The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh
Author: Bahá’u’lláh
Source: US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1985 reprint
Pages: 52
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“37: O MY SERVANT! Abandon not for that which perisheth an everlasting…”

In the first line of the Tablet it is recorded and written, and within the sanctuary of the tabernacle of God is hidden:
O MY SERVANT! Abandon not for that which perisheth an everlasting dominion, and cast not away celestial sovereignty for a worldly desire. This is the river of everlasting life that hath flowed from the well-spring of the pen of the merciful; well is it with them that drink!
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