I have heard from one of the friends that there is a Tablet from Baha'u'llah in which He says that if a person wants the things of this world in preference to the spiritual gifts God offers, God in His justice will give them to him in abundance, because throughout all the worlds of God, that's all he's going to get.
Does anyone know of such a Tablet, perhaps not yet translated? It seems to me this might be one of the themes in a Tablet addressed to Mirza Husayn Khan, the Persian Ambassador in Constantinople. Baha'u'llah writes: "Heed, therefore, My counsel, and hearken thou, with the hearing of thine heart, unto My speech, and be not careless of My words, nor be of them that reject My truth. Glory not in the things that have been given thee. Set before thine eyes what hath been revealed in the Book of God, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious: 'And when they had forgotten their warnings, We set open to them the gates of all things,' even as We did set open to thee and to thy like the gates of this earth and the ornaments thereof. Wait thou, therefore, for what hath been promised in the latter part of this holy verse, for this is a promise from Him Who is the Almighty, the All-Wise, a promise that will not prove untrue." (Summons of the Lord of Hosts p. 227, and Gleanings CXIII p. 227, quoting Qur'an 6:44.) "Their warnings" refers to those of the "apostles" God sent to the nations (6:42). I understand the reference to what has been promised in the "latter part" of the verse, to be a promise that God will grant Husayn Khan more of the things of this earth, such as fame, prestige, wealth, power and the other benefits this world offers. Thoughts welcome. Brent __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.net/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
