Send my greeting and praise to thy revered wife, to thy esteemed daughter
and to thy other children. I beg of God to enable all of them to render
service to His Cause in His great vineyard.
“O thou who hast arisen to render service to the Cause...”
O thou who hast arisen to render service to the Cause of God in His Great
Vineyard!
Verily, I have already written thee several letters, and sent them to thee
at different times. Now, I address thee with such words whereby the souls
of the proximate ones are rejoiced, and the faces of the sincere ones are
cheered.
O my friend, verily the Cause is great and great, and the penetration of
the Word of God in the temple (body) of all the regions is similar to the
pervasion of the soul in a sound body.
By the life of Baha’, verily, the power of the Kingdom of God hath taken
hold of the pillars of the world, and hath possessed all the nations. Thou
wilt surely find the standards of the Testament waving in all regions, the
chanting of the verses of unity raised in exalted assemblies, and the
lights of the Sun of Truth and its heat dispersing the thick clouds massed
on the horizon. Be rejoiced at this glad-tidings, whereby the hearts of
the sincere among the beloved are cheered.
O my friend, isolate all thy faculties and senses from every other mention
and thought, and follow the example of Abdul-Baha in servitude to the Holy
and Exalted Threshold. Hasten to the field of sacrifice, craving for the
most great martyrdom; expend thy life and all of thy grades in love for
God and in attraction to the Beauty of El-ABHA.
By God, the True One, man should seek only this bounty, inasmuch as it is
everlasting, eternal, divine, spiritual, luminous and merciful. Be
sanctified from all the universe, and send my greeting and praise to the
spiritual leaf, the being who relies upon the grace of her Lord—the
maid-servant of God, thy revered wife, and say unto her that she may
address the veiled ones (those blind to the Truth), saying: “Verily, eyes
are dazzled by gazing at the sun, and it is impossible to consider it
because of the intensity of its rays; and verily the sea cannot be
contained in a cup. The weakness of eyes does no harm to the sun, nor the
smallness of the cup to the sea.”
Then let her explain to the people, and make known to every questioner, by
saying: “Verily, minds are limited, and the splendor of lights is so great
as not to be comprehended by (man’s) reflective faculties. Ye ought to
have the sigh of the heart so that ye may apprehend the reality of the
mysteries of God which are deposited behind coverings.”
“O thou who hast sought illumination from the Light of...”
O thou who hast sought illumination from the Light of the Guidance of God!
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