HE WHO KNOWETH HIS BEING HATH KNOWN HIS LORD GOD 6 страница
No one should ever imagine that they could approach Him!
23.
He hath never existed a Manifestation relative to His Own [Ultimate] divine existence!
24.
Nay rather, He hath ever existed a Manifestation
by virtue of [the domain of] His existent Beingness!
25.
This is indeed that which We have mentioned unto thee regarding the mystery of Divinity,
the very Beingness [Nature] of His Lordship and the Essentiality of His All-Enduringness.
Tablet of Manifestation CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-60
MANIFESTATION
26.
Now as for the question of "bodies".
27.
They are merely Thrones for this Manifestation of God,
through which nobody can transmit illumination save through Him and his divinity.
28.
Such are these "bodies" that they might appear in the world of [Creation]
within [specified human] Temples, that thou [and others] might behold them!
29.
Yet, if thou should gaze upon them with the insightful eye of reality and inherent foresight,
thou would indeed witness whether or not they have been created from the [four] elements.
30.
It would then be readily apparent, that they are sanctified therefrom,
since there is nothing substantiating any duality
which might contradict their being expressions of incomparability.
31.
So gaze thou then upon the diamond!
32.
And consider in what manner it might be related to mundane matter (mere stones)!
33.
This same directive was previously sent down in the Bayan [of the Bab]
on the part of thy Lord, One Mighty, the Powerful, the Omnipotent.
34.
Were it nor for the Temples [of the Manifestations of God]
the temples [bodies] of the [human] servants [of God] would not have been created!
35.
If thou shouldst sharpen thine inner sight,
thou would indeed readily percieve that all, be they in the heavens or upon the earth,
were created on account of the appearence of their [divine] temples [of worship].
36.
Every world among the worlds of thy Lord,
hath been established for the sake of the theophany of the Manifestations of God, [prophets]
the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.
37.
In every world, He is manifested according to the capacity of that world.
38.
In the world of spirits, for example,
He reveals Himself and is manifested unto them through the modes of the Spirit.
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39.
Therefore likewise, in the [world of] physical bodies,
in the worlds of [the Divine] Names and Attributes
and in other worlds which none comprehendeth save God.
40.
They all derive their appropriate measure by virtue of this [Divine] (Manifestation,
41.
Wherefore doth He appear unto them in a fitting Image
in order that He might guide them unto God, His Lord,
and draw them near unto the Abode of His Cause,
and instruct them according to that which hath been ordained as appropriate for them.
42.
Despite this, He instructs in such manner
that He will never be known [in fallen mortal worlds]
as He is in His Ultimate Reality. [of immortal spiritual worlds, (and infinite spirits).]
43.
Wherefore, furthermore, do all remain unaware of even what might be correlated with His reality;
save, that is, according to a certain preordained measure.
44.
So ponder ye then upon thine inner reality!
45.
If it were not for this inner reality,
the functionality of the outer senses and their foundational aspects would be decimated!
46.
This since, in its absence, the eyesight would be rendered inoperative,
the hearing be silenced, and the tongue be inarticulate.
47.
Were it not for this essential reality,
even the hands would prove unable to grasp and the human form be rendered utterly motionless.
48.
It is yet the case that this inner reality remains the sovereign reality
and the maintainer of everything for God Himself enables the functioning
of what is other than it, by means thereof.
49.
In view of this inner reality [empowered by Him] the eye is able to see,
the ear to hear, and the tongue facilitate communication through speech.
50.
Indeed, were thou to consider this thou would readily realize that all this results from His Grandeur for even His mode of operating
is not compromised by these engagements or condecensions.
51.
Then ponder ye then upon the goldsmith!
52.
He might fashion a ring and, although He is its maker,
He can ornament His finger with the ring he makes.
53.
And He, exalted be He, should He be made manifest with the apparel of a mortal created,
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this is an expression of His Bounty so that His servants might not flee away from Him
yet rather be moved to draw near unto Him and seek repose near His Visage;
54.
that they might hearken unto His wondrous melodies and be enraptured by what proceeds from His mouth, by that which is revealed from the heaven of His divine will.
55.
In this there is indeed a wisdom!
56.
Should thou ponder upon this matter with the everlasting permanence of God,
thou would, at every moment, discover things about which thou had previously been unaware.
57.
Indeed, should He be made manifest according to His mode and His Form-Image
or relative to whatsoever is about Him, [the text here uses philosophy terms]
it would prove completely impossible for anyone to draw near unto Him
or be on intimate terms with Him.
