In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful. In terms of allusion and in keeping with the tasting of the lords of recognition, the bi of bism [“In the name”] alludes to the “splendor” [bahāÌ] of Unity, the s to the “brilliance” [sanāÌ] of the Self-Suffi- cient, and the m to the “kingship” [mulk] […]
Praise belongs to God, the Lord of the Worlds. This is praise of the lovingly kind God, the Creator who provides daily provisions, the One in name and mark, the Lord who is found without seeking, recognized without being found, loved without being seen. He is powerful without contrivance, self-standing without the changing of states, […]
Praise belongs to God, the Lord of the Worlds.This is praise of the lovingly kind God, the Creator who provides daily provisions, the One in name and mark, the Lord who is found without seeking, recognized without being found, loved without being seen. He is powerful without contrivance, self-standing without the changing of states, safe […]
The All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.He is the All-Merciful inasmuch as He vivifies, the Ever-Merciful inasmuch as He displays. Thevivification is through acts of kindness, the display through lights.He is the All-Merciful who eases the road of wage-earning, the Ever-Merciful who lights up the candle of friendship in the road of the friends. The wage-earner is always […]
The owner of the Day of Doom.This alludes to the permanence of the kingship of unity and the subsistence of the all-compel- lingness of the divinity. In other words, the day of every king’s empire ends and disappears, his kingship finishes, and his state changes. But God’s kingship is permanent, today and tomorrow, for it […]
Thee alone we worship, and Thee alone we ask for help.This alludes to two of the religion’s great pillars, around which revolves the traveling of the re-ligious. The first is to adorn the soul through worship and self-purification. It is to keep oneself adorned with a worship that has no eye-service and an obedience that […]
Guide us on the straight path.This is the wellspring of worship and the marrow of obedience. It is the supplication, asking, pleading, and imploring of the faithful. It is seeking straightness and firm fixity in the religion. It means: �Lead us to this path, make us travel upon it, and make us firm in it.�The […]
The path of those whom Thou hast blessed, not of those who incur wrath, nor of the misguided.It has been said that this is the road and traveling of the Companions of the Cave. The faithful want to say, �O Lord, complete for us our road without us, just as You were bountiful toward the […]
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.In terms of allusion and in keeping with the tasting of the lords of recognition, the bi of bism [�In the name�] alludes to the �splendor� [bahāÌ] of Unity, the s to the �brilliance� [sanāÌ] of the Self-Suffi- cient, and the m to the �kingship� [mulk] of […]
طريق الذين أنعمت عليهم من النبيين والصدِّيقين والشهداء والصالحين، فهم أهل الهداية والاستقامة، ولا تجعلنا ممن سلك طريق المغضوب عليهم، الذين عرفوا الحق ولم يعملوا به، وهم اليهود، ومن كان على شاكلتهم، والضالين، وهم الذين لم يهتدوا، فضلوا الطريق، وهم النصارى، ومن اتبع سنتهم. وفي هذا الدعاء شفاء لقلب المسلم من مرض الجحود والجهل والضلال، […]