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A new version of the Bahá’í Reference Library is now available. This ‘old version’ of the Bahá’í Reference Library will be replaced at a later date.
The new version of the Bahá’i Reference Library can be accessed here »
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“O thou who art directed toward the Light of Guidance!…” |
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In this moment the heart of Abdul-Baha is rejoiced
at thy remembrance and he is writing an answer to
thy letter so that thou mayest be so moved by the
breezes of the love of God that thou mayest become
the envy of the cypress of the rose-garden and cause
joy, yearning, longing and ecstasy to the friends.
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In this great dispensation, art (or a profession) is
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identical with an act of worship and this is a clear text
of the Blessed Perfection. Therefore, extreme effort
should be made in art and this will not prevent the
teaching of the people in that region. Nay, rather,
each should assist the other in art and guidance. For
instance, when the studying of art is with the intention
of obeying the command (of God) this study will certainly
be done easily and great progress will soon be
made therein; and when others discover this fragrance
of spirituality in the action itself, this same will cause
their awakening. Likewise, managing art with propriety
will become the means of sociability and affinity;
and sociability and affinity themselves tend to guide
others (to the Truth).
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