Re: Truth, essence and potential.

Did anything appeal to you about the story of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl ?

"Mirza [Abu'l-Fadl] was truly a divine scholar. He told me that he had
read the Íqán with 'the eye of intellect' seventeen times through, and it had seemed to him a meaningless string of words. That later, he had read it with 'the eye of faith,' and had found it the key with which he could unlock the secrets of all the sacred books of past religions."

I found the above interesting for it says to me that some realities do not lend them self to a purely dispassionate intellectual investigation.

Abu'l-Fadl recounts observing 'Abdu'-Baha answering correspondence while simultaneously answering questions of people in his presence.

"Many a time we were in His Holy Presence when multitudes of prominent people were there, such as judges, doctors and great military and civil officials of different nationality, religion and language. While He was in their midst large packages of letters from all parts and countries of the world were brought to Him. Although encompassed with insurmountable difficulties, He -- Glorified is His Name and Grandeur! -- continued to answer questions and requests made by those present, while He wrote replies to each letter. These Tablets and replies were written without
meditation, pause of pen, or preliminary rough-copy, and without the help of a scribe." -- Abu'l-Fadl

We are asked to emulate this man.

"This great man, whom Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá cherished so dearly, and the example of whose life 'Abdu'l-Bahá bade His followers emulate, in memory of whose outstanding services to the Cause is named one of the
doors of the Shrine of the Báb, served the Faith of God with distinction
mainly because he had detached himself from all earthly things and had the capacity to become the recipient of the bounties and confirmations of Bahá'u'lláh"

Might we not wonder that at some future time scientific endeavor will morph into a concept we as yet dimly recognized. It is pure speculation on my part but it does intrigue me.

Without errors discovery would be impossible for human beings.

In any event what we as individuals find significant is uniquely tied to our own state of being. We share in the hope to find similar recognition and reciprocation.

Regards,

Albert


Kent Johnson wrote:
Hi Albert. To err is human. To give up is lazy. Just because we might make errors is no reason to stop. If it were easy we would have to find something more difficult to do.

--Kent

"aj" <ajv2003@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:12c6be2hqi6h4cc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear Kent,follow student in the Ocean of the Word of God.

As in the World of Nature and so in the World of the Word, nothing appear sometimes easy to understand. Part of the reason in my understanding is that our own spiritual condition leads us to discovery or error.

Regards,

Albert

"Mirza [Abu'l-Fadl] was truly a divine scholar. He told me that he had read the Íqán with 'the eye of intellect' seventeen times through, and it had seemed to him a meaningless string of words. That later, he had read it with 'the eye of faith,' and had found it the key with which he could unlock the secrets of all the sacred books of past religions. His work, the Fara'id, which deals with these subjects, has not yet been translated into English. The Master, in a tablet to the Washington believers written after Mirza's death in 1914, says of him, 'His blessed heart was the spring of realities and significances, allaying the thirst of every thirsty one.'[1]
[1. Tablet in possession of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Washington; quoted in Bahá'í Proofs, p. 26] (Marzieh Gail, Dawn Over Mount Hira, p. 112)

Mirza Abu'l-Fadl knew the station of Bahá'u'lláh to be so exalted, and himself so unworthy, that he felt unable to seek permission to attain His presence. He was one of the Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh who never gazed upon the face of His Lord. But he attained the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá for the first time in 1894 and basked in the sunshine of His love for about ten months. Here he showed such humility and self-effacement that the believers who were present learned from him the meaning of true servitude and utter nothingness. Ali-Kuli Khan has described this so beautifully:

.. Yes, but really to know his greatness, you had to watch
him when he was in the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Then his
knowledge reduced him to nothingness, and you thought of
a pebble on the ocean shore.(12)

Concerning the great bounty of meeting 'Abdu'l-Bahá he has written this account:

When in AD 1894 the author travelled to the Holy Land and, 107 through the assistance of the Divine Favors, attained unto
the visit of His Holy Threshold, he was amazed to behold in
Him all virtues and perfections. These were witnessed
during ten months residence in the shelter of His nearness.
Many a time we were in His Holy Presence when
multitudes of prominent people were there, such as judges,
doctors and great military and civil officials of different
nationality, religion and language. While He was in their
midst large packages of letters from all parts and countries
of the world were brought to Him. Although encompassed
with insurmountable difficulties, He -- Glorified is His
Name and Grandeur! -- continued to answer questions and
requests made by those present, while He wrote replies to
each letter. These Tablets and replies were written without
meditation, pause of pen, or preliminary rough-copy, and
without the help of a scribe. All regions are filled with His
Tablets and hearts are attracted through their spread. He has
caused the Voice of His Lord... to reach the high heavens.
Through the words of His widespread epistles, which exhale
the purest fragrances of His Utterances, souls are uplifted;
and from their verses the fountains of knowledge and
wisdom flow onward.(13)

This great man, whom Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá cherished so dearly, and the example of whose life 'Abdu'l-Bahá bade His followers emulate, in memory of whose outstanding services to the Cause is named one of the doors of the Shrine of the Báb, served the Faith of God with distinction mainly because he had detached himself from all earthly things and had the capacity to become the recipient of the bounties and confirmations of Bahá'u'lláh

(Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 3, p. 106)

O ye believers of God! This is the time of self-abnegation and renunciation and the era of servitude and loyalty. The utmost height of this servant is the station of servitude to His Highness the Almighty. If he becomes accepted at the threshold of servitude, how glorious will be this most excellent gift. Otherwise he will be deprived of the mercy of God. Therefore the utmost hope and aspiration of Abdul Baha is to open his wings in this space, to run toward this field, obtain infinite exhilaration from this wine, be intoxicated with this cup and acquire the longing of heart and spirit. Every other mention save this unchangeable, beloved name (Abdul Baha) will become the cause of grief and sorrow and the source of the greatest regret and illimitable remorse. I request from the friends of God that day and night they may supplicate and implore at the divine Kingdom so that my servitude may become accepted in the threshold of Bahá'u'lláh.

(Compilations, Baha'i Scriptures, p. 379)

'Abdu'l-Bahá's own statements, in confirmation of this warning, are no less emphatic and binding: "This is," He declares, "my firm, my unshakable conviction, the essence of my unconcealed and explicit belief -- a conviction and belief which the denizens of the Abha Kingdom fully share: The Blessed Beauty is the Sun of Truth, and His light the light of truth. The Báb is likewise the Sun of Truth, and His light the light of truth... My station is the station of servitude -- a servitude which is complete, pure and real, firmly established, enduring, obvious, explicitly revealed and subject to no interpretation whatever... I am the Interpreter of the Word of God; such is my interpretation."

Does not 'Abdu'l-Bahá in His own Will -- in a tone and language that might well confound the most inveterate among the breakers of His Father's Covenant -- rob of their chief weapon those who so long and so persistently had striven to impute to Him the charge of having tacitly claimed a station equal, if not superior, to that of Bahá'u'lláh? "The foundation of the belief of the people of Baha is this," thus proclaims one of the weightiest passages of that last document left to voice in perpetuity the directions and wishes of a departed Master, "His Holiness the Exalted One (the Bab) is the Manifestation of the unity and oneness of God and the Forerunner of the Ancient Beauty. His Holiness the Abha Beauty (Bahá'u'lláh) (may my life be a sacrifice for His steadfast friends) is the supreme Manifestation of God and the Day-Spring of His most divine Essence. All others are servants unto Him and do His bidding."

(Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 132)





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