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In the start of the Long Obligatory Prayer the
Divine Revealer reveals that the person making the Prayer beseeches God by both
the Names **'Ali* =Most Exalted and the Name **Abha= Most
Glorious**
*** O Thou Who art the Lord of all
names and the Maker of the heavens! I beseech Thee by them Who are the
Day-Springs of Thine invisible Essence, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, to
make of my prayer a fire that will burn away the veils which have shut me out
from Thy beauty, and a light that will lead me unto the ocean of Thy Presence.
(Baha'u'llah: Prayers and Meditations, Page: 317) **** and in the Suriye Vafa Baha'u'llah reveals that the
eyes of the People of the Bayan were dimmed because the Name 'A'la
['Ali]* was changed **baddala** to the Name *Abha*
Beware, beware lest thou behave like
unto the people of the Bayan. For indeed they erred grievously, misguided
the people, ignored the Covenant of God and His Testament and joined partners
with Him, the One, the Incomparable, the All-Knowing. Verily they failed
to recognize the Point of the Bayan, for had they recognized Him they would not
have rejected His manifestation in this luminous and resplendent Being.
And since they fixed their eyes on names, therefore when He replaced His Name
`the Most Exalted' by `the Most Glorious' their eyes were dimmed ['AMAT
'UYUNUHUM]. They have failed to recognize Him in these days and are reckoned
with those that perish. Indeed, had they known Him through His own Self or
by virtue of that which He hath revealed, they would not have repudiated Him
when He appeared in this glorious and incomparable Name, which God hath ordained
to be the Sword of His Revelation between heaven and earth, and through which
truth is separated from error, even from now until the Day when mankind shall
stand before the Lord of the worlds.
(Baha'u'llah: Tablets of Baha'u'llah, Pages: 185-186) thoughts and meditations of
my midnight hour
kh f.
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