The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh
From the Persian
to witness the
concourse on high and the dwellers in the city of eternity, yet now none do I find faithful unto the
covenant. Of a certainty pride and rebellion have effaced it from the hearts, in such wise that no trace thereof remaineth. Yet knowing this, I waited and disclosed it not.
72O My Servant!
Thou art even as a finely tempered sword concealed in the darkness of its sheath and its value hidden from the artificer’s knowledge. Wherefore come forth from the sheath of self and desire that thy worth may be made resplendent and manifest unto all the world.
73O My Friend!
Thou art the daystar of the heavens of My holiness, let not the defilement of the world eclipse thy splendor. Rend asunder the veil of heedlessness, that from behind the clouds thou mayest emerge resplendent and array all things with the apparel of life.
74O Children of Vainglory
For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned My imperishable dominion, and have adorned
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