Among His Signs

"And among His signs~ is the appearance of... joyous prophecies",

"...The announcement of the Most Great Glad-Tidings by His Herald, the One... Incomparable."

And among His signs is... His presence" among His friends and foes,

The shining of His glorious "splendors, rising above the horizon of oneness."

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Chorus: And these are all true proofs.

And among His signs, yes, and among His Signs are these. (repeat 2 lines)

Come unto Baha'u'llah, friends. Come unto Him, " ye lovers of the good. "

Come unto Baha'u'llah, friends. Come unto Him, " ye dawning points of light."

Verily the gates of mystery are opened wide, but still the veiled can't see and still they only hide. (repeat)

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"And among His signs is His withstanding powerful nations

And all-conquering states, and a host of (vicious) enemies."

And among "His signs is... the eloquence of His utterance,

The rapidity with which His Writings were revealed, His Words of wisdom" marvelous. (chorus)

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And among "His signs is the dawning sun of His (divine) knowledge,"

His demonstrating every perfection as testified by many learned ones.

And among "His signs is the fact that His beauty stayed inviolate,"

That He "was protected" from His enemies by the "thousands with their darting... spears and swords." (chorus)

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"And among His signs is His long-suffering"... and "tribulations",

"His agony in His chains and fetters, and His calling out at every moment:

'Come unto Me,... ye righteous! Come unto Me,... ye lovers of the good!"

"'Come unto Me,... ye righteous!" "Come unto Me,... ye dawning points of light!' "

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Bridge: "He hath laid down the foundations of the lofty Citadel,

He hath inaugurated the Cycle of Glory, He hath brought forth a new creation on this day

That is clearly Judgement Day -- and still do the heedless stay fast in their drunken sleep."

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And among "His signs is the promulgation of His (Holy) Book,"

His decisive reproval of the kings and especially the great Napolean.

And among "His signs are the extraordinary things He continually did,

Like "the miracles He performed" as our "Lord", "the Self-Subsisting." (chorus)

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"And among His signs is the sublimity of His grandeur,

His exalted state, His towering glory, and the shining out of His beauty

Above the (glorious) horizon of (His) Prison" place robed in light.

"Humble were the faces that (attracted) turned" and "bowed" "His way." (chorus) (bridge)

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And among "His signs~ is the wide-spreading rays of the sun of His" Light,

The Sun of a new Era, the rising up of heaven on earth.

And among His signs~ is the greatness of His Day,

The huge progress in the "arts and "sciences" that have "astonished the minds of men." (chorus)

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And among His signs~ are His powers reaching far and wide,

the uninterrupted wonders appearing from him as acknowledged by everyone.

And among His signs~ are the product of His new creation,

the transforming of all hearts and Hour of the Resurrection. (chorus)

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Bridge: "He hath laid down the foundations of the lofty Citadel,

He hath inaugurated the Cycle of Glory, He hath brought forth a new creation on this day

That is clearly Judgement Day -- and still do the heedless stay fast in their drunken sleep."

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References:

"He hath laid down the foundations of the lofty Citadel, He hath inaugurated the Cycle of Glory, He hath brought forth a new creation on this day that is clearly Judgement Day -- and still do the heedless stay fast in their drunken sleep....

The light hath shone forth, and radiance floodeth Mount Sinai, and a gentle wind bloweth from over the gardens of the Ever-Forgiving Lord; the sweet breaths of the spirit are passing by, and those who lay buried in the grave are rising up -- and still do the heedless slumber on in their tombs....

The flames of hell have been made to blaze, and heaven hath been brought nigh; the celestial gardens are in flower, and fresh pools are brimming over, and paradise gleameth in beauty -- but the unaware are still mired down in their empty dreams....

The veil hath fallen away, the curtain is lifted, the clouds have parted, the Lord of Lords is in plain sight -- yet all hath passed the sinners by....

And among His signs is the appearance of omens and joyous prophecies, of hints and clues, the spreading of many and various tidings, and the anticipations of the righteous, they who have now attained their goal....

And among His signs are His splendours, rising above the horizon of oneness, His lights streaming out from the dayspring of might, and the announcement of the Most Great Glad-Tidings by His Herald, the One, the Incomparable. Verily in this is a brilliant proof for the company of those who know.

Among His signs is His being manifest, being seen by all, standing as His own proof, and His presence among witnesses in every region, among peoples who fell upon Him even as wolves, and compassed Him about from every side.

Among His signs is His withstanding powerful nations and all-conquering states, and a host of enemies thirsting for His blood, intent at every moment upon His ruin, wheresoever He might be. Verily this is a matter deserving the scrutiny of those who ponder the signs and tokens of God.

Another of His signs is the marvel of His discourse, the eloquence of His utterance, the rapidity with which His Writings were revealed, His words of wisdom, His verses, His epistles, His communes, His unfolding of the Qur'án, both the abstruse verses thereof and the clear. By thy very life! This thing is plain as day to whoever will regard it with the eye of justice.

Again among His signs is the dawning sun of His knowledge, and the rising moon of His arts and skills, and His demonstrating perfection in all His ways, as testified by the learned and accomplished of many nations.

And again among His signs is the fact that His beauty stayed inviolate, and His human temple was protected as He revealed His splendours, despite the massed attacks of all His foes, who came against Him in their thousands with their darting arrows, spears and swords. Herein is verily a wonder and a warning to any fair judge.

And among His signs is His long-suffering, His tribulations and His woes, His agony in His chains and fetters, and His calling out at every moment: 'Come unto Me, come unto Me, ye righteous! Come unto Me, come unto Me, ye lovers of the good! Come unto Me, come unto Me, ye dawning points of light!' Verily the gates of mystery are opened wide -- but still do the wicked disport themselves with their vain cavillings![1]

[1 Qur'án 6:91; 52:12]

Yet another of His signs is the promulgation of His Book, His decisive Holy Text wherein He reproved the kings, and His dire warning to that one [1] whose mighty rule was felt around the world -- and whose great throne then toppled down in a matter of brief days -- this being a fact clearly established and widely known.

[1 Napoleon III]

And among His signs is the sublimity of His grandeur, His exalted state, His towering glory, and the shining out of His beauty above the horizon of the Prison: so that heads were bowed before Him and voices lowered, and humble were the faces that turned His way. This is a proof never witnessed in the ages gone before.

Again among His signs are the extraordinary things He continually did, the miracles He performed, the wonders appearing from Him without interruption like the streaming down of His clouds -- and the acknowledgement, even by unbelievers, of His powerful light. By His own life! This was clearly verified, it was demonstrated to those of every persuasion who came into the presence of the living, the self-subsisting Lord.  

And yet another of His signs is the wide-spreading rays of the sun of His era, the rising moon of His times in the heaven of all the ages: His day, which standeth at the summit of all days, for its rank and power, its sciences and its arts, reaching far and wide, that have dazzled the world and astonished the minds of men.

Verily is this a matter settled and established for all time."

(Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 12)