Lawh-i-ard-i-ba (tablet Of The Land Of Ba)

Sources: Tablets Of Baha'u'llah Revealed After The Kitab-i-aqdas

PRAISE be to Him Who hath honoured the Land of Ba(86) through the presence

of Him round Whom all names revolve. All the atoms of the earth have

announced unto all created things that from behind the gate of the

Prison-city there hath appeared and above its horizon there hath shone

forth the Orb of the beauty of the great, the Most Mighty Branch of

God--His ancient and immutable Mystery--proceeding on its way to another

land. Sorrow, thereby, hath enveloped this Prison-city, whilst another

land rejoiceth. Exalted, immeasurably exalted is our Lord, the Fashioner

of the heavens and the Creator of all things, He through Whose sovereignty

the doors of the prison were opened, thereby causing what was promised

aforetime in the Tablets to be fulfilled. He is verily potent over what He

willeth, and in His grasp is the dominion of the entire creation. He is

the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.



Blessed, doubly blessed, is the ground which His footsteps have trodden,

the eye that hath been cheered by the beauty of His countenance, the ear

that hath been honoured by hearkening to His call, the heart that hath

tasted the sweetness of His love, the breast that hath dilated through His

remembrance, the pen that hath voiced His praise, the scroll that hath

borne the testimony of His writings. We beseech God--blessed and exalted be

He--that He may honour us with meeting Him soon. He is, in truth, the

All-Hearing, the All-Powerful, He Who is ready to answer.