By God, the True One! Verily, Abdul-Baha inhaleth the odor of faithfulness
from that remote region, the soil of which is reddened by thy pure blood,
and beholdeth the lights of bestowal successively pouring upon thy
resplendent tomb, and the rains of grace dropping upon thy blessed
resting-place, which is fragrant, brilliant and magnificent!
Blessed is he whosoever may roll his face in the dust of thine excellent
grave! Blessed is he whosoever may press his brow on thy great sepulchre!
Upon thee be El-Baha! Upon thee be praise! Upon thee be bestowal, O thou
honorable martyr, who hast severed thyself from all things in the pah of
thine Ancient Lord, who hast sacrificed thy soul, blood and body in the
path of thy Most Beautiful Beloved One!
Upon thee be grace from thy Lord, the Exalted! the Great!
“O ye beloved servants of Abdul-Baha and the maid-servants...”
O ye(174) beloved servants of Abdul-Baha and the maid-servants of the
Merciful One!
It is the early dawn and the soul-refreshing breeze of the Paradise of
Abha is wafting upon all the contingent beings, but it displays the effect
only in pure hearts and perfumes only the healthy mind. A seeing eye
beholdeth the splendors of the sun and a hearing ear listeneth to the
melody of the Supreme Concourse. Although the mercy of the vernal shower
and the heavenly outpouring descend upon all the earth, yet only from a
virgin soil vegetation groweth while the brackish ground is deprived and
unproductive, for the traces of the outpouring are not evident and
manifest. Now the holy Fragrances of Abha are diffused in every clime, but
only the spiritual souls are attracted and draw benefits. It is hoped by
this imprisoned one, from the bounty of the Living Self-Subsistent, that,
through the dominating power of the Word of God, the nostrils of the
heedless ones becomes opened and partake a share from the fragrances of
the Rose-Garden of Mystery.
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