The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh
Part II--From the Persian
77
O SON OF JUSTICE!
In the night-season the beauty of the immortal
Being hath repaired from the emerald height of
fidelity unto the Sadratu'l-Muntahá, and wept
with such a weeping that the concourse on high
and the dwellers of the realms above wailed at
His lamenting. Whereupon there was asked,
Why the wailing and weeping? He made reply:
As bidden I waited expectant upon the hill
of faithfulness, yet inhaled not from them that
dwell on earth the fragrance of fidelity. Then
summoned to return I beheld, and lo! certain
doves of holiness were sore tried within the claws
of the dogs of earth. Thereupon the Maid of
heaven hastened forth unveiled and resplendent
from Her mystic mansion, and asked of their
names, and all were told but one. And when
urged, the first letter thereof was uttered, whereupon
the dwellers of the celestial chambers
rushed forth out of their habitation of glory. And
whilst the second letter was pronounced they fell
down, one and all, upon the dust. At that moment
a voice was heard from the inmost shrine:
"Thus far and no farther." Verily We bear witness
to that which they have done and now are
doing.
The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh
Part II--From the Persian
pages 49-50
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