June 2011
1 post
Empty Your Cup pg. 96
“One of the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh which was revealed after His return from Sulaymaniyyih is The Seven Valleys. This work stands out as a masterpiece of mystical composition. It was written in response to the questions of Shaykh Muhyi’d-Din, the judge of the town of Khaniqayn, who was a Sufi[1]. Although not a Bábí, he was an admirer of...
Humility pg. 89-95
“After this incident, I decided in my heart to investigate and began to observe the person of Bahá’u’lláh and His actions very carefully. The more I observed the less I discovered any sign which could point to His claiming a station. On the contrary, I observed in Him nothing, either in word or deed, except humility, self-effacement, servitude and utter nothingness. As a...
May 2011
3 posts
Power pg. 84-88
“They took Mulla Rida into the prison yard and most brutally flogged his bare back. However, in spite of old age and the rigours of prison life, he remained steadfast as a rock throughout the ordeal. He neither budged nor did he raise the faintest cry, nor did his face bear the slightest expression of agony. It seemed as if he had momentarily lost his sense of feeling. All...
Spiritual Qualities Prayer
“From the sweet-scented streams of Thine eternity give me to drink, O my God, and of the fruits of the tree of Thy being enable me to taste, O my Hope! From the crystal springs of Thy love suffer me to quaff, O my Glory, and beneath the shadow of Thine everlasting providence let me abide, O my Light! Within the meadows of Thy nearness, before Thy presence, make me able to roam, O my Beloved,...
April 2011
6 posts
Healing Prayer
“Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my Hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me, is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”
-Baha’u’llah
The Riches pg. 75
“Should a man wish to adorn himself with the ornaments of the earth, to wear its apparels, or partake of the benefits it can bestow, no harm can befall him, if he alloweth nothing whatever to intervene between him and God, for God hath ordained every good thing, whether created in the heavens or in the earth, for such of His servants as truly believe in Him. Eat ye, O people, of the...
The Bird pg. 74
“Ye are even as the bird which soareth, with the full force of its mighty wings and with complete and joyous confidence, through the immensity of the heavens, until, impelled to satisfy its hunger, it turneth longingly to the water and clay of the earth below it, and, having been entrapped in the mesh of its desire, findeth itself impotent to resume its flight to the realms whence it came....
I'm Back!
I had midterms for the past week, hence the scarce blogging. Sorry, I am back now so stay tuned
The Veil pg. 80-83
Only two letters out of three (B, H and A) have been revealed in this Dispensation, that the full significance and potency of the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh which have been symbolically contained within the three letters of His name, have not been disclosed to mankind and that only a limited measure of His light and glory has been shed upon humanity in this age. To this...
The Hidden Words pg. 73-80
“O Son of Spirit! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself? Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me? Out of the clay of love I moulded thee, how dost thou busy thyself with another? Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest...
March 2011
14 posts
Light pg. 73
The soul can take with it only good qualities to the next world. It cannot take bad ones. For bad is only the absence of good, as poverty is the absence of riches. Therefore, an evil person is a soul poor in divine virtues. He carries with him only a small measure of heavenly qualities. But a man who has led a virtuous life in this world carries a much greater measure. Through the bounty of God,...
The Soul and Its Purpose pg.70-73
The soul originates from the spiritual worlds of God. It is exalted above matter and the physical kingdom. The individual comes into being when the soul, emanating from these spiritual worlds, becomes associated with the embryo before birth. But this association is far above material relationship such as egress or regress, entry or exit, since the soul does not belong to the world of matter. The...
The Cause pg. 67-70
“By the aid of God and His divine grace and mercy, We revealed, as a copious rain, Our verses, and sent them to various parts of the world. We exhorted all men, and particularly this people, through Our wise counsels and loving admonitions, and forbade them to engage in sedition, quarrels, disputes or conflict. As a result of this, and by the grace of God, waywardness and folly were...
The Manifestations Purpose pg. 61-67
The Revealers of the Word of God are one and the same in essence; yet in each age the latest Manifestation of God manifests a greater measure of truth while containing within Himself and His Revelation the essence and reality of the former religions. When a new Revelation is sent down by God, the preceding religion loses its spirit. Only its form remains. The power and efficacy with which its...
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Tsunami
“He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O God, my God! Thou seest me, Thou knowest me; Thou art my Haven and my Refuge. None have I sought nor any will I seek save Thee; no path have I trodden nor any will I tread but the path of Thy love. In the darksome night of despair, my eye turneth expectant and full of hope to the morn of Thy boundless favor and at the hour of dawn my drooping...
