Author Archives: Will McCants
Tablet of Tribulations
Baha’u’llah rarely compares his sufferings to those of Muhammad, preferring instead to parallel his mistreatment to that of Muhammad’s martyred grandson Husayn. But the comparison with Muhammad is apt if for no other reason than both men lived long lives … Continue reading
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Tagged Baha'u'llah, balaya, Islam, Jews, Muhammad, Qurayza, Qurayzah
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Fasting and God’s Throne
The All-Glorious, the Most Great Praise be to Him Who sent down the commandment as He willed. Verily, He ordains whatsoever He desires. O My loved ones! Observe that which you have been commanded in the Book. Fasting has been … Continue reading
Posted in Baha'u'llah, fasting, ritual
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Prayer for Pregnancy
I beseech Thee, O Lord of all being and Possessor of things visible and invisible, to bestow on me a righteous child so it may remember Thee on Thine earth and glorify Thee throughout Thy realm. If Thou makest me … Continue reading
Posted in Baha'u'llah, prayer
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Allahumma
O God, Praised and Holy! O God, Merciful and Kind! Remove us from difficulties by Thy grace and favor. Verily, Thou art Merciful and Kind. The Bab, quoted in Nasa’im al-rahman, 5. English-speaking Baha’is know this prayer from the song … Continue reading
Posted in Bab, prayer
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Peace Be upon Muhammad
Peace and blessings be upon the day-spring of His names, the dawning-place of His attributes, the well-spring of His knowledge, the source of His cause, and the manifestation of His laws and commandments. By him, the law of monotheism was … Continue reading
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Seals of the Prophet
No god but God, the sovereign, the truth, the resplendent. His servant Husayn-`Ali No god but God, the sovereign, the truth, the resplendent. Husayn-`Ali Baha’u’llah My evidence is my self, my proof is my cause, and my testimony is my … Continue reading
Posted in Baha'u'llah, revelatory text
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Shaking of the Limbs
We were walking in the prison of Akka, detached from what hath been created in the world of being and speaking forth in praise of the King of Names. Whereupon You commanded me to praise You with that which fulfilled … Continue reading
Posted in Baha'u'llah, prophetic consciousness
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Life on Other Planets
Endless are the planets for each fixed star, and each of these planets is but one of the worlds of the Creator. Who is able to number the hosts of your Lord on those planets or enumerate the crafts of … Continue reading
Posted in alien life, Baha'u'llah, `Abdu'l-Baha
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Proofreading the Revelation, Pt. 2
Your letter reached the Most Great Being, and the servant in attendance, on behalf of the Countenance, responds to what you have asked about the divine verses: O Zayn! The short answer to what you asked about the verses … Continue reading
Posted in Baha'u'llah, grammar, revelatory text
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Proofreading the Revelation
As for the scribes and the differences between the manuscripts they prepared, this is what has shown forth from the horizon of elucidation in answer (to your question): O Zayn! The verses of God were revealed in such manner that … Continue reading
Posted in Baha'u'llah, grammar, revelatory text
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