For her there was never a night of peaceful sleep, for her no day when she
found rest, and always, like a moth, would her comely person circle about
the bright candle of the Faith. The words of her mouth were ever to
glorify the Abhá Beauty, her only thought and her high purpose were to
proclaim the Cause of God and to protect His Law, while the dearest wish
of her glowing heart was to waft far and wide the sweet breathings of the
Lord.
Her heavenly ways were a model for the people of Bahá, and those who dwell
in the pavilions of devotion and the denizens of the Abhá Paradise found
in her celestial attributes their prototype and their guide. Glory be to
God, Who created her, fashioned her, called her into being, sent her forth
and revealed her, whose like the eye of the world had never seen.
The Guardian sends his message of consolation to your honoured self and
all the friends, and he says that it is fitting that the righteous should
hold fast to the cord of resignation and acquiescence, and adorn
themselves with the ornaments of faithfulness and servitude, and take for
their example that priceless treasure of the Kingdom.
10: The letter dated 5 August 1932, from that ...
(84) The letter dated 5 August 1932, from that spiritual friend has been
received by the Guardian of the Cause of God, may our lives be sacrificed
for him, and he has been informed of your receiving his telegram regarding
the ascension of that matchless fruit of the Tree of Glory, the Most
Exalted Leaf.
There is no question but that the burden of grief on his sorrowing heart,
because of this terrible ordeal, this great calamity, is heavier than
minds can conceive, or words can tell. That gem of immortality, that
precious and exalted being, was the one consolation, the one companion of
the Guardian in his sorrow-filled life; and she, with her sweet
encouragement, her gentle words, her never-ceasing, soothing care of him,
her smiles that came like fair winds from heavenly gardens, could always
gladden and refresh his spirit.
No one has understood the tender, spiritual and celestial bond between the
Guardian and her who was the Remnant of Bahá, nor can any mind conceive
that plane of being, nor reckon its sublimity.
During her whole life span, that heavenly being was subjected to ordeals
and tribulations. She confronted the attacks of the hostile, and she
suffered afflictions any one of which could well have shattered a mountain
of iron. And yet the sweet and comely face of that spirit-like dove of
holiness, was wreathed till her very last hour in life-giving smiles, nor
did that patience and endurance, that greatness, that majesty and dignity,
ever desert her delicate and fragile person.
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