Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Consider the Words of Every Soul: To The Bab

Consider the Words of Every Soul:
To The Bab

"Take heed to carefully consider the words of every soul, then hold fast to the proofs which attest the truth. If ye fail to discover truth in a person’s words, make them not the object of contention, inasmuch as ye have been forbidden in the Bayán to enter into idle disputation and controversy, that perchance on the Day of Resurrection ye may not engage in argumentation, and dispute with Him Whom God shall make manifest."

The Báb1

I have no doubt
there are those who want to argue
and contend,
but this isn't a par of God's plan.

Disputes and arguments
don't get the point across
and don't look at the proof--
either pro or con.

Listening to the words
in a calm
and gentle manner,
while asking relevant questions
about the proof of a statement of belief
will help to find the answer
that the seeker is searching for.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 94 of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab.

Footnotes
1  XVII, 16 (The Kitáb-I-Asmá)