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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 443-444
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"O ye esteemed maid-servants of God, and ye revered..."
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O ye
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esteemed maid-servants of God, and ye revered
beloved ones (or men believers) of the Merciful!
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Your letter was received and its contents noted. The
maid-servant of God, she who hath ascended to heaven,
i. e., Mrs. ........, hastened from this mortal world
to the divine world and soared from this temporal
realm to the expanse of the Kingdom. She abandoned
the earthly cage and flew toward the bower of the upper
world; so that, like unto a nightingale of significances,
she may, in that divine rose-garden, engage in praising,
glorifying and sanctifying the True One, with the most
marvelous melody.
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Consequently, do ye not sigh in grief of her
decease, and be not dejected on account of her ascension.
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To the people of adoration, death is an ark of deliverance,
and to pure souls, flight from this world of
dust is the means of attaining the Kingdom of Spheres.
By "Spheres" is not meant this infinite space, nay, is
meant the divine world, and the invisible realm.
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To be brief: I hope her noble son may seek the
Path wherein his mother walked, and may become better
and more illustrious; nay, rather, the lights of his love
may also take effect in his grand parents.
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As to ye who are friends of that bird of the meadow
of guidance, ye must, after her, have such unison, love,
association and unity that it may make things better
and more favorable than they were during her days.
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Praise be to God! the divine bounty favors all of
you, he doors of gifts are open before the faces of
you all, and the radiance of the Sun of Truth is shining
upon you all. Capacity, worth (or merit) and ability,
are necessary, for the clearer and purer the mirror is,
the lights of the Sun are more manifest thereon.
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We are always gazing toward those parts in order
to find from what corner (or place) the voice will be
raised! We hope Baltimore will become an assemblage
of light and that city may become a mirror of the love
of God!
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Notes
1. [The Baltimore assembly.]
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