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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 708-710
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"O thou gem of the Kingdom and brilliant leaf!..."
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O thou gem of the Kingdom and brilliant leaf!
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Verily, I have read thy letter which showeth how
thou art turning unto God, moved by the breath of
God, drawn by the Spirit of God and how the mystery
of existence, the image of the Lord of Hosts, was revealed
unto thee. This indicates that God shall open
before thee the doors of revelation and the Spirit of
Truth shall confirm thee with evident signs.
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Seeing this servant in thy prayers is a proof of the
ideal nearness, of the spiritual unity and of the impression
that was printed within thine own consciousness.
At all times I do supplicate to the divine Kingdom
to make thy heart a pure, clear and polished mirror, facing
the most glorious Kingdom, El-Abha, that the pictures
of the Supreme Concourse may be printed in it,
and this is exactly what was meant in the Bible by this
text: "Let us create man after our own image and
likeness."
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To see repeatedly is an evidence that the vision will
take place both in the spirit and body; but separation
and union, parting and meeting are things which belong
to the material body. The spirit is sanctified from
association, departure, nearness, remoteness, connection
and separation, for these are of the properties of material
bodies and of the characteristics of the elementary
facts; but the Spirit is everlastingly in the station of its
loftiness and supremacy in a similar way to the sun
which is continually stationed in its sphere orbit; its appearance
and disappearance signify the clearness of the
place and the fineness of the body which is facing it,
and as long as the confronting surface continues to be
in a well-polished condition, the lights of the sun will
then appear in it; but when it becometh rough and impure,
the lights disappear.
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Consequently, it hath been proven that nearness and
remoteness signify smoothness, clearness and fineness;
or rust, impurity and roughness, respectively.
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And if God wisheth, through the clearness of the
heart, we will be continually in the assembly of alliance
and friendship, resting permanently in the spiritual and
heavenly realm, adoring and worshipping God, meeting
and uniting by the holy fragrances, drawn by the magnet
of the love of God and thanking Him for this great
bounty and evident victory.
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As to our meeting materially (i.e., face to face), I
ask God that He may ordain this for us in the way He
deemeth best.
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Then know, O thou virtuous soul, that as soon as
thou becometh separated from aught else save God and
dost cut thyself from the worldly things, thy heart will
shine with the lights of divinity and with the effulgence
of the Sun of Truth from the horizon of the Realm of
Might, and then thou wilt be filled by the spirit of
power from God and become capable of doing that
which thou desirest. This is the confirmed truth.
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As to the desire shown by thee towards serving holy
and spiritual souls, it is indeed of the best desires and
of the most noble qualities. Blessed is he who is
strengthened and confirmed by such a desire during all
his life, in the hope of attaining eternal life.
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As to thee, O thou being who art attracted to God,
announce the glad-tidings of the Kingdom of God
through the breaths of the Holy Spirit; for He will
confirm thee in a similar manner to the confirmation He
bestowed upon the holy souls in the past decades and
former ages.
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