Dear matt and susan
I will try to find what you are looking for
Is it a prayer or is it a passage in pup
That talk in pup is mentioned in zarqani's account of the travels and talks
of the Master [badaayiul athaar] recently summarized in english as mahmud's
diary.
But the text the full text is not in zarqani.
If I knew which prayer you are looking for I could possibly help
But there is no prayer in the passage or talk you excerpt from
27 August 1912 3
Talk at Metaphysical Club
Boston, Massachusetts
Notes by Edna McKinney
Upon the faces of those present I behold the expression of
thoughtfulness and wisdom; therefore, I shall discourse upon a subject
involving one of the divine questions, a question of religious and
metaphysical importance - namely, the progressive and perpetual motion of
elemental atoms throughout the various degrees of phenomena and the kingdoms
of existence. It will be demonstrated and become evident that the origin
and outcome of phenomena are identical and that there is an essential
oneness in all existing things. This is a subtle principle appertaining to
divine philosophy and requiring close analysis and attention.
The elemental atoms which constitute all phenomenal existence and being
in this illimitable universe are in perpetual motion, undergoing continuous
degrees of progression. For instance, let us conceive of an atom in the
mineral kingdom progressing upward to the kingdom of the vegetable by
entering into the composition and fibre of a tree or plant. From thence it
is assimilated and transferred into the kingdom of the animal and finally,
by the law and process of composition, becomes a part of the body of man.
That is to say, it has traversed the intermediate degrees and stations of
phenomenal existence, entering into the composition of various organisms in
its journey. This motion or transference is progressive and perpetual, for
after disintegration of the human body into which it has entered, it returns
to the mineral kingdom whence it came and will continue to traverse the
kingdoms of phenomena as before. This is an illustration designed to show
that the constituent elemental atoms of phenomena undergo progressive
transference and motion throughout the material kingdoms.
In its ceaseless progression and journeyings the atom becomes imbued
with the virtues and powers of each degree or kingdom it traverses. In the
degree of the mineral it possessed mineral affinities; in the kingdom of the
vegetable it manifested the augmentative virtue or power of growth; in the
animal organism it reflected the intelligence of that degree; and in the
kingdom of man it was qualified with human attributes or virtues.
Furthermore, the forms and organisms of phenomenal being and existence
in each of the kingdoms of the universe are myriad and numberless. The
vegetable plane or kingdom, for instance, has its infinite variety of types
and material structures of plant life - each distinct and different within
itself, no two exactly alike in composition and detail - for there are no
repetitions in nature, and the augmentative virtue cannot be confined to any
given image or shape. Each leaf has its own particular identity - so to
speak, its own individuality as a leaf. Therefore, each atom of the
innumerable elemental atoms, during its ceaseless motion through the
kingdoms of existence as a constituent of organic composition, not only
becomes imbued with the powers and virtues of the kingdoms it traverses but
also reflects the attributes and qualities of the forms and organisms of
those kingdoms. As each of these forms has its individual and particular
virtue, therefore, each elemental atom of the universe has the opportunity
of expressing an infinite variety of those individual virtues. No atom is
bereft or deprived of this opportunity or right of expression. Nor can it
be said of any given atom that it is denied equal opportunities with other
atoms; nay, all are privileged to possess the virtues existent in these
kingdoms and to reflect the attributes of their organisms. In the various
transformations or passages from kingdom to kingdom the virtues expressed by
the atoms in each degree are peculiar to that degree. For example, in the
world of the mineral the atom does not express the vegetable form and
organism, and when through the process of transmutation it assumes the
virtues of the vegetable degree, it does not reflect the attributes of
animal organisms, and so on.
It is evident, then, that each elemental atom of the universe is
possessed of a capacity to express all the virtues of the universe. This is
a subtle and abstract realization. Meditate upon it, for within it lies the
true explanation of pantheism. From this point of view and perception
pantheism is a truth, for every atom in the universe possesses or reflects
all the virtues of life, the manifestation of which is effected through
change and transformation. Therefore, the origin and outcome of phenomena
is, verily, the omnipresent God; for the reality of all phenomenal existence
is through Him. There is neither reality nor the manifestation of reality
without the instrumentality of God. Existence is realized and possible
through the bounty of God, just as the ray or flame emanating from this lamp
is realized through the bounty of the lamp, from which it originates. Even
so, all phenomena are realized through the divine bounty, and the
explanation of true pantheistic statement and principle is that the
phenomena of the universe find realization through the one power animating
and dominating all things, and all things are but manifestations of its
energy and bounty. The virtue of being and existence is through no other
agency. Therefore, in the words of Baha'u'llah, the first teaching is the
oneness of the world of humanity.
