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Jalál (Glory), 2 Mulk (Dominion) 176 B.E. - Saturday, February 8, 2020
DAY 2640 Prompt: If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write. — Martin Luther What do you think? Have you ever written anything that might change the world? Do you know of anyone who has written anything that might change the world? One Heart At A Time: To The Bab and Baha'u'llah One heart at a time, their writings are changing the world. One heart at a time, their scriptures are uniting humanity and healing the wounds of hate. One heart at a time, the knowledge of the Bab and Baha'u'llah spread the love of God across the Earth. |
Jalál (Glory), 2 Mulk (Dominion) 176 B.E. - Saturday, February 8, 2020 Artist: Luke Slott Title: One Hundred Thousand Veils Lyrics3 Come down and walk these roads around the city of Tehran where seven candles burn Follow me all you who claim to be possessed of charity down to the Crimson Sea One hundred thousand veils have covered the sun and darkest clouds have blocked and blackened the blue sky Did you hear the fate of those who educate who even in the grave find no respite from hate? Have you seen the youth who gave their lives for truth, that girl who kissed the noose and welcomed all abuse? One hundred thousand suns have fallen to earth with blasts that block the ears from hearing the new song. One hundred thousand veils have covered the truth How many mothers' cries are lost in the tumult? There is no war to fight you have no sacred right no holy book to cite to make these wrongs seem right Does it so offend to want this world to mend, to walk in hope to the end and see each man a friend? Come down and walk these roads around the cities of Iran which boast so much to man. Mr. Slott wrote this song for International Human Rights Day, which is December 10. The song is about the treatment of the Baha'is in Iran. They are persecuted by being imprisoned, killed, denied an education, and a way to make a living because of their faith. The incidents mentioned in the song refer to Baha'i youth in Iran who were killed because they refused to recant their faith. "Ask a Baha’i to deny any of the great Prophets, to deny his faith or to deny Moses, Muhammad or Christ, and he will say: I would rather die … A Baha’i denies no religion; he accepts the Truth in all, and would die to uphold it." Abdu’l-Baha4 Baha'i in Iran, once called Persia, have been persecuted from the inception of the Baha'i Faith. The Babi's, the predecessors of the Baha'is, were persecuted from the moment the Bab declared His mission in 1844. Baha'u'llah was imprisoned because it accepted the Bab's declaration as authentic, and exiled from Iran. The persecution of the Baha'is continued after Baha'u'llah declared His mission in 1863, and it still occurs today. Those of us who live outside of Iran, do our best to proclaim our faith. In addition, we do what we can to let the world know about the treatment of our spiritual brothers and sisters who are still living in Iran. Footnotes |