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“***O ye shining faces and spiritual beings!…” |
***O ye
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shining faces and spiritual beings!
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Blessed are your souls, for they have partaken of
the spirit of life from the fragrances of sanctity
in the Paradise of El-Abha!
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Thank ye God! for He hath guided you unto His
Kingdom and hath chosen you from among the called
ones of nations! Your Lord hath indeed crowned you
with the diadem of eternal glory (which will continue)
throughout cycles and ages! Truly I say unto you,
verily, the angels of heaven repeatedly bless you, for
ye have advanced toward God and turned unto His
Great Kingdom. Ye shall surely see in this effulgence
a flash which will pervade all regions. At that time,
all nations and communities will arise to praise and
glorify you, and they will bless themselves with your
commemoration in gatherings, temples of worship and
in exalted assemblies. Is there any gift greater than
this?
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It is incumbent upon you to have union and harmony
and love and uprightness, and to be characterized with
the morals of your Lord, the Clement; to walk in the
highway of equity and beneficence. Be ye manifestations
of the mercy of God, dawning-places of the light
of His great bounty, and arise with all steadfastness,
truthfulness, trustworthiness, compassion, modesty,
love and accord with the people of the world, no matter
of what community they may be; inasmuch as it behooveth
the light to shine even upon the rocks in the
field, and the soul is qualified for quickening individuals,
even though they be of the ugliest and most disagreeable
form, and a pure tree is adapted to bestow a
blessed fruit even upon those who throw stones at it.
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1. | To the Counsel Board of West Hoboken (N.J.). [ Back To Reference] |