Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

by Bahá'u'lláh

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Contents

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• [I: Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my...]
• [II: The beginning of all things is the knowledge...]
• [III: The Revelation which, from time immemorial,...]
• [IV: This is the Day in which God’s most excellent...]
• [V: This is the Day whereon the Ocean of God’s...]
• [VI: Behold, how the divers peoples and kindreds...]
• [VII: Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind...]
• [VIII: By the righteousness of God! These are the...]
• [IX: O Husayn! Consider the eagerness with which...]
• [X: The time foreordained unto the peoples and...]
• [XI: All glory be to this Day, the Day in which the...]
• [XII: Bestir yourselves, O people, in anticipation of...]
• [XIII: Consider the past. How many, both high and...]
• [XIV: The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted...]
• [XV: The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this...]
• [XVI: Say: O men! This is a matchless Day....]
• [XVII: By Him Who is the Great Announcement!...]
• [XVIII: Say: We have caused the rivers of Divine...]
• [XIX: To every discerning and illuminated heart it...]
• [XX: Know thou of a certainty that the Unseen...]
• [XXI: O Salmán! The door of the knowledge of...]
• [XXII: The Bearers of the Trust of God are made...]
• [XXIII: Consider the former generations. Witness...]
• [XXIV: Beware, O believers in the Unity of God,...]
• [XXV: It is evident that every age in which a Manifestation...]
• [XXVI: Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the...]
• [XXVII: All praise to the unity of God, and all...]
• [XXVIII: Happy is the man who will arise to serve...]
• [XXIX: The purpose of God in creating man hath...]
• [XXX: God witnesseth that there is no God but...]
• [XXXI: Contemplate with thine inward eye the...]
• [XXXII: That which thou hast heard concerning...]
• [XXXIII: It hath been decreed by Us that the Word...]
• [XXXIV: All praise and glory be to God Who,...]
• [XXXV: Ponder a while. What is it that prompted,...]
• [XXXVI: Know thou that when the Son of Man...]
• [XXXVII: Blessed is the man that hath acknowledged...]
• [XXXVIII: Know of a certainty that in every Dispensation...]
• [XXXIX: Praise be to Thee, O Lord My God, for the...]
• [XL: O My Well-Beloved! Thou hast breathed Thy...]
• [XLI: God is My witness, O people! I was asleep...]
• [XLII: O Son of Justice! In the night season the...]
• [XLIII: O Afnán, O thou that hast branched from...]
• [XLIV: Lay not aside the fear of God, O ye the...]
• [XLV: The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be...]
• [XLVI: I sorrow not for the burden of My imprisonment....]
• [XLVII: O Jews! If ye be intent on crucifying once...]
• [XLVIII: God is my witness! Had it not been in...]
• [XLIX: Know verily that whenever this Youth...]
• [L: Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of...]
• [LI: O people! I swear by the one true God! This...]
• [LII: Say: O people! Withhold not from yourselves...]
• [LIII: O Náṣir, O My servant! God, the Eternal...]
• [LIV: By the righteousness of God, my Well-Beloved!...]
• [LV: Call thou to remembrance, O Land of Tá...]
• [LVI: Let nothing grieve thee, O Land of Tá...]
• [LVII: When thou art departed out of the court of...]
• [LVIII: Call thou to mind that which hath been...]
• [LIX: Every unbiased observer will readily admit...]
• [LX: My captivity can bring on Me no shame....]
• [LXI: The world is in travail, and its agitation...]
• [LXII: Recall thou to mind My sorrows, My cares...]
• [LXIII: O thou whose face is turned towards Me!...]
• [LXIV: It is Our wish to remember the Abode of...]
• [LXV: Call Thou to remembrance Thine arrival in...]
• [LXVI: Fear God, ye inhabitants of the City (Constantinople),...]
• [LXVII: There hath appeared in this Revelation...]
• [LXVIII: O thou who art the fruit of My Tree and...]
• [LXIX: Call thou to mind the behavior of Ashraf's...]
• [LXX: The world’s equilibrium hath been upset...]
• [LXXI: Be not dismayed, O peoples of the world,...]
• [LXXII: Let not your hearts be perturbed, O people,...]
• [LXXIII: It is clear and evident that when the veils...]
• [LXXIV: Every word that proceedeth out of the...]
• [LXXV: Tear asunder, in My Name, the veils that...]
• [LXXVI: Give ear, O My servant, unto that which...]
• [LXXVII: And now, concerning thy question regarding...]
• [LXXVIII: As to thy question concerning the origin...]
• [LXXIX: As to thy question concerning the worlds...]
• [LXXX: Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart...]
• [LXXXI: And now concerning thy question regarding...]
• [LXXXII: Thou hast asked Me concerning the...]
• [LXXXIII: Consider the rational faculty with which...]
• [LXXXIV: Regard thou the one true God as One...]
• [LXXXV: O My servants! It behoveth you to refresh...]
