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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
Pages 177-178
 

"Be not sad on account of poverty, nor be sorrowful..."
 
1

[1] Be not sad on account of poverty, nor be sorrowful when the people scorn thee. Remember the poverty of Jesus, the persecution of the Jews to His glorious person and the scorn of Him. Verily, that poverty is the glory of the beginning and the ending. It is a light which hath illumined the heavens and the earth. ***O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God!

 
2

***Consider not the present state, for it is the time of sowing seeds in that country (America) and, of course, great difficulties are met with, differences and hindrances of the people being severe. Firmness must uphold us. As the servants and the maid-servants of the Merciful stand firmly and persevere, the good see will soon grow and bear the fruit of blessing. Then will spirit and fragrance prevail, and joy and rejoicing come from the heavenly sphere; the sorrows and toils shall be forgotten and the eternal peace and rest appear. I trust, through the bounty of ABHA, that ye may be strengthened to serve and to spread the Word of God.***

 
3

The giving .... the ring [2] of the Greatest Name is very beautiful. The ring should be worn on the small finger of the right hand.

 
4

The prayer for forgiveness [3] is behalf of those who have passed, ignorant, from this world, will be sent as requested.

 
5

Regarding the "two wings" of the soul: These signify wings of ascent. One is the wing of knowledge, the other of faith, as this is the means of the ascent of the human soul to the lofty station of divine perfections.***

 
 

Notes

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2. [Ring having stone of this design:]

3. [See following Tablet.]