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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 407-408
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"O ye who are attracted! O ye who are remembered!..."
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O ye
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who are attracted! O ye who are remembered!
O ye who are directed unto the Kingdom of God!
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Verily I supplicate God in heart and spirit to make
you signs of guidance, standards of sanctity and fountains
of knowledge and understanding, that through you
He may guide the seekers unto the Straight path and
lead them unto the Mighty Way in this Great Cycle.
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O beloved of God! Know ye that the world is like
unto a mirage which the thirsty one thinks to be water;
its water is a vapor; its mercy a difficulty; its repose
hardship and ordeal; leave it to its people and turn
unto the Kingdom of your Lord the Merciful. Thus
the lights of mercy and beneficence may shine upon you,
the heavenly table descend for you, your Lord may bestow
upon you the greatest gifts and favors, whereby
your breasts may become dilated, your hearts gladdened,
your souls purified, and your eyes enlightened.
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O beloved of God! Is there any giver save God?
He chooseth for His mercy whomsoever He desireth.
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He shall open unto you the doors of His knowledge,
fill your hearts with His love, rejoice your spirits by the
wafting of His holy fragrances, illumine your faces by
the Manifest Light and elevate your names among the
people.
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Verily your Lord is the most merciful of the merciful!
He will aid you through an unseen host, and help
you by armies of inspiration from the Supreme Concourse,
send you the fragrances of the Supreme Paradise,
perfume your nostrils by the breath of purity
wafted from the garden of the Supreme Concourse,
cause you to enter the Ark of Safety, and reveal to you
the Manifest Signs.
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Verily this is a great bounty! Verily this is a manifest
attainment!
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Notes
1. [The Johnstown (N. Y.) assembly.]
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