Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Meditation: To The Bab

Meditation:
To The Bab

"The Mighty Doer"1,
Unknowable Creator,
Who,
in this day,
is made known to humanity
through the twin Manifestations
of The Bab and Baha'u'llah.

The "Lord of Joy"2,
forever hidden
behind veils of light,
shed the Holy Spirit
upon the person
of Ali Muhammad--
The Bab--
and inspired the sacred verses
if the Persian Bayan.

"The Help in peril"3,
Lord of the universe,
Beloved of all worlds:
The Holy Spirit's light
is reflected from the Manifestation's Mirror.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 31 in the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab.

Footnotes
1  From a prayer revealed by the Bab, Baha'i Prayers, page 80.
2  From the Long Healing Prayer revealed by Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Prayers, page 94.
3  From a prayer revealed by the Bab, Prayers from the Bab, page 76.