Lawḥ-i-Ru’yá
Tablet of the Vision
لوح الرؤيا
Bahá’u’lláh
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Recounts, in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the Báb, a joyful vision of the Maid of Heaven as personification of the Holy Spirit, who embraces Him and addresses Him ecstatically and who bids Him leave ‘Akká and hasten to His ‘other dominions’.
mystical themesmysteries and their discovery; the mystical visiondivine gracebountyconfirmations; spiritual capacity, Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinitysymbolismpower and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God
يَا إِسْمِي إِسْمَعْ نِدَائِي مِنْ حَوْلِ عَرْشِي لِيُبَلِّغَكَ إِلَى بَحْرٍ مَا لَهُ سَاحِلٌ وَمَا بَلَغَ قَعْرَهُ سَابِحٌ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ العَليمُ الكَرِيمُ * قَد أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَمُنَّ عَلَيكَ بِذِكْرِ مَا رَأَينَاهُ لِتَرَى العَالَمَ النُّورَانِي فِي هَذَا العَالَمِ الظُّلْمَانِي وَتُوقِنَ