Oblivion pg. 61
“From Our eyes there rained tears of anguish, and in Our bleeding heart there surged an ocean of agonizing pain. Many a night We had no food for sustenance, and many a day Our body found no rest. By Him Who hath My being between His hands! notwithstanding these showers of afflictions and unceasing calamities, Our soul was wrapt in blissful joy, and Our whole being evinced an ineffable...
The Realms pg. 58-59
The mystery and the vastness of the spiritual worlds of God are without limit and far beyond the understanding of men…
In the Tablet of Kullu’t-Ta’am, Baha’u’llah mentions 4 of the many worlds of God. The World of Hahut is described as the Heaven of Oneness, the Realm of the Divine Being, the imperishable Essence, a realm so exalted that even the Manifestations of...
Alone pg. 53-57
“Oceans of sadness have surged over Me, a drop of which no soul could bear to drink. Such is My grief that My soul hath well nigh departed from My body… Give ear, O Kamal! to the voice of this lowly, this forsaken ant, that hath hid itself in its hole, and whose desire is to depart from your midst, and vanish from your sight, by reason of that which the hands of men have wrought....
The Exerpt pg.49-52
“My God, My Master, My Desire!… Thou hast created this atom of dust through the consummate power of Thy might, and nurtured Him with Thine hands which none can chain up… Thou hast destined for Him trials and tribulations which no tongue can describe, nor any of Thy Tablets adequately recount. The throat Thou didst accustom to the touch of silk Thou hast, in the end,...
He is HE pg. 45-47
It is in this ode that Bahá’u’lláh disclosed for the first time one of the unique features of His Revelation, namely, the advent of the ‘Day of God’ which, at this early stage in His ministry, He clearly associated with Himself. In this poem He also identified His Revelation with the Day foretold in Islam when the well-known saying ‘I am...
Do the Math pg.48
The significance of the verse, ‘Be thou glad for this name that hath been conferred upon thee — a name through which the Day-star of grace hath shed its splendour, through which both earth and heaven have been illumined’, is that, numerically, ‘Ta’ (the first letter of Tihran) is equal to nine, which is the numerical value of Baha, the greatest Name of God, and this...
Is It Style? pg. 40-43
In the Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) revealed in ‘Akká, Bahá’u’lláh states that in this Dispensation the verses of God have been revealed in nine different styles or categories. A well-known Bahá’í scholar, Jinab-i-Fadil-i-Mazindarani, after careful study of the Writings, has enumerated these styles as follows:(14) 43 1. Tablets with...
February 2011
5 posts
Timing Isn't Everything pg. 33-40
“Not everything that a man knoweth can be disclosed, nor can everything that he can disclose be regarded as timely, nor can every timely utterance be considered as suited to the capacity of those who hear it.’ Such is the consummate wisdom to be observed in thy pursuits. Be not oblivious thereof, if thou wishest to be a man of action under all...
Can You Fathom? pg.27-32
“When permission was granted and the curtain was withdrawn, I entered the room where the King of kings and the Ruler of this world and the next, nay rather the Ruler of all the worlds of God, was with great authority seated on His couch. The verses of God were being revealed and the words streamed forth as in a copious rain. Methought the door, the wall, the carpet, the ceiling, the floor...
The Revelation pg. 18-26
“O King! I was but a man like others, asleep upon My couch, when lo, the breezes of the All-Glorious were wafted over Me, and taught Me the knowledge of all that hath been. This thing is not from Me, but from One Who is Almighty and All-Knowing…. This is but a leaf which the winds of the will of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Praised, have stirred.”
- Baha’u’llah...
The Leaves of One Tree pg. 12-17
“…I always think of her in those earliest days of my memory as queenly in her dignity and loveliness, full of consideration for everybody, gentle, of a marvellous unselfishness, no action of hers ever failed to show the loving-kindness of her pure heart; her very presence seemed to make an atmosphere of love and happiness wherever she came, enfolding all comers in the fragrance of...
The Beginning pg. 1-11
“Consider a table which comes into being when a carpenter chooses a piece of wood to work on. In this operation, the piece of wood assumes a female role and is shaped to the carpenter’s design. The table — the child born of the intercourse between the mind of the carpenter and the piece of wood — combines within itself the characteristics of both its parents. Its style,...