"While engulfed in tribulations I heard a most wondrous, a most sweet voice, calling above My head. Turning My face, I beheld a Maiden -- the embodiment of the remembrance of the name of My Lord -- suspended in the air before Me. So rejoiced was she in her very soul that her countenance shone with the ornament of the good pleasure of God, and her cheeks glowed with the brightness of the All-Merciful. Betwixt earth and heaven she was raising a call which captivated the hearts and minds of men. She was imparting to both My inward and outer being tidings which rejoiced My soul, and the souls of God's honoured servants."
Comments:
The Guardian explains in God Passes By that in some other Tablets the reference to “Maiden” is a representation of the “Most Great Spirit” in Baha’u’llah’s Dispensation and that It was represented as the “Sacred Fire, the Burning Bush, the Dove and the Angel Gabriel” in “the Zoroastrian, the Mosaic, the Christian, and Muhammadan Dispensations.”
It’s very heartwarming how Baha’u’llah familiarizes us with the intimate level of communication that took place between the Manifestation of God and the Most Great Spirit which in this paragraph is referred to as “the embodiment of the remembrance of the name of My Lord.” Baha’u’llah also lets us know that this communication with the Most Great Spirit had a powerful effect on His “inward and outer” being and that it “rejoiced” His soul. He helps us understand that such interactions with the Most Great Spirit by the Manifestations of God have effects also on other holy beings, namely the “souls of God’s honoured servants.”
Also fascinating is the fact that the “call” that this Most Great Spirit raised has “captivated the hearts and minds” of all people – whether or not we are cognizant of that influence.
Comments:
The Guardian explains in God Passes By that in some other Tablets the reference to “Maiden” is a representation of the “Most Great Spirit” in Baha’u’llah’s Dispensation and that It was represented as the “Sacred Fire, the Burning Bush, the Dove and the Angel Gabriel” in “the Zoroastrian, the Mosaic, the Christian, and Muhammadan Dispensations.”
It’s very heartwarming how Baha’u’llah familiarizes us with the intimate level of communication that took place between the Manifestation of God and the Most Great Spirit which in this paragraph is referred to as “the embodiment of the remembrance of the name of My Lord.” Baha’u’llah also lets us know that this communication with the Most Great Spirit had a powerful effect on His “inward and outer” being and that it “rejoiced” His soul. He helps us understand that such interactions with the Most Great Spirit by the Manifestations of God have effects also on other holy beings, namely the “souls of God’s honoured servants.”
Also fascinating is the fact that the “call” that this Most Great Spirit raised has “captivated the hearts and minds” of all people – whether or not we are cognizant of that influence.
