Re: Did Baha'u'llah make the claim?
Darren Hiebert (darren@vahid.nuance.com)
Wed, Apr 12 1995 15:33:09 GMT
Virk Audil <3av2@qlink.queensu.ca> wrote:
> 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 ?
The claims by Baha'u'llah are direct and vast. Here are a sampling for you
to chew on for a while. I will let you decide as to whether His claims are
clear. Bon Apetite!
O Jews! If ye be intent on crucifying once again Jesus, the Spirit
of God, put Me to death, for He hath once more, in My person, been made
manifest unto you. Deal with Me as ye wish, for I have vowed to lay down
My life in the path of God. I will fear no one, though the powers of
earth and heaven be leagued against Me. Followers of the Gospel! If ye
cherish the desire to slay Muhammad, the Apostle of God, seize Me and
put an end to My life, for I am He, and My Self is His Self. Do unto Me
as ye like, for the deepest longing of Mine heart is to attain the
presence of My Best-Beloved in His Kingdom of Glory. Such is the Divine
decree, if ye know it. Followers of Muhammad! If it be your wish to
riddle with your shafts the breast of Him Who hath caused His Book the
Bayan to be sent down unto you, lay hands on Me and persecute Me, for I
am His Well-Beloved, the revelation of His own Self, though My name be
not His name. I have come in the shadows of the clouds of glory, and am
invested by God with invincible sovereignty. He, verily, is the Truth,
the Knower of things unseen. I, verily, anticipate from you the
treatment ye have accorded unto Him that came before Me. To this all
things, verily, witness, if ye be of those who hearken. O people of the
Bayan! If ye have resolved to shed the blood of Him Whose coming the
Bab hath proclaimed, Whose advent Muhammad hath prophesied, and Whose
Revelation Jesus Christ Himself hath announced, behold Me standing,
ready and defenseless, before you. Deal with Me after your own desires.
("Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah", page 101)
O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come
overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God, the
Almighty, the Unrestrained... He, verily, hath again come down from Heaven
even as He came down from it the first time. Beware that thou dispute not
with Him even as the Pharisees disputed with Him (Jesus) without a clear
token or proof.
(Epistle to Pope Pius IX, "Proclamation of Baha'u'llah", page 83)
Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face,
and hear the Voice, of the Promised One. The Call of God hath been
raised, and the light of His countenance hath been lifted up upon men.
(Gleanings, pages 10-11)
The time foreordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earth is
now come. The promises of God, as recorded in the holy Scriptures, have
all been fulfilled. Out of Zion hath gone forth the Law of God, and
Jerusalem, and the hills and land thereof, are filled with the glory of
His Revelation.
(Gleanings, pages 12-13)
Call out to Zion, O Carmel, and announce the joyful tidings: He that
was hidden from mortal eyes is come!
(Tablets of Baha'u'llah, page 4)
Bestir yourselves, O people, in anticipation of the days of Divine
justice, for the promised hour is now come.
(Gleanings, page 17)
Know verily that whenever this Youth turneth His eyes towards His
own self, he findeth it the most insignificant of all creation. When He
contemplates, however, the bright effulgences He hath been empowered to
manifest, lo, that self is transfigured before Him into a sovereign
Potency permeating the essence of all things visible and invisible.
Glory be to Him Who, through the power of truth, hath sent down the
Manifestation of His own Self and entrusted Him with His message unto
all mankind.
(Gleanings, page 102)
O my ill-wishers! The Day Star of eternal Guidance beareth me
witness: Had it been in my power, I would have, under no circumstances,
consented to distinguish myself amongst men, for the Name I bear utterly
disdaineth to associate itself with this generation whose tongues are
sullied and whose hearts are false. And whenever I chose to hold my
peace and be still, lo, the voice of the Holy Ghost, standing on my
right hand, aroused me, and the Supreme Spirit appeared before my face,
and Gabriel overshadowed me, and the Spirit of Glory stirred within my
bosom, bidding me arise and break my silence. If your hearing be purged
and your ears be attentive, ye will assuredly perceive that every limb
of my body, nay all the atoms of my being, proclaim and bear witness to
this call: "God, besides Whom is none other God, and He, Whose beauty
is now manifest, is the reflection of His glory unto all that are in
heaven and on earth."
