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“O thou who art controlled by the attraction of the Fragrances…” |
I perused thy letter which speaks of thy love to God
and thine attraction to the Beauty of God, and I became
cheered in heart by its beautiful contents. In my previous
letter to thee it was my intention to point out to
thee that in the way of exalting the Word of God there
are tests and trials, and in His love there are at all
times calamities and afflictions and sufferings. Therefore,
it behooveth one to first ponder over these calamities
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and wistfully accept them, then undertake to spread
the fragrances of God and exalt His Word. At that
time, whatever may befall him in the love of God, of
reproach, persecution, reviling, abuse, insult, beating,
imprisonment or assassination, will not offend him;
rather it will augment his attraction to the Beauty of
God. This was what I intended previously. Otherwise,
woe and misery to the soul which hunts after comfort,
luxury, wealth and affluence, while it is remiss of
the mention of God; because calamity in the path of
God is a favor to Abdul-Baha.
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