The Holy Koran of
The Moorish Science Temple of America
DIVINELY PREPARED BY THE NOBLE PROPHET
DREW ALI
By the guiding
of his father God, Allah; the great God of the universe. To
redeem man from his sinful and fallen stage of humanity back to
the highest plane of life with his father God, Allah.
Table of Contents
NOBLE DREW ALI
THE PROPHET AND FOUNDER OF THE
MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE OF AMERICA, TO REDEEM THE PEOPLE FROM
THEIR SINFUL WAYS.
The Creation and Fall of Man
Education of Mary and Elizabeth
in Zoan, Egypt
Elihu's Lessons--The Unity of
Life
Death and Burial of
Elizabeth--Matheno's lessons--The ministry of Death
After the Feast--The Homeward
Journey--The Missing Jesus--The Search For Him--His Parents Find
Him in the Temple--He Goes With Them to Nazareth--Symbolic
Meaning of Carpenter's Tools
Life and Works of Jesus in India
Among the Moslems
The Friendship of Jesus and
Lamass--Jesus Explains the Meaning of Truth
Jesus Reveals to the People of
Their Sinful Ways
Jesus Attends a Feast in Behar
and Here He Taught Human Equality
Jesus Spake on the Unity Of Allah
and Man to the Hindus
Jesus and Barata--Together They
Read the Sacred Books
Jesus Teaches the Common People
at a Spring--Tells How to Obtain Eternal Happiness
Life and Works Of Jesus in Egypt
Among the Gentiles
The Ministry of John the
Harbinger
John, the Harbinger, Returns to
Hebron, Lives as a Hermit in the Wilds, Visits Jerusalem and
Speaks to the People
Divine Ministry of Jesus--Jesus
Goes to the Wilderness for Self Examination, Where He Remains
for Forty Days. Is Subjected to Three Temptations--He Overcomes.
Returns to the Camps of John and Begins Teaching
Pilate's Final Effort to Release
Jesus Fails--He Washes His Hands in Feigned Innocence--Delivers
Jesus to the Jews for Execution--The Jewish Soldiers Drive Him
to Calvary
Jesus Appears, Fully
Materialized, Before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood in
Greece--Appears to Claudia and Juliet on the Tiber Near
Rome--Appears to the Egyptian Temple at Heliopolis
The Resurection of Jesus--Pilate
Places the Seal Upon the Stone Door of the Tomb--At Midnight a
Company of Silent Brothers March About the Tomb--The Soldiers
Are Alarmed--Jesus Preaches to the Spirits in Prison--Early
Sunday Morning He Rises From the Tomb--The Soldiers Are Bribed
By the Priests to Say That the Disciples Had Stolen the Body
Jesus Appears, Fully Materialised,
to the Eastern Sages In the Palace of Prince Ravanna in
India--To the Magian Priests In Persia--The Three Wise Men Speak
In Praise of the Personality of the Nazarene
Epilogue for Chapters
II-XIX
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS
FOR ALL YOUNG MEN
MARRIAGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAN AND
WIFE FROM THE NOBLE PROPHET
DUTY OF A HUSBAND
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THY
CHILDREN
THE OBEDIENCE OF CHILDREN TOWARDS
THEIR FATHER
A HOLY COVENANT OF THE ASIATIC
NATION
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS OF UNITY
THE HOLY UNITY OF THE RICH AND
POOR
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
MASTER AND SERVANT
MAGISTRATE AND SUBJECT
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE SOCIAL DUTIES
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
JUSTICE
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
CHARITY
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
GRATITUDE
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
SINCERITY
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
RELIGION
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
KNOW THYSELF
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE BREATH OF HEAVEN
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE SOUL OF MAN
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
PINNACLE OF WISDOM
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE INSTABILITY OF MAN
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
INCONSTANCY
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
WEAKNESS
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE INSUFFICIENCY OF KNOWLEDGE
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
MISERY
THE DIVINE ORIGIN OF THE ASIATIC
NATIONS
THE BEGINNING OF CHRISTIANITY
EGYPT, THE CAPITAL EMPIRE OF THE
DOMINION OF AFRICA
THE END OF TIME AND THE
FULFILLING OF THE PROPHESIES
The genealogy of Jesus with
eighteen years of the events, life works and teachings in India,
Europe and Africa. These events occured before He was thirty
years of age. These secret lessons are for all of those who love
Jesus and desire to know about his life works and teachings.
Dear readers, do not falsely use
these lessons. They are for good, peace and happiness for all
those that love Jesus.
Dear mothers, teach these lessons
to your little ones, that they may learn to love instead of
hate.
Dear fathers, by these lessons
you can set your house in order and your children will learn to
love instead of hate.
The lessons of this pamphlet are
not for sale, but for the sake of humanity, as I am a prophet
and the servant is worthy of his hire, you can recieve this
pamphlet at expense. The reason these lessons have not been
known is because the Moslems of India, Egypt and Palestine had
these secrets and kept them back from the outside world, and
when the time appointed by Allah they loosened the keys and
freed the secrets, and for the first time in ages have these
secrets been delivered in the hands of the Moslems of America.
All authority and rights of publishing of this pamphlet of 1927.
By the Prophet
NOBLE DREW ALI
The industrious acts of the
Moslems of the northwest and southwest Africa. These are the
Moabites, Hamathites, Canaanites, who were driven out of the
land of Canaan, by Joshua, and recieved permission from the
Pharoahs of Egypt to settle in that portion of Egypt. In later
years they formed themselves kingdoms. These kingdoms are called
this day Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, etc.
The Creation And Fall Of Man
"Time never was when man was
not." If life of man at any time began, a time would come when
it would end. "The thoughts of Allah cannot be circumscribed. No
finite mind can comprehend things infinite. All finite things
are subject unto change. All finite things will cease to be
because there was a time when they were not." The bodies and the
souls of men are finite things, and they will change, yea, from
the finite point of view the time will come when they will be no
more. "But man himself is not the body, nor the soul; he is a
spirit and a part of Allah." Creative Fate gave to man, to
spirit-man, a soul that he might function on the plane of soul;
gave him a body of the flesh, that he might function on the
plane of things made manifest. Why did creative Fate give to
spirit-man a soul that he might function on the plane of soul?
Why did creative Fate give to soul a body of the flesh that he
might function on the plane of things that are made manifest?
["Hear, now, ye worlds,
dominions, powers and thrones!]
Hear, mow, ye cherubim, ye
seraphim, ye angels and ye men!
"Hear, now, oh protoplast, and
earth, and plant and beast!
"Hear, now, ye creeping things of
earth, ye fish that swim, ye birds that fly!
"Hear, now, ye winds that blow,
ye thunders and ye lightnings of the sky!
"Hear, now, ye spirits of the
fire, of water, earth, and air!
"Hear, now, oh everything that
is, or was, or evermore will be, for Wisdom speaks from out of
the highest plane of spirit life:
"Man is a thought of Allah; all
thoughts of Allah are infinite; they are not measured up by
time, for things that are concerned with time, begin and end.
"The thoughts of Allah are the
everlasting of the past unto the never ending days to come. And
so is man, the spirit-man.
"But man like every other thought
of Allah, was but a seed, a seed that held within itself the
potencies of Allah, just as the seed of any plant of earth holds
deep within itself the attributes of every part of that especial
plant.
"So spirit-man, as seed of Allah
held deep within himself the attributes of every part of God.
"Now, seed are perfect, yea, as
perfect as the source from which they come; but they are not
unfolded into life made manifest. The child is as perfect as the
mother is. So man, the seed, must be deep planted in a soil that
he might grow, unfold, as does the bud unfold to show the
flower. The human seed that came forth from the heart of Allah
was full ordained to be the Lord of plane of soul, and of the
plane of things made manifest. So Allah, the husbandman of every
thing that is, threw forth this human seed into the soil of
soul; it grew apace, and man became a living soul; and he became
the Lord of all the kingdom of the soul. Hark, now, let every
creature hear, the plane of soul is but the ether of the spirit
plane vibrating not so fast, and in the slower rhythm of this
plane the essences of life are manifest; the perfumes and the
odors, the true sensations and the all of love are manifest.
"And these soul attributes become
a body beautiful. A multitude of lessons man must learn upon the
plane of soul; and here he tarries many ages until his lessons
are all learned. Upon the boundary of the plane of soul, the
ether began to vibrate slower still and then the essences took
on a final garb; the perfumes and the odors and the true
sensations and the all of love were clothed in flesh; and man
was clothed in flesh. Perfected man must pass through all the
ways of life, and so a carnal nature was full manifest, a nature
that sprang forth from fleshly things. Without a foe a soldier
never knows his strength, and thought must be developed by the
exercise of strength. And so this carnal nature soon became a
foe that man must fight, that he might be the strength of Allah
made manifest. Let every living thing stand still and hear! Man
is the Lord of all the plane of manifest, of protoplast, of
mineral, of plant, of beast, but he gave up his birthrights,
just to gratify his lower self. But man will regain his lost
estate, his heritage; but he must do it in a conflict that
cannot be told in words. Yea, he must suffer trials and
temptations manifold; but let him know that cherubim and
seraphim that rule the stations of the sun and spirit of the
mighty Allah who rule the solar stars are his protectors and his
guide, and they will lead to victory. Man will be fully saved,
redeemed, perfected by the things he suffers on the plane of
flesh, and on the plane of soul. When man has conquered carnal
things his garb of flesh will then have served its purpose well
and it will fall; will be no more.
"Then he will stand untrammeled
on the plane of soul where he must full complete his victories.
Unnumbered foes will stand before man upon the plane of soul;
these he must overcome, yea, overcome them every one. Thus hope
will ever be his beacon light; there is no failure for the human
soul, for Allah is leading on and victory is sure.
"Man cannot die; the spirit-man
is one with Allah, and while Allah lives man cannot die. When
man has conquered every foe upon the plane of soul the seed will
have full opened out, will have unfolded in the Holy Breath. The
garb of soul will then have served its purpose well, and man
will need it never more, and it will pass and be no more and man
will then attain unto the blessedness of perfectness and be at
one with Allah."
Education of Mary and Elizabeth
in Zoan, Egypt
1. The son of Herod, Archelaus,
reigned in Jerusalem. He was a selfish, cruel king; he put to
death all those who did not honor him.
2. He called in council all the
wisest men and asked about the infant claimant to his throne.
3. The council said that John and
Jesus both were dead; then he was satisfied.
4. Now Joseph, Mary and their son
were down in Egypt in Zoan, and John was with his mother in the
Judean Hills.
5. Elihu and Salome sent
messengers in haste to find Elizabeth and John. They found them,
they brought them to Zoan.
6. Now Mary and Elizabeth were
marveling much because of their deliverance.
7. Elihu said, "It is not
strange; there are no happenings; law governs all events.
8. From olden times it was
ordained that you should be with us and in this sacred school be
taught."
9. Elihu and Salome took Mary and
Elizabeth out to the sacred grove nearby where they were wont to
teach.
10. Elihu said to Mary and
Elizabeth: "You may esteem yourself thrice blessed, for you are
chosen mothers of long promised sons.
11. Who are ordained to lay a
solid rock a sure foundation stone on which the temple of the
perfect man shall rest--a temple that shall never be destroyed.
12. We measure time by cycle
ages, and the gate to every age we deem a mile stone in the
journey of the race.
13. An age has passed; the gate
unto another age flies open at the touch of time. This is the
preparation age of soul, the kingdom of Immanuel, of Allah in
man.
14. And these, your sons, will be
the first to tell the news, and teach the gospel of good will to
men, and peace on earth.
15. A mighty work is theirs, for
carnal men want not the light; they love the dark, and when the
light shines in the dark they comprehend it not.
16. We call these sons Revealers
of the Light, but they must have the light before they can
reveal the light.
17. And you must teach your sons,
and set their souls on fire with love and holy zeal, and make
them conscious of their missions to the sons of men.
18. Teach them that Allah and man
are one, but that through carnal thoughts and words and deeds,
man tore himself away from Allah, debased himself.
19. Teach that the Holy Breath
would make them one again, restoring harmony and peace.
20. That naught can make them one
but Love; that Allah so loved the world that He has clothed His
son in flesh that man may comprehend.
21. The only Savior of the world
is love; and Jesus, son of Mary, comes to manifest that love to
men.
22. Now, love cannot manifest
until its way has been prepared, and naught can rend the rock
and bring down lofty hills and fill the valleys up, and thus
prepare the way, but purity.
23. But purity in life men do not
comprehend; and so, it, too, come in flesh.
24. And you, Elizabeth, are
blessed because yours is purity made flesh, and he shall pave
the way for love.
25. This age will comprehend but
little of the works of Purity and Love; but not a word is lost,
for in the Book of Allah's Remembrance a registry is made of
every thought and word and deed.
26. And when the world is ready
to receive, lo, Allah will send a messenger to open the book and
copy from its sacred pages all the messages of Purity and Love.
27. Then every man of earth will
read the words of life in language of his native land, and men
will see the light, walk in the light and be the light.
28. And man again will be at one
with Allah."
Elihu's Lessons - The Unity Of
Life
1. Again Elihu met his pupils in
the sacred grove and said:
2. "No man lives unto himself,
for every living thing is bound by cords to every other living
thing.
3. Blessed are the pure in heart;
for they will love and not demand love in return.
4. They will not do to other men
what they would not have other men do unto them.
5. There are two selves; the
higher and the lower self.
6. The higher self is human
spirit clothed with soul, made in the form of Allah.
7. The lower self, the carnal
self, the body of desires, is a reflection of higher self,
distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh.
8. The lower self is an illusion
and will pass away; the higher self is Allah in man, and will
not pass away.
9. The higher self is the
embodiment of truth, the lower self is truth reversed and so is
falsehood manifest.
10. The higher self is justice,
mercy, love and right; the lower self is what the higher self is
not.
11. The lower self breeds hatred,
slander, lewdness, murders, theft, and everything that harms,
the higher self is mother of the virtues and the harmonies of
life.
12. The lower self is rich in
promises, but poor in blessedness and peace; it offers pleasure,
joy and satisfying gain; but gives unrest, misery and death.
13. It gives men apples that are
lovely to the eye and pleasant to the smell; their cores are
full of bitterness and gall.
14. If you would ask me what to
study, I would say, yourselves; and when you well have studied
them; and then would ask me what to study next, I would reply,
yourselves.
15. He who knows well his lower
self, knows the illusions of the world, knows of the things that
pass away; and he who knows his higher self, know Allah; knows
well the things that cannot pass away.
16. Thrice blessed is the man who
has made purity and love his very own; he has been ransomed from
the perils of the lower self and is himself his higher self.
17. Men seek salvation from an
evil that they deem a living monster of the nether world; and
they have gods that are but demons in disguise; all powerful,
yet full of jealousy and hate and lust;
18. Whose favors must be bought
with costly sacrifice of fruits, and of the lives of birds, and
animals, and human kind.
19. And yet these gods possess no
ears to hear, no eyes to see, no heart to sympathize, no power
to save.
20. This evil is a myth; these
gods are made of air, clothed with shadows of a thought.
21. The only devil from which men
must be redeemed is self, the lower self. If man would find his
devil he must look within; his name is self.
22. If man would find his savior
he must look within; and when the demon self has been dethroned
the savior, Love, will be exulted to the throne of power.
23. The David of the light is
Purity, who slays the strong Goliath of the dark, and seats the
savior, Love, upon the throne."
Death and Burial of
Elizabeth--Matheno's Lessons --The Ministry of Death
1. When John was twelve years old
his mother died, and neighbors laid her body in a tomb among her
kindred in the Hebron burying ground, and near to Zacharias'
tomb.
2. And John was deeply grieved;
he wept. Matheno said: "It is not well to weep because of death.
3. Death is no enemy of man; it
is a friend who, when the work of life is done, just cuts the
cord that binds the human boat to earth, that it may sail on
smoother seas.
4. No language can describe a
mother's worth, and yours was tried and true. But she was not
called hence until her tasks were done.
5. The calls of death are always
for the best, for we are solving problems there as well as here;
and one is sure to find himself where he can solve his problems
best.
6. It is but selfishness that
makes one wish to call again to earth departed souls.
7. Then let your mother rest in
peace. Just let her noble life be strength and inspiration unto
you.
8. A crisis in your life has
come, and you must have a clear conception of the work that you
are called to do.
9. The sages of the ages call you
harbinger. The Prophets look to you and say: "He is Elijah come
again."
10. Your mission here is that of
harbinger; for you will go before the Messiah's face to pave His
way, and make the people ready to receive their King.
11. This readiness is purity of
heart; none but the pure in heart can recognize the king.
12. To teach men to be pure in
heart, you must yourself be pure in heart and word and deed.
13. In infancy the vow for you
was made and you became a Nazarite. The razor shall not touch
your face nor head, and you shall taste not wine nor fiery
drinks.
14. Men need a pattern for their
lives; they love to follow, not to lead.
