The Fire Tablet
The Fire Tablet — revealed in Bahá'u'lláh's darkest hour — is a profound dialogue between the divine and the human soul in extremity.
The Fire Tablet was revealed during one of Bahá'u'lláh's most difficult periods of imprisonment and persecution. It takes the form of a dialogue in which Bahá'u'lláh expresses extreme anguish and God responds with assurances of divine care. It is among the most moving of spiritual texts in any tradition — combining raw human suffering with divine consolation.
The agonies caused by the waywardness of Thy creatures have bowed me down, my God.
The Fire Tablet's form as a dialogue between human suffering and divine response has parallels in the Psalms of Lament and Sufi poetry of longing.
Fire Tablet
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- What the Bahá'í Faith says about suffering
A prayer revealed in Bahá'u'lláh's darkest period, written as a dialogue between a soul in extremity and God. It does not resolve neatly, which is part of why people return to it.