BH11924

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يا اسمى لعمر الله احزننى حزنك انت تعلم والله يعلم انّ المظلوم احبّك وانزل لك ما لا ينقطع عَرفه بدوام ملكوت الله وجبروته واسمآئه وصفاته

Yā ismī, la-ʿamru Allāh, aḥzananī ḥuznuka. Anta taʿlamu wa-Allāhu yaʿlamu anna al-Maẓlūma aḥabbaka wa-anzala laka mā lā yanqaṭiʿu ʿarfuhu bi-dawāmi malakūti Allāhi wa-jabarūtihi wa-asmāʾihi wa-ṣifātihi.

O My Name, by the life of God, your sorrow has saddened Me. You know, and God knows, that the Wronged One loves you and has sent down for you that whose fragrance will endure as long as God’s Kingdom and Dominion, His names and His attributes.

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انظر ثم اذكر العنايات الّتى قدّرناها لك وكن من الشّاكرين

Unẓur thumma udhkur al-ʿināyāti allatī qaddarnāhā laka wa-kun mina al-shākirīn.

Consider, then remember the favors We have ordained for you, and be among the thankful.

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اوّل الغاية من هدايتك الى طراط الله ونبأه العظيم والثّانى ايّدناك على الأقبال والثّالث امددناك بجنود الغيب والشّهادة الى ان حضرت وفزت بما كان مرقوما من القلم الأعلى فى كتب المرسلين والرّابع اسمعناك ندآئى فى الحضور والخامس اريناك افقى المنير والسّادس انزلنا لك مآئدة البيان من سمآء رحمة اسمى الرّحمن وجعلناك من المقرّبين والسّابع فتحنا على وجهك باب الرّزق والغناء واطعمناك من طعام البرهان واسقيناك كوثر العرفان بعد ما اظهرناك وربّيناك بايادى عنايتى ورحمتى

Awwalu al-ghāyati min hidāyatika ilā [corrupted text] Allāhi wa-nabaʾihi al-ʿaẓīm, wa-al-thānī ayyadnāka ʿalā al-iqbāl, wa-al-thālith amdadnāka bi-junūdi al-ghaybi wa-al-shahādati ilā an ḥaḍarta wa-fuzta bi-mā kāna marqūman mina al-qalami al-aʿlā fī kutubi al-mursalīn, wa-al-rābiʿ asmaʿnāka nidāʾī fī al-ḥuḍūr, wa-al-khāmis araynāka ufuqī al-munīr, wa-al-sādis anzalnā laka māʾidata al-bayāni min samāʾi raḥmati ismī al-Raḥmān wa-jaʿalnāka mina al-muqarrabīn, wa-al-sābiʿ fataḥnā ʿalā wajhika bāba al-rizqi wa-al-ghināʾ wa-aṭʿamnāka min ṭaʿāmi al-burhān wa-asqaynāka kawthara al-ʿirfān baʿda mā aẓharnāka wa-rabbaynāka bi-ayādī ʿināyatī wa-raḥmatī.

The first was to guide you to [corrupted original text] of God and His momentous announcement; the second, We strengthened you to turn toward Him; the third, We aided you with the hosts of the unseen and the visible until you came into Our presence and attained what had been inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen in the books of the messengers; the fourth, We let you hear My call in Our presence; the fifth, We showed you My luminous horizon; the sixth, We sent down for you the feast of utterance from the heaven of the mercy of My name, the All-Merciful, and made you one of those brought near; and the seventh, We opened before you the door of sustenance and abundance, fed you the food of proof, and gave you the choice wine of recognition to drink, after bringing you forth and nurturing you with the hands of My care and mercy.

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انّك ان شكر ما رقم لك فى هذا الحين يشهد لك بجوارحك واركانك حتّى شطراتك قم وقل اعترفت بعطاياك يا مقصود من فى السّموات والأرضين واقررت بنعمائك وألائك يا محبوب افئدة المخلصين اشهد انّك دعوتنى الى مقامك الأعلى وأويتنى فى جوار رحمتك الكبرى وسقيتنى سلسبيل الحبّ والّلقآء وعزّتك يا اله الاسمآء وفاطر السّمآء انّ عبدك هذا لا يقدر ان يحصى نعمائك وكيف شكرك يا مالك ملكوت الحجّة والبرهان

Innaka in shakara mā ruqima laka fī hādhā al-ḥīn yashhadu laka bi-jawāriḥika wa-arkānika ḥattā shaṭarātika. Qum wa-qul: Iʿtaraftu bi-ʿaṭāyāka yā Maqṣūda man fī al-samāwāti wa-al-arḍīn, wa-aqrartu bi-naʿmāʾika wa-ālāʾika yā Maḥbūba afʾidati al-mukhliṣīn. Ashhadu annaka daʿawtanī ilā maqāmika al-aʿlā wa-āwaytanī fī jiwāri raḥmatika al-kubrā wa-saqaytanī salsabīla al-ḥubbi wa-al-liqāʾ. Wa-ʿizzatika yā Ilāha al-asmāʾi wa-Fāṭira al-samāʾ, inna ʿabdaka hādhā lā yaqdiru an yuḥṣiya naʿmāʾaka wa-kayfa shukruka yā Mālika malakūti al-ḥujjati wa-al-burhān.

