"Wert thou to speed through the immensity of space and traverse the expanse of heaven ..."

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O SON OF MAN!

Wert thou to speed through the immensity of space and traverse the expanse of heaven, yet thou wouldst find no rest save in submission to Our command and humbleness before Our Face.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #40 Arabic)
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"Magnify My cause that I may reveal unto thee the mysteries of My greatness ..."

 

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O SON OF MAN!

Magnify My cause that I may reveal unto thee the mysteries of My greatness and shine upon thee with the light of eternity.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #41 Arabic)
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"Arise for the triumph of My cause ..."

 

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O SON OF MAN!

Humble thyself before Me, that I may graciously visit thee. Arise for the triumph of My cause, that while yet on earth thou mayest obtain the victory.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #42 Arabic)
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"Make mention of Me on My earth ..."

 

O SON OF BEING!

Make mention of Me on My earth, that in My heaven I may remember thee, thus shall Mine eyes and thine be solaced.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #43 Arabic)
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"Thy sight is My sight, do thou see therewith ..."

 

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O SON OF THE THRONE!

Thy hearing is My hearing, hear thou therewith. Thy sight is My sight, do thou see therewith, that in thine inmost soul thou mayest testify unto My exalted sanctity, and I within Myself may bear witness unto an exalted station for thee.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #44 Arabic)
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" ... that thou mayest repose with Me beneath the canopy of majesty behind the tabernacle of glory."

 

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O SON OF BEING!

Seek a martyr’s death in My path, content with My pleasure and thankful for that which I ordain, that thou mayest repose with Me beneath the canopy of majesty behind the tabernacle of glory.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #45 Arabic)
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"Ponder and reflect. Is it thy wish to die upon thy bed, or to shed thy lifeblood on the dust, a martyr in My path ..."

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O SON OF MAN!

Ponder and reflect. Is it thy wish to die upon thy bed, or to shed thy lifeblood on the dust, a martyr in My path, and so become the manifestation of My command and the revealer of My light in the highest paradise? Judge thou aright, O servant!

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #46 Arabic)
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