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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 6-7
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"O my God! O my God!..."
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O my God! O my God!
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These are servants who have turned to Thy Kingdom
and hearkened unto Thy voice. Their hearts
were dilated by Thy call, responded unto Thy summons,
were attracted unto Thy beauty, acknowledged
Thy proofs, believed in Thy signs, confessed Thy
Oneness and arose for the service of Thy Cause and
the promotion of Thy Word.
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O Lord! O Lord! Make them lamps of guidance,
lights glistening in the supreme apex, sparkling
stars in heaven, holy angels moving on earth and thriving
trees bearing delicious and fragrant fruits.
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O Lord! O Lord! Purify their qualities, clarify
their consciousness, cleanse their hearts and illumine
their faces. Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Precious,
the Protecting!
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O ye spiritual ones! The rules for election are those
which are customary in that country. The period of
election is five years.
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O Lord! O Lord! Bless this Spiritual Gathering,
strengthen them by Thy power for the spreading of
Thy divine fragrances, cause them to follow Thy will
which is effective in the realities of all things, and aid
them by a confirmation such as never hath preceded to
any one in former centuries.
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For these are servants of
Thy servants and Thou hast crowned them them with this
diadem, the most luminous (Abha) gems of which
will shine unto all the horizons.
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Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the
Giver!
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Notes
1. [I.e., such as hath no precedent in any former age.]
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