Morning
It is Our wish to remember the Abode of supreme
blissfulness, the holy and shining city (Tihran)—the city wherein the fragrance
of the Well-Beloved hath been shed, wherein His signs have been diffused,
wherein the evidences of His glory have been revealed, wherein His standards
have been raised, wherein His tabernacle hath been pitched, wherein each of His
wise decrees hath been unfolded.
It is the city in which the sweet savors of reunion have breathed, which have caused the sincere lovers of God to draw nigh unto Him, and to gain access to the Habitation of holiness and beauty. Happy is the wayfarer that directeth his steps towards this city, that gaineth admittance into it, and quaffeth the wine of reunion, through the outpouring grace of his Lord, the Gracious, the All-Praised.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
Evening
Say: This is the Paradise on whose foliage the wine of utterance hath imprinted the testimony: “He that was hidden from the eyes of men is revealed, girded with sovereignty and power!” This is the Paradise, the rustling of whose leaves proclaims: “O ye that inhabit the heavens and the earth! There hath appeared what hath never previously appeared. He Who, from everlasting, had concealed His Face from the sight of creation is now come.” From the whispering breeze that wafteth amidst its branches there cometh the cry: “He Who is the sovereign Lord of all is made manifest. The Kingdom is God’s,” while from its streaming waters can be heard the murmur: “All eyes are gladdened, for He Whom none hath beheld, Whose secret no one hath discovered, hath lifted the veil of glory, and uncovered the countenance of Beauty.”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