15. The man who stands upon the
corners of the paths and points the way, but does not go, is
just a pointer; and a block of wood can do the same.
16. The teacher treads the way;
on every span of ground he leaves his footprints, clearly cut,
which all can see and be assured that he, their master went that
way.
17. Men comprehend the inner life
by what they see and do. They come to Allah through ceremonies
and forms.
18. And so when you would make
men know that sins are washed away by purity in life, a rite
symbolic may be introduced.
19. In water wash the bodies of
the people who would turn away from sin and strive for purity in
life.
20. This rite of cleansing is a
preparation rite and they who thus are cleansed comprise the
temple of purity.
21. And you shall say, You men of
Israel, hear; reform and wash; become the sons of purity, and
you shall be forgiven.
22. This rite of cleansing and
this temple are but symbolic of the cleansing of the soul, which
does not come from outward show, but is the temple within.
23. Now, you may never point the
way and tell the multitudes to do what you have never done; but
you must go before and show the way.
24. You are to teach that men
must wash; so you must lead the way, your body must be washed,
symbolic of the cleansing of the soul."
25. John said, "Why need I wait?
May I not go at once and wash?"
26. Matheno said: "Tis well", and
then they went down to the Jordan ford, and east of Jericho,
just where the host of Israel crossed when first they entered
Canaan, they tarried for a time.
27. Matheno taught the harbinger,
and he explained to him the inner meaning of the cleansing rite
and how to wash himself and how to wash the multitude.
28. And in the river Jordan, John
was washed; then they returned unto the wilderness.
29. Now in Engedi's hills
Matheno's work was done and he and John went down to Egypt. They
rested not until they reached the temple of Sakara in the valley
of the Nile.
30. For many years, Matheno was a
master in this temple of the Brotherhood, and when he told about
the life of John and of his mission to the sons of men, the
hierophant with joy received the harbinger and he was called the
Brother Nazarite.
31. For eighteen years John lived
and wrought within these temple gates; and here he conquered
self, became a master mind and learned the duties of the
harbinger.
After the feast--The Homeward
Journey--The Missing Jesus--The Search For Him. His Parents Find
Him In the Temple--He Goes With Them To Nazareth--Symbolic
Meaning of Carpenter's Tools.
1. The great Feast of the Pasch
was ended and the Nazarenes were journeying toward their homes.
2. And they were in Samaria, and
Mary said: "Where is my son?" No one had seen the boy.
3. And Joseph sought among their
kindred who were on their way to Galilee; but they had seen him
not.
4. Then Joseph, Mary, and a son
of Zebedee returned and sought through all Jerusalem, but they
could find him not.
5. And Mary asked the guards had
they seen Jesus, a little boy about twelve years old.
6. The guards replied: "Yes, he
is in the temple now disputing with the doctors of the law."
7. And they went in, and found
him as the guards had said.
8. And Mary said: "Why, Jesus,
why do you treat your parents thus? Lo, we have sought two days
for you. We feared that some great harm had overtaken you."
9. And Jesus said, "Do you not
know that I must be about my Father's work?"
10. But He went round and pressed
the hand of every doctor of the law and said: "I trust that we
meet again."
11. And then he went forth with
his parents on their way to Nazareth; and when they reached
their home He wrought with Joseph as a carpenter.
12. One day as He was bringing
forth the tools for work he said:
13. "These tools remind me of the
ones we handle in the workshop of the mind where things were
made of thought and where we build up character.
14. We use the square to measure
all our lines, to straighten out the crooked places of the way,
and make the corners of our conduct square.
15. We use the compass to draw
circles around our passions and desires to keep them in the
bounds of righteousness.
16. We use the axe to cut away
the knotty, useless and ungainly parts and make the character
symmetrical.
17. We use the hammer to drive
home the truth, and pound it in until it is a part of every
part.
18. We use the plane to smooth
the rough, uneven surfaces of joint, and block, and board that
go to build the temple for the truth.
19. The chisel, line, the plummet
and the saw all have their uses in the workshop of the mind.
20. And then this ladder with its
trinity of steps, faith, hope and love; on it we climb up to the
dome of purity in life.
21. And on the twelve step
ladder, we ascend until we reach the pinnacle of that which life
is spent to build the Temple of Perfected Man."
Life and Works of Jesus in India
Among the Moslems
1. A royal prince of India,
Ravanna in the South, was at the Jewish Feast.
2. Ravanna was a man of wealth,
and he was just, and with a band of Brahmic priests sought
wisdom in the west.
3. When Jesus stood among the
Jewish priests and read and spoke, Ravanna heard and was amazed.
4. And when he asked who Jesus
was, from whence He came and what He was, Chief Hillel said:
5. "We call this child the Day
Star from on high, for He has come to bring to men a light, the
light of life; to lighten up the way of men and to redeem His
people of Israel."
6. And Hillel told Ravanna all
about the child; about the prophecies concerning Him; about the
wonders of the night when He was born; about the visit of the
Magian priests.
7. About the way in which He was
protected from the wrath of evil men; about His flight to
Egyptland, and how He then was serving with His father as a
carpenter in Nazareth.
8. Ravanna was entranced, and
asked to know the way to Nazareth, that he might go and honor
such a one as son of Allah.
9. And with his gorgeous train he
journeyed and came to Nazareth of Galilee.
10. He found the object of his
search engaged in building dwellings for the sons of men.
11. And when he first saw Jesus
He was climbing up a twelve step ladder, and He carried in His
hands a compass, square and axe.
12. Ravanna said: "All hail, most
favored son of Heaven!"
13. And at the inn Ravanna made a
feast for all the people of the town; and Jesus and His parents
were honored guests.
14. For certain days Ravanna was
a guest in Joseph's home on Marmion Way; he sought to learn the
secret of the wisdom of the son; but it was all to great for
him.
15. And then he asked that he
might be the patron of the child, might take Him to the east,
where He could learn the wisdom of the Brahms.
16. And Jesus longed to go, that
He might learn; and after many days His parents gave consent.
17. Then, with proud heart,
Ravanna with his train, began the journey towards the rising
sun; and after many days they crossed the sand, and reached the
province of Orissa, and the palace of the prince.
18. The Brahmic priests were glad
to welcome home the prince; with favor they received the Jewish
boy.
19. And Jesus was accepted as a
pupil in the Temple Jagannath; and here He learned the Vedas and
the Manic law.
20. The Brahmic Masters wondered
at the clear conceptions of the Child, and often were amazed
when He explained to them the meaning of the law.
The Friendship of Jesus and
Lamaas--Jesus Explains to Lamaas the Meaning of Truth
1. Among the priests of Jagannath
was one who loved the Jewish boy. Lamaas Bramas was the name by
which the priest was known.
2. One day as Jesus and Lamaas
walked alone in Plaza Jagannath, Lamaas said: "My Jewish master,
what is truth?"
3. And Jesus said: "Truth is the
only thing that changes not.
4. In all the world there are two
things; The one is truth; the other is falsehood, and falsehood
that which seems to be.
5. Now truth is aught and has no
cause, and yet it is the cause of everything.
6. Falsehood is naught, and yet
it is the manifest of right.
7. Whatever has been made will be
unmade; that which begins must end.
8. All things that can be seen by
human eyes are manifests of aught, are naught, and so must pass
away.
9. The things we see are but
reflexes just appearing, while the ethers vibrate so and so, and
when conditions change they disappear.
10. The Holy Breath is truth; is
that which was, and is, and evermore shall be; it cannot change
nor pass away."
11. Lamaas said: "You answer
well, now what is man?"
12. And Jesus said, "Man is the
truth and falsehood strangely mixed.
13. Man is the Breath made flesh;
so truth and falsehood are conjoined in him; and they strive,
and naught goes down and man as truth abides."
14. Again Lamaas asked: "What do
you say of power?"
15. And Jesus said: "It is a
manifest; is the result of force; it is but naught; it is
illusion, nothing more. Force changes not, but power changes as
the ethers change.
16. "Force is the will of Allah
and is omnipotent, and power is that will in manifest, directed
by the Breath."
17. "There is power in the winds,
a power in the waves, a power in the lightning's stroke, a power
in the human arm, a power in the eye."
18. "The ethers cause these
powers to be, and thought of Elohim, of angel, man, or other
thinking things, directs the force; when it has done its work
the power is no more."
19. Again Lamaas asked: "Of
understanding, what have you to say?"
20. And Jesus said: "It is the
rock on which man builds himself; it is the Gnosis of the aught
and of the naught, of falsehood and of truth."
21. "It is the knowledge of the
lower self; the sensing of the powers of man himself."
22. Again Lamaas asked: "Of
wisdom what have you to say?"
23. And Jesus said: "It is the
consciousness that man is aught; that Allah and man are one;
24. That naught is naught; that
power is but illusion; that heaven and earth and hell are not
above, around, below, but in; which in the light of aught
becomes the naught, and Allah is all."
25. Lamaas asked: "Pray, what is
faith?"
26. And Jesus said: "Faith is the
surety of the omnipotence of Allah and man; the certainty that
man will reach the deific life.
27. Salvation is a ladder
reaching from the heart of man to heart of Allah.
28. It has three steps; Belief is
first, and this is what man thinks, perhaps, is truth.
29. And faith is next, and this
is what man knows is truth.
30. Fruition is the last, and
this is man himself, the truth.
31. Belief is lost in faith; and
in fruition is lost; and man is saved when he has reached deific
life; when he and Allah are one."
Jesus Reveals to the People of
Their Sinful Ways
1. In all the cities of Orissa
Jesus taught. At Katak, by the river side, He taught, and
thousands of the people followed him.
2 One day a car of Jagannath was
hauled along by scores of frenzied men, and Jesus said:
3. "Behold, a form without a
spirit passes by; a body with no soul; a temple with no altar
fires.
4. This car of Krishna is an
empty thing, for Krishna is not there.
5. This car is but an idol of a
people drunk on wine of carnal things.
6. Allah lives not in the noise
of tongues; there is no way to Him from any idol shrine.
7. Allah's meeting place with man
is in the heart, and in a still small voice he speaks; and he
who hears is still."
8. And all the people said:
"Teach us to know the Holy One who speaks within the heart,
Allah of the still small voice."
9. And Jesus said, "The Holy
Breath cannot be seen with mortal eyes; nor can men see the
spirits of the Holy One.
10. But in their image man was
made, and he who looks into the face of man, looks at the image
of the Allah who speaks within.
11. And when man honors man, he
honors Allah, and what man does for man he does for Allah.
12. And you must bear in mind
that when man harms in thought or word or deed another man, he
does a wrong to Allah.
13. If you would serve the Allah
who speaks within the heart, just serve your near of kin, and
those that are no kin, the stranger at your gates, the foe who
seeks to do you harm.
14. Assist the poor, and help the
weak; do harm to none, and covet not what is not yours.
15. Then, with your tongue the
Holy One will speak; and he will smile behind your tears, will
light your countenance with joy, and fill your hearts with
peace."
16. And then the people asked:
"To whom shall we bring gifts? Where shall we offer sacrifice?"
17. And Jesus said: "Our
Father--Allah asks not for needless waste of plant, of grain, of
dove, of lamb.
18. That which you burn on any
shrine you throw away. No blessings can attend the one who takes
the food from hungry mouths to be destroyed by fire.
19. When you would offer
sacrifice unto Allah, just take your gift of grain, or meat, and
lay it on the table of the poor.
20. From it an incense will arise
to heaven, which will return to you with blessedness.
21. Tear down your idols; they
can hear you not; turn all your sacrificial altars into fuel for
the flames.
22. Make human hearts your
altars, and burn your sacrifices with the fire of love."
23. And all the people were
entranced, and would have worshiped Jesus as a God; but Jesus
said:
24. "I am your brother man just
come to show the way to Allah; you shall not worship man; praise
Allah the Holy One."
Jesus attends a feast in Behar
and Here He Taught Human Equality.
1. The fame of Jesus as a teacher
spread through all the land, and people came from near and far
to hear His words of truth.
2. At Behar, on the sacred river
of the Brahms, he taught for many days.
3. And Ach, a wealthy man of
Behar, made a feast in honor of his guest, and he invited every
one to come.
4. And many came; among them
thieves, extortioners, and courtesans. And Jesus sat with them
and taught; but they who followed him were much aggrieved,
because He sat with thieves and courtesans.
5. And they upbraided Him; they
said: "Rabboni, master of the wise, this day will be an evil day
for you.
6. The news will spread that you
consort with courtesans and men will shun you as they shun an
asp."
7. And Jesus answered them and
said: "A master never screens himself for sake of reputation or
of fame.
8. These are but worthless
baubles of the day; they arise and sink, like empty bottles on a
stream; they are illusions and will pass away;
9. They are the indices to what
the thoughtless think; they are the noise that people make; and
shallow men judge merit by the noise.
10. Allah and all master men
judge men by what they are and not by what they seem to be; not
by their reputation and their fame.
11. These courtesans and thieves
are children of my Father Allah; their soul are just as precious
in His sight as yours, or of the Brahmic priests.
12. And they are working out the
same life sums that you have solved, you men who look at them
with scorn.
13. And some of them have solved
much harder sums than you have solved, you men who look at them
with scorn.
14. Yes, they are sinners, and
confess their guilt while you are guilty, but are shrewd enough
to have a polished coat to cover up your guilt.
15. Suppose you men who scorn the
courtesans, these drunkards and these thieves, who know that you
are pure in heart and life, that you are better far than they,
stand forth that men may know just who you are.
16. The sin lies in the wish, in
the desire, not in the act.
17. You covet other people's
wealth; you look at charming forms, and deep within your hearts
you lust for them.
18. Deceit you practice every
day, and wish for gold, for honor and for fame, just for your
selfish selves.
19. The man who covets is a
thief, and she who lusts is courtesan. You who are none of these
speak out."
20. Nobody spoke; the accusers
held their peace.
21. And Jesus said: "The proof
this day is all against those who have accused.
22. The pure in heart do not
accuse. The vile in heart who want to cover up their guilt with
holy smoke of piety are ever loathing drunkard, thief and
courtesans.
23. This loathing and this scorn
is mockery, for if the tinseled coat of reputation could be torn
away, the loud professor would be found to revel in his lust,
deceit and many forms of secret sin.
24. The man who spends his time
in pulling other people's weeds can have no time to pull his
own, and all the choicest flowers of life will soon be choked
and die, and nothing will remain but darnel, thistles and burs."
25. And Jesus spoke a parable; He
said: "Behold, a farmer had great fields of ripened grain, and
when he looked he saw that blades of many stalks of wheat were
bent and broken down.
26. And when he sent his reapers
forth he said 'We will not save the stalks of wheat that have
the broken blades.
27. Go forth and cut and burn the
stalks with broken blades.'
28. And after many days he went
to measure up his grain, but not a kernel could he find.
29. And then he called the
harvesters and said to them: 'Where is my grain?'
30. They answered him and said:
'We did according to your word; we gathered up and burned the
stalks with broken blades, and not a stalk was left to carry to
the barn.'
31. And Jesus said: "If Allah
saves only those who have no broken blades, who have been
perfected in His sight, who will be saved?"
32. And the accusers hung their
heads in shame; and Jesus went His way.
Jesus Spake on the Unity of
Allah and Man to the Hindus
1. Benares is the sacred city of
the Brahms, and in Benares Jesus taught; Udraka was His host.
2. Udraka made a feast in honour
of his guests, and many high born Hindu priests and scribes were
there.
3. And Jesus said to them, with
much delight "I speak to you concerning life--the brotherhood of
life.
4. The universal Allah is one,
yet He is more than one; all things are one.
5. By the sweet breath of Allah
all life is bound in one; so if you touch a fiber of a living
thing you send a thrill from the center to the outer bounds of
life.
6. And when you crush beneath
your foot the meanest worm, you shake the throne of Allah, and
cause the sword of life to tremble in its sheath.
7. The bird sings out its song
for men, and men vibrate in unison to help it sing.
8. The ant constructs her home,
the bee its sheltering comb, the spider weaves her web and
flowers breath to them a spirit in their sweet perfume that
gives them strength to toil.
9. Now, men and birds and beasts
and creeping things are deities, made flesh; and how dare men
kill anything?
10. It is cruelty that makes the
world awry, when men have learned that when they harm a living
thing, they harm themselves, they surely will not kill, nor
cause a thing that Allah has made to suffer pain."
11. A lawyer said: "I pray to
Jesus, tell who is this Allah you speak about; where are His
priests, His temples and His shrines?"
12. And Jesus said: "The Allah I
speak about is everywhere; He cannot be compassed with walls,
nor hedged about with bounds of any kind.
13. All people worship Allah, the
One; but all the people see Him not alike.
14. This universal Allah is
wisdom, will and love.
15. All men see not the Triune
Allah. One sees Him as Allah of might; another as Allah of
thought; another as Allah of love.
16. A man's ideal is his God, and
so, as man unfolds, his God unfolds. Man's God today, tomorrow
is not God.
