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The Black Book

In the beginning The Invisible One brought forth from its own precious soul a white pearl.

And It created a bird upon whose back It placed the pearl, and there He

dwelt for forty thousand years.

Then on the first day, Sunday, It created an angel called Izrael.

He is Archangel over all the Angels, he who is Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel.

He is the first to be, and to know that He is; for the One can know nothing.

On each of the other Days of the week the One brought forth Angels to serve Melek Taus.

After this, the Invisible One retreated into Itself, and acted no more; but Melek Taus was left to

act.

Seeing the barrenness of the ether, He created the form of the seven heavens, the earth,

sun and moon.

He created mankind, animals, birds and beasts in the pockets of his cloak.

Then He brought man up from the pearl accompanied by angels.

He gave a great shout before the pearl, after which it split into four pieces.

He made water flow from its inside, and that water became the sea.

After that He created a ship in which He rode thirty thousand years,

After which Melek Taus came and lived among men in the city of Lâlish,

Where His temple remains to this day.

He lifted up His voice and the sea became solid and became the earth.

Then Melek Taus brought two pieces of the white pearl.

He placed one below the earth and the other He placed at the door of heaven.

Then he placed in both of them the sun and the moon.

From the scattered fragments of the white pearl He created

the stars which He suspended in the sky for decoration.

And He created fruit trees and plants on land and

mountains to beautify the earth.

And He created a throne upon a throne.

Then the Great Lord, Melek Taus, said to the angels, "I want to

create Adam and Eve and make them give rise to

mankind. Of the seed of Adam there shall be born a Prophet,

and from him shall descend a people on the earth;

then the people of Me, Melek Taus,

and these people are to be the Yezidis."

And it was so!

Revelation of Melek Taus

(Qu'ret al-Yezid)

(fragmentary; lost parts marked with brackets)

Wherefore, it is true that My knowledge compasses the very Truth of all that Is,

And My wisdom is not separate from My heart,

And the Manifestation of My descent is clear unto you,

And when it is Revealed to the Children of Adam it will be seen [.......................]

And many will tremble thereby.

All habitations and desert spaces are indeed of My own creation, set forth,

All fully within My strength, not that of the false gods;

Wherefore I am He that men come with their rightful worship,

Not the false gods of their books, wrongly written;

But they come to know Me, a Peacock of bronze and of gold,

Wings spread over Kaaba and Temple and Church, not to be overshadowed.

And in the secret cave of My wisdom it is known that there is no God but Myself,

Archangel over all the Host, Melek Ta'us.

Knowing this, who dares deny?

Knowing this, who dares fail to worship?

[........................]

Knowing this, who dares worship false gods of Koran and Bible?

Knowing this, who shall make that [...............................]?

Know that who knows Me will I cast into Paradisical gardens of My pleasure!

But the Yezid who knows Me not will I cast into affliction.

Say then, I am the only and exalted Archangel;

And I make prosperous whom I will, and I enliven whom I will.

Say then, I alone am to be praised from the Towers of Lalish,

And from the Mountain of Ararat to the Western Sea.

Say then, Let the Light of Knowledge flash forth from the Ziarahs,

Flash forth from the river of Euphrates to the hiddenness of Schambhallah.

Let My sanjak be carried from its safe place into the Temple,

And let all the clans of Yezid know of My Manifestation,

Even Sheikan, and Sinjar, and Haliteyeh, and Malliyeh, and Lepcho,

And the Kotchar who wander among the heathen.

In the beginning God created the White Pearl out of His most precious Essence; and

He created a bird named Anfar. And He placed the pearl upon its back, and dwelt

thereon forty thousand years.

On the first day, Sunday, He created an angel named 'Azazil, which is Ta'us Melek

("the Peacock Angel"), the chief of all.

On Monday He created Darda'il, which is Sheikh Hasan.

On Tuesday he created Israfil, who is Sheikh Shams.

On Wednesday He created Jibra'il (Gabriel), who is Sheikh Abu Bekr.

On Thursday He created 'Azra'il, who is Sajadin.

On Friday He created the angel Shemna'il, who is Nasiru'd-Din.

On Saturday He created the angel Nura'il, who is [...] He made Melek Ta'us chief over

them.

Afterwards he created the form of the seven heavens, and the earth, and the sun, and

the moon [...] He created mankind, and animals, and birds, and beasts, and placed

them in the folds of His mantle, and arose from the Pearl, accompanied by the angels.

Then He cried out at the Pearl with a loud cry, and forthwith it fell asunder into four

pieces, and water gushed out from it and became the sea. The world was round

without clefts.

Then He created Gabriel in the form of a bird, and committed to his hands the

deposition of the four corners. Then He created a ship and abode therein thirty

thousand years, after which He came and dwelt in Lalesh. He cried out in the world,

and the sea coagulated, and the world became earth and they continued quivering.

Then He commanded Gabriel to take two of the pieces of the White Pearl, one of

which He placed under the earth, while the other rested in the Gate of Heaven. Then

He placed in them the sun and the moon, and created the stars from their fragments,

and suspended them in heaven for an ornament. He also created fruit-bearing trees

and plants in the earth, and likewise the mountains, to embellish the earth. He created

the Throne over the Carpet.

Then said the Mighty Lord, "O Angels, I will create Adam and Eve, and will make

them human beings, and from them two shall arise, out of the loins of Adam, Shehr

ibn Jebr; and from him shall arise a single people on the earth, the people of 'Azazel,

to wit of Ta'us Melek, which is the Yezidi people. Then I shall send Sheikh 'Adi b.

Musafir from the land of Syria, and he shall come and dwell in Lalesh".

Then the Lord descended to the holy land and commanded Gabriel to take earth from

the four corners of the world: earth, air, fire and water. He made it man, and endowed

it with a soul by His power. Then He commanded Gabriel to place Adam in Paradise,

where he might eat of the fruit of every green herb, only of wheat should he not eat.

After a hundred years Ta'us Melek said to God, "How shall Adam increase and

multiply, and where is his offspring?" God said to him, "Into thy hand have I

surrendered authority and administration". Then he came and said to Adam, "Hast

thou eaten of the wheat?" He answered, "No, for God hath forbidden me so to do, and

hath said, 'Thou shalt not eat of it'". Melek Ta'us said to him, "If you eat of it, all shall

go better with thee". But, after he had eaten, his belly swelled up, and Ta'us Melek

drove him forth from Paradise, and left him, and ascended into heaven. Then Adam

suffered from the distention of his belly, because it had no outlet. But God sent a bird,

which came and helped him, and made an outlet for it, and he was relieved. And

Gabriel continued absent from him for a hundred years, and he was sad, and wept.

Then God commanded Gabriel, and he came and created Eve from under Adam's left

arm-pit.

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