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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 264-265
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"O thou dear maid-servant of God!..."
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O thou dear maid-servant of God!
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In reality thou art faithful and assured, thoughtful
and mentioning the name of thy Lord. All the inhabitants
of the Kingdom are satisfied with thy service,
and the approximate angels are opening their tongues
in thy praise. These angels are spiritual and merciful
powers, and in one sense the angels are those sanctified
souls who have disentangled themselves from the world
of possession and are confirmed with the powers of the
Kingdom. However, be thou not sad. Rejoice and
delight in the divine glad-tidings!
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I know that thou art in difficulty, but this difficulty is
conducive to the everlasting felicity and this weakness
is followed by the supreme strength. Consider thou
how the faithful women in the time of Christ, and after
the departure of His Highness, underwent hardships!
What difficulties did they not bear; and what calamities
did they not endure! But that adversity and trial,
misfortune and derision, became the cause of imperishable
and deathless glory and rest.
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Do ye not look upon the beginning of the affairs; attach
your hearts to the ends and results. The present
period is like unto the sowing time. Undoubtedly it is
impregnated with perils and difficulties, but in the future
many a harvest shall be gathered and benefits and
results will come apparent. When one considers the
issue and the end, exhaustless joy and happiness will
dawn.
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Live thou as far as thou art able according to the
divine commands and advices, because they are conducive
to eternal life.
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Caress and kiss on my behalf, with utmost love and
yearning, thy two dear children. I supplicate God
that they may come the servants of the Cause of God
as their father and mother have, and be trained according
to Bahai education, so that they may become two
great signs of the love of God.
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