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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 631-633
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"O ye friends of this prisoner!..."
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O ye friends
[1]
of this prisoner!
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According to what is heard and evident, you have
arranged an assembly in the utmost beauty and a number
of you present yourselves in that meeting with all
love and unity and engage in communion (i.e., reading
of the communes), chanting of the verses, spiritual
conversation and utterance of the Kingdom. Blessed
are ye for having adorned such a meeting and for
having prepared such a feast! That gathering receiveth
bounty from the Supreme Concourse and that nucleus
is under the protection of the Bounty of Abha.
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In thanksgiving for this attainment and confirmation
you must strive to make Boston a fruit-garden
[2]
and a
rose-garden. Verily, this is not difficult with the Lord.
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the beloved of God in this mortal world are each
a spiritual trumpet. They breathe the breath of life
and thus confer upon them that are dead in negligence
and ignorance, the life eternal. They are the merciful
physicians who bestow upon the spiritual patients eternal
healing.
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The city of Boston hath great preparation (literally,
readiness), but the endeavor of the righteous is needed
and the efforts and strivings of the free are necessary.
For unless the seed is sown, the bounty and blessing
will not be attained; until the tree be planted, the fresh
fruit will not be produced; unless the candle contact
with fire, it will not ignite; and until a light dawn, the
darkness will not vanish. Therefore, the beloved of
God must sow the seeds and plant the fresh plants in
that garden. They must ignite the extinguished candles
so that the purpose may be attained and the beloved
intent unveil its face.
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In the spirit of humility and supplication do I beg
and implore at the Divine Threshold and seek for you
assistance and providence.
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Notes
1. [To the Boston (Mass.) assembly.]
2. [The name "Boston" rhymes with the Arabic name "Bostan," or fruit-garden. - Translator.]
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