58.
Then ponder ye further, for example,
upon the [ordinary forms of the Divine] Chair,
the Throne or the Pedestal, and their like.
59.
Anyone can fashion such forms through their creative ability
and by virtue of the confirmations which descended upon them
from the heaven of His Grace and the Cloud of His Bounty.
60.
Yet He is the One Who settles Himself upon such realities!
Tablet of Manifestation CHAPTER THREE
Divisions 61-85
MANIFESTATION
61.
Prior to His enthronement thereon none are aware of their significance for they are simply considered things fashioned through the industry of human hands.
62.
Subsequently, and after He has established Himself thereon,
every [limited] association is rescinded
for [the Manifestation of God] is the very Throne of the All-Merciful
around which the realities of all things do circumambulate
be they in the heavens or upon the earth!
63.
Wherefore are the deep senses of these matters interdicted from the considerations of investigators and the insights of those possessed of interior perception.
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64.
Yet whomsoever is truly possessed of illumined, luminous insight would testify to the fact that this divine throne was created before the creation of the heavens and of the earth.
65.
Eternally was it ever a divine throne
and everlastingly it has always had the likeness of what it hath ever been.
66.
There hath never been any [limiting] relationship between it and whatsoever is other than it;
neither any connection nor any semblance or alllusive relationship.
67.
In reality all things do testify, with the tongue of their inmost reality,
to the fact that [the Manifestations of God] are indeed the Thrones of the All-Merciful [God].
68.
For them [the Divine Throne = the Manifestation of God] there hath never been any semblance in the created Realm nor anything comparable in the realm of origination.
69.
From their [supernatural] "elements" [of the Manifestation of God] the [worldly/four Empedoclean] elements hath appeared.
70.
This since, as thou shalt observe,
it is from their "Fire" that [this worldly] fire is found in the realms of existence.
71.
Thus was [the divine call] articulated within [through fire light]
the blessed branch of the Divine Union
on the Elevated Mount Sinai before Moses,
the [man] who conversed with God, [`the Speaker']!
72.
It is on account of their "water" that thou can find immortality and immortal life for every soul.
73.
So perceive ye likewise this matter in the other respects and be in a state of manifest certitude.
74.
The foregoing is merely an intimation of the signficance of that over which He is enthroned!
75.
So how much greater must be the station of His Temple [Persona]
and that which is upstanding beyond it!
76.
Wherefore have We cast upon thee an Utterance of the True [Lord]
to the end that thou ponder thereon and attain unto that which was destined for thee by God,
thy Lord and the Lord of all the worlds.
77.
O Hadi!
All that We have cast upon thee and which We have mentioned for thee in this scriptural tablet
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is in accordance with the discourse of the people of origination.
78.
Otherwise, and `I swear By He in the grasp of Whose Power are all things!',
it is the case that with Us are lofty explanations
of such matters which it is not fitting for Us to divulge
during these days in which people are in a state of contention
79.
for they cast aside the Lord of Lords behind their backs
while they occupy themselves with idolatrous, base passion
to the dgree that they become attached thereto and are to be numbered among the preoccupied.
80.
Blessed then be thou, in that God hath intended that thou travel in the pathway
of His good-pleasure until thou attain unto His brilliant, incomparable presence.
81.
From all eternity His manifestation hath ever been related to His creation, through His creation,
just as He, in very truth, hath been gloriously manifested unto thee
82.
and hath thereby delivered thee from the adversities of the words and signs
of them that have disbelieved in God, rose up to make war against Him,
and at every moment appropriated for themselves lords aside from God.
83.
These persons hath ever been reckoned to be persons of carnal desire and deception
in a Mighty and Manifest Book.
84.
Yet, despite this, should thou be submerged in an Ocean of Power and Might,
thou would find certitude in the knowledge that He is capable of producing
a created phenomenon from any of His created phenomena
and empowering it with such creative potency that whatsoever might be desired could be realized.
85.
No God is there except Him, the All-Powerful, the Mighty.
Tablet of Manifestation CHAPTER FOUR
Divisions 86-100
MANIFESTATION
86.
Every expression of Power would thereby be realized
as thou would indeed realize if thou were among such as reflect.
87.
So too every expression of divine grace
as thou would realize if thou were to be numbered among such as truly bear witness.
88.
I indeed beseech God, thy Lord, that He would disclose His Cause among ther nations
and uplift the servants of God to a station
in which He might mention unto them of whatsoever He wisheth
without concleament or veiling!
