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2: TABLET TO THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES 8 9 10 |
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A FEW days ago an epistle was written to those divine
believers, but because these days are the days of
Naw-Rúz, you have come to my mind and I am sending
you this greeting for this glorious feast. All the days
are blessed, but this feast is the national fête of Persia.
The Persians have been holding it for several thousand
years past. In reality every day which man passes in the
mention of God, the diffusion of the fragrances of God
and calling the people to the Kingdom of God, that day
is his feast. Praise be to God that you are occupied in the
service of the Kingdom of God and are engaged in the
promulgation of the religion of God by day and by
night. Therefore all your days are feast days. There is no
doubt that the assistance and the bestowal of God shall
descend upon you.
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In the Southern States of the United States, the
friends are few, that is, in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
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Consequently you must either go yourselves or send a
number of blessed souls to those states, so that they may
guide the people to the Kingdom of Heaven. One of the
holy Manifestations, addressing a believing soul, has
said that, if a person become the cause of the illumination
of one soul, it is better than a boundless treasury.
“O ‘Alí! If God guide, through thee, one soul, it is better
for thee than all the riches!” Again He says, “Direct
us to the straight path!”
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that is, Show us the right road.
It is also mentioned in the Gospel: Travel ye to all parts
of the world and give ye the glad tidings of the appearance
of the Kingdom of God.
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In brief, I hope you will display in this respect the
greatest effort and magnanimity. It is assured that you
will become assisted and confirmed. A person declaring
the glad tidings of the appearance of the realities and
significances of the Kingdom is like unto a farmer who
scatters pure seeds in the rich soil. The spring cloud will
pour upon them the rain of bounty, and unquestionably
the station of the farmer will be raised in the estimation
of the lord of the village, and many harvests will be gathered.
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1. | Qur’án 1:6. [ Back To Reference] |
2. | Cf. Mark 16:15. [ Back To Reference] |