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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 177-178
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"Be not sad on account of poverty, nor be sorrowful..."
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[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!
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***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.***
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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.
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The prayer for forgiveness
[3]
is behalf of those who
have passed, ignorant, from this world, will be sent
as requested.
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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.***
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Notes
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2. [Ring having stone of this design:]
3. [See following Tablet.]
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