Be Not Dismayed O Peoples Of The World

Sources: Gleanings From The Writings Of Baha'u'llah

Be not dismayed, O peoples of the world, when the day star of My beauty is

set, and the heaven of My tabernacle is concealed from your eyes. Arise to

further My Cause, and to exalt My Word amongst men. We are with you at all

times, and shall strengthen you through the power of truth. We are truly

almighty. Whoso hath recognized Me, will arise and serve Me with such

determination that the powers of earth and heaven shall be unable t

defeat his purpose.



The peoples of the world are fast asleep. Were they to wake from their

slumber, they would hasten with eagerness unto God, the All-Knowing, the

All-Wise. They would cast away everything they possess, be it all the

treasures of the earth, that their Lord may remember them to the extent of

addressing to them but one word. Such is the instruction given you by Him

Who holdeth the knowledge of things hidden, in a Tablet which the eye of

creation hath not seen, and which is revealed to none except His own Self,

the omnipotent protector of all worlds. So bewildered are they in the

drunkenness of their evil desires, that they are powerless to recognize

the Lord of all being, Whose voice calleth aloud from every direction:

"There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Wise."



Say: Rejoice not in the things ye possess; tonight they are yours,

tomorrow others will possess them. Thus warneth you He Who is the

All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Say: Can ye claim that what ye own is

lasting or secure? Nay! By Myself, the All-Merciful. The days of your life

flee away as a breath of wind, and all your pomp and glory shall be folded

up as were the pomp and glory of those gone before you. Reflect, O people!

What hath become of your bygone days, your lost centuries? Happy the days

that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the

hours which have been spent in praise of Him Who is the All-Wise. By My

life! Neither the pomp of the mighty, nor the wealth of the rich, nor even

the ascendancy of the ungodly will endure. All will perish, at a word from

Him. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling, the Almighty.

What advantage is there in the earthly things which men possess? That

which shall profit them, they have utterly neglected. Erelong, they will

awake from their slumber, and find themselves unable to obtain that which

hath escaped them in the days of their Lord, the Almighty, the

All-Praised. Did they but know it, they would renounce their all, that

their names may be mentioned before His throne. They, verily, are

accounted among the dead.