The Crimson Ark

A new Day has dawned. The Kingdom of God has come.

The bright morning has appeared. This is the Holy Lord of Love, Reality's true King.

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Chorus: Time to celebrate this new Day, this wonder filled Age.

It's time to let the radiant Sun awake everyone.

The news has stirred the whole world, unsealed from treasured hidden pearls.

Time to gather round and see this most glorious time in history.

A new Day of Guidance and Manifestation for all the world.

Enter now into the Cause of God, the Crimson Ark of His Glory.

Hear the Words of the Crimson Book, sing the notes of love's music. (repeat last two lines)

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The dark night has passed. His dazzling light is spreading fast.

Renewing the Love of God, and melting the fog of veils with shining rays of joy. (Chorus)

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The cycle has come, of unity for everyone.

Awake every heart and soul. Proclaim this Message from the court of His Kingdom of Love. (Chorus)

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References: "Indeed God hath created everywhere around this Gate oceans of divine elixir, tinged crimson with the essence of existence and vitalized through the animating power of the desired fruit; and for them God hath provided Arks of ruby, tender, crimson-coloured, wherein none shall sail but the people of Baha, by the leave of God, the Most Exalted; and verily He is the All-Glorious, the All-Wise." (The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 57)

"In the treasuries of the knowledge of God there lieth concealed a knowledge which, when applied, will largely, though not wholly, eliminate fear. This knowledge, however, should be taught from childhood, as it will greatly aid in its elimination. Whatever decreaseth fear increaseth courage. Should the Will of God assist Us, there would flow out from the Pen of the Divine Expounder a lengthy exposition of that which hath been mentioned, and there would be revealed, in the field of arts and sciences, what would renew the world and the nations. A word hath, likewise, been written down and recorded by the Pen of the Most High in the Crimson Book which is capable of fully disclosing that force which is hid in men, nay of redoubling its potency. We implore God—exalted and glorified be He—to graciously assist His servants to do that which is pleasing and acceptable unto Him."(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 32)

Advance, O people, with snow-white faces and radiant hearts, unto the blest and crimson Spot, wherein the Tree beyond which there is no passing is calling: 'Verily, there is none other God beside Me, the Omnipotent Protector, the Self-Subsisting!'" "(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 128)

"Seek thou the shore of the Most Great Ocean, and enter, then, the Crimson Ark which God hath ordained in the Qayyum-i-Asma for the people of Baha. Verily, it passeth over land and sea. He that entereth therein is saved, and he that turneth aside perisheth. Shouldst thou enter therein and attain unto it, set thy face towards the Kaaba of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, and say: "O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most glorious light, and all Thy lights are verily glorious." Thereupon, will the doors of the Kingdom be flung wide before thy face, and thou wilt behold what eyes have never beheld, and hear what ears have never heard. This Wronged One exhorteth thee as He hath exhorted thee before, and hath never had any wish for thee save that thou shouldst enter the ocean of the unity of God, the Lord of the worlds. This is the day whereon all created things cry out, and announce unto men this Revelation, through which hath appeared what was concealed and preserved in the knowledge of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised." (Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 139)

"Know thou that the souls of the people of Baha, who have entered and been established within the Crimson Ark, shall associate and commune intimately one with another, and shall be so closely associated in their lives, their aspirations, their aims and strivings as to be even as one soul. They are indeed the ones who are well-informed, who are keen-sighted, and who are endued with understanding. Thus hath it been decreed by Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise." (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 169)

"How great the blessedness that awaiteth the king who will arise to aid My Cause in My Kingdom, who will detach himself from all else but Me! Such a king is numbered with the companions of the Crimson Ark—the Ark which God hath prepared for the people of Baha." (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 212)

