Acrylic 24" X 30" Image
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"Ponder a while thereon, that with both your inner and outer eye, ye may perceive the subtleties of Divine wisdom and discover the gems of heavenly knowledge which, in clear and weighty language, I have revealed in this exalted and incorruptible Tablet, and that ye may not stray far from the All Highest Throne, from the Tree beyond which there is no passing, from the Habitation of everlasting might and glory." 
Bahá'u'lláh 

 The Divine Lote Tree, in the Bahá'í Writings refers to the Manifestation of God. It is also termed the Sadratu'l Muntahá, which in Arabic means the Tree beyond which there is no passing. In ancient times, the Arabs planted a tree to mark the terminus of a road.

 


Watercolor 11" X 11" Image
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"He is the King, the All Knowing, the Wise. 
Lo, The Nightingale of Paradise singeth upon the twigs of the Tree of Eternity, with holy and sweet melodies, proclaiming to the sincere ones the glad tidings of the nearness of God, calling the believers to the court of the Presence of the Generous One, informing the severed ones of the message which hath been revealed by God, the King, the Glorious, the Peerless, guiding the lovers to the seat of sanctity and to this resplendent Beauty." 
Bahá'u'lláh 

In the Bahá'í Writings the Nightingale refers to Bahá'u'lláh.

 


Acrylic 24" X 30" Image
© Copyright James A. Johnston

"We have enabled thee to hear the melodies of the Nightingale of Paradise, and unveiled to thine eyes the signs which God, by His all compelling behest, hath sent down in the Most Great Prison, that thine eye might be cheered, and thy soul be well assured. He, verily, is the All Bounteous, the Generous." 
Bahá'u'lláh
 

 

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