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“O ye who are sincere! O ye who are attracted! O ye…” |
O ye
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who are sincere! O ye who are attracted! O ye
who are yearning! O ye who are arising for
service to the Cause of God, for the promotion of
the Word of God and the spreading of the Fragrances
of God!
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Verily, I read your excellent letter, its beautiful
composition, eloquent words and deep meanings. I praised
God and gave glory to Him for that He hath strengthened
you and confirmed you in serving His glorious
vineyard. Your faces shall be enlightened with the
radiance of supplication to God, invocation to Him,
Humbleness and submissiveness to the friends (believers),
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and your assembly will be made a magnet for the
lights of assistance from His Great Kingdom.
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Then know ye that Abdul-Baha is in cheerfulness
and joy and in the happiness of great glad-tidings
through being in this far distant prison.
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By the life of
El-Baha! —this prison is my supreme paradise, my utmost
desire, the joy of my heart and the dilation of
my breast, my shelter, my asylum, my inaccessible cave
and my high protection. By it I glory among the
angels of heaven and the Supreme Concourse.
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Be rejoiced, O friends of God, with this confinement
which is a cause of freedom, this prison which is
a means of salvation (to many) and this suffering
which is the best cause of great comfort. Verily, by
God, I would not change this prison for the throne of
the command of the horizons and would not exchange
this confinement for all excursions and enjoyments in
the gardens of the earth.
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Verily, I hope, through the kindness of my Lord
and His mercy, bounty and generosity, to be suspended
in the air in His path and that my breast may become
the target to be be pierced by thousands of bullets; or that
I may be cast into the bottomless seas, or thrown into
the wilderness and plains of barrenness. This is my
utmost aim, my supreme desire, the animation of my
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spirit, the healing of my bosom and the sight of my
eyes.
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As to you, O friends of God: Make firm your feet
in the Cause of God with such firmness as cannot be
shaken by the most great disasters of this world. Be
not troubled by anything under any condition. Be as
lofty mountains, dawning stars from the horizon of
existence, brilliant lamps in the assemblies of oneness
and lowly souls, pure hearted, with the friends.
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Be signs of guidance; lights of piety; severed from
the world, holding fast to the firm rope; spreaders of
the spirit of life; abiders in the ark of safety; manifestations
of mercy; dawning-stars of the mysteries of
existence; points of revelation; day-springs of light;
strengthened by the Holy Spirit; attracted toward God;
sanctified from all things and from the (natural) qualities
of people, and characterized with the attributes of
the angels of heaven—so ye may attain to the greatest
gift in this great century and new age.
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1. | This Tablet is also addressed to the House of Justice. [ Back To Reference] |
2. | Acca, Syria—the Holy Land. [ Back To Reference] |