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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
Pages 559-560
 

"O thou who hast addressed Abdul-Baha!..."
 
1

[1] O thou who hast addressed Abdul-Baha!

 
2

Verily, I pray my Lord to teach thee a language and writing of the Kingdom which will satisfy thee, so as to dispense with all things; for that spiritual writing and instructive tongue are eloquent, clear, laudable, legible, read by the tongue and preserved in the heart. Blessed is he who knows it in the world of man!

 
3

Know, verily, that the Ocean is waving, the Sun shining, the Stars dawning. (Understand what I say!)

 
4

The tree will grow, the earth will send forth hyacinths [2] and give blessings, and man will become of the heavenly angels. Feed on the light of guidance and impart light to the people. The bird will warble melodies unknown save by the birds of heaven; then tear asunder the veil and see the realities of things with the eye of God. Verily, thy Lord guideth whomsoever He willeth unto the Straight Path!

 
5

The Promised Spot will be made a racecourse for the steeds of the race of Knowledge and the lights of the Merciful will shine upon it. The dispersed ones will return to the Center of Gathering and the birds will return from the meadows of the world unto the Nest of Harmony. This is a preordained matter.

 
6

As to thee: Thou hast borne every difficulty and hardship and soon will be rewarded by God with a good reward. He will destine to thee all that is good, and choose for thee the manifestation of His mercy among the servants; that they may thus see that the Sons of the Kingdom have gone out [3] , while there hath come a soul from the remotest horizon who hath entreated the Kingdom of God.***

 
 

Notes

1. [The following four Tablets are addressed to a Japanese residing in the United States.]

2. [Hyacinth - the flower symbolic of knowledge.]

3. [Comparing those near at hand who disobeyed the command of Baha'o'llah, with the recipient of this Tablet - a Japanese.]