# Tablet to Fuad

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> Tablet to Fuad
> 
> Bahá'u'lláh
> 
> Juan Cole, translator
> 
> 1997
> original title
> 
> Lawh-i Fu'ad
> 
> see translator's introduction
> 
> He is the most holy, the most glorious.
> 
> We called out to you from beyond the ocean of grandeur, upon the crimson
> land, from the horizon of tribulation. In truth, there is no God but he, the mighty,
> the giving. Be steadfast in my Cause, and do not join those who, when given what
> they had desired, denied God, the lord of lords. God shall seize them by his
> overwhelming force. In truth, he is the powerful, the subduer.
> 
> Know that of those who passed sentence upon us, God took hold upon the
> elder by his power and sovereignty. When he experienced severe pain, he fled to
> Paris and resorted to physicians. He asked, "Is there any protector?"
> 
> He was struck upon the mouth and it was said, "It is too late!"
> 
> When he turned to the angel of victory, he was nearly obliterated out of fear.
> He said, "I have an ornamented mansion and a palace upon the Bosporus, beneath
> which rivers run."
> 
> The angel replied, "Today, no sacrifice shall be accepted from you, even
> though you bring all that is in the private and public domains. Do you not hear the
> clamor of the people of God, whom you have made prisoner without any evidence or
> confirming book? At your deed the inhabitants of paradise have wailed, as have
> those who circle round the throne in the evening and at dawn. The victory of your
> lord has come upon you. In truth, he is the severe, the unattainable."
> 
> He said, "I was the grand vizier of the people, and this is my edict!"
> 
> "Hold your tongue, you denier of the Judgment Day!"
> 
> "May I have a respite to summon my family?"
> 
> "Never, disbeliever in the verses!"
> 
> Then the vault of the fiery abyss called out to him, "I have flung the gates of
> the inferno open for you, opposer of the sovereign lord. Return to it, for it misses
> you. Have you forgotten, outcast, when you were the Nimrod of the horizons? Your
> wrongdoing eclipsed even the despotism of Pharaoh, lord of the stakes. By God, by
> your iniquity the veil of sanctity was rent and the pillars of paradise were shaken.
> Where is your refuge, and your protector from the fear of your lord, the
> Omnipotent? Today, you have no place to flee, you idolater and doubter!"
> 
> Then the stupor of death overtook him and closed his eyes. Thus did we
> seize him by our triumph. In truth, your lord is stern in meting out punishment. An
> angel called to him from the right of the throne. This is the angel of harshness.
> "Is there any escape for you," it was asked, "save to hellfire, in which hearts are
> boiled?"
> 
> The angel of torment then greeted his soul. "Enter this flaming chasm that
> you were promised in the Book, which you used to deny day and night."
> 
> We shall depose the one [Ali Pasha] who was like him, and shall lay hold
> upon their prince [Sultan Abdulaziz] who rules the land. We are mighty and
> powerful. Be steadfast in the cause, and sing the praises of your lord in the
> morning and the evening. Beware lest you be stifled by the slanders of the
> one [Azal?] who was seduced by the things we had bestowed upon him, until he
> denied God, the king of names. He inspires his associates just as Satan inspired
> him. You shall see him beset by loss in this world and the next, for he is among
> those for whom torment has been prepared. He sent a letter to someone there, a
> missive of the debauched. In it he ridiculed God and his books, such that all things
> were dismayed at him. Say: Do you see anyone who will protect you when there
> comes the victory of God, the mighty, the ordainer?
> 
> Thus have we informed you of what lies hidden in breasts. In truth, your
> lord is powerful, omniscient. Arise for the sake of the cause, then gather my
> lovers and remind them, in this day whereon feet have slipped. Today it is
> incumbent upon all who accept the cause to come to the aid of their lord. In truth,
> he is your guardian, but today the people have no guardian.
> 
> Then we seized Mihdi, whom we had promised torment in the psalms and
> tablets. When God's power came to him, he asked, "Might I return?"
> 
> It was said, "Away with you, disbeliever in the resurrection! That is
> hellfire, wherein the flames have been kindled for you. You have forsaken
> beneficence for a life of vanity, and today you have no protector from God.
> Because of you the holy spirit lamented and hearts were annihilated."
> 
> He said, "Is there any sanctuary for me?"
> 
> "No, by my lord, even if you brought all belongings!"
> 
> Therefore, he cried out, shrieking, so that terror struck the people of the
> tombs, and he was encompassed by the grasp of power. It was said, "Return to the
> abode of coercion in hell, and a pitifully bad abode it is!"
> 
> We have taken him, just as we took many before him. Those are your houses,
> which we have abandoned to the spider. Consider, you who are endued with insight.
> He it is who opposed God, and verses of sorrow were revealed to him in the Book.
> Blessed is he who reads it and thinks upon it: in truth, the destiny of such a one
> will be good. Thus have we related to you the tales of perpetrators, so as to
> solace your eyes. In truth, yours is a good return.
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> — *Tablet to Fuad (Used by permission of the curator)*