When the man who is spiritually sagacious and possessed of insight
views the world of humanity, he will observe that the lights of the divine
bounty are flooding all mankind, just as the lights of the sun shed their
splendor upon all existing things. All phenomena of material existence are
revealed through the ray emanating from the sun. Without light nothing
would be visible. Similarly, all phenomena in the inner world of reality
receive the bounties of God from the source of divine bestowal. This human
plane, or kingdom, is one creation, and all souls are the signs and traces
of the divine bounty. In this plane there are no exceptions; all have been
recipients of their bestowals through the heavenly bounty. Can you find a
soul bereft of the nearness of God? Can you find one whom God has deprived
of its daily sustenance? This is impossible. God is kind and loving to all,
and all are manifestations of the divine bounty. This is the oneness of the
world of humanity.
But some souls are weak; we must endeavor to strengthen them. Some are
ignorant, uninformed of the bounties of God; we must strive to make them
knowing. Some are ailing; we must seek to restore them to health. Some are
immature as children; they must be trained and assisted to attain maturity.
We nurse the sick in tenderness and the kindly spirit of love; we do not
despise them because they are ill. Therefore, we must exercise extreme
patience, sympathy and love toward all mankind, considering no soul as
rejected. If we look upon a soul as rejected, we have disobeyed the
teachings of God. God is loving to all. Shall we be unjust or unkind to
anyone? Is this allowable in the sight of God? God provides for all. Is
it befitting for us to prevent the flow of His merciful provisions for
mankind? God has created all in His image and likeness. Shall we manifest
hatred for His creatures and servants? This would be contrary to the will
of God and according to the will of Satan, by which we mean the natural
inclinations of the lower nature. This lower nature in man is symbolized as
Satan - the evil ego within us, not an evil personality outside.
Baha'u'llah teaches that the foundations of the divine religion are one
reality which does not admit of multiplicity or division. Therefore, the
commandments and teachings of God are one. The religious differences and
divisions which exist in the world are due to blind imitations of forms
without knowledge or investigation of the fundamental divine reality which
underlies all the religions. Inasmuch as these imitations of ancestral
forms are various, dissensions have arisen among the people of religion.
Therefore, it is necessary to free mankind from this subjection to blind
belief by pointing the way of guidance to reality itself, which is the only
basis of unity.
Baha'u'llah says that religion must be conducive to love and unity. If
it proves to be the source of hatred and enmity, its absence is preferable;
for the will and law of God is love, and love is the bond between human
hearts. Religion is the light of the world. If it is made the cause of
darkness through human misunderstanding and ignorance, it would be better to
do without it.
Religion must conform to science and reason; otherwise, it is
superstition. God has created man in order that he may perceive the verity
of existence and endowed him with mind or reason to discover truth.
Therefore, scientific knowledge and religious belief must be conformable to
the analysis of this divine faculty in man.
Prejudices of all kinds - whether religious, racial, patriotic or
political - are destructive of divine foundations in man. All the warfare
and bloodshed in human history have been the outcome of prejudice. This
earth is one home and native land. God has created mankind with equal
endowment and right to live upon the earth. As a city is the home of all
its inhabitants although each may have his individual place of residence
therein, so the earth's surface is one wide native land or home for all
races of humankind. Racial prejudice or separation into nations such as
French, German, American and so on is unnatural and proceeds from human
motive and ignorance. All are the children and servants of God. Why should
we be separated by artificial and imaginary boundaries? In the animal
kingdom the doves flock together in harmony and agreement. They have no
prejudices. We are human and superior in intelligence. Is it befitting that
lower creatures should manifest virtues which lack expression in man?
Baha'u'llah has proclaimed and promulgated the foundation of
international peace. For thousands of years men and nations have gone forth
to the battlefield to settle their differences. The cause of this has been
ignorance and degeneracy. Praise be to God! In this radiant century minds
have developed, perceptions have become keener, eyes are illumined and ears
attentive. Therefore, it will be impossible for war to continue. Consider
human ignorance and inconsistency. A man who kills another man is punished
by execution, but a military genius who kills one hundred thousand of his
fellow creatures is immortalized as a hero. One man steals a small sum of
money and is imprisoned as a thief. Another pillages a whole country and is
honored as a patriot and conqueror. A single falsehood brings reproach and
censure, but the wiles of politicians and diplomats excite the admiration
and praise of a nation. Consider the ignorance and inconsistency of
mankind. How darkened and savage are the instincts of humanity!
