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“O thou who hast sought illumination from the Light of…” |
Verily I read thy words of thanksgiving to God for
that He hath directed thee to His Kingdom, illuminated
thine insight with the light of guidance, and baptized
thee with the water which hath descended from
heaven, with the fire which was ignited in the Sinaitic
Tree, and with the Holy Spirit which quickeneth hearts
and souls. Then, thank thou God for this gift whereby
thy face is shining amid the concourse of Chosen
Ones.
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Know thou, verily, man before reaching (spiritual)
maturity passes his days and only apprehends trivial
things which are clear on account of their exoteric indications,
but when he attains full development, then he
grasps the reality of things and their esoteric facts.
Every day after maturity is equivalent to one year before
it, on account of (man’s) perception, understanding
apprehension and discoveries.
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Now, thou hast reached development and apprehended
the degree of maturity: Gaze at the grades of
the existence, the realities of beings, the allegories in
the epistles of God, and the mysteries in the Old and
New Testament. By the life of Baha’, the covering
will be removed from off thee (i.e., facts will be unfolded
to thee), and thou wilt be informed of that
which all the philosophers and wise men are unable to
apprehend. Verily, this is a gift which God assigns
only to such of His chosen servants as He willeth. Verily,
thy Lord will inspire thee with the mysteries of God,
the Protector, the Self-subsistent.
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Verily, I beseech the Lord of Hosts to increase thy
faith each day over that of the previous day, to confirm
thee through His Holy Spirit, to give thee capacity to
partake of the lights of knowledge and wisdom, to
make thee a herald of the Covenant in those regions,
and to instruct thee in that which thou knowest not; so
that thou mayest become a physician for bodies as well
as souls, to heal bodies with the medicines which are
useful and beneficial for physical (sickness), and to
cure hearts and souls with that antidote which quickeneth
hearts and souls.
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O my friend, it is incumbent upon thee to be severed
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(from all else save God), to be attracted, to be sincere,
and to spend thy life in the path of God. Be thou holy,
spiritual, divine, lively, brilliant, godlike, sanctified,
pure, with merciful character, firm in the Covenant,
fluent and knowing; and gaze toward the Kingdom of
El-ABHA with a heart brimming over with the love of
God, with tears flowing the commemoration of God,
with a face scintillating through the light of God, with
a heart sincere to the beloved of God, and with a
sword which divides truth from falsehood. By God,
the True One, the Spirit of Baha’ will assist thee with
such strength that all the concourse of the earth will
fail (to withstand).
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