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Selections From the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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171: O thou beloved maidservant of God, although ...
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O thou beloved maidservant of God, although the loss of a son is indeed heart-breaking and beyond the
limits of human endurance, yet one who knoweth and
understandeth is assured that the son hath not been lost but,
rather, hath stepped from this world into another, and she
will find him in the divine realm. That reunion shall be for
eternity, while in this world separation is inevitable and
bringeth with it a burning grief.
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Praise be unto God that thou hast faith, art turning thy
face toward the everlasting Kingdom and believest in the
existence of a heavenly world. Therefore be thou not
disconsolate, do not languish, do not sigh, neither wail nor
weep; for agitation and mourning deeply affect his soul in
the divine realm.
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That beloved child addresseth thee from the hidden
world: `O thou kind Mother, thank divine Providence
that I have been freed from a small and gloomy cage and,
like the birds of the meadows, have soared to the divine
world--a world which is spacious, illumined, and ever gay
and jubilant. Therefore, lament not, O Mother, and be not
grieved; I am not of the lost, nor have I been obliterated
and destroyed. I have shaken off the mortal form and have
raised my banner in this spiritual world. Following this
separation is everlasting companionship. Thou shalt find
me in the heaven of the Lord, immersed in an ocean of
light.'
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