PASSION & TRIUMPH.

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Marriage Certificate of the Bab, 1258 A.H.(1842 A.D) 



    This last quotation reveals the spirit which animated the Bab's whole life. To know and love God, to mirror forth His attributes and to prepare the way for His coming Manifestation - these were the sole aim and object of His being. For Him life had no terrors (no fear) and death no sting (no pain), for love had cast out fear, and martyrdom itself was but the rapture (feel of intense pleasure) of casting His all at the feet of His Beloved. 

  Strange ! that this pure and beautiful soul, this inspired teacher of Divine Truth, this devoted lover of God and of His fellow-men should be so hated, and done to death by the professedly (supposedly) religious of His day! Surely nothing but unthinking or wilful (planned) prejudice (partiality) could blind men to the fact that here was indeed a Prophet, a Holy Messenger of God. Worldly greatness and glory He had none, but how can spiritual Power and Dominion be proved except by the ability to dispense (let off) with all earthly assistance, and to triumph over all earthly opposition, even the most potent (powerful) and virulent (venomous)? How can Divine Love be demonstrated to an unbelieving world save by its capacity to endure (to experience) to the uttermost the blows of calamity and the darts (missile) of affliction (trouble), the hatred of enemies and the treachery (unfaithful) of seeming friends, to rise serene (calm) above all these and, undismayed (courageously) and unembittered (without anger), still to forgive and bless? 

   The Bab has endured and the Bab has triumphed. Thousands have testified to the sincerity of their love for Him by sacrificing their lives and their all in His service. Kings might well envy (jealousy) His power over men's hearts and lives. Moreover, "He whom the Lord shall make manifest" has appeared, has confirmed the claims and accepted the devotion of His forerunner, and made Him partaker (partner) of His Glory. 

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