Re: Did Baha'u'llah make the claim?
w.scott23@genie.geis.com
Wed, Apr 12 1995 15:33:04 GMT
Dear Audil,
> > Is there anything as explicit as the above quotes in Baha'u'llah's
> > works ? Where there is no chance of misinterpretation and a
> > straightforward statement making his claims ?
I would say there is always a chance of misinterpretation where people are
concerned. All I can say is read these quotes of Baha'u'llah for yourself.
If you find any of them confusing, just ask and I think someone here can
explain them for you. I'm quoting them from a book called _The Desire of the
World_ wherein Ruhiyyih Khanum, the widow of Shoghi Effendi, put together
her favorite passages from Baha'u'llah along with her own thoughts about
them. They are in various voices, including some that are Baha'u'llah's
prayers to God, but all refer to Baha'u'llah's station as the Manifestation
of God for this new and unique Day, the belief of about six million Baha'is
which is based on His writings, not on our own suppositions.
"The world's equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of
this most great, this new World Order. Mankind's ordered life hath been
revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System--the
like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed."
"All created things proclaim the evidences of this world-wide regeneration
... the counsels which the Pen of this Wronged One hath revealed constitute
the supreme animating power for the advancement of the world and the
exaltation of its peoples."
"No sooner had that Revelation been unveiled to men's eyes than the signs of
universal discord appeared among the peoples of the world, and commotion
seized the dwellers of earth and heaven, and the foundations of all things
were shaken."
"How vast is the tabernacle of the Cause of God! It hath overshadowed all
the peoples and kindreds of the earth, and will, ere long, gather together
the whole of mankind beneath its shelter."
"The is the Day whereon the Ocean of God's mercy hath been manifested unto
men, the Day in which the Day Star of His loving-kindness hath shed its
radiance upon them, the Day in which the clouds of His bountiful favour have
overshadowed the whole of mankind."
"Great indeed is this Day! The allusions made to it in all the sacred
Scriptures as the Day of God attest its greatness."
"The Scriptures of the past Dispensations celebrate the great Jubilee that
must needs greet this most great Day of God."
"This Day a door is open wider than both heaven and earth. The eye of the
mercy of Him Who is the Desire of the worlds is turned towards all men."
"By the righteousness of Mine own Self! Great, immeasurably great is this
Cause! Mighty, inconceivably mighty is this Day! Blessed indeed is the man
that hath forsaken all things, and fastened his eyes upon Him Whose face
hath shed illumination upon all who are in the heavens and all who are on
the earth."
"This Day is God's Day, and this Cause His Cause."
"This Day is different from other days, and this Cause different from other
causes."
"Oh, would that a discerning and fair-minded soul could be found who would
recognize the wonders of this Revelation...and the greatness of its power."
"O ye that judge with fairness! If this Cause is to be denied then what
other cause in this world can be vindicated or deemed worthy of acceptance?"
"In this most mighty Revelation, all the Dispensations of the past have
attained their highest and final consummation."
"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."
"By the righteousness of God, my Well-Beloved! I have never aspired after
worldly leadership. My sole purpose hath been to hand down unto men that
which I was bidden to deliver by God, the Gracious, the Incomparable, that
it may detach them from all that pertaineth to this world, and cause them to
attain such heights as neither the ungodly can conceive, nor the froward
imagine."
"I am stirred by nothing else except the winds of Thy will, and breathe no
word except the words which, by Thy leave and Thine inspiration, I am led to
pronounce."
"Verily, He Who is the Spirit of Truth is come to guide you unto all truth.
He [Baha'u'llah] speaketh not as prompted by His own self, but as bidden by
Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise."
"The Comforter whose advent all the scriptures have promised is now come
that He may reveal unto you all knowledge and wisdom. Seek Him over the
entire surface of the earth, haply ye may find Him."
"Naught is seen in My temple by the Temple of God, and in My beauty but His
Beauty, and in My being but His Being, and in My self but His Self, and in
My movement but His Movement and in My acquiescence but His Acquiescence,
and in my pen but His Pen, the Mighty, the All-Praised. There hath not been
in My soul but the Truth, and in Myself naught could be seen but God."
"...my face is, verily, Thy face, and my call is Thy call, and my Revelation
Thy Revelation, and my self Thy Self, and my Cause Thy Cause, and my behest
Thy behest, and my Being Thy Being, and my sovereignty Thy sovereignty, and
my glory Thy Glory, and my power Thy Power."
"Were ye to cleanse your eyes, ye would readily perceive how My deeds
testify to the truth of My words, how My words are a guide to My deeds."
"Not of Mine Own volition have I revealed Myself, but God, of His Own
choosing, hath manifested Me."
"The stunning trumpet blast hath been loudly raised, and the Day is God's,
the One, the Unconstrained."
"We, verily, have come for your sakes, and have borne the misfortunes of the
world for your salvation."
Love and peace, Wendy---{-@
W.Scott23@GEnie.geis.com