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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 480-481
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"O ye members of the shining assembly!..."
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O ye members of the shining assembly!
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The letter which was written by you, was not a letter,
but a musk sack. For the fragrances of the rose-garden
of its significances perfumed the nostrils of every heavenly
one; evincing firmness in the love of God, steadfastness
in the Covenant and Testament and affinity
among the friends.
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This yearning one was enflamed and burning intensely,
but when I perused that letter, a gentle breeze
wafted and an extraordinary freshness and delicacy was
imparted to me. I turned my face toward the Threshold
of the Almighty and supplicated Him imploringly
thus:
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"O thou Eternal One! Make the friends of that
country prosperous, acquaint them with the mysteries;
usher them into the divine rose-garden and reveal to
them the hidden realities and significances; make their
hearts the association of truth and their souls full of
divine melodies and sacred (choral) music!"
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"O God! This respectful assemblage are my relatives
and kindred and the cause of the happiness of this
afflicted one. Bestow upon them a shining face and
grant them a musk-diffusing character. Show them the
mystery of the Kingdom and suffer them to hear the
soul-elevating harmony of heaven! Awaken (the people)
by the breeze of the Paradise of Abha and make
them alive by the power of the Holy Spirit. Verily,
Thou are the Powerful and Omnipotent, and Thou art
the Bestower and generous!"
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Notes
1. [The Newark (N. J.) assembly.]
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