HAHUT

There is a general schema of the worlds of GOD given in the writings which indicate a line of thought through which we are enabled to understand Reality.

The schema of the worlds of GOD ARE VERY variable,in some instance they are broken into two:God and His creation;another into 3:God,the Manifestation of God

and Man:and others that break up into 5 realms.A typical of this type of schemata is found in the LAWH-I-KULLU'T-TA'AM(TABLET OF ALL FOOD).In this commentary BAHAULLAH states that there are diverse levels of meaning for the word 'FOOD'.He sets these levels of meaning in five cosmological realms described by muslim writers:

1)HAHUT:it derives the from the letter HA,which stands for huwiyyaah,or God's self identity.The BAB in the commentary SURA OF THE ABUNDANCE(TAFSIR SURAT AL-KAWTHAR(sura 108 of the quran)gives qabbalistic explanation of the letter "h"(ha) of the 'he is'(huwa) of quran 108:3

"Then (the letter ha) signifieth the Everlasting Ipsiety (huwiyya as-samadaniyya)which beamed forth from the Primordial Ipsiety(huwaiyya al-ula) and gave utterance,unto and through its ownself,to the Primordial Word in the Self of the Tree(nafs ashshajara)upon Mount Horeb(jabal hurib)in the holy vale(al-wad al-muqadadas),through a (Sinaitic)TREE(shajara)planted in the centre of the Land of Divine Power(ard al-jabarut)."

This is the realm of the unknowable Essence of God,the realm of 'HE'(huwa);the paradise of absolute oness(ahadiyya).In this realm,God is known by such names as the 'HIDDEN MYSTERY' and the'ABSOLUTE UNKNOWN'.This is God as the UNMANIFESTED ESSENCE.In this station all the names and attributes of God are undifferentiated and inseparable from His ESSENCE.ABDUL BAHA likens this to a dot of ink on paper within which are hidden and enclosed all letters and words in their potential form,although no trace can be seen of these nor are they in any way differentiated from the dot in this state of potentiality.This realm is so exalted that it is forever beyond all the rest of creation,even the prophets of God have no access to this station.

The action of love within the the Divine Essence results in the manifesting of the absolute to itself.In this stage,the names of God become defined within the divine consciousness as the archetypal forms and essence of all created things.However since this is an event which takes place within the divine consciosness,they are said to subsist within the Absolute and cannot yet be said to have achieved existence.Therefore this stage is regarded by Abdul Baha as part of the HIDDEN MYSTERY.

In the KITAB-I-IQAN ,BAHAULLAH EXPRESSES THIS ACTION OF LOVE WITIN ITSELF AS FOLLOWS"...And were they to maintain that by "divine presence" expressed certain sufis as the "MOST HOLY OUTPOURING",if this is in Essence itself,it is evident that it hath been eternally in the divine knowledge.Assuming the truth of this hypothesis,'attainment unto the divine presence'is in this sense obviously possible to no one,inasmuch as this revelation is confined to the innermost essence,unto which no man can attain."The way is barred'and all seeking rejected...."