" ... should abasement come upon thee, grieve not ..."

 

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O SON OF MAN!

Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #52 Arabic)
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"If poverty overtake thee, be not sad ..."

 

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O SON OF BEING!

If poverty overtake thee, be not sad; for in time the Lord of wealth shall visit thee. Fear not abasement, for glory shall one day rest on thee.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #53 Arabic)
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" ... forsake this mortal and fleeting sovereignty."

 

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O SON OF BEING!

If thine heart be set upon this eternal, imperishable dominion, and this ancient, everlasting life, forsake this mortal and fleeting sovereignty.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #54)

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"... with fire We test the gold, and with gold We test Our servants."

 

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O SON OF BEING!

Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire We test the gold, and with gold We test Our servants.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #55 Arabic)
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"By My life! This is My knowledge, and that is thy fancy; how can My way accord with thine?"

 

photo by Margarete P. 

O SON OF MAN!

Thou dost wish for gold and I desire thy freedom from it. Thou thinkest thyself rich in its possession, and I recognize thy wealth in thy sanctity therefrom. By My life! This is My knowledge, and that is thy fancy; how can My way accord with thine?

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words #56 Arabic)
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"To offer up thy soul is a more glorious thing couldst thou but see with Mine eye."

photo by Dina S. 

 

O SON OF MAN!

Bestow My wealth upon My poor, that in heaven thou mayest draw from stores of unfading splendor and treasures of imperishable glory. But by My life! To offer up thy soul is a more glorious thing couldst thou but see with Mine eye.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, # 57 Arabic)
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"The temple of being is My throne ..."

 

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O SON OF MAN!

The temple of being is My throne; cleanse it of all things, that there I may be established and there I may abide.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #58 Arabic)
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