If gratitude for what has been inscribed for you at this moment could testify on your behalf, your limbs and members, even your every part, would bear witness. Rise and say: “I acknowledge Your gifts, O Desire of all who are in the heavens and on earth, and I confess Your blessings and favors, O Beloved of the hearts of the sincere. I testify that You called me to Your most exalted station, sheltered me within the bounds of Your most great mercy, and gave me the purest draught of love and reunion to drink. By Your might, O God of names and Creator of heaven, this servant of Yours cannot count Your blessings—how, then, can he thank You, O Lord of the Kingdom of testimony and proof?”

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يا اسمى ونفسى لو اذكر عناياتى ومقاماتها الّتى اظهرناها لك لينتهى الأقلام والألواح قبل ان ينتهى فضآئلى وذكر نعمآئى التى قدرناها لك بامرك المحكم المتين يا اسمى لمليك عناية التى وسلامه كمان اكمه بل يقين الكمه

Yā ismī wa-nafsī, law adhkuru ʿināyātī wa-maqāmātihā allatī aẓharnāhā laka la-yantahī al-aqlāmu wa-al-alwāḥu qabla an yantahiya faḍāʾilī wa-dhikru naʿmāʾī allatī qaddarnāhā laka bi-amrika al-muḥkami al-matīn. Yā ismī, [corrupted text]

O My Name and My Self, were I to recount My favors and the stations of those favors that We have made manifest to you, the pens and tablets would be exhausted before My bounties and the account of the blessings We have ordained for you through your firm and steadfast command came to an end. O My Name, [corrupted original text]

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شما عارفيد بر عنايات حق ونعمتا ئيكه عطا فرموند بيجين فعلتها ئيكه مخصوص شما از بيت العطا ظاهر هرنمود از اين نائمه مرسله لسيار محزون شدم واكريم برفوض اقرار كنيم برانكه عباد بكلمه نا لايقه ويا بعبارات غير مرضيّه نطق نمود انجه اين مسلّم است كه من غير ار انجه ومشيّت حق نطق نمواند ور اينصورت جار شكر است ومقام فرح است نه شكايت از آبق كه شتد

Shumā ʿārifīd bar ʿināyāt-i Ḥaqq va [corrupted text] ʿaṭā farmūnd [corrupted text] makhṣūṣ-i shumā az Bayt al-ʿAṭā ẓāhir [corrupted text]. Az īn [corrupted text]-yi mursala [corrupted text] maḥzūn shudam va [corrupted text] iqrār kunīm bar ānkih ʿibād bi-kalima-yi nālāyiqa va yā bi-ʿibārāt-i ghayr-i marḍiyya nuṭq namūd. [corrupted text] īn musallam ast kih [corrupted text] va mashiyyat-i Ḥaqq nuṭq [corrupted text] va dar īn ṣūrat [corrupted text]-i shukr ast va maqām-i faraḥ ast, nah shikāyat az [corrupted text].

You are aware of the favors of the True One and [corrupted original text] bestowed [corrupted original text] especially for you, manifested from the House of Bounty [corrupted original text]. I was deeply saddened by this [corrupted original text] sent [corrupted original text], and [corrupted original text] acknowledge that people spoke an unseemly word or used expressions that were not pleasing. [corrupted original text] this is certain: [corrupted original text] and the will of the True One spoke [corrupted original text], and in this case there is [corrupted original text] for gratitude and an occasion for joy, not complaint about [corrupted original text].

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آيا نشنيد ركه در آستانه ذيل تقدير رابمفتريات خط آلحصراند در حودم سرقتر باولياى حق لشبت ولطر وسيدميند وسر جعشر راعكه قرار ولصراند جناب وقت ان است كه انجناب بر نصرت قيام نمايند قدورد على بشهادتك ما ناح به قلبى وصاح به قلمى جه كه انجه واردشده سبب تضييع امر الله بحصر ناس ضعيفند براسل امور رآكاه شوند قد اتى از مان

Āyā nashnīd [corrupted text] dar āstāna [corrupted text] bi-awliyā-yi Ḥaqq [corrupted text]. Janāb, vaqt ān ast kih ān janāb bar nuṣrat qiyām namāyand. [corrupted text] bi-shahādatika mā nāḥa bihi qalbī wa-ṣāḥa bihi qalamī. [corrupted text] [corrupted text] vārid shuda sabab-i taḍyīʿ-i Amr Allāh [corrupted text] nās ḍaʿīfand [corrupted text] qad atā [corrupted text].

Have you not heard [corrupted original text] at the threshold [corrupted original text] with the friends of God [corrupted original text]? Sir, the time has come for you to arise in support. [corrupted original text] By your testimony, what my heart lamented and my pen cried out. [corrupted original text] [corrupted original text] what has occurred has caused the Cause of God to be lost [corrupted original text] the people are weak [corrupted original text] has come [corrupted original text].

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بايد نسئل الله ان يؤيّد الكلّ على ما يحبّ ويرضى

Bāyad nasʾalu Allāha an yuʾayyida al-kulla ʿalā mā yuḥibbu wa-yarḍā.

We must ask God to strengthen everyone to do what He loves and approves.

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البهآء والذّكر والثّنآء عليك وعلى من يحبّك لوجه الله العزيز الحميد

Al-bahāʾu wa-al-dhikru wa-al-thanāʾu ʿalayka wa-ʿalā man yuḥibbuka li-wajhi Allāhi al-ʿAzīzi al-Ḥamīd.

Glory, remembrance, and praise be upon you and upon whoever loves you for the sake of God, the Almighty, the All-Praised.