17. The nations of the earth see
Allah from different points of view, and so He does not seem the
same to every one.
18. Man names the part of Allah
he sees, and this to him is all of Allah; and every nation sees
a part of Allah, and every nation has a name for Allah.
19. You Brahmans call Him
Parabrahm; in Egypt he is Thoth; and Zeus is His name in Greece,
Jehovah is His Hebrew name; but everywhere He is the causeless
cause, the rootless root from which all things have grown.
20. When men are afraid of Allah
and take Him for a foe, they dress up other men in fancy garbs
and call them priests.
21. And charge them to restrain
the wrath of Allah by prayers and when they fail to win His
favour by their prayers, to buy Him off with sacrifice of
animals or birds.
22. When man sees Allah as one
with him, as Father Allah, he needs no middle man, no priest to
intercede.
23. He goes straight up to Him
and says, 'My Father God, Allah!' and then he lays his hand in
Allah's own hand, and all is well.
24. And this is Allah. You are,
each one, a priest, just for yourself; and sacrifice of blood
Allah does not want.
25. Just give your life in
sacrificial service to all of life, and Allah is pleased."
26. When Jesus had thus said He
stood aside; the people were amazed, but strove among
themselves.
27. Some said: "He is inspired by
Holy Brahm" and others said: "He is insane"; and others said:
"He is obsessed; he speaks as devils speak."
28. But Jesus tarried not. Among
the guests was one, a tiller of the soil, a generous soul, a
seeker after truth, who loved the words that Jesus spoke, and
Jesus went with him and in his home abode.
Jesus and Barata--Together They
Read the Sacred Books.
1. Among the Buddhist priests was
one who saw a lofty wisdom in the words that Jesus spoke. It was
Barata Arabo.
2. Together Jesus and Barata read
the Jewish Psalms and prophets; read the Vedas, the Avesta and
the wisdom of Gautama.
3. And as they read and talked
about the possibilities of man, Barata said:
4. "Man is the marvel of the
universe. He is part of everything, for he has been a living
thing on every plane of life.
5. Time was when man was not; and
then he was bit of formless substance in the molds of time; and
then a protoplast.
6. By universal law, all things
tend upward to a state of perfectness. The protoplast evolved,
becoming worm, then reptile, bird and beast, and then at last it
reached the form of man.
7. Now, man himself is mind, and
mind is here to gain perfection by experience; and mind is often
manifest in fleshy form, and in the form best suited to its
growth. So mind may manifest as worm, or bird, or beast, or man.
8. The time will come when
everything of life will be evolved unto the state of perfect
man.
9. And after man is man in
perfectness, he will evolve to higher forms of life."
10. And Jesus said: "Barata
Arabo, who taught you this, that mind which is the man, may
manifest in flesh of beast, or bird, or creeping thing?"
11. Barata said: "From times
which man remembers not our priests have told us so, and so we
know."
12. And Jesus said: "Enlightened
Arabo, are you a master mind and do not know that man knows
naught by being told?
13. Man may believe what others
say, but thus he never knows. If man would know, he must,
himself be what he knows.
14. Do you remember, Arabo, when
you were ape, or bird, or worm?
15. Now, if you have no better
proving of your plea than that the priests have told you so, you
do not know; you simply guess.
16. Regard not, then, what any
man has said; let us forget the flesh, and go with mind into the
land of fleshless things; mind never does forget.
17. And backward through the ages
master minds can trace themselves; and thus they know.
18. Time never was when man was
not.
19. That which begins will have
an end. If man was not, the time will come when he will not
exist.
20. From Allah's own Record Book
we read: The Triune Allah breathed forth, and stood seven
spirits before His face. The Hebrews call these seven Spirits,
Elohim.
21. And these are they who, in
their boundless power, created everything that is, or was.
22. These Spirits of the Triune
Allah moved on the face of boundless space and seven others were
and every other had its form of life.
23. These forms of life were but
the thought of Allah, clothed in the substance of their ether
planes.
24. Men call these ether planes
the planes of protoplast, of earth, of plant, of beast, of man,
of angel and of cherubim.
25. These planes with all their
teeming thoughts of Allah, are never seen by eyes of man in
flesh; they are composed of substance far too fine for fleshy
eyes to see, and still they constitute the soul of things.
26. And with the eyes of soul all
creatures see these ether planes, and all forms of life.
27. Because all forms of life on
every plane are thoughts of Allah, all creatures think, and
every creature is possessed of will, and, in its measure, has
the power to choose.
28. And in their native planes
all creatures are supplied with nourishment from the ethers of
their planes.
29. And so it was with every
living thing until the will became a sluggish will, and then the
ethers of the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast, the
man, began to vibrate very slow.
30. The ethers all became more
dense, and all the creatures of these planes were clothed with
coarser garbs garbs of flesh, which men can see; and thus this
coarser manifest, which men call physical, appeared.
31. And this is what is called
the fall of man; but man fell not alone for protoplast, and
earth, and plant and beast were all included in the fall.
32. The angels and the cherubim
fell not; their wills were ever strong, and so they held the
ethers of their planes in harmony with Allah.
33. Now, when the ether reached
the rate of atmosphere, and all the creatures of these planes
must get their food from atmosphere, the conflict came; and that
which the finite man called, survival of the best, became the
law.
34. The stronger ate the bodies
of the weaker manifests; and here is where the carnal law of
evolution had its rise.
35. And now man, in his utter
shamelessness, strikes down and eats the beasts, the beast
consumes the plant, the plant thrives on the earth, the earth
absorbs the protoplast.
36. In yonder kingdom of the soul
this carnal evolution is not known, and the great work of master
minds is to restore the heritage of man, to bring him back to
his estate that he has lost, when he again will live upon the
ethers of his native plane.
37. The thoughts of Allah change
not; the manifests of life on every plane unfold into perfection
of their kind; and as the thought of Allah can never die, there
is no death to any being of the seven ethers of the seven
Spirits of the Triune Allah.
38. And so an earth is never
plant; a beast, or bird, or creeping thing is never man, and man
is not, and cannot be, a beast, or bird, or creeping thing.
39. The time will come when all
these seven manifests will be absorbed, and man and beast and
plant and earth and protoplast will be redeemed."
40. Barata was amazed; the wisdom
of the Jewish sage was a revelation unto him.
41. Now, Vidyapati, wisest of the
Indian sages, chief of temple Kapavistu, heard Barata speak to
Jesus of the origin of man, and heard the answer of the Hebrew
prophet, and he said:
42. "You priests of Kapavistu,
hear me speak; we stand to-day upon a crest of time. Six times
ago a master soul was born who gave a glorious light to man, and
now a master sage stands here in the temple Kapavistu.
43. The Hebrew prophet is the
rising star of wisdom, deified. He brings to us a knowledge of
the secrets things of Allah; and all the world will hear his
words, will heed his words, and glorify his name.
44. You priests of temple
Kapavistu, stay; be still and listen when he speaks; he is the
living Oracle of Allah."
45. And all the priests gave
thanks, and praised the Buddha of enlightenment.
Jesus Teaches the Common People
at a Spring--Tells Them How to Obtain Eternal Happiness.
1. In silent meditation Jesus sat
beside a flowing spring. It was a holy day, and many people of
the servant caste were near the place.
2. And Jesus saw the hard drawn
lines of toil on every brow, in every hand. There was no look of
joy in any face. Not one of all the group could think of
anything but toil.
3. And Jesus spoke to one and
said: "Why are you all so sad? Have you no happiness in life?"
4. The man replied: "We scarcely
know the meaning of that word. We toil to live, and hope for
nothing else but toil, and bless the day when we can cease our
toil and lay down and rest in Buddha's city of the dead."
5. And Jesus' heart was stirred
with pity and with love for these poor toilers, and he said:
6. "Toil should not make a person
sad; men should be happiest when they toil. When hope and love
are back of toil then all of life is filled with joy and peace
and this is heaven. Do you not know that such a heaven is for
you?"
7. The man replied: "Of heaven we
have heard; but then it is so far away, and we must live so many
lives before we can reach that place!"
8. And Jesus said: "My brother,
man, your thoughts are wrong; your heaven is not far away, and
it is not a place of metes and bounds, is not a country to be
reached; it is a state of mind!
9. Allah never made a heaven for
man; He never made a hell; we are creators and we make our own.
10. Now cease to seek for heaven
in the sky; just open up the windows of the hearts, and, like a
flood of light, a heaven will come and bring a boundless joy;
then toil will be no cruel task."
11. The people were amazed, and
gathered close to hear this strange young master speak,
12. Imploring him to tell them
more about the Father-God, Allah, about the heaven that men can
make on earth; about the boundless joy.
13. And Jesus spoke a parable; he
said: "A certain man possessed a field; the soil was hard and
poor.
14. By constant toil he scarcely
could provide enough of food to keep his family from want.
15. One day a miner who could see
beneath the soil, in passing on his way, saw this poor man and
his unfruitful field.
16. He called the weary toiler
and he said: 'My brother, know you not that just below the
surface of your barren field rich treasures lie concealed?
17. You plough and sow and reap
in a scanty way, and day by day you tread upon a mine of gold
and precious stones.
18. This wealth lies not upon the
surface of the ground; but if you will dig away the rocky soil,
and delve down deep into the earth, you need no longer till the
soil for naught.'
19. The man believed. 'The miner
surely knows,' 'And I will find the treasures hidden in my
field.'
20. And then he dug away the
rocky soil, and deep down in the earth he found a mine of gold."
21. And Jesus said: "The sons of
men are toiling hard on desert plains, and burning sands and
rocky soils, are doing what there fathers did, not dreaming they
can do aught else.
22. Behold a master comes, and
tells them of a hidden wealth; that underneath the rocky soil of
carnal things are treasures that no man can count.
23. That in the heart the richest
gems abound; that he who wills may open the door and find them
all."
24. And then the people said:
"Make known to us the way that we may find the wealth that lies
within the heart."
25. And Jesus opened up the way;
the toilers saw another side of life, and toil became a joy.
Life and Works of Jesus In Egypt
Among the Gentiles
1. Jesus with Elihu and Salome in
Egypt. Tells the story of his journeys. Elihu and Salome praise
Allah. Jesus goes to the temple in Heliopolis and is received as
a pupil.
2. And Jesus came to Egyptland
and all was well. He tarried not upon the coast; He went at once
to Zoan, home of Elihu and Salome, who five and twenty years
before had taught His mother in their sacred school.
3. And there was joy when met
these three. When last the son of Mary saw these sacred groves
he was a babe;
4. And now a man grown strong by
buffeting of every kind; a teacher who had stirred the
multitudes in many lands.
5. And Jesus told the aged
teachers all about His life; about his journeyings in foreign
lands; about the meetings with the masters and about His kind
receptions by the multitudes.
6. Elihu and Salome heard His
story with delight; they lifted up their eyes to heaven and
said: "Our Father-God Allah, let now Thy servants go in peace,
for we have seen the glory of Allah.
7. And we have talked with Him,
the messenger of love, and of the covenant of peace on earth,
good will to men.
8. Through Him shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed; through Him, Immanuel."
9. And Jesus stayed in Zoan many
days; and then went forth unto the city of the sun, that men
call Heliopolis, and sought admission to the temple of the
sacred brotherhood.
10. The council of the
brotherhood convened, and Jesus stood before the hierophant; He
answered all the questions that were asked with clearness and
with power.
11. The hierophant exclaimed:
"Rabboni of the rabbinate, why come you here? Your wisdom is the
wisdom of the gods; why seek for wisdom in the halls of men?"
12. And Jesus said: "In every way
of earth-life I would walk; in every hall of learning I would
sit; the heights that any man has gained, these I would gain.
13. What any man has suffered I
would meet, that I may know the griefs, the disappointments and
the sore temptations of my brother man; that I may know just how
to succor those in need.
14. I pray you brothers, let me
go into your dismal crypts; and I would pass the hardest of your
tests."
15. The master said: "Take then
the vow of secret brotherhood." And Jesus took the vow of secret
brotherhood.
16. Again the master spoke; he
said: "The greatest heights are gained by those who reach the
greatest depths; and you shall reach the greatest depths."
17. The guide then led the way
and in the fountain Jesus bathed; and when He had been clothed
in proper garb He stood again before the hierophant.
John, the Harbinger, Returns to
Hebron, Lives as a Hermit In the Wilds, Visits Jerusalem and
Speaks to the People.
1. It came to pass when John, the
son of Zacharias and Elizabeth, had finished all his studies in
the Egyptian schools he returned to Hebron, where he abode for
certain days.
2. And then he sought the
wilderness and made his home in David's cave, where many years
before he was instructed by the Egyptian sage.
3. Some people called him Hermit
of Engedi; and others said, "He is the wild man of the hills."
4. He clothed himself with skins
of beasts; his food was carobs, honey, nuts and fruits.
5. When John was thirty years of
age he went into Jerusalem, and in the market place he sat in
silence seven days.
6. The common people and the
priests, the scribes and Pharisees came out in multitudes to see
the silent hermit of the hills; but none were bold enough to ask
him who he was.
7. But when his silent past was
done he stood forth in the midst of all and said:
8."Behold the King has come; the
prophets told of Him; the wise men long have looked for Him.
9. Prepare, O Israel, prepare to
meet your King."
10. And that was all he said, and
then he disappeared, and no one knew where he had gone.
11. And there was great unrest
through all Jerusalem. The rulers heard the story of the hermit
of the hills.
12. And they sent couriers forth
to talk with him that they might know about the coming King; but
they could find him not.
13. And after certain days he
came again into the market place, and all the city came to hear
him speak. He said:
14. "Be not disturbed, you rulers
of the state; the coming King is no antagonist; he seeks no
place on any earthly throne."
[He comes the Prince of Peace,
the king of righteousness and love; his kingdom is with in the
soul.]
15. "The eyes of men shall see it
not and none can enter but the pure in heart."
16. "Prepare, O Israel, prepare
to meet your King."
17. Again, the hermit
disappeared; the people strove to follow him, but he had drawn a
veil about his form and men could see him not.
18. Jewish feast day came;
Jerusalem was filled with Jews and proselytes from every part of
Palestine, and John stood in the temple court and said:
19. "Prepare, O Israel, prepare
to meet your King."
20. "So, you have lived in sin;
the poor cry in your streets, and you regard them not.
21. Your neighbors, who are they?
You have defrauded friends and foes alike.
22. You worship Allah with voice
and lip; your hearts are far away, and set on gold.
23. Your priests have bound upon
the people burdens far to great to bear; they live in ease upon
the hard earned wages of the poor.
24. Your lawyers, doctors,
scribes are useless cumberers of the ground; they are but tumors
on the body of the state.
25. They toil not, neither do
they spin, yet they consume the profits of your marts of trade.
26. Your rulers are adulterers,
extortioners and thieves, regarding not the rights of any man.
27. And robbers ply their calling
in the sacred hills; the holy temple you have sold to thieves;
their dens are in the sacred places set apart for prayer.
28. Hear! hear! You people of
Jerusalem! Reform: turn from your evil ways or Allah will turn
from you, and heathen from afar will come, and what is left of
all your honor and your fame will pass in one short hour."
29. "Prepare, Jerusalem, prepare
to meet your King."
30. He said no more; he left the
court and no one saw him go.
31. The priests, the doctors and
the scribes were all in rage. They sought for John, intent to do
him harm. They found him not.
[The common people stood in his
defense; they said: "The hermit speaks the truth.
And then the priests, the doctors
and the scribes were sore afraid; they said no more; they hid
themselves away.]
Jesus Goes to the Wilderness For
Self-examination, Where He Remains Forty Days--Is Subjected to
Three Temptations. He Overcomes--Returns to the Camps of John
and Begins Teaching.
1. The harbinger had paved the
way; the Logos had been introduced to men as love made manifest,
and he must now begin his divine ministry.
2. And he went forth into the
wilderness to be alone with Allah, that He might look into His
inner heart, and note its strength and worthiness.
3. And with Himself He talked; He
said: "My lower self is strong; by many ties I am bound down to
carnal life.
4. Have I the strength to
overcome and give my life a willing sacrifice for men?
5. When I shall stand before the
face of men, and they demand a proof of my Messiahship, what
will I say?"
6. And then the tempter came and
said: "If you be son of Allah, command these stones to turn to
bread."
7. And Jesus said: "Who is it
that demands a test? It is no sign that one is Son of Allah
because he does a miracle; the devils can do mighty things.
8. Did not the Gentile magicians
do great things before the Pharaoh?
9. My words and deeds in all the
walks of life shall be the proof of my Messiahship."
10. And then the tempter said:
"If you will go into Jerusalem, and from the temple pinnacle
cast down yourself to earth, the people will believe that you
are the Messiah sent from Allah.
11. This you can surely do; for
did not David say: 'He gives His angels charge concerning you,
and with their will they uphold lest you should fall?"
12. And Jesus said: "I may not
tempt the Lord, my God, Allah."
