Súriy-i-Qalam
Sura of the Pen
سورة القلم
Bahá’u’lláh
Arabic 1,970 words Best-Known Work Awaiting Translation
A celebration of the festival of Riḍván, taking the form of a series of apostrophes to His Pen, the denizens of earth and heaven, the concourse of monks, and the Maid of Heaven.
symbolismthe Word of God; influence and centrality ofproclamation to Christians, Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinityproclamation to people of the Bayanmonasticism; asceticism, Word of God the cause of creationtranscendence; unknowability of God
أَنْ يَا قَلَمَ الأَعْلَى فَاشْهَدْ فِي نَفْسِكَ بِأَنَّهُ هُوَ اللّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا المُهَيمِنُ القَيُّومُ * ثُمّْ اشْهَدْ بِذَاتِكَ بِأَنِّي أَنَا اللّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَكُلٌّ خُلِقُوا بِأَمْرِي وَكُلٌّ بِأَمْرِي يَعْمَلُونَ * ثُمَّ اشْهَدْ بِكَيْنُونَتِكَ بِأَنَّ هَذَا لَجَمَال