Baha'u'llah has announced that no matter how far the world of humanity
may advance in material civilization, it is nevertheless in need of
spiritual virtues and the bounties of God. The spirit of man is not
illumined and quickened through material sources. It is not resuscitated by
investigating phenomena of the world of matter. The spirit of man is in need
of the protection of the Holy Spirit. Just as he advances by progressive
stages from the mere physical world of being into the intellectual realm, so
must he develop upward in moral attributes and spiritual graces. In the
process of this attainment he is ever in need of the bestowals of the Holy
Spirit. Material development may be likened to the glass of a lamp, whereas
divine virtues and spiritual susceptibilities are the light within the
glass. The lamp chimney is worthless without the light; likewise, man in his
material condition requires the radiance and vivification of the divine
graces and merciful attributes. Without the presence of the Holy Spirit he
is lifeless. Although physically and mentally alive, he is spiritually
dead. Christ announced, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that
which is born of the Spirit is spirit," meaning that man must be born again.
As the babe is born into the light of this physical world, so must the
physical and intellectual man be born into the light of the world of
Divinity. In the matrix of the mother the unborn child was deprived and
unconscious of the world of material existence, but after its birth it
beheld the wonders and beauties of a new realm of life and being. In the
world of the matrix it was utterly ignorant and unable to conceive of these
new conditions, but after its transformation it discovers the radiant sun,
trees, flowers and an infinite range of blessings and bounties awaiting it.
In the human plane and kingdom man is a captive of nature and ignorant of
the divine world until born of the breaths of the Holy Spirit out of
physical conditions of limitation and deprivation. Then he beholds the
reality of the spiritual realm and Kingdom, realizes the narrow restrictions
of the mere human world of existence and becomes conscious of the unlimited
and infinite glories of the world of God. Therefore, no matter how man may
advance upon the physical and intellectual plane, he is ever in need of the
boundless virtues of Divinity, the protection of the Holy Spirit and the
face of God.
(`Abdu'l-Baha: Promulgation of Universal Peace*, Pages: 284-289)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Maneck
Sent: 18 April 2008 05:32
To: Baha'i Studies
Subject: Re: Can/will someone transliterate a Passage into Arabic for me?
Matthew,
If it is in PUP it is likely the prayer is in Persian rather than
Arabic. Unforuntately we don't have all the original transepts for the
talks contained in PUP. Perhaps Khazeh can tell us if this prayer can
be found elsewhere.
warmest, Susan
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:39 PM, swords-a-flashin'
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> Peace,
>
> There is a Passage or Prayer from 'Abdu'l-Baha that I want to memorize in
Arabic. I think it is from the Promulgation of Universal Peace, and has a
line in there that says something like "Consider no one as rejected"
>
> Is there any Arabic reading/speaking people here, or does anyone know
someone who could transliterate the Arabic with English phoenetics for me,
so I can learn how to memorize it? I can read some Arabic script, but I have
trouble pronouncing words without transliteration to help me out.
>
> This is the Passage in question:
>
> "But some souls are weak; we must endeavor to strengthen them. Some are
ignorant, uninformed of the bounties of God; we must strive to make them
knowing. Some are ailing; we must seek to restore them to health. Some are
immature as children; they must be trained and assisted to attain maturity.
We nurse the sick in tenderness and the kindly spirit of love; we do not
despise them because they are ill. Therefore, we must exercise extreme
patience, sympathy and love toward all mankind, considering no soul as
rejected. If we look upon a soul as rejected, we have disobeyed the
teachings of God. God is loving to all. Shall we be unjust or unkind to
anyone? Is this allowable in the sight of God? God provides for all. Is it
befitting for us to prevent the flow of His merciful provisions for mankind?
God has created all in His image and likeness. Shall we manifest hatred for
His creatures and servants? This would be contrary to the will of God and
according to the will of Satan, by which we mean the natural inclinations of
the lower nature. This lower nature in man is symbolized as Satan -- the
evil ego within us, not an evil personality outside."
>
> (Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 286)
>
> peace,
>
>
>
>
>
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