(Gleanings, pages 103-104)
Say: O people! Withhold not from yourselves the grace of God and
His mercy. Whoso withholdeth himself therefrom is indeed in grievous
loss. What, O people! Do ye worship the dust, and turn away from your
Lord, the Gracious, the All-Bountiful? Fear ye God, and be not of those
who perish. Say: The Book of God hath been sent down in the form of
this Youth. Hallowed, therefore, be God, the most excellent of makers!
Take ye good heed, O peoples of the world, lest ye flee from His face.
Nay, make haste to attain His presence, and be of them that have
returned unto Him. Pray to be forgiven, O people, for having failed in
your duty towards God, and for having trespassed against His Cause, and
be not of the foolish. He it is Who hath created you; He it is Who hath
nourished your souls through His Cause, and enabled you to recognize Him
Who is the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing. He it is Who
hath unveiled to your eyes the treasures of His knowledge, and caused
you to ascend unto the heaven of certitude--the certitude of His
resistless, His irrefutable, and most exalted Faith. Beware that ye do
not deprive yourselves of the grace of God, that ye do not bring to
naught your works, and do not repudiate the truth of this most manifest,
this lofty, this shining, and glorious Revelation. Judge ye fairly the
Cause of God, your Creator, and behold that which hath been sent down
from the Throne on high, and meditate thereon with innocent and
sanctified hearts. Then will the truth of this Cause appear unto you as
manifest as the sun in its noon-tide glory. Then will ye be of them that
have believed in Him.
Say: The first and foremost testimony establishing His truth is His
own Self. Next to this testimony is His Revelation. For whoso faileth
to recognize either the one or the other He hath established the words
He hath revealed as proof of His reality and truth. This is, verily, an
evidence of His tender mercy unto men. He hath endowed every soul with
the capacity to recognize the signs of God. How could He, otherwise,
have fulfilled His testimony unto men, if ye be of them that ponder His
Cause in their hearts. He will never deal unjustly with any one,
neither will He task a soul beyond its power. He, verily, is the
Compassionate, the All-Merciful.
...Say: O people of the &Bayan! We have chosen you out of the
world to know and recognize Our Self. We have caused you to draw nigh
unto the right side of Paradise--the Spot out of which the undying Fire
crieth in manifold accents: "There is none other God besides Me, the
All-Powerful, the Most High!" Take heed lest ye allow yourselves to be
shut out as by a veil from this Day Star that shineth above the
dayspring of the Will of your Lord, the All-Merciful, and whose light
hath encompassed both the small and the great. Purge your sight, that
ye may perceive its glory with your own eyes, and depend not on the
sight of any one except your self, for God hath never burdened any soul
beyond its power. Thus hath it been sent down unto the Prophets and
Messengers of old, and been recorded in all the Scriptures.
(Gleanings, pages 104-107)
Arise, in My Name, amongst My servants, and say: "O ye peoples of
the earth! Turn yourselves towards Him Who hath turned towards you. He,
verily, is the Face of God amongst you, and His Testimony and His Guide
unto you. He hath come to you with signs which none can produce."
(Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, page 48)
And yet, when I came unto them in My glory, they turned aside. They,
indeed, are of the fallen. This is, truly, that which the Spirit of God
(Jesus Christ) hath announced.
(Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, page 48)
He, verily, is come with His Kingdom, and all the atoms cry aloud:
"Lo! The Lord is come in His great majesty!"
(Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, page 27)
"He Who is the Desired One is come in His transcendent majesty."
Say, Lo! The Father is come, and that which ye were promised in the
Kingdom is fulfilled! This is the Word which the Son concealed, when
to those around Him He said: "Ye cannot bear it now." And when the
appointed time was fulfilled and the Hour had struck, the Word shone
forth above the horizon of the Will of God. Beware, O followers of the
Son, that ye cast it not behind your backs. Take ye fast hold of it.
Better is this for you than all that ye possess.
(Tablets of Baha'u'llah, page 11)
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.
(Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, page 118)
This is the Day in which God's most excellent favours have been
poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been
infused into all created things.
(Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, page 121)
He, the Ancient of everlasting days is come, girded with majesty and
power.
(Gleanings, page 36)
This is the Day in which the earth shineth with the effulgent light
of thy Lord, but the people are lost in error and have been shut out as
by a veil.
(Tablets of Baha'u'llah, page 244)
The Prophetic Cycle hath, verily, ended. The Eternal Truth is now
come. He hath lifted up the Ensign of Power, and is now shedding upon
the world the unclouded splendor of His Revelation.
(Gleanings, page 60)
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