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Reds: Scarlet

Istijlál (Majesty) 4 ʻIlm (Knowledge) 180 B.E. - Thursday, October 19, 2023

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Prompt 5 of 8: REDS - Scarlet

The Martyrs' Rose

Scarlet tipped white roses bloom
in the Abha Paradise
for those who sacrificed their lives
for the love of God,
The Bab, and Baha'u'llah.

Commemorating faith's sacrifice
scarlet edged ivory petals
glisten in the light
of God's new day.

Martyrs in the path of love
and in the Cause of God,
they ascended
into the garden of paradise.

"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 forever."

Baha'u'llah12

Scarlet is the color of blood,
         the color of life,
         the color of faith,
         the color of love,
         and the color a sacrifice.

All the revealed religions have martyrs who, willingly, shed their blood because of their love for God. For me, scarlet and the deeper shades of red will always remind me that the soul lives forever and that the sacrifices made it the path of God and His Cause are what will be remembered and commemorated.

Footnotes
1  The Hidden Words, Part One: From The Arabic, Number 71
2  https://www.bahai.org/r/296667998