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LAWH-I-ARD-I-BÁ (Tablet of the Land of Bá)
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PRAISE be to Him Who hath honoured the Land
of Bá
[Beirut. This Tablet is `a letter dictated by Bahá'u'lláh and addressed by Mírzá Áqá Ján, His amanuensis, to `Abdu'l-Bahá while the latter was on a visit to Beirut.' (The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 136.)]
through the presence of Him round
Whom all names revolve. All the atoms of the
earth have announced unto all created things
that from behind the gate of the Prison-city there hath
appeared and above its horizon there hath shone forth the
Orb of the beauty of the great, the Most Mighty Branch of
God--His ancient and immutable Mystery--proceeding
on its way to another land. Sorrow, thereby, hath enveloped
this Prison-city, whilst another land rejoiceth.
Exalted, immeasurably exalted is our Lord, the Fashioner
of the heavens and the Creator of all things, He through
Whose sovereignty the doors of the prison were opened,
thereby causing what was promised aforetime in the
Tablets to be fulfilled. He is verily potent over what He
willeth, and in His grasp is the dominion of the entire
creation. He is the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
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Blessed, doubly blessed, is the ground which His footsteps
have trodden, the eye that hath been cheered by the
beauty of His countenance, the ear that hath been honoured
by hearkening to His call, the heart that hath tasted the
sweetness of His love, the breast that hath dilated through
His remembrance, the pen that hath voiced His praise, the
scroll that hath borne the testimony of His writings. We
beseech God--blessed and exalted be He--that He may
honour us with meeting Him soon. He is, in truth, the All-Hearing,
the All-Powerful, He Who is ready to answer.
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