• [LXXXVI: And now concerning thy question...]
• [LXXXVII: And now regarding thy question, “How...]
• [LXXXVIII: Know verily that the essence of justice...]
• [LXXXIX: Know assuredly that just as thou firmly...]
• [XC: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on...]
• [XCI: Amongst the proofs demonstrating the truth...]
• [XCII: The Book of God is wide open, and His...]
• [XCIII: Know thou that every created thing is a...]
• [XCIV: And now concerning thy reference to the...]
• [XCV: Know thou that, according to what thy...]
• [XCVI: The Pen of the Most High is unceasingly...]
• [XCVII: Consider the doubts which they who have...]
• [XCVIII: Say: O leaders of religion! Weigh not the...]
• [XCIX: The vitality of men’s belief in God is dying...]
• [C: The voice of the Divine Herald, proceeding...]
• [CI: The purpose underlying the revelation of...]
• [CII: Give a hearing ear, O people, to that which...]
• [CIII: God hath, through His tongue that uttereth...]
• [CIV: O ye peoples of the world! Know, verily,...]
• [CV: O kings of the earth! He Who is the sovereign...]
• [CVI: The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger...]
• [CVII: He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful,...]
• [CVIII: We have a fixed time for you, O peoples....]
• [CIX: O Kamál! The heights which, through the...]
• [CX: The Great Being saith: O ye children of men!...]
• [CXI: O contending peoples and kindreds of the...]
• [CXII: Behold the disturbances which, for many a...]
• [CXIII: Dost thou imagine, O Minister of the Shah...]
• [CXIV: Hearken, O King (Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz),...]
• [CXV: The Pen of Revelation, O Dhabih, hath, in...]
• [CXVI: O kings of Christendom! Heard ye not the...]
• [CXVII: The Great Being, wishing to reveal the...]
• [CXVIII: Lay not aside the fear of God, O kings of...]
• [CXIX: O ye rulers of the earth! Wherefore have...]
• [CXX: O ye the elected representatives of the people...]
• [CXXI: Say: O ye that envy Me and seek My hurt!...]
• [CXXII: Man is the supreme Talisman. Lack of a...]
• [CXXIII: The generations that have gone on before...]
• [CXXIV: How wondrous is the unity of the Living,...]
• [CXXV: O My brother! When a true seeker determineth...]
• [CXXVI: To whatever place We may be banished,...]
• [CXXVII: If it be your wish, O people, to know...]
• [CXXVIII: Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming...]
• [CXXIX: O wayfarer in the path of God! Take...]
• [CXXX: Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in...]
• [CXXXI: The Pen of the Ancient King hath never...]
• [CXXXII: The Purpose of the one true God, exalted...]
• [CXXXIII: The ordinances of God have been sent...]
• [CXXXIV: The first and foremost duty prescribed...]
• [CXXXV: O Letter of the Living! The ear of God...]
• [CXXXVI: Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from...]
• [CXXXVII: Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe...]
• [CXXXVIII: Thou seest, O God of Mercy, Thou...]
• [CXXXIX: Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-‘Aẓam,...]
• [CXL: O Muḥammad-‘Alí! Great is the blessedness...]
• [CXLI: A Book sent down in truth unto men of...]
• [CXLII: I swear by the beauty of the Well-Beloved!...]
• [CXLIII: Blessed art thou, O My servant, inasmuch...]
• [CXLIV: The Pen of the Most High hath decreed...]
• [CXLV: If ye meet the abased or the down-trodden,...]
• [CXLVI: It is Our wish and desire that every one of...]
• [CXLVII: The Most Great Name beareth Me witness!...]
• [CXLVIII: O Salmán! All that the sages and mystics...]
• [CXLIX: Should any man, in this Day, arise and,...]
• [CL: When the victory arriveth, every man shall...]
• [CLI: Release yourselves, O nightingales of God,...]
• [CLII: Thine eye is My trust, suffer not the dust...]
• [CLIII: O banished and faithful friend! Quench the...]
• [CLIV: Warn, O Salmán, the beloved of the one...]
• [CLV: The first duty prescribed by God for His...]
• [CLVI: He Who is the Eternal Truth hath, from...]
• [CLVII: They that have forsaken their country for...]
• [CLVIII: God hath prescribed unto every one the...]
• [CLIX: Consider the pettiness of men’s minds. They...]
• [CLX: He is indeed a true believer in the unity of...]
• [CLXI: Gird up the loins of thine endeavor, that...]
• [CLXII: The All-Merciful hath conferred upon man...]
• [CLXIII: All praise be to God Who hath adorned...]
• [CLXIV: Members of the human race! Hold ye fast...]
• [CLXV: Know thou that every hearing ear, if kept...]
• [CLXVI: Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct...]

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I: Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my...

Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention of Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom, can befittingly magnify Thy name, nor can the bird of the human heart, however great its longing, ever hope to ascend into the heaven of Thy majesty and knowledge.