m turn
aside from this counsel and whosoever desireth let him choose the path to
his Lord.

O people, if ye deny these verses, by what proof have ye believed in God?
Produce it, O assemblage of false ones.

Nay, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, they are not, and never shall be
able to do this, even should they combine to assist one another.

O Ahmad! Forget not My Bounties while I am absent. Remember My days during
thy days, and My distress and banishment in this remote prison. And be
thou so steadfast in My love that thy heart shall not waver, even if the
swords of the enemies rain blows upon thee and all the heavens and the
earth arise against thee.

Be thou as a flame of fire to My enemies and a river of life eternal to My
loved ones, and be not of those who doubt.

And if thou art overtaken by affliction in My path, or degradation for My
sake, be not thou troubled thereby.

Rely upon God, thy God and the Lord of thy fathers. For the people are
wandering in the paths of delusion, bereft of discernment to see God with
their own eyes, or hear His Melody with their own ears. Thus have We found
them, as thou also dost witness.

Thus have their superstitions become veils between them and their own
hearts and kept them from the path of God, the Exalted, the Great.

Be thou assured in thyself that verily, he who turns away from this Beauty
hath also turned away from the Messengers of the past and showeth pride
towards God from all eternity to all eternity.

Learn well this Tablet, O Ahmad. Chant it during thy days and withhold not
thyself therefrom. For verily, God hath ordained for the one who chants
it, the reward of a hundred martyrs and a service in both worlds. These
favors have We bestowed upon thee as a bounty on Our part and a mercy from
Our presence, that thou mayest be of those who are grateful.

By God! Should one who is in affliction or grief read this Tablet with
absolute sincerity, God will dispel his sadness, solve his difficulties
and remove his afflictions.

Verily, He is the Merciful, the Compassionate. Praise be to God, the Lord
of all the worlds.

--Baha'u'llah

FIRE TABLET

"In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Great...."

In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Great.

Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation:
Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the
worlds?

Those who are near unto Thee