The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh by Bahá’u’lláh

About this eBook

Author

Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1892

Title

The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh

Language

English

LoC Class

BP: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy, Other and new beliefs

Subject

Bahai Faith -- Doctrines

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16941

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16941

Release Date

October 21, 2005

Copyright

Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.

Contents

1. 1.Baha'i Terms of Use — Contents — Part I.—From the Arabic
2. 2.HE IS THE GLORY OF GLORIES — “1: O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and...” — “2: O SON OF SPIRIT! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice;...” — “3: O SON OF MAN! Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient...” — “4: O SON OF MAN! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore,...” — “5: O SON OF BEING! Love Me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me...” — “6: O SON OF BEING! Thy Paradise is My love; thy heavenly home, reunion...” — “7: O SON OF MAN! If thou lovest Me, turn away from thyself; and if...” — “8: O SON OF SPIRIT! There is no peace for thee save by renouncing...” — “9: O SON OF BEING! My love is My stronghold; he that entereth therein...” — “10: O SON OF UTTERANCE! Thou art My stronghold; enter therein that...” — “11: O SON OF BEING! Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee....” — “12: O SON OF BEING! With the hands of power I made thee and with...” — “13: O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself...” — “14: O SON OF MAN! Thou art My dominion and My dominion perisheth...” — “15: O SON OF UTTERANCE! Turn thy face unto Mine and renounce all save...” — “16: O SON OF LIGHT! Forget all save Me and commune with My spirit....” — “17: O SON OF MAN! Be thou content with Me and seek no other...” — “18: O SON OF SPIRIT! Ask not of Me that which We desire not for thee,...” — “19: O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION! I have breathed within thee a breath of My own...” — “20: O SON OF SPIRIT! My claim on thee is great, it cannot be forgotten....” — “21: O SON OF MAN! Upon the tree of effulgent glory I have hung for...” — “22: O SON OF SPIRIT! Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased...” — “23: O SON OF THE SUPREME! To the eternal I call thee, yet thou dost seek that...” — “24: O SON OF MAN! Transgress not thy limits, nor claim that which...” — “25: O SON OF SPIRIT! Vaunt not thyself over the poor, for I lead him on...” — “26: O SON OF BEING! How couldst thou forget thine own faults and...” — “27: O SON OF MAN! Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art...” — “28: O SON OF SPIRIT! Know thou of a truth: He that biddeth men be just...” — “29: O SON OF BEING! Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst...” — “30: O SON OF MAN! Deny not My servant should he ask anything from...” — “31: O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art...” — “32: O SON OF THE SUPREME! I have made death a messenger of joy to thee....” — “33: O SON OF SPIRIT! With the joyful tidings of light I hail thee: rejoice!...” — “34: O SON OF SPIRIT! The spirit of holiness beareth unto thee the joyful...” — “35: O SON OF MAN! Sorrow not save that thou art far from Us. Rejoice...” — “36: O SON OF MAN! Rejoice in the gladness of thine heart, that thou...” — “37: O SON OF MAN! Divest not thyself of My beauteous robe, and forfeit...” — “38: O SON OF BEING! Walk in My statutes for love of Me and deny thyself...” — “39: O SON OF MAN! Neglect not My commandments if thou lovest My...” — “40: O SON OF MAN! Wert thou to speed through the immensity of...” — “41: O SON OF MAN! Magnify My cause that I may reveal unto thee the...” — “42: O SON OF MAN! Humble thyself before Me, that I may graciously...” — “43: O SON OF BEING! Make mention of Me on My earth, that in My...” — “44: O SON OF THE THRONE! Thy hearing is My hearing, hear thou therewith....” — “45: O SON OF BEING! Seek a martyr’s death in My path, content with...” — “46: O SON OF MAN! Ponder and reflect. Is it thy wish to die upon thy...” — “47: O SON OF MAN! By My beauty! To tinge thy hair with thy blood...” — “48: O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love...” — “49: O SON OF MAN! The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as...” — “50: O SON OF MAN! If adversity befall thee not in My path, how...” — “51: O SON OF MAN! My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is...” — “52: O SON OF MAN! Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and...” — “53: O SON OF BEING! If poverty overtake thee, be not sad; for in...” — “54: O SON OF BEING! If thine heart be set upon this eternal, imperishable...” — “55: O SON OF BEING! Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire We...” — “56: O SON OF MAN! Thou dost wish for gold and I desire thy freedom...” — “57: O SON OF MAN! Bestow My wealth upon My poor, that in heaven...” — “58: O SON OF MAN! The temple of being is My throne; cleanse it of...” — “59: O SON OF BEING! Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent....” — “60: O SON OF MAN! Put thy hand into My bosom, that I may rise above...” — “61: O SON OF MAN! Ascend unto My heaven, that thou mayest obtain...” — “62: O SON OF MAN! Many a day hath passed over thee whilst thou...” — “63: O SON OF MAN! The light hath shone on thee from the horizon of...” — “64: O SON OF MAN! My eternity is My creation, I have created it for...” — “65: O SON OF MAN! My majesty is My gift to thee, and My grandeur...” — “66: O CHILDREN OF THE DIVINE AND INVISIBLE ESSENCE!...” — “67: O SON OF BEAUTY! By My spirit and by My favor! By My mercy and...” — “68: O CHILDREN OF MEN! Know ye not why We created you all from the...” — “69: O YE SONS OF SPIRIT! Ye are My treasury, for in you I have treasured the...” — “70: O SON OF HIM THAT STOOD BY HIS OWN ENTITY IN THE KINGDOM OF HIS SELF!...” — “71: O SON OF MAN! Write all that We have revealed unto thee with the...” — Part II—From the Persian
3. 3.In the Name of the Lord of Utterance, The Mighty. — “1: O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR!...” — “2: O SON OF SPIRIT! The bird seeketh its nest; the nightingale the...” — “3: O FRIEND! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the...” — “4: O SON OF JUSTICE! Whither can a lover go but to the land of his...” — “5: O SON OF DUST! Verily I say unto thee: Of all men the most negligent...” — “6: O SON OF EARTH! Know, verily, the heart wherein the least remnant...” — “7: O SON OF LOVE! Thou art but one step away from the glorious...” — “8: O SON OF GLORY! Be swift in the path of holiness, and enter the...” — “9: O FLEETING SHADOW! Pass beyond the baser stages of doubt and rise to...” — “10: O SON OF DESIRE! Give ear unto this: Never shall mortal eye recognize...” — “11: O SON OF DUST! Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold My...” — “12: O MAN OF TWO VISIONS! Close one eye and open the other. Close one to...” — “13: O MY CHILDREN! I fear lest, bereft of the melody of the dove of...” — “14: O FRIENDS! Abandon not the everlasting beauty for a beauty...” — “15: O SON OF SPIRIT! The time cometh, when the nightingale of holiness...” — “16: O ESSENCE OF NEGLIGENCE! Myriads of mystic tongues find utterance in one...” — “17: O COMRADES! The gates that open on the Placeless stand wide...” — “18: O YE DWELLERS IN THE HIGHEST PARADISE!...” — “19: O MY FRIENDS! Have ye forgotten that true and radiant morn,...” — “20: O YE THAT ARE LYING AS DEAD ON THE COUCH OF HEEDLESSNESS!...” — “21: O MOVING FORM OF DUST! I desire communion with thee, but thou wouldst...” — “22: O SON OF DESIRE! The learned and the wise have for long years...” — “23: O DWELLERS IN THE CITY OF LOVE! Mortal blasts have beset the everlasting candle,...” — “24: O YE THAT ARE FOOLISH, YET HAVE A NAME TO BE WISE!...” — “25: O YE SEEMING FAIR YET INWARDLY FOUL! Ye are like clear but bitter water, which to outward...” — “26: O MY FRIEND IN WORD! Ponder awhile. Hast thou ever heard that friend...” — “27: O SON OF DUST! All that is in heaven and earth I have ordained...” — “28: O ESSENCE OF DESIRE! At many a dawn have I turned from the realms of...” — “29: O SON OF BOUNTY! Out of the wastes of nothingness, with the clay...” — “30: O BOND SLAVE OF THE WORLD! Many a dawn hath the breeze of My loving-kindness...” — “31: O SON OF EARTH! Wouldst thou have