Tuesday, April 24, 2018

How Baha'u'llah presented Himself to the people of Israel?

Baha'u'llah presented Himself to the local people in the Haifa-Akka region - there is at least one tablet revealed to the local population - the Tablet to Hardegg, the leader of the German Christians in Haifa. A friend offered this partial translation and it shows that Baha'u'llah squarely stated Who He was.

Be-Naam-e-Daanay-e tavaana
In the Name of the Omniscient the Omnipotent...

Ey Mala'-e Yahood
O concourse of Israel

Shomaa az man boodeed
You were of Me

cheh shod haala maraa na-meeshenaaseed
Why is that ye recognize Me not? ...

dar in Kalima-ye Yuhanna tafakkor koneed
Ponder in this Word of John for John hath announced unto you the descent of

madeena muqaddasa-ye 'azeema
A Holy A Great City

wa qaala
and He said

wa lam ara feeha haykalan
And I did not see a Haykal a Temple therein

wal madeenatu laa tahtaaju ...
and the City does not need lil-shamsi the sun

leanna Baha'u'llah azaa'a feeha
for the Glory of God is the Light of it.