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Provisional Translation
- May the light emanating
- and the glory radiating from the Sun of Truth,
- which bestows grace from the Abha Kingdom,
- rest upon you!
- O martyrs and manifestations of the Love of God,
- O noble and pious ones,
- Verily, you were sacrificed in the Path of God.
- I testify that you are signs of guidance
- and the embodiment of words of virtue
- and stars made manifest on the Supreme Horizon
- and resplendent lights
- reflected in the realm of the Most Exalted Example
- and tall trees in the heavenly paradise
- and birds warbling in the Garden of Sacrifice
- and lions roaring in the groves of loyalty
- and fish swimming in the pools of the Most Glorious Heaven.
- Blessed are ye for as soon as you heard the call
- you responded with prayer,
- took sanctuary in the Most Peaceful Refuge,
- called upon your Supreme Lord,
- frequented the friends
- and hated not the enemies.
- You strengthened your loins in obedience to the Manifest Lord
- and rose to serve the Cause of God with hearts overflowing with joy.
- You fulfilled your pledges to your Cherished Lord
- with utter submissiveness and humility
- with tearful and prayerful hearts
- to the point that your voice was heard
- and your fame was spread throughout the world.
- Your hearts were filled with assurance
- through the confirmations of the Lord of Splendor.
- Your souls, attracted to the Glorious Beauty
- desired to be at that Hallowed Place of Martyrdom.
- Eagerly yearning to behold your Lord,
- you took hold of His mantle and said:
- Destine for us,O our Lord, the cup
- overflowing with the wine of martyrdom.
- Intoxicate us with that pure wine
- and honor us with that immense bounty
- while we are injured by the arrows
- and fallen on the ground
- our blood is shed
- and our bodies are cut to pieces.
- So, the Lord of the Lofty Heavens destined for you
- the achievement of salvation, grace and bliss
- and allowed you to attain the greatest hope.
- Consequently the jealous and hostile crowd
- assaulted you in a multi-pronged attack.
- This ruthless mass scattered you,
- murdering and plundering,
- using their own hands to seize and rend asunder
- your hearts and organs.
- They shot their arrows at you,
- aimed their bayonets at you
- and shed your blood.
- They feared not their Lord, the Unconstrained,
- the Avenger and the Almighty.
- O, radiant lights,
- glimmering moons,
- clear and comprehensible suns!
- I know not how to mention
- your immense calamity
- nor how to lament
- and explain the mystery
- of thy great suffering.
- Verily, eyes are shedding tears
- hearts are broken with intense pain
- and souls are certainly sorrowful
- as the greatest of disasters hath struck you.
- Thus, in this great calamity
- hearts are aflame, tears are flowing.
- Verily patience hath ended.
- May my soul be a sacrifice for you
- May my being be offered up for you.
- My soul has yearned for death in this calamity,
- however, you have received that excellent chalice,
- have achieved nearness to the Divine Mercy,
- have found a place for retreat
- under the far stretched celestial shadow,
- have obtained such a lofty station,
- have attained the presence of the Loving Lord
- and ascended into the Orb of Effulgence
- shining bright with the Light of the Glorious Beauty,
- intoxicated with the Wine of Union
- and realized eternal life that hath no parallel.
- I beg God to make your blood
- a cause of propagation of the scriptures of God,
- the manifestation of divine mysteries,
- the diffusion of His light in other countries,
- to bless whosoever makes a pilgrimage,
- whosoever visits the pure dust of your remains,
- whosoever breathes the fragrant sacred perfume
- of your sweet smelling tombs,
- whether those who have gone before
- or those who will come in the hereafter.
- O God! My God!
- Destine for me this lofty station.
- Bestow upon me that brilliant cup.
- Give me to drink from the pure wine
- of that glorious martyrdom,
- the wine that is sweeter
- and more delicious than Tasnim and Salsabil:
- O divine wine of the Remembrance of God.
- Allow me to join those martyrs
- and deprive me not of Thy favors
- except for such as those who are nigh unto thee
- from amongst the noble ones.
- Verily, thou art the Bounteous
- and verily thou art the Possessor of Boundless Grace.
- Some blessed souls should recite this tablet with utmost resignation and humility at the resting place of the martyrs, on behalf of 'Abdu’l-Bahá.
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'Abdu’l-Bahá
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