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“O thou that virtuous soul and individual who art ready…” |
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I, with the utmost clemency, have read thy brilliant
letter which showeth thine advancement toward the
Kingdom of God and the excessive preparation for the
effulgence of the lights of God and the greatest tendency
for the baptism of the Spirit of God and thy pleasure
at the glad-tidings of God, thine attraction by the
fragrance of God and thy gladness in the love of God.
May God strengthen thee so thou mayest come nearer
to God, to separate thyself from aught else save Him
and to assist thee in spreading His lights and uttering
the abundance of His mysteries, to perfume thy nostrils
with the fragrance of His holiness and to prepare
for thee the heavenly table, that thou mayest taste the
delight of His loving-kindness. I now assure thee, O
servant of God, that, if thy mind become empty and
pure from every mention and thought and thy heart
attracted wholly to the Kingdom of God, forget all
else besides God and come in communion with the
Spirit of God, then the Holy Spirit will assist thee
with a power which will enable thee to penetrate all
things, and a Dazzling Spark which enlightens all
sides, a Brilliant Flame in the zenith of the heavens,
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will teach thee that which thou dost not know of the
facts of the universe and of the divine doctrine. Verily,
I say unto thee, every soul which ariseth today to guide
others to the path of safety and infuse in them the
Spirit of Life, the Holy Spirit will inspire that soul
with evidences, proofs and facts and the lights will
shine upon it from the Kingdom of God. Do not
forget what I have conveyed unto thee from the breath
of the Spirit. Verily, it is the shining morning and
the rosy dawn which will impart unto thee the lights, reveal
the mysteries and make thee competent in science,
and through it the pictures of the Supreme World
will be printed in thy heart and the facts of the secrets
of the Kingdom of God will shine before thee. Christ
said—glory be to Him! —“Many are called but few
chosen.” Thank thou thy Lord for He hath made thee
of the chosen. By my life! verily, this is a station
which God giveth to whomsoever He pleaseth. Know
its value and appreciate it according to its desserts!
Arise with all thy power to answer [i.e., to perform]
all that is necessary to obtain this grace and bounty
and be strengthened in all circumstances and conditions
of this existence. How many noble-minded women,
who were the queens of all provinces and countries, have
died and passed away and thou no longer hearest any
mention of them; but every servant of the servants of
the Merciful, who were in the past decades and centuries,
owing to their bright faces illumined by the lights
of truth and knowledge, their stars shine until today
in the horizon of the highest and their rays dazzle in
the mirrors of the world and their fame is divulged in
the Supreme World and their sanctification spread in
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the Kingdom of God; and if—God forbid! —the foot
of man deviate as did that of Judas, so that he became
human after he was divine and sold the blood of Christ
for a small and trifling sum—verily, there is in that
a great lesson to the people of understanding!
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