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7: O Díyá! It is incumbent upon thee, … |
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O Díyá!
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It is incumbent upon thee,
throughout the journey, to be a close, a constant
and cheerful companion to my honoured and distinguished
sister. Unceasingly, with the utmost
vigour and devotion, exert thyself, by day and
night, to gladden her blessed heart; for all her days
she was denied a moment of tranquillity. She was
astir and restless every hour of her life. Moth-like
she circled in adoration round the undying flame of
the Divine Candle, her spirit ablaze and her heart
consumed by the fire of His love….
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From a Tablet addressed to Diya’íyyih Khánum, eldest daughter of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. (See The Bahá’í World, vol. V, p. 172)
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Daughter of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
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