89.
Then might he instruct them in the wonders of His knowledge
and provide them with the fruits of the Lote-Tree of His Bounty and of His Excellence.
90.
This perchance all may attain independence through His Independence
and might be empowered through His Power, the Inaccessible, the Abstacted.
91.
I swear by He Who bestoweth movement on everything through His Command [Cause]!
92.
Had I discovered the people just as We created them,
I would open wide one of the gates of Mercy and of Inner Reality
93.
to the end that all might assuredly witness the mysteries with their own vision
and be enabled to subjugate all the regions through the [power of the] Names of thy Lord!
94.
Yet thou art one who observeth the world of the creatures
and heareth that which emerges from their mouths.
95.
On this account have We witheld the divine bounty,
save, that is, to a limited degree even as thou dost witness,
a mere token expressive of what He enables to sprinkle forth.
96.
Of this [limitation] thy Lord is indeed witness and well-aware.
97.
Indeed, had We manifested Our Logos-Person beyond the degree to which we did,
the "dogs and the pigs" would come and surround us!
98.
Thus doth warble the Bird of the Heavenly Throne,
for the Dove hath ever sung out of divine love.
99.
Then beware lest ye be numbered among such as ascribe partners to God!
100.
And praised be unto God, the Lord of all the worlds.
Translated by S. Lambden
A early translation
The Tablet of the Deathless Youth CHAPTER ONE
Divisions 1-25
THE DEATHLESS YOUTH
1.
This is mention of that which was made manifest in the Year Sixty, in the Days of God,
the Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Almighty, the Knower.
2.
When the gates of Paradise swung wide and the Holy Youth came forth,
lo! in His hand was a serpent plain!
3.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with a gushing spring.
4.
Upon His face a veil woven by the fingers of power and might.
5.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with a mighty Name.
6.
Upon His head a crown of beauty, light for the people of every heaven, every earth.
7.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with a mighty Cause.
8.
Tresses of spirit hung upon His shoulders, black like musk upon bright and luminous pearls.
9.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with a wondrous Cause.
10.
Upon the finger of His right hand, a ring with a pearl of immaculate holiness.
11.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with a mighty spirit.
12.
Graven thereon in a hidden and pre-eternal script,
"By God, a noble angel is this!"
13.
Thereupon, the hearts of the people of eternity cried aloud.
14.
“Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with an ancient light.”
15.
Upon his right cheek a mole whereby the faiths of the mystics were shaken.
16.
Thereupon the people of the veil of divinity cried aloud!
17.
“Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with a mighty secret.”
18.
This pertaineth to that Point from which branched forth
all the knowledge of the past and of the present.
19.
Thereupon the people of the angelic realm sang aloud.
20.
“Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with a mighty knowledge.”
21.
This indeed is a knight of the spirit, circling about the Spring of Salsabil.
22.
Thereupon a clamor arose from that people nigh the veil of the Kingdom of Might.
23.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with vision mystic and mighty.
24.
He came down from the pavilions of beauty
and stood like the Sun at the zenith of heaven, peerless and unique in His beauty.
25.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come bearing great joy.
The Tablet of the Deathless Youth CHAPTER TWO
Divisions 26-50
THE DEATHLESS YOUTH
26.
Thus He stood in the midst of heaven, shining like the noonday Sun at the axis of beauty,
His Name mighty!
27.
Thereupon a herald proclaimed:
"Rejoice! This is the Beauty of the Unseen, come with a mighty spirit."
28.
A clamor then arose from the hearts of the maids of heaven in their chambers,
"Blessed be God, the best of Creators!"
29.
Thereupon the dove sang out,
Rejoice! for the eyes of the privy angels have seen none like unto this Deathless Youth."
30.
The gates of Paradise were flung wide yet again, opened with the key of a mighty Name.
31.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Youth, come with a mighty Name.
32.
The Maid of Beauty came forth, dawning like the sun, plain upon the horizon of the morn.
33.
Rejoice! This is the Maid of Glory, come with a mighty beauty.
34.
A brocade she wore, dazzling the minds of the privy angels.
35.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Maid, come with a mighty grace.
36.
She descended from the chambers of eternity,
then She sang such a song as to enchant the hearts of the sincere.
37.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Beauty, come with a mighty secret.
38.
She walked in the midst of space,
and lo! she let slip a lock of Her hair from beneath Her luminous veil.
39.
Rejoice! This is the Deathless Maid, come with a wondrous spirit.
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