8/07/2010

Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Bahiyyih Khanum, the Greatest Holy Leaf


Photograph of Baha'u'llah's Tablet, in His Own handwriting, to Bahiyyih Khanum. The text of this Tablet is carved and gilded around the pediment of her monument.

Translation:

He is the Eternal! This is My testimony for her who hath heard My voice and drawn nigh unto Me. Verily, she is a leaf that hath sprung from this preexistent Root. She hath revealed herself in My name and tasted of the sweet savours of My holy, My wondrous pleasure. At one time We gave her to drink from My honeyed Mouth, at another caused her to partake of My mighty, My luminous Kawthar. Upon her rest the glory of My name and the fragrance of My shining robe. ( Baha’u’llah, Bahiyyih Khanum, The Greatest Holy Leaf, p. 2)