"Well is it with him who perceiveth and recognizeth the Truth and woe betide the froward and the faithless."

 

© 2025 Chuck Egerton

Glorified be God! Man’s treasure is his utterance, yet this Wronged One hath withheld His Tongue, for the disbelievers are lying in ambush; however, protection is afforded by God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, in Him have We placed Our trust and unto Him have We committed all affairs. All-Sufficient is He for Us and for all created things. He is the One by Whose leave, and through the potency of Whose command, the Daystar of sovereign might hath shone resplendent above the horizon of the world. Well is it with him who perceiveth and recognizeth the Truth and woe betide the froward and the faithless.

(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh)
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"Verily We have sounded the Trumpet which is none other than My Pen of Glory, and lo, mankind hath swooned away before it ..."

 

Pen of Bahá'u'lláh

Verily We have sounded the Trumpet which is none other than My Pen of Glory, and lo, mankind hath swooned away before it, save them whom God pleaseth to deliver as a token of His grace. He is the Lord of bounty, the Ancient of Days.

Say: O concourse of divines! Pronounce ye censure against this Pen unto which, as soon as it raised its shrill voice, the kingdom of utterance prepared itself to hearken, and before whose mighty and glorious theme every other theme hath paled into insignificance? Fear ye God and follow not your idle fancies and corrupt imaginings, but rather follow Him Who is come unto you invested with undeniable knowledge and unshakeable certitude.

(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh)
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"Christ saith: “Thou hast granted to children that whereof the learned and the wise are deprived.” '

 

© 2025 Chuck Egerton

Christ saith: “Thou hast granted to children that whereof the learned and the wise are deprived.” The sage of Sabzívar⁴ hath said: “Alas! Attentive ears are lacking, otherwise the whisperings of the Sinaic Bush could be heard from every tree.” In a Tablet to a man of wisdom who had made enquiry as to the meaning of Elementary Reality, We addressed this famous sage in these words: “If this saying is truly thine, how is it that thou hast failed to hearken unto the Call which the Tree of Man hath raised from the loftiest heights of the world? If thou didst hear the Call yet fear and the desire to preserve thy life prompted thee to remain heedless to it, thou art such a person as hath never been nor is worthy of mention; if thou hast not heard it, then thou art bereft of the sense of hearing.” In brief, such men are they whose words are the pride of the world, and whose deeds are the shame of the nations.

(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh)
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4. Ḥájí Mullá Hádí Sabzívarí, a renowned philosopher and poet of Írán contemporary with Bahá’u’lláh. He passed away in 1873.

"Every created being however revealeth His signs which are but emanations from Him and not His Own Self. "

 

photo by Margarete P. 

That which the aforesaid persons have mentioned concerning the stations of Divine Unity will conduce in no small measure to idleness and vain imaginings. These mortal men have evidently set aside the differences of station and have come to regard themselves as God, while God is immeasurably exalted above all things. Every created being however revealeth His signs which are but emanations from Him and not His Own Self. All these signs are reflected and can be seen in the book of existence, and the scrolls that depict the shape and pattern of the universe are indeed a most great book. Therein every man of insight can perceive that which would lead to the Straight Path and would enable him to attain the Great Announcement. Consider the rays of the sun whose light hath encompassed the world. The rays emanate from the sun and reveal its nature, but are not the sun itself. Whatsoever can be discerned on earth amply demonstrateth the power of God, His knowledge and the outpourings of His bounty, while He Himself is immeasurably exalted above all creatures.

(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh)
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"I am the Sun of Wisdom and the Ocean of Knowledge. I cheer the faint and revive the dead. I am the guiding Light that illumineth the way."

 

CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF BAHA'U'LLAH

Reed Pen of Bahá'u'lláh

The Tongue of Wisdom proclaimeth: He that hath Me not is bereft of all things. Turn ye away from all that is on earth and seek none else but Me. I am the Sun of Wisdom and the Ocean of Knowledge. I cheer the faint and revive the dead. I am the guiding Light that illumineth the way. I am the royal Falcon on the arm of the Almighty. I unfold the drooping wings of every broken bird and start it on its flight.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Tabernacle of Unity)
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" ... I am the One Whose name you have for a thousand years invoked ..."

 CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE BAB

House of the Báb, Shiraz, Iran

"... the Báb, having seated Himself in the chief place which had been reserved for the Valí-‘Ahd (the heir to the throne), gave, in ringing tones, His celebrated answer to the question put to Him by the President of that assembly.

 

“I am,” He exclaimed, “I am, I am the Promised One! I am the One Whose name you have for a thousand years invoked, at Whose mention you have risen, Whose advent you have longed to witness, and the hour of Whose Revelation you have prayed God to hasten. Verily, I say, it is incumbent upon the peoples of both the East and the West to obey My word, and to pledge allegiance to My person.”

(God Passes By)
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"Man must bring forth fruit. One who yieldeth no fruit is, in the words of the Spirit, (Jesus) like unto a fruitless tree, and a fruitless tree is fit but for the fire."

 

© 2025 Chuck Egerton

In these days it is incumbent upon everyone to adhere tenaciously unto unity and concord and to labor diligently in promoting the Cause of God, that perchance the wayward souls may attain that which will lead unto abiding prosperity.

In brief, dissensions among various sects have opened the way to weakness. Each sect hath picked out a way for itself and is clinging to a certain cord. Despite manifest blindness and ignorance they pride themselves on their insight and knowledge. Among them are mystics who bear allegiance to the Faith of Islám, some of whom indulge in that which leadeth to idleness and seclusion. I swear by God! It lowereth man’s station and maketh him swell with pride. Man must bring forth fruit. One who yieldeth no fruit is, in the words of the Spirit, (Jesus) like unto a fruitless tree, and a fruitless tree is fit but for the fire.

(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh)
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