13. And then the tempter said:
"Look forth upon the world; behold its honors and its fame!
Behold its pleasures and its wealth!
14. If you will give your life
for these they shall be yours."
15. But Jesus said: "Away from me
all tempting thoughts. My heart is fixed. I spurn this carnal
self with all its vain ambition and its pride."
16. For forty days did Jesus
wrestle with His carnal self; His higher self Prevailed. He then
was hungry, but his friends had found Him and they ministered to
Him.
17. Then Jesus left the
wilderness and in the consciousness of Holy breath, he came unto
the camps of John and taught.
Pilate's Final Effort to Release
Jesus Fails--He Washes His Hands In Feigned Innocence--Delivers
Jesus to the Jews For Execution--The Jewish Soldiers Drive Him
to Calvary.
1. A superstitious people are the
Jews. They have a faith that they have borrowed from the idol
worshipers of other lands, that at the end of every year,
2. They may heap all their sins
upon the head of some man set apart to bear their sins.
3. The man becomes a scapegoat
for the multitudes; and they believe that when they drive him
forth into the wilds, or into foreign lands, they are released
from sins.
4. So every spring before the
feast they chose a prisoner from the prisons of the land, and by
a form their own, they fain would make him bear their sins away.
5. Among the Jewish prisoners in
Jerusalem were three who were the leaders of a vile, seditious
band, who had engaged in thefts and murders and rapine, and had
been sentenced to be crucified.
6. Barabbas and Jezia was among
the men who were to die; but Barabbas was rich and he had bought
off priests the boon to be scapegoat for the people at the
coming feast, and he was anxiously in waiting for his hour to
come.
7. Now, Pilate thought to turn
this superstition to account to save the Lord Jesus, and so he
went again before the Jews and said:
8. "You men of Israel, according
to my custom I will release to you today a prisoner who shall
bear you sins away.
9. This man you drive into the
wilds or into foreign lands, and you have asked me to release
Barabbas, who has been proven guilty of the murder of a score of
men.
10. Now, hear me men. Let Jesus
be released and let Barabbas pay his debt upon the cross; then
you can send this Jesus to the wilds and hear no more of Him."
11. At what the ruler said the
people were enraged, and they began to plot to tear the Roman
palace down and drive in exile Pilate, and his household and his
guards.
12. When Pilate was assured that
civil war would follow if he heeded not the wishes of the mob,
he took a bowl of water and in the presence of the multitude he
washed his hands and said:
13. "This man whom you accuse is
Son of the Most High Allah, and I proclaim my innocence.
14. If you would shed His blood,
His blood is on your hands and not on mine."
15. And then the Jews exclaimed:
"And let His blood be on our hands and on our children's hands."
16. And Pilate trembled like a
leaf, in fear. Barabbas he released, and as the Lord stood forth
before the mob, the ruler said: "Behold your King! And would you
put to death your King?"
17. The Jews replied, "He is no
King; we have no King but great Tiberius."
18. Now, Pilate would not give
consent that Roman soldiers should imbue their hands in blood of
innocence and so the chief priests and the Pharisees took
counsel what to do with Jesus.
19. Caiaphas has said: "We cannot
crucify this man; he must be stoned to death and nothing more."
20. And then the rabble said:
"Make haste! let Him be stoned." And then they led Him forth
toward the hill beyond the city's gates, where criminals were
put to death.
21. The rabble could not wait
until they reached the place of skulls. As soon as they had
passed the city's gates, they rushed upon Him, smote Him with
their hands, they spit upon Him, stoned Him and He fell upon the
ground.
22. And one, a man of Allah,
stood forth and said: "Isaiah said, He shall be bruised for our
transgressions and by His stripes we shall be healed."
23. As Jesus laid all bruised and
mangled on the ground a High Priest called out, "Stay, stay you
men! Behold the guards of Herod come and they will crucify this
man."
24. And there beside the city's
gate they found Barabbas' cross, and then the frenzied mob cried
out, "Let him be crucified."
25. Caiaphas and the other ruling
Jews came forth and gave consent.
26. And then they lifted Jesus
from the ground, and at the point of swords they drove Him on.
27. A man named Simon, from
Cyrene, a friend of Jesus, was near the scene, and since the
bruised and wounded Jesus could not bear His cross, they laid it
on the shoulders of this man and made him bear it on to Calvary.
Jesus Appears, Fully
Materialized, Before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood In
Greece--Appears to Claudia and Juliet On the Tiber Near
Rome--Appears to the Priest In the Egyptian Temple at
Heliopolis.
1. Apollo, with the Silent
Brotherhood of Greece, was sitting in a Delphian grove. The
Oracle had spoken loud and long.
2. The priests were in the
sanctuary and as they looked the Oracle became a blaze of light;
it seemed to be on fire, and all consumed.
3. The priests were filled with
fear. They said: "A great disaster is to come; our gods are mad;
they have destroyed our Oracle.
4. But when the flames had spent
themselves, a man stood on the Oracle's pedestal and said:
5. "Allah speaks to man, not by
an oracle of wood and gold, but by the voice of man."
6. "The gods have spoken to the
Greeks, and kindred tongues, through images made by man, but
Allah the One, now speaks to man through Jesus the only Son, who
was, and is and evermore will be.
7. This Oracle shall fail; the
living Oracle of Allah, the One, will not fail."
8. Apollo knew the man who spoke;
he knew it was the Nazarene who once had taught the wise men in
the Acropolis and had rebuked the idol worshipers upon the
Athens' beach.
9. And in a moment Jesus stood
before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood and said:
10. "Behold, for I have risen
from the dead with gifts for men. I bring to you the title of
your vast estate.
11. All power in heaven and earth
is mine; to you I give all power in heaven and earth.
12. Go forth and teach the
nations of the earth the Gospel of the resurrection of the dead
and of eternal life through Jesus, the love of Allah made
manifest to men."
13. And then he clasped Apollo's
hand and said: "My human flesh was changed to higher form by
love divine and I can manifest in flesh or in the higher planes
of life at will.
14. What I can do all men can do.
Go teach the Gospel of the Omnipotence of man."
15. Then Jesus disappeared; but
Greece and Crete and all the nations heard.
16. Claudas and Juliet, his wife,
lived on the Palatine in Rome and they were servants of
Tiberius; but they had been in Galilee.
17. Had walked with Jesus by the
sea, had heard His words and seen His power; and they believed
that He was Jesus made manifest.
18. Now Claudas and his wife were
on the Tiber in a little boat; a storm swept from the sea, the
boat was wrecked and Claudas and his wife were sinking down to
death.
19. And Jesus came and took them
by the hands and said: "Claudas and Juiet, arise and walk with
me upon the waves."
20. And they arose and walked
with him upon the waves.
21. A thousand people saw three
walk on the waves, and saw them reach the land, and they were
all amazed.
22. And Jesus said: "You men of
Rome, I am the resurrection and the life. They that are dead
shall live, and many that shall live will never die.
23. By mouth of gods and
demi-gods Allah spoke unto your fathers long ago; but now He
speaks to you through perfect man."
24. "He sent His son, Jesus, in
human flesh to save the world, and as I lifted from the watery
grave and saved these servants of Tiberius.
20. So Jesus will lift the sons
and daughters of the human race, yea every one of them, from
darkness and from graves of carnal things, to light and
everlasting life.
26. I am the manifest of love
raised from the dead; Behold my hands, my feet, my side which
carnal men have pierced.
27. Claudas and Juliet whom I
have saved from death, are my ambassadors to Rome.
28. And they will point the way
and preach the gospel of the Holy Breath and the resurrection of
the dead."
29. And that was all he said, but
Rome and all of Italy heard.
30. The priests of Heliopolis
were in their temple met to celebrate the resurrection of their
brother Nazarite; they knew that he had risen from the dead.
31. The Nazarite appeared and
stood upon a sacred pedestal on which no man had ever stood.
32. This was an honor that had
been reserved for him who first would demonstrate the
resurrection of the dead.
33. And Jesus was the first of
all the human race to demonstrate the resurrection of the dead.
34. When Jesus stood upon the
sacred pedestal the masters stood and said, "All hail!" The
great bells of the temple rang and all the temple was ablaze
with light.
35. And Jesus said: "All honor to
the masters of this Temple of the Sun.
36. In flesh of man there is the
essence of the resurrection of the dead. This essence quickened
by the Holy Breath, will raise the substance of the Body to a
higher tone,
37. And make it like the
substance of the bodies of the planes above, which human eyes
cannot behold.
38. There is a holy ministry in
death. The essence of the body cannot be quickened by the Holy
Breath until the fixed is solved; the body must disintegrate,
and this is death.
39. And then upon these pliant
substances Allah breathes, just as he breathed upon the chaos of
the deep when worlds were formed.
40. And life springs forth from
death; the carnal form is changed to form divine.
41. The will of man makes
possible the action of the Holy Breath. When will of man and
will of Allah are one, the resurrection is a fact.
42. In this we have the chemistry
of mortal life, the ministry of death, the mystery of deific
life.
43. My human life was wholly
given to bring my will to tune with the deific will; when this
was done my earth-tasks all were done.
44. And you, my brother, know
full well the foes I had to meet; you know about my victories in
Gethsemane; my trials in the courts of men; my death upon the
cross.
45. You know that all my life was
one great drama for the sons of men; a pattern for the sons of
men. I lived to show the possibilities of man.
46. What I have done all men can
do, and what I am all men shall be."
47. The masters looked; the form
upon the sacred pedestal had gone, but every temple priest, and
every living creature said: "Praise Allah."
The Resurrection of
Jesus--Pilate Places the Roman Seal Upon the Stone Door Of the
Tomb--At Mid-night a Company Of the Silent Brothers March About
the Tomb--The Soldiers Are Alarmed--Jesus Preaches To the
Spirits In Prison--Early Sunday Morning He Rises From the
Tomb--The Soldiers Are Bribed By the Priests To Say That the
Disciples Had Stolen the Body.
The tomb in which they laid the
body of the Lord was in a garden, rich with flowers, the garden
of Saloam, and Joseph's home was near.
2. Before the watch began
Caiaphas sent a company of priests out to the garden of Saloam
that they might be assured that Jesus' body was within the tomb.
3. They rolled away the stone;
they saw the body there, and then they placed the stone again
before the door.
4. And Pilate sent his scribe who
placed upon the stone the seal of Rome, in such a way that he
who moved the stone would break the seal.
5. To break this Roman seal meant
death to him who broke the seal.
6. The Jewish soldiers all were
sworn to faithfulness; and then the watch began.
7. At midnight all was well, but
suddenly the tomb became a blaze of light, and down the garden
walk a troupe of white clad soldiers marched in single file.
8. They came up to the tomb and
marched and countermarched before the door.
9. The Jewish soldiers were
alert; they thought His friends had come to steal the body of
the Nazarene. The captain of the guard cried out to charge.
10. They charged; but not a white
clad soldier fell. They did not even stop; they marched and
countermarched among the frightened men.
11. They stood upon the Roman
seal; they did not speak ; they unsheathed not their swords; it
was the Silent Brotherhood.
12. The Jewish soldiers fled in
fear; they fell upon the ground.
13. They stood apart until the
white clad soldiers marched away, and then the light about the
tomb grew dim.
14. Then, they returned; the
stone was in its place; the seal was not disturbed, and they
resumed their watch.
15. Now, Jesus did not sleep
within the tomb. The body is the manifest of soul; but soul is
without its manifest.
16. And in the realm of souls,
unmanifest, the Lord went forth and taught.
17. He opened up the prison doors
and set the prisoners free.
18. He broke the chains of
captive souls, and led the captives to the light.
19. He sat in council with the
patriarchs and prophets of the olden times.
20. The masters of all times and
climes He met, and in the great assemblies he stood forth and
told the story of His life on earth, and of his death in
sacrifice for man,
21. And of his promises to clothe
himself again in garb of flesh and walk with his disciples, just
to prove the possibilities of man.
22. To give to them the key of
life, of death and of the resurrection of the dead.
23. In council all the masters
sat and talked about the revelations of the coming age,
24. When she, the Holy Breath,
shall fill the earth and air with holy breath, and open up the
way of man to perfectness and endless life.
25. The garden of Saloam was
silent on the Sabbath day. The Jewish soldiers watched and no
one else approached the tomb; but on the following night the
scene was changed.
26. At midnight every Jewish
soldier heard a voice which said. "Adon Mashich Cumi," which
meant: "Lord Jesus arise.
27. And they supposed again the
friends of Jesus were alert, were coming up to take the body of
their Lord away.
28. The soldiers were alert with
swords unsheathed and drawn, and then they heard the words
again.
29. It seemed as though the voice
was everywhere, and yet they saw no man.
30. The soldiers blanched with
fear, and still to flee meant death for cowardice, and so they
stood and watched.
31. Again, and this was just
before the sun arose, the heavens blazed with light: a distant
thunder seemed to herald forth a coming storm.
32. And then the earth began to
quake and in the rays of light they saw a form descend from
heaven. They said: "Behold, an angel comes."
33. And then they heard again:
"Adon Mashich Cumi."
34. And then the white-robed form
tramped on the Roman seal, and then he tore it into shreds, he
took the mighty stone in his hand as though it were a pebble
from the brook, and cast it to the side.
35. And Jesus opened up His eyes
and said, "All hail the rising sun; the coming of the day of
righteousness!"
36. And then He folded up His
burial gown, His head bands and His coverings and laid them all
aside.
37. He arose, and for a moment
stood beside the white-robed form.
38. The weaker soldiers fell to
the ground, and hid their faces in their hands; the stronger
stood and watched.
39. They saw the body of the
Nazarene transmute. They saw it change from mortal to immortal
form, and then it disappeared.
40. The soldiers heard a voice
from somewhere; yea, from everywhere, it said:
41. "Peace, peace on earth; good
will to men."
42. They looked, the tomb was
empty and the Lord had risen as He said.
43. The soldiers hastened to
Jerusalem, and to the priests, and said:
44. "Behold the Nazarene has
risen as He said; the tomb is empty and the body of the man is
gone; we know not where it is." And then they told about the
wonders of the night.
45. Caiaphas called a council of
the Jews, he said:"The news must not go forth that Jesus has
arisen from the dead.
46. For if it does, all men will
say: "He is the son of Allah, and all our testimonials will be
proven false."
47. And then they called the
hundred soldiers in and said to them:
48. "You know not where the body
of the Nazarene is resting now, so if you will go forth and say
that His disciples came and stole the body while you slept,
49. Each one of you shall have a
silver piece, and we will make it right with Pilate for breaking
of the Roman seal."
50. The soldiers did as they were
paid to do.
Jesus Appears, Fully
Materialised, To the Eastern Sages In the Palace Of Prince
Ravanna In India--To the Magian Priests In Persia.--The Three
Wise Men Speak In Praise Of the Personality Of the Nazarene
1. Ravanna, prince of India, gave
a feast. His palace in Orissa was the place where men of thought
from all the farther East were wont to meet.
2. Ravanna was the prince with
whom the child Jesus went to India with when twelve years old.
3. The feast was made in honor of
the wise men of the East.
4. Among the guests were Mengste,
Vidyapati and Lamaas.
5. The wise men sat about the
table talking of the needs of India and the world.
6. The door unto the banquet hall
was in the East; a vacant chair was at the table to the East.
7. And as the wise men talked a
stranger entered, unannounced, and raising up his hands in
benediction said, "All hail!"
8. A halo rested on his head, and
light, unlike the light of sun, filled all the room.
[9.The wise men rose and bowed
their heads and said, "All hail!"]
10. And Jesus sat down in the
vacant chair; and then the wise men knew it was the Jewish
Prophet who had come.
11. And Jesus said: "Behold, for
I am risen from the dead. Look at my hands, my feet, my side.
12. The Roman soldiers pierced my
hands and feet with nails; and then one pierced my heart.
13. They put me in a tomb, and
then I wrestled with the conqueror of men. I conquered death, I
stamped upon him and arose.
14. Brought immortality to light
and painted on the walls of time a rainbow for the sons of men;
and what I did all men shall do.
15. This gospel of the
resurrection of the dead is not confined to Jew and Greek; it is
the heritage of every man of every time and clime; and I am here
a demonstrator of the power of man."
16. Then He arose and pressed the
hand of every man and of the royal host, and said:
17. "Behold, I am not myth made
of the fleeting winds, for I am flesh and bone and brawn; but I
can cross the borderland at will."
18. And then they talked together
there a long, long time. Then Jesus said:
19. "I go my way, but you shall
go to all the world and teach the gospel of the omnipotence of
men, the power of truth, the resurrection of the dead.
20. He who believes this gospel
of the son of man shall never die; the dead shall live again."
21. Then Jesus disappeared, but
He had sown the seed. The words of life were spoken in Orissa,
and all of India heard.
22. The Magian priests were in
the silence in Persepolis, and Kaspar, and the Magian masters,
who were first to greet the child of promise in the shepherd's
home in Bethlehem, were with the priests.
