The Will And Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

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PartOne HereinFollowtheTabletsandTestamentofAbdul-Bahá All-praiseToHimWho,bytheShieldofHisCovenant,hath guardedtheTempleofHisCausefromthedartsofdoubtfulness, WhobytheHostsofHisTestamenthathpreservedtheSanctu- aryofHismostBeneficentLawandprotectedHisStraightand LuminousPath,stayingtherebytheonslaughtofthecompanyof Covenant-breakers,thathavethreatenedtosubvertHisDivine Edifice;WhohathwatchedoverHisMightyStrongholdandAll- GloriousFaith,throughtheaidofmenwhomtheslanderofthe slandereraffectnot,whomnoearthlycalling,gloryandpower canturnasidefromtheCovenantofGodandHisTestament, establishedfirmlybyHisclearandmanifestwords,writand revealedbyHisAll-GloriousPenandrecordedinthePreserved Tablet. Salutationandpraise,blessingandgloryrestuponthatprimal branchoftheDivineandSacredLote-Tree,grownout,blest, tender,verdantandflourishingfromtheTwinHolyTrees;the mostwondrous,uniqueandpricelesspearlthatdothgleamfrom outtheTwinsurgingseas;upontheoffshootsoftheTreeof Holiness,thetwigsoftheCelestialTree,theythatintheDay oftheGreatDividinghavestoodfastandfirmintheCovenant; upontheHands(pillars)oftheCauseofGodthathavediffused widelytheDivineFragrances,declaredHisProofs,proclaimed HisFaith,publishedabroadHisLaw,detachedthemselvesfrom allthingsbutHim,stoodforrighteousnessinthisworld,and kindledtheFireoftheLoveofGodintheveryheartsandsouls ofHisservants;uponthemthathavebelieved,restedassured, stoodsteadfastinHisCovenantandfollowedtheLightthatafter mypassingshinethfromtheDayspringofDivineGuidancefor

2TheWillAndTestamentof`Abdu'l-Bahá behold!heistheblestandsacredboughthathathbranchedout fromtheTwinHolyTrees.Wellisitwithhimthatseekeththe shelterofhisshadethatshadowethallmankind. OyebelovedoftheLord!Thegreatestofallthingsisthe protectionoftheTrueFaithofGod,thepreservationofHis Law,thesafeguardingofHisCauseandserviceuntoHisWord. Tenthousandsoulshaveshedstreamsoftheirsacredbloodin thispath,theirpreciouslivestheyofferedinsacrificeuntoHim, hastenedwraptinholyecstasyuntothegloriousfieldofmartyr- dom,upraisedtheStandardofGodsFaithandwritwiththeir life-bloodupontheTabletoftheworldtheversesofHisDivine Unity.ThesacredbreastofHisHoliness,theExaltedOne(may mylifebeasacrificeuntoHim),wasmadeatargettomanyadart ofwoe,andinMázindarán,theblessedfeetoftheAbháBeauty (maymylifebeofferedupforHislovedones)weresogrievously scourgedastobleedandbesorewounded.Hisneckalsowasput intocaptivechainsandHisfeetmadefastinthestocks.Inevery hour,foraperiodoffiftyyears,anewtrialandcalamitybefell HimandfreshafflictionsandcaresbesetHim.Oneofthem:after havingsufferedintensevicissitudes,Hewasmadehomelessand awandererandfellavictimtostillnewvexationsandtroubles. InIráq,theDay-Staroftheworldwassoexposedtothewiles ofthepeopleofmaliceastobeeclipsedinsplendor.LateronHe wassentanexiletotheGreatCity(Constantinople)andthenceto theLandofMystery(Adrianople),whence,grievouslywronged, HewaseventuallytransferredtotheMostGreatPrison(Akká). HeWhomtheworldhathwronged(maymylifebeofferedupfor Hislovedones)wasfourtimesbanishedfromcitytocity,tillat last,condemnedtoperpetualconfinement,Hewasincarcerated inthisprison,theprisonofhighwayrobbers,ofbrigandsandof man-slayers.Allthisisbutoneofthetrialsthathaveafflicted theBlessedBeauty,therestbeingevenasgrievousasthis. AndstillanotherofHistrialswasthehostility,theflagrantin- justice,theiniquityandrebellionofMírzáYa % yá.Althoughthat

PartOne3 WrongedOne,thatPrisoner,hadthroughHisloving-kindness nurturedhiminHisownbosomeversincehisearlyyears,had showeredateverymomentHistendercareuponhim,exalted hisname,shieldedhimfromeverymisfortune,endearedhimto themofthisworldandthenext,anddespitethefirmexhortations andcounselsofHisHoliness,theExaltedOne(theBáb)and Hisclearandconclusivewarning;Beware,beware,lestthe NineteenLettersoftheLivingandthatwhichhathbeenrevealed intheBayánveilthee!yetnotwithstandingthis,MírzáYa % yá deniedHim,dealtfalselywithHim,believedHimnot,sowedthe seedsofdoubt,closedhiseyestoHismanifestversesandturned asidetherefrom.Wouldthathehadbeencontenttherewith!Nay, heevenattemptedtoshedthesacredblood(ofBaháulláh)and thenraisedagreatclamorandtumultaroundhim,attributing untoBaháulláhmalevolenceandcrueltytowardshimself.What seditionhestirredupandwhatastormofmischiefheraised whilstintheLandofMystery(Adrianople)!Atlast,hewrought thatwhichcausedtheDay-Staroftheworldtobesentanexileto this,theMostGreatPrison,andsorelywronged,andintheWest ofthisGreatPrisonHedidset. OyethatstandfastandfirmintheCovenant!TheCenter ofSedition,thePrimeMoverofmischief,MírzáMu % ammad Alí,hathpassedoutfromundertheshadowoftheCause,hath brokentheCovenant,hathfalsifiedtheHolyText,hathinflicted agrievouslossuponthetrueFaithofGod,hathscatteredHis people,hathwithbitterrancorendeavoredtohurtAbdul-Bahá andhathassailedwiththeutmostenmitythisservantofthe SacredThreshold.Everydartheseizedandhurledtopierce thebreastofthiswrongedservant,nowounddidheneglect togrievouslyinflictuponme,novenomdidhesparebuthe poisonedtherewiththelifeofthishaplessone.Iswearby themostholyAbháBeautyandbytheLightshiningfromHis Holiness,theExaltedOne(maymysoulbeasacrificeforTheir lowlyservants),thatbecauseofthisiniquitythedwellersin