Verily We have sounded the Trumpet
which is none other than My Pen of
Glory, and lo, mankind hath swooned
away before it, save them whom God
pleaseth to deliver as a token of
His grace. He is the Lord of bounty, the
Ancient of Days.
-- Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets
of Baha'u'llah, p. 61
Nay, by "trumpet" is meant the trumpet-call
of Muhammad's Revelation, which
was sounded in the heart of the universe,
and by "resurrection" is meant
His own rise to proclaim the Cause
of God. He bade the erring and wayward
arise and speed out of the sepulchres
of their bodies, arrayed them with
the beauteous robe of faith, and
quickened them with the breath of a new
and wondrous life. Thus at the hour
when Muhammad, that divine Beauty,
purposed to unveil one of the mysteries
hidden in the symbolic terms
"resurrection," "judgment," "paradise,"
and "hell," Gabriel, the Voice of
Inspiration, was heard saying: "Erelong
will they wag their heads at Thee,
and say, 'When shall this be?' Say:
'Perchance it is nigh.'"[1] The
implications of this verse alone
suffice the peoples of the world, were
they to ponder it in their hearts.
[1 Qur'an 17:51].
--Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan,
p. 116
In like manner, two of the people
of Kufih went to Ali [Imam Ali], the
Commander of the Faithful... Reflect,
had these two souls been quickened
by the trumpet-call of Ali, had they
risen from the grave of error by the
power of his love, the judgment of
death would certainly not have been
pronounced against them.
--Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan,
p. 119
Muhammad fortells
the coming of the Bab (first Trumpet) and Baha'u'llah
(second Trumpet).
39:67 No just estimate have they made
of God, such as is due to Him: On the
Day of Judgment the whole of the
earth will be but His handful, and the
heavens will be rolled up in His
right hand: Glory to Him! High is He above
the Partners they attribute to Him!
39:68 The Trumpet will (just) be sounded,
when all that are in the heavens and
on earth will swoon, except such
as it will please God (to exempt). Then will
a second one be sounded, when, behold,
they will be standing and looking on!
39:69 And the Earth will shine with
the Glory of its Lord: the Record (of
Deeds) will be placed (open); the
prophets and the witnesses will be brought
forward and a just decision pronounced
between them; and they will not be
wronged (in the least).
39:70 And to every soul will be paid
in full (the fruit) of its Deeds; and
(God) knoweth best all that they
do.
-- Qur'an: 39 - AZ-ZUMAR
Perused ye not the Qur'án?
Read it, that haply ye may find the Truth, for
this Book is verily the Straight
Path. This is the Way of God unto all who
are in the heavens and all who are
on the earth. If ye have been careless
of the Qur'án, the Bayán
cannot be regarded to be remote from you. Behold
it open before your eyes. Read ye
its verses, lest perchance ye desist from
committing that which will cause
the Messengers of God to mourn and lament.
Speed out of your sepulchres. How
long will ye sleep? The second blast hath
been blown on the trumpet. On whom
are ye gazing? This is your Lord, the
God of Mercy.
-- Bahá'u'lláh, Proclamation
of Baha'u'llah, p. 98
Upon Our arrival in Iraq We found
the Cause of God sunk in deep apathy and
the breeze of divine revelation stilled.
Most of the believers were faint
and dispirited, nay utterly lost
and dead. Hence there was a second blast
on the Trumpet, whereupon the Tongue
of Grandeur uttered these blessed
words: `We have sounded the Trumpet
for the second time.' Thus the whole
world was quickened through the vitalizing
breaths of divine revelation and
inspiration.
-- Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets
of Baha'u'llah, p. 131
O Haydar-`Alí! I swear by the
righteousness of God! The Blast hath been
blown on the Trumpet of the Bayán
as decreed by the Lord, the Merciful, and
all that are in the heavens and on
the earth have swooned away except such
as have detached themselves from
the world, cleaving fast unto the Cord of
God, the Lord of mankind.
-- Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets
of Baha'u'llah, p. 244