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Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh
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Rejoice with great joy, for God hath made thee “the Day Spring of His
light,” inasmuch as within thee was born the Manifestation of His Glory.
Be thou glad for this name that hath been conferred upon thee—a name
through which the Day Star of grace hath shed its splendor, through which
both earth and heaven have been illumined.

Ere long will the state of affairs within thee be changed, and the reins
of power fall into the hands of the people. Verily, thy Lord is the
All-Knowing. His authority embraceth all things. Rest thou assured in the
gracious favor of thy Lord. The eye of His loving-kindness shall
everlastingly be directed towards thee. The day is approaching when thy
agitation will have been transmuted into peace and quiet calm. Thus hath
it been decreed in the wondrous Book.





LVII: WHEN THOU ART DEPARTED OUT OF THE COURT OF...


When thou art departed out of the court of My presence, O Muḥammad, direct
thy steps towards My House (Ba_gh_dád House), and visit it on behalf of
thy Lord. When thou reachest its door, stand thou before it and say:
Whither is the Ancient Beauty gone, O most great House of God, He through
Whom God hath made thee the cynosure of an adoring world, and proclaimed
thee to be the sign of His remembrance unto all who are in the heavens and
all who are on the earth? Oh! for the former days when thou, O House of
God, wert made His footstool, the days when in ceaseless strains the
melody of the All-Merciful poured forth from thee! What hath become of thy
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