23. And Jesus came and sat with
them; a crown of light was on His head.
24. And when the silence ended
Kaspar said: "A master from the Royal Council of the Silent
Brotherhood is here; let us give praise."
25. And all the priests and
masters stood and said: "All hail! What message from the Royal
Council do you bring?"
26. And Jesus said: "My brothers
of the Silent Brotherhood, peace, peace on earth, good will to
men!
27. The problem of the age has
been solved; a son of man risen from the dead; has shown that
human flesh can be transformed into flesh divine.
28. Before the eyes of men this
flesh in which I come to you was changed with speed of light
from human flesh. And so I am the message that I bring to you.
29. To you I come, the first of
all the race to be transmuted to the image of Allah.
30. What I have done, all men
will do; and what I am, all men shall be."
31. But Jesus said no more. In
one short breath He told the story of His mission to the sons of
men, and then He disappeared.
32. The Magi said: "Some time ago
we read this promise, now fulfilled, upon the dial plate of
Heaven.
33. And then we saw this man who
has just demonstrated unto us the power of man to raise from
carnal flesh and blood to flesh of Allah, a babe in Bethlehem.
34. and after many years He came
and sat with us in these same groves;
35. He told the story of His
human life, of trials, sore temptations, buffeting and woes.
36. He pressed along the thorny
way of life 'till He had risen and overthrown the strongest foes
of Allah and man; and He is now the only master of the human
race whose flesh has been transmuted into flesh divine.
37. He is the God-man of to-day;
but everyone of earth shall overcome and be like Him, a Son of
Allah.
These events occurred before He
was thirty years of age, and the events after He had risen from
the dead. He appeared back to India, Europe and Africa in the
land of Egypt, and made himself known unto the world. These
events are the eighteen years which are absent in your "Holy
Bible." The events of John the Baptist. John taught by the
Egyptian sage. The meaning of baptism and how to baptize
himself. And after he was baptized, he was taken at the age of
twelve years into Africa, the land of Egypt, and there he
remained in the Egyptian schools eighteen years. And there he
learned his duty as "fore-runner of Jesus."
HOLY INSTRUCTION AND WARNINGS
FOR ALL YOUNG MEN
1. Beware, young man, beware of
all the allurements of wantonness, and let not the harlot tempt
thee to excess in her delights.
2. The madness of desire shall
defeat its own pursuits; from the blindness of its rage, thou
shalt rush upon destruction.
3. Therefore give not up thy
heart to her sweet enticements, neither suffer thy soul to be
enslaved by her enchanting delusions
4. The fountain of health which
must supply the stream of pleasure, shall quickly be dried up,
and every spring of joy shall be exhausted.
5. In the prime of thy life old
age shall overtake thee; the sun shall decline in the morning of
thy days.
6. But when virtue and modesty
enlighten her charms, the luster of a beautiful woman is
brighter than the stars of Heaven and the influence of her power
it is in vain to resist.
7. The whiteness of her bosom
transcendeth the lily; her smile is more delicious than a garden
of roses.
8. The innocence of her eyes is
like that of the turtle; simplicity and truth dwell in her
heart.
9. The kisses of her mouth are
sweeter than honey; the perfumes of Arabia breathe from her
lips.
10. Shut not thy bosom to the
tenderness of love; the purity of its flame shall ennoble thy
heart, and soften it to receive the fairest impressions.
MARRIAGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAN
AND WIFE FROM THE NOBLE PROPHET
1. Give ear, fair daughter of
love, to the instructions of prudence and let the precepts of
truth sink deep in thy heart; so shall the charms of thy mind
add luster to the elegance of thy form; and thy beauty, like the
rose it resembleth, shall retain its sweetness when its bloom is
withered.
2. In the spring of thy youth, in
the morning of thy days, when the eyes of men gaze on thee with
delight, and nature whispereth in thine ear the meaning of their
looks; ah, hear with caution their seducing words; guard well
thy heart, nor listen to their soft persuasions.
3. Remember thou art made man's
reasonable companion, not the slave of his passion; the end of
thy being is not merely to gratify his loose desire; but to
assist him in the toils of life, to soothe his heart with thy
tenderness and recompense his care with soft en-dearments.
4. Who is she that winneth the
heart of man, that subdueth him to love, and reigneth in his
breast?
5. Lo! Yonder she walketh in
maiden sweetness, with innocence in her mind, and modesty on her
cheek.
6. Her hand seeketh employment,
her foot delighteth not in gadding abroad.
7. She is clothed with neatness,
she is fed with temperance; humility and meekness are as a crown
of glory circling her head.
8. On her tongue dwelleth music,
the sweetness of honey floweth from her lips. Decency is in all
her words, in her answers are mildness and truth.
9. Submission and obedience are
the lessons of her life, and peace and happiness are her reward.
10. Before her steps walketh
prudence, and virtue attendeth at her right hand.
11. Her eye speaketh softness and
love, but discretion with a sceptre sitteth on her brow.
12. The tongue of the licentious
is dumb in her presence; the awe of her virtue keepeth him
silent.
13. When scandal is busy, and the
fame of her neighbors is tossed from tongue to tongue; if
charity and good nature open not her mouth, the finger of
silence resteth on her lip.
14. Her breast is the mansion of
goodness, and therefore she suspecteth no evil of others.
15. Happy were the man that
should make her his wife; happy the child that should call her
mother.
16. She presideth in the house,
and there is peace; she commandeth with judgment, and is obeyed.
17. She ariseth in the morning,
she considers her affairs, and appointeth to every one their
proper business.
18. The care of her family is her
whole delight; to that alone she applieth her study; and
elegance with frugality is seen in her mansion.
19. The prudence of her
management is an honor to her husband, he heareth her praise
with a secret delight.
20. She informeth the minds of
her children with wisdom; she fashioneth their manners from the
examples of her own goodness.
21. The words of her mouth is the
law of their youth; the motion of her eye commandeth their
obedience.
22. She speaketh, and the
servants fly; she pointeth, and the thing is done; for the law
of love is in their hearts, and her kindness addeth wings to
their feet.
23. In prosperity she is not
puffed up; in adversity she healeth the wounds of fortune with
patience.
24. The troubles of her husband
are alleviated by her councils and sweetened by her endearments;
he putteth his heart in her bosom, and receiveth comfort.
25. Happy is the man that has
made her his wife; happy the child that call her mother.
DUTY OF A HUSBAND
1. Take unto thyself a wife and
obey the ordinance of Allah; take unto thyself a wife, and
become a faithful member of society.
2. But examine with care, and fix
not suddenly. On thy present choice depends thy future
happiness.
3. If much of her time is
destroyed in dress and adornment; if she is enamored with her
own beauty, and delighted with her own praise; if she laugheth
much, and talketh loud; if her foot abideth not in her father's
house, and her eyes with boldness rove on the faces of men;
though her beauty were as the sun in the firmament of heaven,
turn thy face from her charms, turn thy feet from her paths, and
suffer not thy soul to be ensnared by the allurements of
imagination.
4. But when thou findest
sensibility of heart, joined with softness of manners; and
accomplished mind, with a form agreeable to thy fancy; take her
home to thy house; she is worthy to be thy friend, thy companion
in life, the wife of thy bosom.
5. O cherish her as a blessing
sent to thee from Heaven. Let the kindness of thy behavior
endear thee to her heart.
6. She is the mistress of thy
house; treat her therefore with respect, that thy servants may
obey her.
7. Oppose not her inclination
without cause; she is the partner of thy cares, make her also
the companion of thy pleasures.
8. Reprove her faults with
gentleness, exact not her obedience with rigor.
9. Trust thy secrets in her
breast; her counsels are sincere, thou shalt not be deceived.
10. Be faithful to her bed; for
she is mother of thy children.
11. When pain and sickness
assault her, let thy tenderness soothe her affliction; a look
from thee of pity and love shall alleviate her grief, or
instigate her pain and be of more avail than ten physicians.
12. Consider the tenderness of
her sex, the delicacy of her frame; and be not severe to her
weakness, but remember thine own imperfections.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THY
CHILDREN
1. Consider, thou art a parent,
the importance of thy trust; the being thou hast produced, it is
thy duty to support.
2. Upon thee also it dependeth
whether the child of thy bosom be a blessing or a curse to
thyself; an useful or a worthless member to the community.
3. Prepare him early with
instruction, and season his mind with the maxims of truth.
4. Watch the bent of his
inclinations, set him right in his youth and let no evil habit
gain strength with his years.
5. So shall he rise like a cedar
on the mountains; his head shall be seen above the trees of the
forest.
6. A wicked son is a reproach to
his father; but he that doth right is an honor to his grey
hairs.
7. The soil is thine own, let it
not want cultivation; the seed which thou soweth, that also
shall thou reap.
8. Teach him obedience, and he
shall bless thee; teach him modesty, and he shall not be
ashamed.
9. Teach him gratitude, and he
shall receive benefits; teach him charity, and he shall gain
love.
10. Teach him temperance, and he
shall have health; teach him prudence, and fortune shall attend
him.
11. Teach him justice, and he
shall be honored by the world; teach him sincerity, and his own
heart shall not reproach him.
12. Teach him diligence, and his
wealth shall increase; teach him benevolence, and his mind shall
be exalted.
13. Teach him science, and his
life shall be useful; teach him religion, and his death shall be
happy.
THE OBEDIENCE OF CHILDREN
TOWARDS THEIR FATHER
1. From the secrets of Allah let
man learn wisdom, and apply to himself the instruction they
give.
2. Go to the desert, my son;
observe the young stork of the wilderness; let him speak to thy
heart; he beareth on his wings his aged sire; he lodgeth him in
safety, and supplieth him with food.
3. The piety of a child is
sweeter than the incense of Persia offering to the sun; yea,
more delicious than odors wafted from a field of Arabian spices
of the western gales.
4. Be grateful to thy father, for
he gave thee life and to thy mother, for she sustained thee.
5. Hear the words of his mouth,
for they are spoken for thy good; give ear to his admonition,
for it proceedeth from love.
6. He hath watched for thy
welfare, he hath toiled for thy ease; do honor therefore to his
age, and let not his grey hairs be treated with irreverence.
7. Forget not thy helpless
infancy, nor the forwardness of thy youth, and indulge the
infirmities of thy aged parents; assist and support them in the
decline of life.
8. So shall their hoary heads go
down to the grave in peace; and thine own children, in reverence
of thy example, shall repay thy piety with filial love.
A HOLY COVENANT OF THE ASIATIC
NATION
1. Ye are the children of one
father, provided for by his care; and the breast of one mother
hath given you suck.
2. Let the bonds of affection,
therefore, unite thee with thy brothers, that peace and
happiness may dwell in thy father's house.
3. And when ye separate in the
world, remember the relation that bindeth you to love and unity;
and prefer not a stranger before thy own blood.
4. If thy brother is in
adversity, assist him; if thy sister is in trouble, forsake her
not.
5. So shall the fortunes of thy
father contribute to the support of his whole race; and his care
be continued to you all, in your love to each other.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS OF UNITY
1. The gifts of the understanding
are the treasures of Allah; and He appointed to every one his
portion, in what measure seemeth good unto Himself.
2. Hath He endowed thee with
wisdom? Hath He enlightened thy mind with the knowledge of
truth? Communicate it to the ignorant, for their instruction;
communicate it to the wise, for thine own improvement.
3. True wisdom is less presuming
than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind;
the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things,
but his own ignorance.
4. The pride of emptiness is an
abomination; and to talk much, is the foolishness of folly;
nevertheless, it is the part of wisdom to hear with patience
their impertinence, and to pity their absurdity.
5. Yet be not puffed up in thine
own conceit, neither boast of superior understanding; the
clearest human knowledge is but blindness and folly.
6. The wise man feeleth his
imperfections, and is humbled; he laboreth in vain for his own
approbation but the fool peepeth in the shadow stream of his own
mind, and is pleased with the pebbles which he seeth at the
bottom; he bringeth them up and showeth them as pearls and with
the applause of his brethren delighteth himself.
7. He boasteth of attainments in
things that are of no worth; but where it is a shame to be
ignorant, there he hath no understanding.
8. Even in the path of wisdom, he
toileth after folly; and shame and disappointment are the reward
of his labor.
9. But the wise man cultivates
his mind with knowledge; the improvement of the arts is his
delight, and their utility to the public crowneth with honor.
10. Nevertheless, the attainment
of virtue he accounteth as the highest learning; and the science
of happiness is the study of his life.
THE HOLY UNITY OF THE RICH AND
THE POOR
1. The man to whom Allah hath
given riches, and blessed with a mind to employ them alright, is
peculiarly favored and highly distinguished.
2. He looketh on his wealth with
pleasure, because it affordeth him the means to do good.
3. He protecteth the poor that
are injured; he suffereth not the mighty to oppress the weak.
4. He seeketh out objects of
compassion; he inquireth into their wants; he relieveth them
with judgments and without ostentation.
5. He assisteth and rewardeth
merit; he encourage ingenuity and liberally promoteth every
useful design.
6. He carieth his own great
works; his country is enriched, and the labor is employed; he
formeth new schemes, and the arts receive improvement.
7. He considers the superfluities
of his table, as belonging to the poor of his neighborhood; and
he defraudeth them not.
8. The benevolence of his mind is
not checked by his fortune; he rejoiceth therefore in riches,
and his joy is blameless.
9. But woe. unto him that heapeth
up wealth in abundance, and rejoiceth alone in the possession
thereof; that grindeth the face of the poor, and considereth not
the sweat of their brows!
10. He driveth on oppression,
without feeling; the ruin of his brother disturbeth him not.
11. The tears of the orphan he
drinketh as milk; the cries of the widow are music to his ears.
12. His heart hardened with the
love of wealth; no grief or distress can make impression upon
it.
13. But the curse of iniquity
pursueth him; he liveth in continual fear; the anxiety of his
mind and the rapacious desires of his own soul take vengeance
upon him for the calamities he has brought upon others.
14. Oh! What are the miseries of
poverty in comparison with the gnawings of this man's heart!
15. Let the poor man comfort
himself, yes, rejoice; for he hath many reasons.
16. He sitteth down to his morsel
in peace; his table is not crowded with flatterers and
devourers.
17. He is not embarrassed with a
train of dependents, nor teased with the clamors of
solicitations.
18. Debarred from the dainties of
the rich, he escapeth also their diseases.
19. The bread that he eateth is
not so sweet to his taste? The water he drinketh is not so
pleasant to his thirst? Yea, far more delicious water than the
richest draughts of the luxurious.
20. His labor preserveth his
health, and procureth him a repose, to which the downy bed of
sloth is a stranger.
21. He limiteth his desires with
humility, and the calm of contentment is sweeter to his soul
than all the acquirements of wealth and grandeur.
22. Let not the rich, therefore,
presume on his riches; nor the poor in his poverty yield to
despondence; for the providence of Allah dispenseth happiness to
them both.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
MASTER AND SERVANT
1. Repine not, 0 man, at the
state of servitude; it is the ap-pointment of Allah, and hath
many advantages; it removeth thee from cares and solicitudes in
life.
2. The honor of a servant is his
fidelity; his highest virtues are submission and obedience.
3. Be patient, therefore, under
the reproofs of thy master; and when he rebuketh thee, answer
not again. The silence of thy resigna-tion shall not be
forgotten.
4. Be studious of his interests,
be diligent in his affairs, and faithful to the trust which he
reposeth in thee.
5. Thy time and thy labor belong
unto him. Defraud him not thereof, for he payeth thee for them.
6. And thou who art a master, be
just to thy servant if thou expecteth from him fidelity; and
reasonable in thy commands if thou expecteth ready obedience.
7. The spirit of a man is in him;
severity and rigour may create fear, but can never command love.
8. Mix kindness with reproof, and
reason with authority; so shall thy admonitions take place in
his heart, and his duty shall be-come his pleasure.
9. He shall serve thee faithfully
from the motive of gratitude; he shall obey thee cheerfully from
the principle of love; and fail thou not, in return, to give his
diligence and fidelity their proper reward.
MAGISTRATE AND SUBJECT
1. 0 thou, the favorite of
Heaven, whom the sons of men, thy equals, have agreed to raise
to sovereign power and set as a ruler over themselves; consider
the ends and importance of their trust, fax more than the
dignity and height of thy station.
2. Thou art clothed in purple,
and seated on a throne; the crown of majesty investeth thy
temples, the sceptre of power is placed in thy hand; but not for
thyself were these ensigns given; not meant for thine own, but
the good of thy kingdom.
3. The glory of a king is the
welfare of his people; his power and dominion rest on the hearts
of his subjects.
4. The mind of a great prince is
exalted with the grandeur of his situation; he evolveth high
things, and searcheth for business worthy of his power.
5. He calleth together the wise
men of his kingdom; he consulteth among them with freedom, and
heareth the opinions of them all.
