巴哈欧拉的访问书简（又称朝圣书简）

（这篇书简在巴哈欧拉和巴孛的陵墓前朗读，但也常常作为祂们的周年纪念祷文。）

啊！祢庄严的显圣者、永恒的君王、天地万物之主！那发端自祢壮丽之本体之赞颂和照自祢无与伦比之圣美之荣光，皆归向于祢。我见证，上天的威权和他的统治，上天的宏伟和壮丽，都由祢显现出来了，而太古之辉的晨星，照耀着祢不可更易的命谕之天堂；不可见之美，从祢创造之天边发着亮光。我要见证，祢的笔轻轻一挥，祢的命令“成”便实现了，而上天的秘密泄露了，而一切物体被创造出来了，所有的天启降世了。

我要进一步见证，通过祢的美，那位受崇拜者的美得以显现出来；通过祢的面容，我们看到了那位挚爱者的面容；通过祢的一个字，所有创造物的位置便决定了——献身于祢的升登荣耀的巅峰，不信者坠落深渊之底。

我见证，凡是认识祢的人，也认识了上天；凡是抵达祢尊前的人，也来到了上天的尊前。因此，那些信仰了祢，相信祢的征兆，在祢的威权前面谦卑，以能够见到祢为荣，并获得祢的意愿之好感，围绕着祢，站在祢的王座前的人们，得到巨大的幸福；那些冒犯了祢，拒绝了祢，否定了祢的征兆，排斥了祢的权威，起来对抗祢，在祢面前傲慢，质疑祢的明证，逃避祢的统治，并且由祢命令的手指，将其名刻在祢神圣的书简上的异端者之人们，将面对惨祸。

我的上天啊！我的挚爱，以祢慈悲和仁爱的右手，将祢恩惠的神圣气息扫落我的身上，以致我被祂牵引，超脱于自我和这个世界，来到祢临近和现身的殿堂。祢有能力做祢喜欢的事。祢，诚然，超越一切物体。

祢这上天的圣美啊！人们给予上天的赞美、荣耀和荣光，和对祂的记忆，都落在祢身上。我见证，创造的眼睛从未凝视一个如祢这样的被错待者。祢生命中的每一个日子，都沉浸在苦难的海洋里。有一个时候，祢被铁链和镣铐紧锁，另一个时候敌人的利剑在祢身边飘忽。尽管如此，祢还是嘱咐所有的人，遵守那位无所不知者和智慧圆满者通过祢所启示的命谕。

但愿我将我的生命奉献给祢，为祢的错待之苦做出牺牲；但愿我以我的灵魂，抵赎祢遭遇一生的横虐。我祈求上天通过祢，和那些脸上照射着祢面容之光华，并由于爱祢，而遵守祢一切吩咐的人们，撕下那层阻隔在祢和祢的造物者之间的面纱，提供他们种种有益今生和来世的事物。祢，诚然，是全能者、最崇高者、完全荣耀者、永远的宽恕者、最悲悯者。

主啊！我的上天，祝福那位神圣的指路莲和祂叶子、粗干和细枝、茎和芽，使祂跟祢最卓越的名号、最庄严的品德一样长久；保护祂免于遭受肇事者和残暴之徒的伤害。诚然，祢是全能的、最有力的。主啊！我的上天，祝福这些来到了祢尊前的仆人们和女仆们。诚然，祢是普施者，祢的慈悲无边无际，除了祢，永远的宽恕者、最慷慨者，别无上天。

——巴哈欧拉

Tablet of Visitation of Bahá’u’lláh

(This Tablet is read at the Shrines of Bahá’u’lláh and The Báb. It is also frequently used in commemorating Their anniversaries.)

The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art the Manifestation of Grandeur, and the King of Eternity, and the Lord of all who are in heaven and on earth!  I testify that through Thee the sovereignty of God and His dominion, and the majesty of God and His grandeur, were revealed, and the Daystars of ancient splendor have shed their radiance in the heaven of Thine irrevocable decree, and the Beauty of the Unseen hath shone forth above the horizon of creation.  I testify, moreover, that with but a movement of Thy Pen Thine injuction “Be Thou” hath been enforced, and God's hidden Secret hath been divulged, and all created things have been called into being, and all the Revelations have been sent down.

I bear witness, moreover, that through Thy beauty the beauty of the Adored One hath been unveiled, and through Thy face the face of the Desired One hath shone forth, and that through a word from Thee Thou hast decided between all created things, causing them who are devoted to Thee to ascend unto the summit of glory, and the infidels to fall into the lowest abyss.

I bear witness that he who hath known Thee hath known God, and he who hath attained unto Thy presence hath attained unto the presence of God.  Great, therefore, is the blessedness of him who hath believed in Thee, and in Thy signs, and hath humbled himself before Thy sovereignty, and hath been honored with meeting Thee, and hath attained the good pleasure of Thy will, and circled around Thee, and stood before Thy throne.  Woe betide him that hath transgressed against Thee, and hath denied Thee, and repudiated Thy signs, and gainsaid Thy sovereignty, and risen up against Thee, and waxed proud before Thy face, and hath disputed Thy testimonies, and fled from Thy rule and Thy dominion, and been numbered with the infidels whose names have been inscribed by the fingers of Thy behest upon Thy holy Tablets.

Waft, then, unto me, O my God and my Beloved, from the right hand of Thy mercy and Thy loving-kindness, the holy breaths of Thy favors, that they may draw me away from myself and from the world unto the courts of Thy nearness and Thy presence.  Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.  Thou, truly, hast been supreme over all things.

The remembrance of God and His praise, and the glory of God and His splendor, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty!  I bear witness that the eye of creation hath never gazed upon one wronged like Thee.  Thou wast immersed all the days of Thy life beneath an ocean of tribulations.  At one time Thou wast in chains and fetters; at another Thou wast threatened by the sword of Thine enemies.  Yet, despite all this, Thou didst enjoin upon all men to observe what had been prescribed unto Thee by Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

May my spirit be a sacrifice to the wrongs Thou didst suffer, and my soul be a ransom for the adversities Thou didst sustain.  I beseech God, by Thee and by them whose faces have been illumined with the splendors of the light of Thy countenance, and who, for love of Thee, have observed all whereunto they were bidden, to remove the veils that have come in between Thee and Thy creatures, and to supply me with the good of this world and the world to come.  Thou art, in truth, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.

Bless Thou, O Lord my God, the Divine Lote-Tree and its leaves, and its boughs, and its branches, and its stems, and its offshoots, as long as Thy most excellent titles will endure and Thy most august attributes will last.  Protect it, then, from the mischief of the aggressor and the hosts of tyranny.  Thou art, in truth, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.  Bless Thou, also, O Lord my God, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens who have attained unto Thee.  Thou, truly, art the All-Bountiful, Whose grace is infinite.  No God is there save Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

Bahá’u’lláh

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