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O My servant, who hast sought the good-pleasure of God.
1/24/2008 3:40:40 PM
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Dear friends and diligent readers!
Tonight I will continue with the theme I chose in my prevuious article
in this way:
Bahaullah proclaims thus:
"This is the day in which God's most excellent favour have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been infused into all created things. It is incumbent upon all the peoples of the world to reconcile their differences, and, with perfect unity and peace, abide beneath the shadow of the Tree of His care and loving-kindness....
Beseech ye the one true God to grant that all men may be graciously assisted to fulfill that which is acceptable in Our sight. Soon will the present-day order be rolled up, and a new one spread out in its stead. Verily, thy Lord speaketh the truth, and is the Knower of things unseen."
"The time fore-ordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earth is now come. The promises of God, as recorded in the Holy Scriptures, have all been fulfilled...Happy is the man that pondereth in his heart that which hath been revealed in the Books of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Meditate upon this , O ye beloved of God, and let your ears be attentive unto His Word, so that you may, by His grace and mercy, drink your fill from the crystal waters of constancy, and become as steadfast and immovable as the mountain in His Cause.
In the Book of Isaiah it is written:"Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty." No man that meditateth upon this verse can fail to recognize the greatness of this Cause, or doubt the exalted character of this Day - the Day of God Himself. This same verse is followed by these words:"And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that Day." This is the Day which the Pen of the Most High hath glorified in all the Holy Scriptures. There is no verse in them that doth not declare the glory of His holy Name, and no Book that doth not testify unto the loftness of this most exalted theme. Were We to to make mention of all that hath been revealed in these heavenly Books and holy Scriptures concerning this Revelation, this tablet would assume impossible dimensions. It is incumbent, in this Day, upon every man to place his whole trust in the manifold bounties of God, and arise to disseminate, with the utmost wisdom, the verities of His Cause. Then, and only then, will the whole earth be enveloped with the morning light of His Revelation."
"This is the Day whereon naught can be seen except the splendours of the Light that shineth from the face of Thy Lord, the gracious, the Most Bountiful. Verily, We have caused every soul to expire by virtue of Our irresistable and all-subduing sovereignty. We have then, called into being a new creation, as a token of Our grace unto men. I am, verily, the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days.
This is the Day whereon the unseen world crieth out:'Great is thy blessedness, O earth, for thou hast been made the foot-stool of thy God, and been chosen as the seat of His mighty throne.'The realm of glory exclaimeth:'Would that my life could be sacrificed for thee, for He Who is the Beloved of the All-Merciful hath established His sovereignty upon thee, through the power of His Name that hath been promised unto all things, whether of the past or of the future.'
This is the Day whereon every sweet smelling thing hath derived its fragrance from the smell of My garment- a garment that hath shed its perfume upon the whole of creation.
This is the Day whereon the rushing waters of everlasting life have gushed out of the Will of the All-Merciful. Haste ye, with your hearts and souls, and quaff your fill,O Concourse of the realms above!
...He it is Who is the Manifestation of Him Who is the Unknowable, the Invisible of the Invisibles, could ye but perceive it. He it is Who hath laid bare before you the hidden and treasured Gem, were ye to seek it. He it is Who is the one Beloved of all things, whether of the past or of the future. Would that ye might set your hearts and hopes upon Him!"
"O My servant, who hast sought the good-pleasure of God and clung to His love on the Day when all except a few who were endued with insight have broken away from Him! May God, through His grace, recompense thee with a generous, an incorruptible and everlasting reward, inasmuch as thou hast sought Him on the Day when eyes were blinded."
"...Arise, O wayfarer in the Path of the love of God, and aid thou His Cause...Barter not away this Youth, O people, for the vanities of this world or the delights of heaven. By the righteousness of the One true God! One hair of Him excelleth all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth!...Let His love be a storehouse of treasure for your souls, on the Day when naught else but Him shall profit you, when every pillar shall tremble, when the very skins of men shall creep, when all eyes shall stare up in terror. ...O people! Fear ye God, and turn not away disdainfully from His Revelation..
Let thy soul glow with the flame of this undying Fire that burneth in the midmost heart of the world, in such wise that the waters of the universe shall be powerless to cool down its ardour. Make then mention of Thy Lord, that haply the heedless among Our servants may be admonished through thy words, and the hearts of the righteous be gladdened."
Dear reader, ponder again and again upon the revealed Word of Bahaullah. Seek out His Books and letters. He gave His life to free the hearts of men and was filled with thankfulness towards God, always praising Him, though bitterly persecuted, that men's hearts would receive the life of heavenly love. Your duty as a Bahai will be this: to be filled with this divine power of love and then tell about its holy Source. Can you not do that? Would there ever be a better job?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bahaullah+and+the+bahai+faith&search=Search
www.Bahai.org www.Bahai.us Bye for now
Kind regards from
Laila
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