Days of Remembrance
Riḍván
23She returned from whence She came: How lofty were the steps She traced! How astounding a decree, how astounding indeed!
24She cried a cry of anguish, as to reduce all things to naught. How astounding Her woe, how astounding indeed!
25And from Her lips there streamed these words of warning and rebuke—how astounding a stream, how astounding indeed!—
26“Why do ye gainsay Me, O people of the Book?” How astounding is this, how astounding indeed!
27“Claim ye to be the guided and the loved ones of the Lord?” By God! How astounding a lie, how astounding indeed!
28“O my friends,” She said, “We shall not come again,”—how wondrous a return, how wondrous indeed!—
29“But will conceal God’s secrets in His
Scriptures and His Books,” as bidden by One mighty and bounteous indeed!
30“Nor shall ye find Me till the
Promised One appear on
Judgement Day.” By My life! How astounding an abasement, how astounding indeed!
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He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious.
1Praise be to Thee, O Thou our Lord the Most Merciful! This is one of the days of the festival Thou hast named
Riḍván, a festival wherein Thou hast manifested Thy sovereignty over all who are in Thy heavens and on Thine earth, notwithstanding that the people have arisen to harm Thee and to extinguish Thy light, and wherein the Luminary of Thy oneness hath shone forth from the dayspring of Thy House upon all things visible
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