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 God are unable to understand it. Bahá’u’lláh has written in one of His Tablets:
“From time immemorial, He, the Divine Being, hath been veiled in the ineffable sanctity of His exalted Self, and will everlastingly continue to be wrapt in the impenetrable mystery of His unknowable Essence… Ten thousand Prophets, each a Moses, are thunderstruck upon the Sinai of their search at God’s forbidding voice, ‘Thou shalt never behold Me!’; whilst a myriad Messengers, each as great as Jesus, stand dismayed upon their heavenly thrones by the interdiction ‘Mine Essence thou shalt never apprehend!”
The next is the world of Lahut which is the plane of Divinity, the Heavenly Court. In the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh it appears that the realm of Lahut is perhaps the world of God in relation to His Manifestations and Chosen Ones. Immersed in the ocean of His Presence, They claim no station for Themselves on this plane and are as utter nothingness in relation to Him. In this realm no one is identified with God and the designation ‘He alone, and no one else beside Him, is God’ becomes manifest here.
Yet another spiritual world which Bahá’u’lláh describes in this Tablet is that of Jabarut, the All-Highest Dominion. The station of those who abide therein is closely identified with God, insofar as they manifest all the attributes of God, speak with His voice and are united with Him. This world appears to be the realm in which God’s Chosen Ones, in relation to created things, are invested with His authority.
In the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh there are many statements concerning the dual station of the Manifestations of God and His Chosen Ones. In relation to God, these Holy Souls appear as utter nothingness, but in relation to the world of creation They are endowed with all the attributes of God and are closely identified with Him. As Bahá’u’lláh has stated in one of His prayers:
“When I contemplate, O my God, the relationship that bindeth me to Thee, I am moved to proclaim to all created things ‘verily I am God!’; and when I consider my own self, lo, I find it coarser than clay!”
Another plane in the spiritual worlds of God is that of Malakut, the Kingdom of God, often referred to by the Prophets of the past. In the Tablet of Kullu’t-Ta’am, Bahá’u’lláh has described it as the Heaven of Justice.
Apart from these four spiritual worlds, Bahá’u’lláh also refers in this Tablet to the realm of Nasut — this mortal world — which He describes as the Heaven of Bounty. In many of His Tablets He has confirmed that both the human world and Divine Revelation have come into being through the bounty of God alone, and that if His bounty were to be replaced for one moment by the operation of His justice, the whole of creation would cease to exist
-Adib Taherzadeh
This section of the book is obviously very interesting and veryyy deep. I have to take this in for a while. Any comments?