6. He looketh among his people
with discernment; he discovereth the abilities of men, and
employeth them according to their merits.
7. His magistrates are just, his
ministers are wise, and the favorite of his bosom deceiveth him
not.
8. He smileth on the arts, and
they flourish; the sciences improve beneath the culture of his
hand.
9. With the learned and ingenious
he delighteth himself; he kindleth in their breasts emulation;
and the glory of his kingdom is exalted by their labors.
10. The spirit of the merchant
who extendeth his commerce, the skill of the farmer who
enricheth his lands, the ingenuity of the artists, the
improvements of the scholar; all these he honoreth with his
favor, or rewardeth with his bounty.
11. He planteth new colonies, he
buildeth strong ships, he openeth rivers for convenience, he
formeth harbors for safety, his people abound in riches, and the
strength of his kingdom increaseth.
12. He frameth his statutes with
equity and wisdom; his subjects enjoy the fruits of their labor
in security; and their happiness consists of the observance of
the law.
13. He foundeth his judgments on
the principle of mercy; but in the punishment of offenders, he
is strict and impartial.
14. His ears are open to the
complaints of his subjects; he restraineth the hands of their
oppressors, and he delivereth them from their tyranny.
15. His people, therefore, look
up to him as a father, with reverence and love; they consider
him as the guardian of all they enjoy.
16. Their affection unto him
begetteth in his breast a love of the public; the security of
their happiness is the object of his care.
17. No murmurs against him arise
in their hearts; the machinations of his enemies endanger not
the state.
18. His subjects are faithful,
and firm in his cause; they stand in his defense, as a wall of
brass; the army of a tyrant flieth before them, as chaff before
the wind.
19. Security and peace bless the
dwelling of his people; and glory and strength encircle his
throne forever.
HOLY INSTRUCTION FROM THE
PROPHET
THE SOCIAL DUTIES
1. When thou considereth thy
wants, when thou beholdeth thy imperfections, acknowledge his
goodness, 0 son of humanity, who honored thee with humanity,
endowed thee with speech, and placed thee in society to receive
and confer reciprocal helps and mutual obligations, protection
from injuries, thy enjoyments of the comforts and the pleasures
of life; all these thou oweth to the assistance of others, and
couldst not enjoy but in the bands of society.
2. It is thy duty, therefore, to
be a friend to mankind, as it is thy interest that man should be
friendly to thee.
3. As the rose breatheth
sweetness from its own nature, so the heart of a benevolent man
produceth good works.
4. He enjoyeth the ease and
tranquility of his own breast, and rejoiceth in the happiness
and prosperity of his neighbor
5. He openeth not his ear unto
slander; the faults and the failings of men give a pain to his
heart.
6. His desire is to do good, and
he researcheth out the occasions thereof; in removing the
oppression of another, he relieveth himself.
7. From the largeness of his
mind, he comprehendeth in his wishes the happiness of all men;
and from the generosity of his heart, he endeavoreth to promote
it.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
JUSTICE
1. The peace of society dependeth
on justice; the happiness of individuals, on the safe enjoyment
of all their possessions.
2. Keep the desires of thy heart,
therefore, within the bounds of moderation; let the hand of
justice lead them aright.
3. Cast not an evil eye on the
goods of thy neighbor; let whatever is his property be sacred
from thy touch.
4. Let no temptation allure thee,
nor any provocation excite thee to lift up thy hand to the
hazard of his life.
5. Defame him not in his
character; bear no false witness against him.
6. Corrupt not his servant to
cheat or forsake him; and the wife of his bosom, 0 tempt not to
sin.
7. It will be a grief to his
heart, which thou canst not relieve; an injury to his life,
which no reparation can atone.
8. In thy dealings with men, be
impartial and just; and do unto them as thou wouldst they should
do unto thee.
9. Be faithful to thy trust, and
deceive not the man who relieth upon thee; be assured, it is
less evil in the sight of Allah to steal than to betray.
10. Oppress not the poor, and
defraud not of his hire the laboring man.
11. When thou selleth for gain,
hear the whispering of conscience, and be satisfied with
moderation; nor from the ignorance of thy buyer take any
advantage.
12. Pay the debts which thou
oweth: for he who gave thee credit, relieth upon thine honor;
and to withhold from him his due, is both mean and unjust.
13. Finally, 0 son of society,
examine thy heart, call remembrance to thy aid; and if in any of
these things thou hath transgressed, make a speedy reparation,
to the utmost of thy power.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
CHARITY
1. Happy is the man who hath sown
in his breast the seeds of benevolence: the produce thereof
shall be charity and love.
2. From the fountain of his heart
shall rise rivers of goodness; and the streams shall overflow,
for the benefit of mankind.
3. He assisteth the poor in their
trouble; he rejoiceth in furthering the prosperity of all men.
4. He censureth not his neighbor;
he believeth not the tales of envy and malevolence; neither
repeateth he their slanders.
5. He forgiveth the injuries of
men, he wipeth them from his remembrance; revenge and malice
have no place in his heart.
6. For evil he returneth not
evil, he hateth not even his enemies, but requiteth their
injustice with a friendly admonition.
7. The griefs and anxieties of
men excite his compassion; he endeavoreth to alleviate the
weight of their misfortunes, and the pleasure of success
rewardeth his labor.
8. He calmeth the fury, he
healeth the quarrels of angry men, and preventeth the mischiefs
of strife and animosity.
9. He promoteth in his
neighborhood peace and good will, and his name is repeated with
praise and benedictions.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
GRATITUDE
1. As the branches of a tree
return their sap to the root, from whence it arose; as a river
poureth its streams to the sea, whence the spring was supplied;
so the heart of a grateful man delighteth in returning a benefit
recieved.
2. He acknowledgeth his
obligation with cheerfulness, he looketh on his benefactor with
love and esteem.
3. And if to return it be not in
his power, he nourisheth the memory of it in his breast with
kindness; he forgetteth it not all the days of his life.
4. The heart of the grateful man
is like the clouds of heaven which drops upon the eath, fruits,
herbage and flowers; but the heart of the ungrateful is like a
desert of sand which swalloweth with greediness the showers that
fall, and burieth them in its bosom, and produceth nothing.
5. Envy not thy benefactor,
neither strive to conceal the benefit he hath conferred; for
though to oblige is better than to be obliged, though the act of
generosity commandeth admiration, yet the humility toucheth the
heart, and is amiable on the sight both of Allah and man.
6. But receive not a favor from
the hand of the proud; to the selfish and avaricious have no
obligation; the vanity of pride shall expose thee to shame; the
greediness of avarice shall never be satisfied.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
SINCERITY
1. O thou who are enamored with
the beauty of Truth, and hast fixed thy heart on the simplicity
of her charms, hold fast thy fidelity unto her, and forsake her
not; the constancy of thy virtue shall crown thee with honor.
2. The tongue of the sincere is
rooted in heart; hypocrisy and deceit have no place in his
words.
3. He blusheth at falsehood, and
is founded; but in speaking the truth, he hath a steady eye.
4. He supporteth, as a man, the
dignity of his character; to the arts of hypocrisy he scorneth
to stoop.
5. He is consistent with himself;
he is never embarrassed; he hath courage enough for truth; but
to lie he is afraid.
6. He is far above the meanness
of dissimulation; the words of his mouth are the thoughts of his
heart.
7. Yet, with prudence and caution
he openeth his lips; he studieth what is right, and speaketh
with discretion.
8. He adviseth with friendship;
he reproveth with freedom; and whatsoever he promiseth shall
surely be performed.
9. But the heart of the hypocrite
is hid in his breast; he maketh his words in the semblance of
truth, while the business of his life is only to deceive.
10. He laugheth in sorrow, he
weepeth in joy; and the words of his mouth have no
interpretation.
11. He worketh in the dark as a
mole, and fancieth he is safe; but he blundereth into light, and
is betrayed and exposed, with dirt on his head.
12. He passeth his days in
perpetual constraint; his tongue and heart are forever at
variance.
13. He laboreth for the character
of a righteous man; and huggeth himself in the thoughts of his
cunning.
14. O fool, fool! The pains which
thou taketh to hide what thou art, are more than would make thee
what thou wouldst seem; and the children of Wisdom shall mock at
thy cunning, when in the midst of security, thy disguise is
stripped off, and the finger of derision shall point thee to
scorn.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
RELIGION
1. There is but one Allah, the
author, the creator, the governor of the world; almighty ,
eternal, and incomprehensible.
2. The sun is not Allah, though
his noblest image. He enlighteneth the world with his
brightness; his warmth giveth life to the products of the earth.
Admire him as the creature, the instrument of Allah, but worship
him not.
3. To the one who is supreme,
most wise and beneficent, and to Him alone, belong worship,
adoration, thanks giving and praise.
4. Who hath stretched forth the
heavens with His hands, who hath described with his finger the
courses of stars.
5. Who setteth bounds to the
ocean, that it cannot pass; and saith unto the stormy winds: "Be
still."
6. Who shaketh the earth, and the
nations tremble; who dareth His lightnings, and the wicked are
dismayed.
7. Who calleth forth worlds by
the words of His mouth; who smiteth with His arm, and they sink
into nothing.
8. O reverence the majesty of the
Omnipotent; and tempt not His anger, lest thou be destroyed.
9. The providence of Allah is
ever all His works; He ruleth and directeth with infinite
wisdom.
10. He hath instituted laws for
the government of the world; He hath wonderfully varied them in
all beings; and each, by his nature conformeth to His will.
11. In the depth of His mind, He
revolveth all knowledge; the secrets of futurity lie open before
Him.
12. The thoughts of thy heart are
naked to His view; He knoweth thy determination before they are
made.
13. With respect to His
prescience there is nothing contingent; with respect to his
providence there is nothing accidental.
14. Wonderful is He in all His
ways; His counsels are inscrutable; the manner of His knowledge
transcendeth thy conception.
15. Pay therefore to His wisdom,
all honor and veneration; and bow down thyself in humble and
submissive obedience to His supreme discretion.
16. The Father is gracious and
beneficent; He hath created the world in mercy and love.
17. His creatures of His hand
declare His goodness, and their enjoyments speak of His praise;
He clothed them with beauty, He supporteth them with food, He
preserveth them with pleasure, from generation to generation.
18. If we lift up our eyes to the
heavens, His glory shineth forth; if we cast them down on the
earth, it is full of His goodness; the hills and the valleys
rejoice and sing; fields, rivers, and woods resound His praise.
19. But thee, He hath
distinguished with peculiar favor; and exalted thy station above
all creatures.
20. But thee, He hath embued thee
with reason, to maintain thy dominion; he hath fitted thee with
language, to improve thy society; and exalted thy mind with the
powers of meditation, to contemplate and adore His inimitable
perfections.
21. And in the laws He hath
ordained as the rule of life, so kindly hath He united thy duty
to thy nature that obedience to His precepts is happiness to
thyself.
22. O praise His goodness with
songs of thanksgiving, and meditate in silence on the wonders of
His love; let thy heart overflow with gratitude and
acknowledgment, let the language of thy lips speak praise and
adoration, let the actions of thy life show thy love to His law.
23. Allah is just and righteous,
and will judge the earth with equity and truth.
24. Hath He established his laws
in goodness and mercy, and shall He not punish the transgressors
thereof?
25. O think not, bold men,
because thy punishment is delayed, that the arm of Allah is
weakened; neither flatter thyself with hopes that He winketh at
thy doings.
26. His eye pierceth the secrets
of every heart, and He rememebereth them forever; He respecteth
not the persons or the stations of men.
27. The high and the low, the
rich and the poor, the wise and the ignorant, when the soul hath
shaken off the cumbrous shackles of this mortal life, shall
equality receive, from the sentence of just and everlasting
retribution, according to their works.
28. Then shall the wicked tremble
and be afraid; but the heart of the righteous shall rejoice in
His judgements.
29. O fear Allah, therefore, all
the days of thy life, and walk in the paths which He hath opened
before thee. Let prudence admonish thee, let temperance
restrain, let justice guide thy hand, benevolence warm thy
heart, and gratitude to Heaven inspire thee with devotion. These
shall give thee happiness in thy present state, and bring thee
to the mansions of eternal felicity in the paradise of Allah.
30. This is the true economy of
Human Life.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
KNOW THYSELF
1. Weak and ignorant as thou art,
O man, humble as thou oughtest to be, O child of the dust,
wouldst thou raise thy thoughts to infinite wisdom? Wouldst thou
see omnipotence displayed before thee? Contemplate thine frame.
2. Fearfully and wonderfully art
thou made; praise therefore thy Creator with awe, and rejoice
before Him with reverence.
3. Wherefore of all creatures art
thou only erect, but that thou shouldst behold his works?
Wherefore art thou to behold, but that thou mayest admire them?
Wherefore to admire but that thou mayest adore their and thy
Creator?
4. Wherefore is consciousness
reposed on thee alone, and whence is it derived to thee?
5. It is not in flesh to think;
it is not in bones to reason. The lion knoweth not that worms
shall eat him; the ox perceiveth not that he is fed for
slaughter.
6. Something is added to thee,
unlike to what thou seest; something informs the clay; higher
than all is the object of thy senses. Behold, what is it?
7. The body remaineth perfect
after it is fled; therefore it is no part of it; it is
immaterial, therefore it is eternal; it is free to act;
therefore it is accountable for its actions.
8. Knoweth the ass the use of
food, because his teeth mow down the herbage? Or standeth the
crocodile erect, although his backbone is as straight as thine?
9. Allah formed thee as He formed
these; after them all wert thou created; superiority and command
were given thee over all, and of His own breath did he
communicate to thee the principle of knowledge.
10. Know thyself and the pride of
His creation, the line uniting divinity and matter; behold a
part of Allah Himself within thee; remember thine own dignity;
nor dare descend to evil or to meanness.
11. Who planted terror in the
tail of the serpent? Who clothed the neck of the horse with
thunder? Even He who hath instructed thee to crush the one under
thy feet, and to tame the other to thy purpose.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PHOPHET
THE BREATH OF HEAVEN
1. Vaunt not thy body; because it
was first formed; nor of thy brain, because therein thy soul
resideth. Is not the master of the house more honorable than its
walls?
2. The ground must be prepared
before corn be planted; the potter must build his furnace before
he can make his porcelain.
3. As the breath of Heaven sayeth
unto the waters of the deep; "This way shall thy billows roll,
and no other; thus high, and no higher shall they raise their
fury"; so let thy spirit, 0 man, actuate and direct thy flesh;
so let it repress its wilderness.
5. Thy body is as the globe of
the earth; thy bones the pillars that sustain it on its basis.
6. As the ocean giveth rise to
springs, whose waters return again into its bosom through the
rivers; so runneth thy life from thy outwards, and so runneth it
into its place again.
7. Do not both retain their
course forever? Behold, the same Allah ordained them.
8. Is not thy nose the channel to
perfumes, thy mouth the path to delicacies.
9. Are not thine eyes the
sentinels that watch for thee? Yet how often are they unable to
distinguish truth from error?
10. Keep thy soul in moderation;
teach thy spirit to be attentive to its good; so shall these its
ministers be always to thee conveyances of truth.
11. Thine hand, is it not a
miracle? Is there in the creation aught like unto it? Wherefore
was it given thee, but that thou mightest stretch it out to the
assistance of thy brother?
12. Why of all things living are
thou alone made capable of blushing? The world shall read thy
shame upon thy face; therefore do nothing shameful.
13. Fear and dismay, which robs
thy countenance of its ruddy splendor, avoid guilt, and thou
shalt know that fear is beneath thee, that dismay is unnamely.
14. Wherefore to thee alone
speaks shadows in the vision of the pillow? Reverence them; for
know that dreams are from on high.
15. Thou man alone canst speak.
Wonder at thy glorious prerogative; and pay to Him who gave it
to thee a rational and welcome praise, teaching thy children
wisdom, instructing the offspring of thy loins in piety.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE SOUL OF MAN
1. The blessing, 0 man, of thy
external part is health, vigor and proportion. The greatest of
these is health. What health is to the body even that is honesty
to the soul.
2. That thou hast a soul is of
all knowledge the most certain of all truths the most plain unto
thee. Be meek, be grateful for it. Seek not to know it
perfectly. It is inscrutable.
3. Thinking, understanding,
reasoning, willing, call not these the soul. They are its
actions, but they are not its essence.
4. Raise it not too high, that
thou be not despised. Be not thou like unto those who fall by
climbing; neither debase it to the sense of brutes, nor be thou
like to the horse and the mule, in whom there is no
understanding.
5. Search it by its faculties:
know it by its virtues. They are more in number than the hairs
of thy head; the stars of heaven are not to be counted with
them.
6. Think not with Arabia, that
one soul is parted among all men; neither believe thou with the
sons of Egypt, that every man hath many; know, that as thy
heart, so also thy soul is one.
7. Doth not the sun harden the
clay? Doth it not also soften the wax? As it is one sun that
worketh both, even so it is one soul willeth contraries.
