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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 164-165
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"O thou who hast arisen to render service to the Cause..."
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O thou who hast arisen to render service to the Cause
of God in His Great Vineyard!
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Verily, I have already written thee several letters,
and sent them to thee at different times. Now, I address
thee with such words whereby the souls of the
proximate ones are rejoiced, and the faces of the sincere
ones are cheered.
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O my friend, verily the Cause is great and great, and
the penetration of the Word of God in the temple
(body) of all the regions is similar to the pervasion of
the soul in a sound body.
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By the life of Baha', verily, the power of the Kingdom
of God hath taken hold of the pillars of the world,
and hath possessed all the nations. Thou wilt surely
find the standards of the Testament waving in all regions,
the chanting of the verses of unity raised in
exalted assemblies, and the lights of the Sun of Truth
and its heat dispersing the thick clouds massed on the
horizon. Be rejoiced at this glad-tidings, whereby the
hearts of the sincere among the beloved are cheered.
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O my friend, isolate all thy faculties and senses from
every other mention and thought, and follow the example
of Abdul-Baha in servitude to the Holy and Exalted
Threshold. Hasten to the field of sacrifice, craving
for the most great martyrdom; expend thy life and
all of thy grades in love for God and in attraction to
the Beauty of El-ABHA.
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By God, the True One, man should seek only this
bounty, inasmuch as it is everlasting, eternal, divine,
spiritual, luminous and merciful. Be sanctified from all
the universe, and send my greeting and praise to the
spiritual leaf, the being who relies upon the grace of
her Lord -- the maid-servant of God, thy revered wife,
and say unto her that she may address the veiled ones
(those blind to the Truth), saying: Verily, eyes are
dazzled by gazing at the sun, and it is impossible to
consider it because of the intensity of its rays; and verily
the sea cannot be contained in a cup. The weakness
of eyes does no harm to the sun, nor the smallness
of the cup to the sea.~
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Then let her explain to the people, and make known
to every questioner, by saying: Verily, minds are limited,
and the splendor of lights is so great as not to be
comprehended by (man's) reflective faculties. Ye
ought to have the sigh of the heart so that ye may apprehend
the reality of the mysteries of God which are
deposited behind coverings.~
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