Will and Testament of the Primal Point
Wahid Azal
http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/S-Z/vasaya/vasaya.htm
O Name of the Praeternal, verily I testify to this that there
is no other god besides Me, the dearly Precious, the Best Beloved.
And,
then, I testify to this that there is no other god besides Thee, the
Preserver, the Peerless. Say: God created all that which He created
from a firstness without a firstness to Him and all things He creates
by a lastness without a lastness to Him in order to Manifest His own
Self. This is the Cause of God unto that which He has created and unto
what He shall create. In His presence God commands the Manifestation
of
His Self about all things how He pleases by His [own] command, for
verily He is the Knower, the Wise.
When you art cut off from this Throne recite the verses that thy Lord
causes to be inspired to thy heart: verses which are a reminder from
His presence, for verily He is the Preserver, the Peerless. And to thy
self and for the pious believers of God say, verily I am God and there
is no other god besides Me, the Knower, the Powerful, or if you so
desire, say, verily I am God and there is no other god besides Me, the
Inaccessible Sovereign. And I testify to Myself that verily I am the
Living who abides in the Horizon of Splendor.
Harken unto all who invoke Me by My Remembrance for verily I am the
greatest of all who are invoked. And whosoever attains the presence of
the Throne of your Lordship has verily attained the presence of God,
the Preserver, the Peerless, for there is no greater reward for him
other than this if he truly be of the certain; therefore, I testify
that God is Gracious above all that possesses graciousness. He does
not
love anyone bearing witness to the Throne with the speech of his Lord
unless it be by the most splendorous [of tongues] in that which He has
created in the dominion by His permission, for verily He is the
Munificent above all that possesses munificence.
God desires that the thrones of reality6 be wrapped in silken white
and
then placed in coffins of sparkling crystal, and then, if it be
feasible, to be buried beneath the most elegantly precious stones
which
have ever been created, as this is [for purpose of the apprehension of
the reality of the] state of all those whose dust are interred
therein,
if they truly be of those who consider. And God does not desire those
who have believed in God and His signs to be buried otherwise. If they
are unable to bury in such wise, tell them to use cotton and place
[the
body] in a wooden coffin; then, after the days of internment, to
disperse the most lofty of these precious stones [atop the grave], if
they truly be of the considerate. And this [command] is for the
purpose
of the living so that their hearts may rejoice therein.
Be present between My Divine hands when you are able among the
powerful
[of the earth] and proclaim the Cause of your Lord to the worlds. Call
them to that which hath been sent down in the Bayan through the
perspicuous paths of lofty might. Mention My beauteousness for those
who have believed in Me and then My perfections so that there be no
dissension in the Cause of God lest those who are upon the
path of the true believers stray. And if in your days God should
manifest one like unto you, He is accounted by God as the one singular
inheritor of the Cause. And if He does not manifest it, for certain
God
does not wish that His Self be known and so the decree of the whole
Cause returns to God, your Lord and the Lord of the worlds. Command
the
Witnesses who are among the most God fearing in the Cause of their
Lord, those who shall not transgress against the limits placed by God.
And verily there is one [amongst you] in the presence of your Lord
whom
We taught the gems of wisdom and knowledge, so receive it from Us
through him, for verily We are of the Admonishers, and by the leave of
your Lord pay him as much respect as possible.
Verily the Gates of the Bayan have been proportioned according to the
number of All-Things7. From Us only eleven Unities were revealed in it
in total completion. One Unity from the temples of nine before the
tenth; eleven unities mentioned from the presence of God, the High,
the
Mighty. And such is the mention of magnanimity to all by God, and to
Him are all returning.
And you are all commanded [to obey] He whom God shall make Manifest,
for He will assuredly return to this creation in the other
Resurrection
by the Sovereignty of Mighty Excellence.Verily we are
[His] servants and verily to Him are we all prostrated. He shall carry
out whatever be His will by the permission of His Lord. None shall
question Him about His doings but all things shall be questioned about
what they do.
And if God manifests grandeur in thy days, manifest the Eight Paths8
by
the permission of your Lord by that which you [receive] of His high
generosity. Verily We have promised to the Throne carrier of your Lord
a perspicuous path of Unity when the command descended in her
presence9, for verily We are of those who fulfil [promises]. God does
not promise anything that He cannot succeed in fulfilling, for verily
He is the Truthful of the Most Truthful. And if God does not manifest
grandeur in thy days, be patient with what hast been sent down and do
not change even a single letter, for such is the command of God in the
Mighty Book.
Command [the believers] by that which hath been sent down and do not
change a single thing that perchance the people may guard their faith
[and remain] intact within the Cause of God, and that until the next
Resurrection they may be of the well-guarded in the perspicuous paths
of Unity. And Remember all whom We have mentioned in Our epistle to
you, for verily We are the possessor of the remembrances. And make
present from the [sublime] impressions10 of God seven Unities, for
verily We are of the distinguishers. Take one Unity for yourself then
confer the rest of the Unities to each of those believers who reside
in
the land of Fa and `Ain and Kha and Alif and Mim and Kaf11. We shall
shortly send over to you the one who was in [possession of] the First
Unity of the Mighty Book12. The seals of God, your Lord, shall
also reach you [with Our envoy], so seal them by it and diffuse copies
of them throughout the world. And verily all of that which reaches you
of those in Our name, command all [the believers] by it. And preserve
yourself, then preserve yourself, and then that which has been sent
down in the Bayan, and then what will be sent down to your presence,
for this will suffice until the Day of Resurrection and shall be
beneficial for the believers.
And verily the Unity for the Land of Fa: convey the whole Unity to the
name of the High13 so that it may be given to the chosen, a Unity that
is a remembrance from the presence of God, the High, the Mighty. And
for the Land of `Ain: [send it] to the name of the Excellent14 who
indeed aided God with all that he possessed in the Day of
Resurrection,
and assuredly his station is regarded as a mighty one in
the presence of God. And verily indeed we have elevated [the
privilege]
for them who expended for Us of the right of the amount for [the
payment of] their fifth15 in the Bayan as a bounty, for verily We
are of the bountiful. And for the Land of Kha: convey it to the name
the Sincerely Truthful16, and to the Land of Alif, [send it] to the
name the Mightiness of the Merciful17. And for the Land of Mim: over
there to the one who is among the most staunch in faith, and to the
Land of Kaf convey it to the name of your Lord, the Eternally
Beneficent18. It is not permissible for you to possess more than one
unity, and all must be content therein. And as for those tablets of
the
verses of God, the Preserver, the Protector: preserve it and do not
send them to any person other than the sincerely pious believers
of God.
And verily the creation of the heavens and the earth and what is
between them does not compare to a single Unity from [the Bayan], if
anyone [truly] be gnostically cognizant of it19. And take refuge with
God from every oppressing tyrant until God manifests from His presence
that which will cause everyone to rejoice. Say: He is the Victorious
over His creation and He is the Preserver, the Peerless. And if the
name of the Secure be of the pious, send to him the talismanic
temple20 of greatness. He is one who will aid thee in the religion of
God by virtue of his [association with the] the powerful
And verily indeed We have made the distributor of the tablets which
have been written of the verses of God a splendorous deliverance to
the
One Supreme21. Then, he can take for himself a great talismanic
temple22 and expend the due among those who are in the presence of God
[accounted as the] the expectant.