8. As the moon retaineth her
nature, though darkness spread itself before her face as a
curtain; so the soul remaineth perfect, even in the bosom of a
fool.
9. She is immortal; she is
unchangeable; she is alike in all. Health calleth her forth to
show her loveliness, and application anointeth her with the oil
of wisdom.
10. Although she shall live after
thee, think not she was born before thee. She was created with
thy flesh, and formed with thy brain.
11. Justice could not give her to
thee exalted by virtues, nor mercy deliver her to thee deformed
by vices. These must be thine, and thou must answer for them.
12. Suppose not death can shield
thee from examination; think not corruption can hide thee from
inquiry. He who formed thee of thou knowest not what, can he not
raise thee from thou knowest not what again?
13. Perceiveth not the cock the
hour of midnight? Exalteth he not his voice to tell thee it is
morning? Knoweth not the dog the footsteps of his master? Flieth
not the wounded goat unto the herb that healeth him? Yet when
these die, their spirit returneth to dust; thine alone
surviveth.
14. Envy not to these their
senses, because quicker than thine own. Learn that the advantage
lieth not in possessing good things, but in the knowing to use
them.
15. Hadst thou the ear of the
stag, or were thine eyes as strong and piercing as the eagles;
didst thou equal the hound in smell, or could the ape resign to
thee his taste, or could the tortoise her feeling; yet without
reason what would they avail thee? Perish not all these like
their kindred?
16. Hath any one of them the gift
of speech? Can any say unto thee, "Therefore did I do?"
17. The lips of the wise are as
the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened but treasures
are poured out before thee.
18. Like unto trees of gold
arranged in beds of silver are wise sentences uttered in due
season.
19. Canst thou think too greatly
of thy soul? Or can too much be said in its praise? It is the
image of Him who gave it.
20. Remember thou its dignity
forever; forget not how great a talent is committed to thy
charge.
21. Whatsoever may do good, may
also do harm. Beware that thou direct its course to virtue.
22. Think not that thou canst
lose her in a crowd; suppose not that thou canst bury her in thy
closet. Action is her delight, and she will not be withheld from
it.
23. Her motion is perpetual; her
attempts are universal; her agility is not to be suppressed. Is
it at the uttermost parts of the earth? She will have it. Is it
beyond the regions of the stars? Yet will her eye discover it,
Inquiry is her delight. As one who traverseth the burning sands,
in search of water, so is the soul that thirsteth after
knowledge.
24. Guard her for she is rash;
restrain her, for she is irregular; correct her, for she is
outrageous; more supple is she than water, more flexible than
wax, more yielding than air. Is there aught that can bind her?
25. As a sword in the hand of a
mad man, even so is the soul to him who wanteth discretion.
26. The end of her search is
truth; her means to discover it are reason and experience. But
are not these weak, uncertain and fallacious? How then shall she
attain unto it?
27. General opinion is no proof
of truth, for the generality of men are ignorant.
28. Perception of thyself, the
knowledge of Him who create thee, the sense of worship thou
owest unto Him. Are not these plain before thy face? And,
behold! What is there more that men needeth to know?
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
PINNACLE OF WISDOM
1. As the eye of the morning to
the lark, as the shade of the evening to the owl, as honey to
the bee, or as the carcass to the vulture even such is life unto
the heart of man.
2. Though bright, it dazzleth
not; though obscure, it displeaseth not; though sweet, it
cloyeth not; though corrupt, it forbiddeth not, yet who is he
that knoweth its true value?
3. Learn to esteem as thou ought;
then art thou near the pinnacle of wisdom.
4. Think not, with the fool, that
nothing is more valuable; nor believe, with the pretended wise,
that thou oughtest to condemn it. Love it not thyself, but for
the good it may be of to others.
5. Gold cannot buy it for thee
neither mines of diamonds purchase back the moment thou hast now
lost it. Employ the succeeding ones in virtue.
6. Say not that it were best not
to have been born: or, if born that it has been best to die
early; neither dare thou to ask of thy Creator, "Where has been
the evil, had I not existed?" Good is thy power, the want of
good is evil; and if thy question be just, lo, it condemneth
thee.
7. Would the fish swallow the
bait if he knew the hook were hidden therein? Would the lion
enter the toils if he saw they were prepared for him? So
neither, were the soul to perish with this clay, neither would a
merciful Father have created him; know hence thou shalt live
afterwards.
8. As the bird, enclosed in the
cage before he seeth it, yet teareth not his flesh against its
sides; so neither labor thou vainly to run the state thou art
in, but know it is alloted thee, and be content with it.
9. Though its ways are uneven,
yet they are not all painful. Accommodate thyself to all; and
where there is the least appearance of evil, suspect the
greatest danger.
10. When thy bed is straw, thou
sleepest in security; but when thou stretcheth thyself on roses
beware of the thorns.
11. A good death is better than
an evil life; strive therefore, to live as long as thou
oughtest, not as long as thou canst. While thy life is to others
worth more than thy death, it is thy duty to preserve it.
12. Complain not, with the fool,
of the shortness of thy time: remember, with thy days thy cares
are shortened.
13. Take from the period of thy
life the useless part of it, and what remaineth?
14. Take off the time of thine
infancy, thy second infancy of age, thy sleep, thy thoughtless
hours, thy days of sickness; and, even at thy fulness of years,
how few seasons hast truly numbered!
15. He who gave thee life as a
blessing, shortened it to make it even more so.
16. To what end would longer life
have served thee? Wishest thou to have had an opportunity of
more vices? As to the good, will not He who limited thy span, be
satisfied with the fruits of it?
17. To what end, O child of
sorrow, wouldst thou live longer. To breathe, to eat, to see the
world? All this thou hast done often already. Too frequent
repetition, is it not tiresome? Or is it not superfluous?
18. Wouldst thou improve thy
wisom and thy virtue? Alas! What art thou to know? Or who is it
that shall teach thee? Badly thou employest the little thou
hast; dare not, therfore, to complain that the more is not given
thee.
19. Repine not at thy want of
knowledge; it must perish within the grave. Be honest here, thou
shalt be wise hereafter.
20. Say not unto the crow, "Why
numberest thou seven times thy Lord?" or to the fawn, "Why art
thine eyes to see my offspring an hundred generations?" Are
these to be compared with thee in the abuse of life?
21. Are they riotous? Are they
cruel? Are they ungrateful? Learn from them, rather, that
innocence of manners are the paths of good old age.
22. Knowest thou to employ life
better than these? Then less of it may suffice thee.
23. Man, who dares enslave the
world, when he knows he can enjoy his tyranny but for a moment,
what would he not aim at, if he were immortal.
24. Enough hath thou of life, but
thou regardest it not; thou are not in want of it, O man, but
thou art prodigal; thou threwest it lightly away, as if thou
hadst more than enough; and yet thou repinest that it is not
gathered again unto thee. Know, that it is not abundance which
maketh rich, but Economy.
25. The wise continueth to live
from his first period; the fool is always beginning.
26. Labor not after riches first,
and think thou wilt afterwards enjoy them. He who neglecteth the
present moment, throweth away all that he hath. As the arrow
passeth through the heart while the warrior knew not that it was
coming; so shall his life be taken away, before he knoweth that
he hath it.
27. What then is life, that man
should desire it? What, breathing that he should covet it?
28. Is it not a scene of
delusion, a series of misadventures, a pursuit of evils linked
on all sides together? In the beginning, it is ignorance, pain
is in its middle; and its end is sorrow.
29. As one wave pusheth on
another, till both are involved in that behind them; even so
succeedeth evil to evil, in the life of man; the greatest and
the present swallow up the lesser and the past. Our terrors are
real evils; our expectations look forward into impossibilities.
30. Fools, to dread as mortals,
and to desire as if immortal!
31. What part of life is it that
we should wish to remain with us? Is it youth? Can we be in love
with outrage, licentiousness, and temerity? Is it age? Then we
are fond of infirmities.
32. It is said, grey hairs are
revered, and length of days an honor. Virtue can add reverence
to the bloom of youth; and without it, age plants more wrinkles
in the soul than on the forehead.
33. Is age respected because it
hateth riot? What justice is in this when it is not age that
despiseth pleasure, but pleasure that despiseth age.
34. Be virtuous while thou are
young, so shall thine age be honored.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE INSTABILITY OF MAN
1. Inconstancy is powerful in the
heart of man; Intemperance swayeth it whither it will; Despair
engrosseth much of it; and Fear proclaimeth: "Behold, I sit
unrivalled therein," but Vanity is beyond them all.
2. Weep not therefore at the
calamities of the human state; rather laugh at its follies. In
the hands of the man addicted to vanity, life then is but the
shadow of a dream.
3. The hero, the most renowned of
human character, what is he, but the bubble of this weakness.
The public is unstable and ungrateful. Why should the man of
wisdom endanger himself for fools?
4. The man who neglecteth his
present concerns, to revolve how he will behave when greater,
feedeth himself with wind, while his bread is eaten by another.
5. Act as becometh thee in thy
present station, and in more exalted ones thy face shall not be
ashamed.
6. What blindeth the eye, or what
hideth the heart of a man from himself, like Vanity? Lo, when
thou seest not thyself, then others discover thee, most plainly.
7. As the tulip that is gaudy
without smell, conspicuous without use; so is the mail who
sitteth himself up so high, and hot not merit.
8. The heart of the vain is
troubled while it seemeth content; his cares are greater than
his pleasures.
9. His solicitude cannot rest
with his bones, the grave is not deep enough to hide it; he
extendeth his thoughts beyond his being; he bespeaketh praise;
to be paid when he is gone; but whosoever promiseth it,
deceiveth him.
10. As the man who engageth his
wife to remain in widowhood, that she disturb not his soul; so
is he who expecteth that his praise shall reach his ears beneath
the earth, or cherish his heart in its shroud.
11. Do well whilst thou liveth;
but regard not what is said of it. Content thyself with
deserving praise, and thy posterity shall rejoice in hearing it.
12. As the butterfly who seeth
not his own colors, as the jasmine which feeleth not the scent
it casteth around it; so is the man who appeareth gay, and
biddeth others to take note of it.
13. "To what purpose," saith he,
"is my vesture of gold, to what end are my tables filled with
dainties, if no eye gaze upon them, if the world knows it not?"
Give thy raiment to the naked, and thy food unto the hungry; so
shalt thou be praised, and feel that thou deserveth it.
14. Why bestoweth thou in every
man the flattery of unmeaning words? Thou knowest, when returned
thee, thou regardest it not. He knoweth he lieth unto thee, yet
he knoweth thou will thank him for it. Speak in sincerity, and
thou wilt hear with instruction.
15. The vain delighteth to speak
of himself; but he seeth not that others like not to hear him.
16. If he hath done anything
worth praise, if he possesseth that which is worthy of
admiration, his joy is to proclaim it, his pride to hear it
reported. The desire of such a man defeateth itself. Men say
not: "Behold he hath done it," or "See, he possesseth it," but
"Mark how proud he is of it."
17. The heart of man cannot
attend at once to too many things. He who fixeth his soul on
show, loseth reality. He pursueth bubbles, which break in their
flight, while he treads to earth what would him honor.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
INCONSTANCY
1. Nature urgeth thee to
inconstancy, 0 man! Therefore guard thyself at all times
against, it.
2. Thou art, from the womb of thy
mother, various and wavering, from the loins of thy father
inheriteth thou instability. How then shalt thou be firm ?
3. Those who gave thee a body,
furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee a soul, armed
thee. with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise be wise, and
thou art happy.
4. Let him who doeth well, beware
how he boasteth of it, for rarely is it of his own will.
5. Is not the event of an
impulse, from without born of uncertainty enforced by accident,
dependent on somewhat else? To thee, and to accident, is due the
praise.
6. Beware of irresolution in the
intent of thy actions; beware of instability in the execution;
so shalt thou triumph over two great failings of thy nature.
7. What reproacheth reason more
than to act contrarieties? What can suppress the tendencies to
these, but firmness of mind?
8. The inconstant feeleth that he
changeth, but he knoweth not why; he seeth that he escapeth from
himself, but he perceiveth not how. Be thou incapable of change,
in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee.
9. Establish unto thyself
principles of action, and see that thou ever act according to
them.
10. So shall thy passions have no
rule over thee; so shall thy constancy ensure unto thee the good
thou possesseth, and drive from thy door misfortune. Anxiety and
disappointment shall be strangers to thy gates.
11. Suspect not evil in anyone
until thou seeth it; when thou seeth, forget it not.
12. Who so hath been an enemy,
cannot be a friend; for man mendeth not his faults.
13. How should his actions be
right, who hath no rule of his life? Nothing can be just which
proceedeth not from reason.
14. The inconstant hath no peace
in his soul; neither can be at ease whom he concerneth himself
with.
15. His life is unequal; his
motions are irregular; his soul changeth with the weather.
16. Today he loveth thee,
tomorrow thou art detested by him; and why? Himself knoweth not
wherefore he now hateth.
17. Today he is the tyrant,
tomorrow thy servant is less humble; and why? He who is arrogant
without power, will be servile while there is no subjection.
18. Today he is profuse, tomorrow
he grudgeth unto his mouth that which it should eat. Thus it is
with him who knoweth not moderation.
19. Who shall say of the
camelion: "He is black," when, the moment after the verdure of
the grass, overspreadeth him?
20. Who shall say of the
inconstant: "He is joyful," when his next breath shall be spent
in sighing?
21. What is the life of such a
man, but the phantom of a dream? In the morning he riseth happy,
at noon he is on the rack; this hour he is a god, the next below
a worm; one moment he laugheth, the next he weepeth; he now
willeth, in an instant he willeth not, and in another he knoweth
not whether he willeth or not.
22. Yet neither ease nor pain
have fixed themselves on him; neither is he waxed greater, or
become less; neither hath he had cause for laughter, or reason
for his sorrow; therefore shall none of them abide with him.
23. The happiness of the
inconstant is as a palace built on the surface of the sand; the
blowing of the wind carrieth away its foundation; What wonder
then that it falleth?
24. But what exalted form is
this, that hitherward directs its even, its uninterrupted course
- whose foot is on earth, whose head is above the clouds?
25. On his brow sitteth majesty;
steadiness is in his port; and in his heart reigneth
tranquility.
26. Though obstacles appear in
his way, he deigneth not to look down upon them; though heaven
and earth oppose his passage; he proceedeth.
27. The mountains sink beneath
his tread; the waters of the ocean are dried up under the sole
of his foot.
28. The tiger throweth herself
across his way in vain; the spots of the leopard glow against
him unregarded.
29. He marcheth through the
embattled legions; with his hands he putteth aside the terrors
of death.
30. Storms roar against his
shoulders, but are not able to shake them; the thunder bursteth
over his head in vain; the lightning serveth but to show the
glories of his countenance.
31. His name is Resolution! He
cometh from the utmost part of the earth; he seeth happiness
afar off before him; his eye discovereth her temple beyond the
limits of the pole.
32. He walketh up to it, he
entereth boldly, and he remaineth there forever.
33. Establish thy heart, 0 man,
in that which is right; and then know, the greatest of human is
to be immutable.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
WEAKNESS
1. Vain and inconstant as thou
art, 0 child of imperfection, how canst thou be weak? Is not
inconstancy connected with frailty? Can there be vanity without
infirmity? Avoid the danger of the one, and thou shalt escape
the mischiefs of the other.
2. Wherein art thou most weak? In
that wherein thou seemest most strong; in that wherein most thou
glorieth; even in possessing the things which thou hast; in
using the good that is about thee.
3. Art not thy desires also
frail? Or knoweth thou even what it is thou wouldst wish? When
thou hast obtained what most thou soughteth after, behold, it
contenteth thee not.
4. Wherefore loseth the pleasure
that is before thee its relish? And why appeareth that which is
yet to come the sweeter? Because thou art wearied with the good
of this, because thou knoweth not the evil of that which is not
with thee. Know that to be content, is to be happy.
5. Couldst thou choose for
thyself, would thy Creator lay before thee all that thy heart
could ask for, would happiness then remain with thee, or would
joy always dwell in thy gates?
6. Alas! Thy weakness forbiddeth
it; thy infirmity declareth against it. Variety is to thee in
the place of pleasure; but that which permanently delighteth,
must be permanent.
7. When that is gone, thou
repenteth the loss of it; though, while it was with thee, thou
despiseth it.
8. That which succeedeth it, hath
no more pleasure to thee; and thou afterwards quarreleth with
thyself for preferring it; behold the only circumstances in
which thou arrest not!
9. Is there any thing in which
thy weakness appeareth more, than in desiring things? It is in
the possessing, and in the using of them.
10. Good things cease to be good
in our enjoyment of them. What nature meant pure sweets, are
sources of bitterness to us, from our delights arise pain, from
our joys, sorrow.
11. Be moderate in the enjoyment,
and it shall remain in thy possession; let thy joy be founded on
reason, and to its end shall sorrow be a stranger.
