the Tongue of Might and Grandeur would utter in His All-Glorious Abode!

792.

This is not a Cause which may be made a plaything for your idle fancies,

nor is it a field for the foolish and faint of heart.

793.

By God, this is the arena of insight and detachment, of vision and upliftment,

where none may spur on their chargers save the valiant horsemen of the Merciful,

who have severed all attachment to the world of being.

794.

These, truly, are they that render God victorious on earth,

and are the dawning-places of His sovereign might amidst mankind.

795.

Beware lest aught that hath been revealed in the Bayá n should keep you from your Lord, the Most Compassionate.

796.

God is My witness that the Bayá n was sent down for no other purpose than to celebrate My praise, did ye but know!

797.

In it the pure in heart will find only the fragrance of My love,

only My Name that overshadoweth all that seeth and is seen.

798.

Say:

Turn ye, O people,

unto that which hath proceeded from My Most Exalted Pen.

799.

Should ye inhale therefrom the fragrance of God, set not yourselves against Him, nor deny yourselves a portion of His gracious favour and His manifold bestowals.

800.

Thus doth your Lord admonish you;

He, verily, is the Counsellor, the Omniscient.

801.

Whatsoever ye understand not in the Bayá n, ask it of God,

your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.

802.

Should He so desire, He will expound for you that which is revealed therein, and disclose to you the pearls of Divine knowledge and wisdom that lie concealed within the ocean of its words.

803.

He, verily, is supreme over all names;

no God is there but Him, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.

804.

The world's equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order.

805.

Mankind's ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique,

this wondrous System

-- the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed.

806.

Immerse yourselves in the ocean of My words, that ye may unravel its secrets,

and discover all the pearls of wisdom that lie hid in its depths.

807.

Take heed that ye do not vacillate in your determination to embrace the truth of this Cause

-- a Cause through which the potentialities of the might of God have been revealed,

and His sovereignty established.

808.

With faces beaming with joy, hasten ye unto Him.

809.

This is the changeless Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future.

810.

Let him that seeketh, attain it; and as to him that hath refused to seek it

-- verily, God is Self-Sufficient, above any need of His creatures.

811.

Say:

This is the infallible Balance which the Hand of God is holding,

in which all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth are weighed,

and their fate determined, if ye be of them that believe and recognize this truth.

812.

Say:

This is the Most Great Testimony, by which the validity of every proof throughout the ages hath been established, would that ye might be assured thereof.

813.

Say:

Through it the poor have been enriched, the learned enlightened,

and the seekers enabled to ascend unto the presence of God.

814.

Beware lest ye make it a cause of dissension amongst you.

815.

Be ye as firmly settled as the immovable mountain in the Cause of your Lord, the Mighty, the Loving.

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