Preamble
1: O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR!...
2: O SON OF SPIRIT! The bird seeketh its nest; the nightingale
the...
3: O FRIEND! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the...
4: O SON OF JUSTICE! Whither can a lover go but to the land of
his...
5: O SON OF DUST! Verily I say unto thee: Of all men the most
negligent...
6: O SON OF EARTH! Know, verily, the heart wherein the least
remnant...
7: O SON OF LOVE! Thou art but one step away from the glorious...
8: O SON OF GLORY! Be swift in the path of holiness, and enter
the...
9: O FLEETING SHADOW! Pass beyond the baser stages of doubt and rise
to...
10: O SON OF DESIRE! Give ear unto this: Never shall mortal eye
recognize...
11: O SON OF DUST! Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold My...
12: O MAN OF TWO VISIONS! Close one eye and open the other. Close
one to...
13: O MY CHILDREN! I fear lest, bereft of the melody of the dove
of...
14: O FRIENDS! Abandon not the everlasting beauty for a beauty...
15: O SON OF SPIRIT! The time cometh, when the nightingale of
holiness...
16: O ESSENCE OF NEGLIGENCE! Myriads of mystic tongues find
utterance in one...
17: O COMRADES! The gates that open on the Placeless stand wide...
18: O YE DWELLERS IN THE HIGHEST PARADISE!...
19: O MY FRIENDS! Have ye forgotten that true and radiant morn,...
20: O YE THAT ARE LYING AS DEAD ON THE COUCH OF HEEDLESSNESS!...
21: O MOVING FORM OF DUST! I desire communion with thee, but thou
wouldst...
22: O SON OF DESIRE! The learned and the wise have for long years...
23: O DWELLERS IN THE CITY OF LOVE! Mortal blasts have beset the
everlasting candle,...
24: O YE THAT ARE FOOLISH, YET HAVE A NAME TO BE WISE!...
25: O YE SEEMING FAIR YET INWARDLY FOUL! Ye are like clear but
bitter water, which to outward...
26: O MY FRIEND IN WORD! Ponder awhile. Hast thou ever heard that
friend...
27: O SON OF DUST! All that is in heaven and earth I have
ordained...
28: O ESSENCE OF DESIRE! At many a dawn have I turned from the
realms of...
29: O SON OF BOUNTY! Out of the wastes of nothingness, with the
clay...
30: O BOND SLAVE OF THE WORLD! Many a dawn hath the breeze of My
loving-kindness...
31: O SON OF EARTH! Wouldst thou have Me, seek none other than...
32: O BEFRIENDED STRANGER! The candle of thine heart is lighted by
the hand...
33: O MY BROTHER! Hearken to the delightsome words of My honeyed...
34: O DWELLERS OF MY PARADISE! With the hands of loving-kindness I
have...
35: O MY FRIENDS! Quench ye the lamp of error, and kindle within...
36: O SON OF DUST! The wise are they that speak not unless they...
37: O MY SERVANT! Abandon not for that which perisheth an
everlasting...
38: O SON OF SPIRIT! Burst thy cage asunder, and even as the
phoenix...
39: O OFFSPRING OF DUST! Be not content with the ease of a passing
day,...
40: O MY SERVANT! Free thyself from the fetters of this world,
and...
41: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Didst thou behold immortal sovereignty,
thou...
42: O MY SERVANT! Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of...
43: O MY FRIENDS! Walk ye in the ways of the good pleasure of...
44: O COMPANION OF MY THRONE! Hear no evil, and see no evil, abase
not thyself,...
45: ALAS! ALAS! O LOVERS OF WORLDLY DESIRE!...
46: O BRETHREN IN THE PATH! Wherefore have ye neglected the mention
of the...
47: O CHILDREN OF DESIRE! Put away the garment of vainglory, and
divest...
48: O BRETHREN! Be forbearing one with another and set not your...
49: O CHILDREN OF DUST! Tell the rich of the midnight sighing of the
poor,...
50: O QUINTESSENCE OF PASSION! Put away all covetousness and seek
contentment;...
51: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Be not troubled in poverty nor confident
in...
52: O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE AND PASSION!...
53: O YE THAT PRIDE YOURSELVES ON MORTAL RICHES!...
54: O YE RICH ONES ON EARTH! The poor in your midst are My trust;
guard ye...
55: O SON OF PASSION! Cleanse thyself from the defilement of
riches...
56: O MY SON! The company of the ungodly increaseth sorrow,...
57: O SON OF DUST! Beware! Walk not with the ungodly and seek...
58: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Wouldst thou seek the grace of the Holy
Spirit,...
59: O HEEDLESS ONES! Think not the secrets of hearts are hidden,
nay,...
60: O FRIENDS! Verily I say, whatsoever ye have concealed within...
61: O SON OF MAN! A dewdrop out of the fathomless ocean of My...
62: O SON OF DUST! Turn not away thine eyes from the matchless
wine...
63: O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD! Know, verily, that an unforeseen
calamity followeth...
64: O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH! Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I
have...
65: O REBELLIOUS ONES! My forbearance hath emboldened you and My...
66: O EMIGRANTS! The tongue I have designed for the mention of...
67: O CHILDREN OF FANCY! Know, verily, that while the radiant dawn
breaketh...
68: O WEED THAT SPRINGETH OUT OF DUST! Wherefore have not these
soiled hands of thine...
69: O CHILDREN OF ADAM! Holy words and pure and goodly deeds
ascend...
70: O SON OF WORLDLINESS! Pleasant is the realm of being, wert thou
to attain...
71: O MY FRIENDS! Call ye to mind that covenant ye have entered
into...
72: O MY SERVANT! Thou art even as a finely tempered sword
concealed...
73: O MY FRIEND! Thou art the daystar of the heavens of My
holiness,...
74: O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have
abandoned My...
75: O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE! Set not your affections on mortal
sovereignty...
76: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Guidance hath ever been given by words,
and now...
77: O SON OF JUSTICE! In the night-season the beauty of the
immortal...
78: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Quaff from the tongue of the merciful the
stream...
79: O SON OF DESIRE! How long wilt thou soar in the realms of
desire?...
80: O MY SERVANTS! Ye are the trees of My garden; ye must give
forth...
81: O MY SERVANT! The basest of men are they that yield no fruit...
82: O MY SERVANT! The best of men are they that earn a livelihood...