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Bahá'í World Faith (`Abdu'l-Bahá's Section Only)
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Pages 371-372
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TRIALS A GIFT FROM GOD
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Thou hast written concerning the tests that have come upon
thee. To the sincere ones, tests are as a gift from God, the Exalted,
for a heroic person hasteneth, with the utmost joy and
gladness, to the tests of a violent battlefield, but the coward is
afraid and trembles and utters moaning and lamentation. Likewise,
an expert student prepareth and memorizeth his lessons and
exercises with the utmost effort, and in the day of examination
he appeareth with infinite joy before the master. Likewise, the
pure gold shineth radiantly in the fire of test. Consequently, it
is made clear that for holy souls, trials are as the gift of God, the
Exalted; but for weak souls they are an unexpected calamity.
This test is just as thou hast written: it removeth the rust of
egotism from the mirror of the heart until the Sun of Truth may
shine therein. For, no veil is greater than egotism and no matter
how thin that covering may be, yet it will finally veil man entirely
and prevent him from receiving a portion from the eternal bounty.
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