Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Be Thou: To The Bab

Be Thou:
To The Bab

"Verily, we have believed in Thee and in Thy signs ere the dawn of Thy Manifestation, and in Thee are we all well-assured. Verily, we have believed in Thee and in Thy signs after the fulfillment of Thy Manifestation, and in Thee do we all believe. Verily, we have believed in Thee and in Thy signs at the hour of Thy Manifestation and bear witness that through Tine injunction 'Be Thou' all things have been created."

The Bab1

"Be Thou!"
The words echo through my soul,
reverberate through my mind.
and I envision
the creation of the universe.

"Be Thou!"
The breath of life
that brought each Manifestation
out of the invisible--
the spiritual realm--
into the visible.

"Be Thou!"
The injunction
that revealed both
the Bab and Baha'u'llah
to humanity.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 125 of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab.

Footnotes
1  from a Tablet addressed to Him Who Will be made Manifest.