"This Is Faith"
by
Amatu'l-Baha
Ruhiyyih Khanum
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THIS IS FAITH
To walk where there is no path
To breathe where there is no air
To see where there is not light-
This is Faith.
To cry out in the silence,
The silence of the night,
And hearing no echo believe
And believe again and again-
This is Faith.
To hold pebbles and see jewels
To raise sticks and see forests
To smile with weeping eyes-
This is Faith.
To say: "God, I believe" when others deny,
"I hear" when there is no answer,
"I see" though naught is seen-
This is Faith.
And the fierce love in the heart,
The savage love that cries
Hidden Thou art yet there !
Veil Thy face and mute Thy tongue
yet I see and hear Thee, Love,
Beat me down to the bare earth,
Yet I rise and love Thee, Love !"
This is Faith.
a poem by
Amatu'l-Baha
Ruhiyyih Khanum
Baha'i Artist Charles Wildbank
Original Painting "Parade of Roses" by Charles Wildbank.
Graphic by Kathypeach
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