Is There Any Remover Of Difficulties Save God?

 

I find this prayer very empowering when recited in times of tests and difficulty.

IS there any Remover of difficulties save God? Say: Praised be God! He is God! All are His servants and all abide by His bidding!

The Bab

 

 

‘It Is Better To Guide One Soul…’

IT is better to guide one soul than to possess all that is on earth, for as long as that guided soul is under the shadow of the Tree of Divine Unity, he and the one who hath guided him will both be recipients of God’s tender mercy, whereas possession of earthly things will cease at the time of death. The path to guidance is one of love and compassion, not of force and coercion. This hath been God’s method in the past, and shall continue to be in the future! He causeth him whom He pleaseth to enter the shadow of His Mercy. Verily, He is the Supreme Protector, the All-Generous. 

There is no paradise more wondrous for any soul than to be exposed to God’s Manifestation in His Day, to hear His verses and believe in them, to attain His presence, which is naught but the presence of God, to sail upon the sea of the heavenly kingdom of His good-pleasure, and to partake of the choice fruits of the paradise of His divine Oneness.

The Báb

‘Toward All Thy Signs I Set My Heart’

‘O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge, and toward all Thy signs I set my heart. 

O Lord! Whether travelling or at home, and in my occupation or in my work, I place my whole trust in Thee. 

Grant me then Thy sufficing help so as to make me independent of all things, O Thou Who art unsurpassed in Thy mercy! 

Bestow upon me my portion, O Lord, as Thou pleasest, and cause me to be satisfied with whatsoever Thou hast ordained for me. 

Thine is the absolute authority to command’.  —The Báb

UNESCO And The Bahá’í Holy Places

I am delighted to hear of the recent decision by UNESCO that the resting places of Bahá’u'lláh and the Báb should be considered as part of the cultural heritage of humanity. It is a tribute to the influence of these Divine Messengers that the two places of Bahá’í pilgrimage are to be added to a list which includes the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids of Egypt. They are the first holy places of a religious tradition revealed in modern times to be given such a status. I find this very poignant given the injustice meted out to these two noble souls in their lifetime. The Báb was martyred in 1850 in the city of Tabriz and Bahá’u'lláh spent much of His adult life unjustly imprisoned by the Ottomans in the prison-city of Akka in Palestine. From such suffering has emerged the ‘Divine Springtime’ of a new revelation.