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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 723-724
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"O thou dear sister!..."
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O thou dear sister!
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The letter arrived at a time when - praise be to
God! - calamities and sufferings in the path of God
have surrounded us from every direction and arrows
and darts are flying from every bow. But, through the
love of His Holiness Baha'o'llah, we, in this intense
darkness, are like unto a shining torch, and while in
this tempest of calamities, we are turning toward the
Kingdom of the Almighty and engaged in remembering
thee. We do not consider this calamity as billows
of the sea of afflictions and sufferings; nay, it is the
ark of deliverance and the shore of peace and security.
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Praise be to God! according to the commandments
and exhortations of Baha'o'llah, we are the well-wisher
of all governments and act toward all the nations
of the world in peace and love. We have no intention
but that which is good and no desire but the
good pleasure of God. We mean well toward every
people and seek to have sincerity and good-will toward
every government. In return for arrows and swords,
we present milk and honey and we heal the deadly
poison with the swift healing antidote. Night and day
we are in action and exertion, in order to dress the
wounds and cure the pain (of the people), to care for
the afflicted and comfort even the ill-natured one, so
that, through the assistance and favor of God, this
darkness of selfish prejudice shall vanish and the error
of folly and ignorance shall be changed into divine
guidance.
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O thou dear sister! Whenever the daughters of the
Kingdom are ready in the Presence, they become initiated
into the mystery and are always companions and
associates (with us).
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Convey respectful greeting to the favored maid-servant
of God, Mrs. ........., and tell her: "Be
thou assured in the divine favors and rejoice in the
glad-tidings of the Merciful One."
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I hope the maid-servants of the Merciful will day
by day increase in faith and assurance.
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I send thee a few stones (of the Greatest Name).
All the holy leaves send greeting to thee.
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