Me, seek none other than...” — “32: O BEFRIENDED STRANGER! The candle of thine heart is lighted by the hand...” — “33: O MY BROTHER! Hearken to the delightsome words of My honeyed...” — “34: O DWELLERS OF MY PARADISE! With the hands of loving-kindness I have...” — “35: O MY FRIENDS! Quench ye the lamp of error, and kindle within...” — “36: O SON OF DUST! The wise are they that speak not unless they...” — “37: O MY SERVANT! Abandon not for that which perisheth an everlasting...” — “38: O SON OF SPIRIT! Burst thy cage asunder, and even as the phoenix...” — “39: O OFFSPRING OF DUST! Be not content with the ease of a passing day,...” — “40: O MY SERVANT! Free thyself from the fetters of this world, and...” — “41: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Didst thou behold immortal sovereignty, thou...” — “42: O MY SERVANT! Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of...” — “43: O MY FRIENDS! Walk ye in the ways of the good pleasure of...” — “44: O COMPANION OF MY THRONE! Hear no evil, and see no evil, abase not thyself,...” — “45: ALAS! ALAS! O LOVERS OF WORLDLY DESIRE!...” — “46: O BRETHREN IN THE PATH! Wherefore have ye neglected the mention of the...” — “47: O CHILDREN OF DESIRE! Put away the garment of vainglory, and divest...” — “48: O BRETHREN! Be forbearing one with another and set not your...” — “49: O CHILDREN OF DUST! Tell the rich of the midnight sighing of the poor,...” — “50: O QUINTESSENCE OF PASSION! Put away all covetousness and seek contentment;...” — “51: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Be not troubled in poverty nor confident in...” — “52: O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE AND PASSION!...” — “53: O YE THAT PRIDE YOURSELVES ON MORTAL RICHES!...” — “54: O YE RICH ONES ON EARTH! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye...” — “55: O SON OF PASSION! Cleanse thyself from the defilement of riches...” — “56: O MY SON! The company of the ungodly increaseth sorrow,...” — “57: O SON OF DUST! Beware! Walk not with the ungodly and seek...” — “58: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Wouldst thou seek the grace of the Holy Spirit,...” — “59: O HEEDLESS ONES! Think not the secrets of hearts are hidden, nay,...” — “60: O FRIENDS! Verily I say, whatsoever ye have concealed within...” — “61: O SON OF MAN! A dewdrop out of the fathomless ocean of My...” — “62: O SON OF DUST! Turn not away thine eyes from the matchless wine...” — “63: O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD! Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity followeth...” — “64: O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH! Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I have...” — “65: O REBELLIOUS ONES! My forbearance hath emboldened you and My...” — “66: O EMIGRANTS! The tongue I have designed for the mention of...” — “67: O CHILDREN OF FANCY! Know, verily, that while the radiant dawn breaketh...” — “68: O WEED THAT SPRINGETH OUT OF DUST! Wherefore have not these soiled hands of thine...” — “69: O CHILDREN OF ADAM! Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend...” — “70: O SON OF WORLDLINESS! Pleasant is the realm of being, wert thou to attain...” — “71: O MY FRIENDS! Call ye to mind that covenant ye have entered into...” — “72: O MY SERVANT! Thou art even as a finely tempered sword concealed...” — “73: O MY FRIEND! Thou art the daystar of the heavens of My holiness,...” — “74: O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned My...” — “75: O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE! Set not your affections on mortal sovereignty...” — “76: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Guidance hath ever been given by words, and now...” — “77: O SON OF JUSTICE! In the night-season the beauty of the immortal...” — “78: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Quaff from the tongue of the merciful the stream...” — “79: O SON OF DESIRE! How long wilt thou soar in the realms of desire?...” — “80: O MY SERVANTS! Ye are the trees of My garden; ye must give forth...” — “81: O MY SERVANT! The basest of men are they that yield no fruit...” — “82: O MY SERVANT! The best of men are they that earn a livelihood...”

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