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234: O thou who art enraptured by the sweet breathings … |
O thou who art enraptured by the sweet breathings
of the Lord! I have noted the contents of thine
eloquent letter, and have learned that thou sheddest tears
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and thy heart is afire from grieving over the imprisonment
of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
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O thou handmaid of God! This prison is sweeter to me
and more to be desired than a garden of flowers; to me, this
bondage is better than the freedom to go my way, and I
find this narrow place more spacious than wide and open
plains. Do not grieve over me. And should my Lord decree
that I be blessed with sweet martyrdom’s cup, this would
but mean receiving what I long for most.
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Fear not if this Branch be severed from this material
world and cast aside its leaves; nay, the leaves thereof shall
flourish, for this Branch will grow after it is cut off from
this world below, it shall reach the loftiest pinnacles of
glory, and it shall bear such fruits as will perfume the world
with their fragrance.
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