12. The delights of love are
ushered in by sighs, and they terminate in languishment and
dejection. The objects thou burnedeth for, nauseates with
satiety; and no sooner hast thou possessed it, but thou art
weary of its presence.
13. Join esteem to thy
admiration, unite friendship with the love; so shalt thou find
in the end content so absolute, that it surpasseth raptures,
tranquility more worth than ecstasy.
14. Allah hath given thee no
good, without its admixture of evil; but he hath given thee also
the means of throwing off the evil from it.
15. As joy is not without its
alloy of pain, so neither is sorrow without its portion of
pleasure. Joy and grief, though unlike, are united. Our own
choice only can give them to us entirely.
16. Melancholy itself often
giveth delight, and the extremity of joys are mingled with
tears.
17. The best things in the hands
of a fool may be turned to his destruction; and out of the
worst, the wise will find means of good.
18. So blended is weakness in thy
nature, 0 man, that thou hast not strength either to be good nor
to be evil, entirely. Rejoice that thou canst not excel in evil,
and let the good that is within thy reach content thee.
19. The virtues are allotted to
various stations. Seek not after impossiblities, nor grieve that
thou canst not possess them all.
20. Wouldst thou at once have the
liberality of the rich, and the contentment of the poor? Shall
the wife of thy bosom be despised because she showeth not the
virtues of the widow?
21. If thy father sink before
thee in the divisions of thy country, can at once thy justice
destroy him, and thy duty save his life?
22. If thou behold thy brother in
the agonies of slow death, is not mercy to put a period to his
life? And is it not also death to be his murderer?
23. Truth is but one; thy doubts
are of thine own raising. He who made virtues what they are,
planted in thee a knowledge of their pre-eminence. Act as thy
soul dictates to thee, and the end shall be always right.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE INSUFFICIENCY OF KNOWLEDGE
1. If there is anything lovely,
if there is anything desirable, if there is anything within the
reach of man that is worthy of praise, is it not knowledge? And
yet who is it that attaineth it?
2. The statesman proclaimeth that
he hath it; the ruler of the people claimeth the praise of it --
but findeth the subject that he posssesseth it?
3. Evil is not requisite to man;
neither can vice be necessary to be tolerated; yet how many
evils are permitted by the connivance of the laws; how many
crimes committed by the decree of the council!
4. But be wise, 0 ruler, and
learn, 0 thou that are to command the nations! One crime
authorized by thee is worse than the escape of ten from
punishment.
5. When the people are numerous,
when thy sons increase about thy table; sendest thou them not
out to slay the innocent, and to fall before the sword of him
whom they have not offended?
6. If the objects of thy desire
demanding the lives of a thousand sayeth thou not: "I will have
it." Surely thou forgetteth that He who created thee, created
also these; and that their blood is as rich as thine ?
7. Sayeth thou, that justice
cannot be executed without wrong? Surely thine own words condemn
thee.
8. Thou who flattereth with false
hopes the criminal that he may confess his guilt, art not thou
unto him a criminal? Or art thou guiltless, because he cannot
punish it?
9. When thou commandest to the
torture him whom is but suspected of ill, dareth thou to
remember, that thou mayest rack the innocent?
10. Is thy purpose answered by
the event? Is thy soul satisfied with his confession? Pain will
enforce him to say what is not, as easy as what is, and anguish
hath caused innocence to accuse herself.
11. That thou mayest not kill him
without cause, thou dost worse than kill him; that thou mayest
prove if he be guilty, thou detsroyeth him innocent.
12. 0 blindness to all truth! 0
insufficience of the wisdom of the wise! Know, when thy judge
shall bid thee account for this, thou shalt wish ten thousand
guilty to have gone free, rather than one innocent to stand
forth against thee.
13. Insufficient as thou art to
the maintenance of justice, how shalt thou arrive at the
knowledge of truth? How shalt thou ascend to the footstep of her
throne?
14. As the owl is blinded by the
radiance of the sun, so shall the brightness of her countenance
dazzle thee in thy approaches.
15. If thou wouldst mount onto
her throne, first bow thyself at her footstool. if thou wouldst
arrive at the knowledge of her, first inform thyself of thine
own ignorance.
16. More worth is she than
pearls, therefore seek her carefully; the emerald and the
sapphire, and the ruby are as dirt beneath her feet; therefore
pursue her manfully.
17. The way to her is labor;
attention is the pilot that must conduct thee into her port. But
weary not on the way; for when art arrived at her, the toil
shall be to thee for pleasure.
18. Say not unto thyself:
"Behold, truth breedeth hatred, and I will avoid it;
dissimulation raiseth friends, and I will follow it." Are not
the enemies made by truth, better than the friends obtained by
flattery?
19. Naturally doth man desire the
truth; yet, when it is before him, he will not apprehend it; and
if it force itself upon him, he is not offended at it.
20. The fault is not in truth,
for that is amiable; but the weakness of man bareth not its
splendor.
21. Wouldst thou see thine
insufficence more plainly? View at thy devotions! To what end
was religion instituted, but to teach thee thine infirmities, to
remind thee of thy weakness, to show thee that from Heaven alone
art thou to hope for good?
22. Doth it not remind thee that
thou art dust? Doth it not tell thee that thou art ashes? And
behold repentance, is it not frailty?
23. When thou givest an oath;
when thou swearest thou wilt not deceive; behold it spreadeth
shame upon thy face, and upon the face of him that receiveth it.
Learn to be just, and repentance may be forgotten; learn to be
honest, and oaths are unnecessary.
24. The shorter follies are, the
better; say not therefore to thyself: "I will not play the fool
by halves."
25. He that heareth his own
faults with patience, shall reprove another with boldness.
26. He that giveth a denial with
reason, shall suffer a repulse with moderation.
27. If thou art suspected, answer
with freedom. Whom should suspicion affright, except the guilty?
28. The tender of heart is turned
from his purpose by supplications, the proud is rendered more
obstinate by entreaty; the sense of thine insufficience
commandeth thee to hear; but to be just, thou must hear without
thy passions.
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
MISERY
1. Feeble and insufficient as
thou art, O man, in good; frail and inconsistent as thou art in
pleasure; yet there is a thing in which thou art strong and
unshaken. Its name is Misery.
2. It is the character of thy
being, the prerogative of thy nature; in thy breast alone, it
resideth; without thee, there is nothing of it. And behold, what
is its source, but thine own passions?
3. He who gave thee these, gave
thee also reason to subdue them; exert it, and thou shall
trample them under thy feet!
4. Thine entrance into the world,
is it not shameful? Thy destruction, is it not glorious-- Lo!
men adorn the instruments of death with gold and gems and wear
them above their garments.
5. He who begetteth a man, hideth
his face; but he who killeth a thousand is honored.
6. Know thou, notwithstanding,
that in this is error. Custom cannot alter the nature of truth,
neither can the opinion of man destroy justice; the glory and
the shame are misplaced.
7. There is but one way for a man
to be produced; there are a thousand by which he may be
destroyed.
8. There is no praise or honor to
him who giveth being to another; but triumphs and empire are the
rewards of murder.
9. Yet he who hath many children,
hath many blessings; and he who hath taken away the life of
another, shall not enjoy his own.
10. While the savage curseth the
birth of his son, and blesseth the death of his father, doth he
not call himself a monster?
11. The greatest of all human
ills is sorrow; too much of this thou art born into; add not
unto it by thy own perverseness.
12. Grief is natural to thee, and
is always about thee; pleasure is a stranger and visiteth thee
by times; use well thy reason, and sorrow will be cast behind
thee; be prudent, and the visits of joy shall remain long with
thee.
13. Every part of thy frame is
capable of sorrow, but few and narrow are the paths that lead to
delight.
14. Pleasures can be admitted
only simply, but pains rush in a thousand at a time.
15. As the blaze of straw fadeth
as soon as it is kindeled, so passeth away the brightness of
joy, and thou knoweth not what become of it.
16. Sorrow is frequent, pleasure
is rare; pain cometh of itself; delight must be purchased; grief
is unmixed, but joy wanteth not its alloy of biterness.
17. As the soundest health is
less percieved than the lightest malady, so the highest joy
toucheth us less deep than the smallest sorrow.
18. We are in love with anguish;
we often fly from pleasure; when we purchase it, costeth it not
more than it is worth?
19. Reflection is the business of
man; sense of his state is his first duty; but who remembereth
himself a boy? Is it not in mercy, then, that sorrow is allotted
unto us?
20. Man forseeth the evil that is
to come; he remembereth it when it is past; he considereth not
that the thought of affliction woundeth deeper than the
affliction itself. Think not of thy pain, but when it is upon
thee, and thou shalt avoid what most hurt thee.
21. He who weepeth before he
needeth, weepeth more than he needeth; and why, but that he
loveth weeping?
22. The stag weepeth not till the
spear is lifted against him; nor do the tears of the beaver
fall, till the hound is ready to sieze him; man anticipateth
death by the apprehension of it: and the fear is greater misery
than the event itself.
23. Be always prepared to give an
account of thine action; and the best death is that which is
least premeditated.
THE DIVINE ORIGIN OF THE ASIATIC
NATIONS
1. The fallen sons and daughters
of the Asiatic Nation of North America need to learn to love
instead of hate; and to know their higher self and lower self.
This is the uniting of the Holy Koran of Mecca, for teaching and
instructing all Moorish Americans, etc.
2. The key of civilization was
and is in the hands of the Asiatic nations. The Moorish, who
were ancient Moabites, and the founders of the Holy City of
Mecca.
3. The Egyptians who were the
Hamathites, and of a direct descendant of Mizraim, the Arabians,
the seed of Hagar, Japanese and Chinese.
4. The Hindoos of India, the
descendants of the ancient Canaanites, Hittites, and Moabites of
the land of Canaan.
5. The Asiatic nations of North,
South, and Central America: the Moorish Americans and Mexicans
of North America, Brazilians, Argentinians and Chilians in South
America.
6. Columbians, Nicaraguans, and
the natives of San Salvador in Central America, etc. All of
these are Moslems.
7. The Turks are the true
descendants of Hagar, who are the chief protectors of the
Islamic Creed of Mecca; beginning from Mohammed the First, the
founding of the uniting of Islam, by the command of the great
universal God--Allah.
THE BEGINNING OF CHRISTIANITY
1. The foundation of
Christianity began in Rome. The Roman nations founded the first
Church, of whom crucified Jesus of Nazareth for seeking to
redeem His people from under the Roman yoke and law.
2. Jesus himself was of the true
blood of the ancient Canaanites and Moabites and the inhabitants
of Africa.
3. Seeking to redeem His people
in those days from the pressure of the pale skin nations of
Europe, Rome crucified Him according to their law.
4. Then Europe had peace for a
long time until Mohammed the First came upon the scene and
fulfilled the works of Jesus of Nazareth.
5. The holy teaching of Jesus was
to the common people, to redeem them from under the great
pressure of the hands of the unjust. That the rulers and the
rich would not oppress the poor. Also that the lion and the lamb
may lay down together and neither would be harmed when morning
came.
6. These teachings were not
accepted by the rulers, neither by the rich; because they loved
the principles of the ten commandments.
7. Through the ten commandments
the rulers and the rich live, while the poor suffer and die.
8. The lamb is the poor people,
the lion is the rulers and the rich, and through Love, Truth,
Peace, Freedom, and Justice all men are one and equal to seek
their own destiny; and to worship under their own vine and fig
tree. After the principles of the holy and divine laws of their
forefathers.
9. All nations of the earth in
these modern days are seeking peace, but there is but one true
and divine way that peace may be obtained in these days, and it
is through Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom, and Justice being taught
universally to all nations, in all lands.
EGYPT, THE CAPITAL EMPIRE OF THE
DOMINION OF AFRICA
1. The inhabitants of Africa are
the descendants of the ancient Canaanites from the land of
Canaan.
2. Old man Cush and his family
are the first inhabitants of Africa who came from the land of
Canaan.
3. His father Ham and his family
were second. Then came the word Ethiopia, which means the
demarcation line of the dominion of Amexem, the first true and
divine name of Africa. The dividing of the land between the
father and the son.
4. The dominion of Cush,
North-East and South-East Africa and North-West and South-West
was his father's dominion of Africa.
5. In later years many of their
bretheren from Asia and the Holy Lands joined them.
6. The Moabites from the land of
Moab who received permission from the Pharaohs of Egypt to
settle and inhabit North-West Africa; they were the founders and
are the true possessors of the present Moroccan Empire. With
their Canaanite, Hittite, and Amorite bretheren who sojourned
from the land of Canaan seeking new homes.
7. Their dominion and
inhabitation extended from North-East and South-West Africa,
across great Atlantis even unto the present North, South, and
Central America and also Mexico and the Atlantis Islands; before
the great earthquake, which caused the great Atlantic Ocean.
8. The River Nile was dredged and
made by the ancient Pharaohs of Egypt, in order to trade with
the surrounding kingdoms. Also the Niger river was dredged by
the great Pharaoh of Egypt in those ancient days for trade, and
it extends eastward from the River Nile, westward across the
great Atlantic. It was used for trade and transportaion.
9. According to all true and
divine records of the human race there is no negro, black, or
colored race attached to the human family, because all the
inhabitants of Africa were and are of the human race,
descendants of the ancient Canaanite nation from the holy land
of Canaan.
10. What your ancient forefathers
were, you are today without doubt or contradiction.
11. There is no one who is able
to change man from the descendant nature of his forefathers;
unless his power extends beyond the great universal Creator
Allah Himself.
12. These holy and divine laws
are from the Prophet, Noble Drew Ali, the founder of the uniting
of the Moorish Science Temple of America.
13. These laws are to be strictly
preserved by the members of all the Temples, of the Moorish
Science Temple of America. That they will learn to open their
meeting and guide it according to the principles of Love, Truth,
Peace, Freedom and Justice.
14. Every subordinate Temple of
the Grand-Major Temple is to form under the covenant of Love,
Truth, Peace, Freedom and Justice; and to create their own laws
and customs, in conjunction with the laws of the Holy Prophet
and the Grand Temple. I, the Prophet, Noble Drew Ali, was sent
by the great God, Allah, to warn all Asiatics of America to
repent from their sinful ways; before that great and awful day
that is sure to come.
15. The time has come when every
nation must worship under its own vine and fig tree, and every
tongue must confess his own.
16. Through sin and disobedience
every nation has suffered slavery, due to the fact that they
honored not the creed and principles of their forefathers.
17. That is why the nationality
of the Moors was taken away from them in 1774 and the word
negro, black and colored, was given to the Asiatics of America
who were of Moorish descent, because they honored not the
principles of their mother and father, and strayed after the
gods of Europe of whom they knew nothing.
THE END OF TIME AND THE
FULFILLING OF THE PROPHESIES
1. The last Prophet in these
days is Noble Drew Ali, who was prepared divinely in due time by
Allah to redeem men from their sinful ways; and to warn them of
the great wrath which is sure to come upon the earth.
2. John the Baptist was the
forerunner of Jesus in those days, to warn and stir up the
nation and prepare them to receive the divine creed which was to
be taught by Jesus.
3. In these modern days there
came a forerunner of Jesus, who was divinely prepared by the
great God-Allah and his name is Marcus Garvey, who did teach and
warn the nations of the earth to prepare to meet the coming
Prophet; who was to bring the true and divine Creed of Islam,
and his name is Noble Drew Ali who was prepared and sent to this
earth by Allah, to teach the old time religion and the
everlasting gospel to the sons of men. That every nation shall
and must worship under their own vine and fig tree, and return
to their own and be one with their Father God-Allah.
4. The Moorish Science Temple of
America is a lawfully chartered and incorporated organization.
Any subordinate Temple that desires to receive a charter; the
prophet has them to issue to every state throughout the United
States, etc.
5. That the world may hear and
know the truth, that among the descendants of Africa there is
still much wisdom to be learned in these days for the redemption
of the sons of men under Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom, and
Justice.
6. We, as a clean and pure nation
descended from the inhabitants of Africa, do not desire to
amalgamate or marry into the families of the pale skin nations
of Europe. Neither serve the gods of their religion, because our
forefathers are the true and divine founders of the first
religious creed, for the redemption and salvation of mankind on
earth.
7. Therefore we are returning the
Church and Christianity back to the European Nations, as it was
prepared by their forefathers for their earthly salvation.
8. While we, the Moorish
Americans are returning to Islam, which was founded by our
forefathers for our earthly and divine salvation.
9. The covenant of the great
God-Allah: "Honor they father and they mother that thy days may
be longer upon the earth land, which the Lord thy God, Allah
hath given thee!"
10. Come all ye Asiatics of
America and hear the truth about your nationality and
birthrights, because you are not negroes. Learn of your
forefathers ancient and divine Creed. That you will learn to
love instead of hate.
11. We are trying to uplift
fallen humanity. Come and link yourselves with the families of
nations. We honor all the true and divine prophets.
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