"Say: The Revelation sent down by God hath most surely been repeated, and the outstretched Hand of Our power hath overshadowed all that are in the heavens and all that are on the earth. We have, through the power of truth, the very truth, manifested an infinitesimal glimmer of Our impenetrable Mystery, and lo, they that have recognized the radiance of the Sinaic splendor expired, as they caught a lightening glimpse of this Crimson Light enveloping the Sinai of Our Revelation. Thus hath He Who is the Beauty of the All-Merciful come down in the clouds of His testimony, and the decree accomplished by virtue of the Will of God, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise." (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 282)

"Bless, O my God, those of the followers of the Bayan as have been numbered with the people of Baha, who have entered within the Crimson Ark in Thy Name, the Most Exalted, the Most High. Thy might, verily, is equal to all things." (Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 44)

"Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself. Verily, such a man is reckoned, by virtue of the Will of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, with the people of Baha who dwell in the Crimson Ark." (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 71)

"Whilst in the Prison of 'Akká, We revealed in the Crimson Book that which is conducive to the advancement of mankind and to the reconstruction of the world." (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 89)

"Were men to strictly observe that which the Pen of the Most High hath revealed in the Crimson Book, they could then well afford to dispense with the regulations which prevail in the world." (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 90)

"The glory which proceedeth from God, the Lord of the Throne on High and of the earth below, rest upon you, O people of Baha, O ye the companions of the Crimson Ark, and upon such as have inclined their ears to your sweet voices and have observed that whereunto they are bidden in this mighty and wondrous Tablet." (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 97)

"Say, God is my witness! The Promised One Himself hath come down from heaven, seated upon the crimson cloud with the hosts of revelation on His right, and the angels of inspiration on His left, and the Decree hath been fulfilled at the behest of God, the Omnipotent, the Almighty." (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 182)

"O My Name! Suffer all created things to quaff once again from this chalice which hath caused the seas to rise. Kindle then in the hearts the blazing fire which this crimson Tree hath ignited, that they may arise to extol and magnify His Name amidst the adherents of all Faiths." (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 196)

'Every receptive soul who hath in this Day inhaled the fragrance of His garment and hath, with a pure heart, set his face towards the all-glorious Horizon is reckoned among the people of Baha in the Crimson Book. Grasp ye, in My Name, the chalice of My loving-kindness, drink then your fill in My glorious and wondrous remembrance." (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 220)

"O Son of Man! Write all that We have revealed unto thee with the ink of light upon the tablet of thy spirit. Should this not be in thy power, then make thine ink of the essence of thy heart. If this thou canst not do, then write with that crimson ink that hath been shed in My path. Sweeter indeed is this to Me than all else, that its light may endure for ever."(Baha'u'llah, Arabic Hidden Words, #71)

"Verily, the wayfarer who journeyeth unto God, unto the Crimson Pillar in the snow-white path, will never reach unto his heavenly goal unless he abandoneth all that men possess: "And if he feareth not God, God will make him to fear all things; whereas all things fear him who feareth God."" (Baha'u'llah, The Four Valleys, p. 58)

'O KINGS of the earth! Give ear unto the Voice of God, calling from this sublime, this fruit-laden Tree, that hath sprung out of the Crimson Hill, upon the holy Plain, intoning the words: 'There is none other God but He, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.'" (Baha'u'llah, The Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, p. 7)

"Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious! Having reached the sacred strand, the shore of the crimson seas..." (Compilations, Baha'i Prayers, p. 220)

"In this Day, every believer who discovered the fragrance of the garment and turned with a pure heart unto the most high horizon is indeed recorded in the Crimson Tablet as of the people of Baha." (Compilations, Baha'i World Faith, p. 208)

"...what Bahá'u'lláh did not elaborate but what He meant by the 'word' recorded in the Crimson Book was the Power of the Covenant. "The Crimson Book refers to the Book of His Covenant, and the reference above means the power for unity which the Covenant possesses and radiates." (Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 181)

"Ye may relinquish the whole world, but must not forgo even one jot of the dignity of the Cause of God. Such is the divine exhortation that hath been inscribed in the Crimson Book by the Pen of the Most High. Well is it with them that accordingly...." (Compilations, The Compilation of Compilations vol. I, p. 507)