1. Tablet revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in honor of the
anniversary of the Báb's birth
All praise be to
Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast adorned the world with
the splendour of the dawn following the night wherein was born
the One Who heralded the Manifestation of Thy transcendent
sovereignty, the Dayspring of Thy divine Essence and the
Revelation of Thy supreme Lordship. I beseech Thee, O Creator
of the heavens and Fashioner of names, to graciously aid those
who have sheltered beneath the shadow of Thine abounding mercy
and have raised their voices amidst the peoples of the world
for the glorification of Thy Name.
O my God! Thou
beholdest the Lord of all mankind confined in His Most Great
Prison, calling aloud Thy Name, gazing upon Thy face,
proclaiming that which hath enraptured the denizens of Thy
kingdoms of revelation and of creation. O my God! I behold
Mine own Self captive in the hands of Thy servants, yet the
light of Thy sovereignty and the revelations of Thine
invincible power shine resplendent from His face, enabling all
to know of a certainty that Thou art God, and that there is
none other God but Thee. Neither can the power of the powerful
frustrate Thee, nor the ascendancy of the rulers prevail
against Thee. Thou doest whatsoever Thou willest by virtue of
Thy sovereignty which encompasseth all created things, and
ordainest that which Thou pleasest through the potency of Thy
behest which pervadeth the entire creation.
I implore Thee by
the glory of Thy Manifestation and by the power of Thy might,
Thy sovereignty and Thine exaltation to render victorious
those who have arisen to serve Thee, who have aided Thy Cause
and humbled themselves before the splendour of the light of
Thy face. Make them then, O my God, triumphant over Thine
enemies and cause them to be steadfast in Thy service, that
through them the evidences of Thy dominion may be established
throughout Thy realms and the tokens of Thine indomitable
power be manifested in Thy lands. Verily Thou art potent to do
what Thou willest; no God is there but Thee, the Help in
Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
This glorious
Tablet hath been revealed on the Anniversary of the Birth [of
the Báb] that thou mayest recite it in a spirit of humility
and supplication and give thanks unto thy Lord, the
All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Make thou every effort to
render service unto God, that from thee may appear that which
will immortalize thy memory in His glorious and exalted
heaven.
Say: Glorified
art Thou, O my God! I implore Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy
signs and by the Revealer of Thy clear tokens to grant that I
may, under all conditions, hold fast the cord of Thy loving
providence and cling tenaciously to the hem of Thy generosity.
Reckon me then with those whom the changes and chances of the
world have failed to deter from serving Thee and from bearing
allegiance unto Thee, whom the onslaught of the people hath
been powerless to hinder from magnifying Thy Name and
celebrating Thy praise. Graciously assist me, O my Lord, to do
whatever Thou lovest and desirest. Enable me then to fulfil
that which will exalt Thy Name and will set ablaze the fire of
Thy love. Thou art, in truth, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.
Bahá'u'lláh,
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh p. 234
2. Is there any
Remover of difficulties save God? Say: Praised be God! He is
God! All are His servants, and all abide by His bidding!
The Báb
3. Tablet of
Visitation
The praise which
hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which
hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty, rest upon
Thee, O Thou Who art the Manifestation of Grandeur, and the
King of Eternity, and the Lord of all who are in heaven and on
earth! I testify that through Thee the sovereignty of God and
His dominion, and the majesty of God and His grandeur, were
revealed, and the Day-Stars of ancient splendor have shed
their radiance in the heaven of Thine irrevocable decree, and
the Beauty of the Unseen hath shone forth above the horizon of
creation. I testify, moreover, that with but a movement of Thy
Pen Thine injunction "Be Thou" hath been enforced,
and God's hidden Secret hath been divulged, and all created
things have been called into being, and all the Revelations
have been sent down.
I bear witness,
moreover, that through Thy beauty the beauty of the Adored One
hath been unveiled, and through Thy face the face of the
Desired One hath shone forth, and that through a word from
Thee Thou hast decided between all created things, causing
them who are devoted to Thee to ascend unto the summit of
glory, and the infidels to fall into the lowest abyss.
I bear witness
that he who hath known Thee hath known God, and he who hath
attained unto Thy presence hath attained unto the presence of
God. Great, therefore, is the blessedness of him who hath
believed in Thee, and in Thy signs, and hath humbled himself
before Thy sovereignty, and hath been honored with meeting
Thee, and hath attained the good pleasure of Thy will, and
circled around Thee, and stood before Thy throne. Woe betide
him that hath transgressed against Thee, and hath denied Thee,
and repudiated Thy signs, and gainsaid Thy sovereignty, and
risen up against Thee, and waxed proud before Thy face, and
hath disputed Thy testimonies, and fled from Thy rule and Thy
dominion, and been numbered with the infidels whose names have
been inscribed by the fingers of Thy behest upon Thy holy
Tablets.
Waft, then, unto
me, O my God and my Beloved, from the right hand of Thy mercy
and Thy loving-kindness, the holy breaths of Thy favors, that
they may draw me away from myself and from the world unto the
courts of Thy nearness and Thy presence. Potent art Thou to do
what pleaseth Thee. Thou, truly, hast been supreme over all
things.
The remembrance
of God and His praise, and the glory of God and His splendor,
rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty! I bear witness that
the eye of creation hath never gazed upon one wronged like
Thee. Thou wast immersed all the days of Thy life beneath an
ocean of tribulations. At one time Thou wast in chains and
fetters; at another Thou wast threatened by the sword of Thine
enemies. Yet, despite all this, Thou didst enjoin upon all men
to observe what had been prescribed unto Thee by Him Who is
the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
May my spirit be
a sacrifice to the wrongs Thou didst suffer, and my soul be a
ransom for the adversities Thou didst sustain. I beseech God,
by Thee and by them whose faces have been illumined with the
splendors of the light of Thy countenance, and who, for love
of Thee, have observed all whereunto they were bidden, to
remove the veils that have come in between Thee and Thy
creatures, and to supply me with the good of this world and
the world to come. Thou art, in truth, the Almighty, the Most
Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Compassionate.
Bless Thou, O
Lord my God, the Divine Lote-Tree and its leaves, and its
boughs, and its branches, and its stems, and its offshoots, as
long as Thy most excellent titles will endure and Thy most
august attributes will last. Protect it, then, from the
mischief of the aggressor and the hosts of tyranny. Thou art,
in truth, the Almighty, the Most Powerful. Bless Thou, also, O
Lord my God, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens who have
attained unto Thee. Thou, truly, art the All-Bountiful, Whose
grace is infinite. No God is there save Thee, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
(Bahá'u'lláh:
Prayers and Meditations, pages 310-313)
