| Verse | Topics | Earlier translations | Hidden Words cross-reference | Other writings cross-reference
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| P19 | morning, will, desire, life, Covenant |
"The "true and radiant morn" is the dawn of the Covenant, and the first light of the Testament of the Day-Star of the world. The "Tree of Anisa"[5. In Shoghi Effendi's translation of the Hidden Words, the term "Tree of Anisa" is rendered by him as the "tree of life".] is the blessed tree which hath flourished in the Most Great Paradise and casteth its shadow upon all regions."
"By the term "that true and radiant morn" mentioned in the Hidden Words is meant the Dawn of divine Revelation when the Exalted One[6. The Báb] manifested Himself in the plenitude of His glory, while the Blessed Tree referreth to the Ancient Beauty. By those "surroundings" is meant the realm of the heart and of the spirit, and the gathering of the people implieth a spiritual communion, not a physical one. However when the Call of God was raised in the realm of the heart and spirit, mankind remained heedless and inattentive, and therefore was dumbfounded."
"By the "Tree of Anisa" is meant the Tabernacle of the Lord of Grace, the divine Lote-Tree, the Tree of Life, "the Olive that belongeth neither to the East nor to the West, whose oil would well nigh shine out even though fire touched it not".[7. Qur'án 24:35]"
"This is the Covenant and Testament which the Blessed Beauty established through the Supreme Pen in the Holy Land under the shade of the Tree of Anisa and which was promulgated after the Ascension."
"This has many spiritual meanings. Among them is that it designates the Tree of life, and at times it refers to the Temple of the Manifestation.[8. Response to an inquiry about the meaning of the Tree of Anisa.]"
"The passage[9. Response to an inquiry about the meaning of this passage of the Hidden Words, especially the last part in which reference is made to a "place" and "those surroundings".] in "The Hidden Words" no. 19 has a spiritual meaning and is allegorical, as are also the other passages in that book. It refers to the spiritual presence of Bahá'u'lláh."
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