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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 202-203
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"O thou dear maid-servant of God!..."
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O thou dear maid-servant of God!
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Thy letter was received and a sweet odor wafted
from the rose-garden of its meanings. Thou hast offered
thanks before the threshold of the One God, for
that thou hast stepped into the Court of the Manifestation
in such a blessed day and hast partaken a share and
portion from the bounties of the Pre-existent Beauty
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This mortal world is fickle and unstable like unto a
shifting shadow, and the human life is like unto a
mirage and a reflection on the water. When thou lookest
at the result thou wilt consider the preliminaries as
important, otherwise, preliminaries without a result are
of no fruit or harm; they are pure fancy and sheer
darkness. Therefore even a short duration of life is
sufficient.
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I beg of God that He may render thee successful
so that thou mayest find the result of the supernal life
from the temporal life and attain to the gift of the
heavenly food and be strengthened to serve the Cause
of God.
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Notes
1. [Baha'O'LLAH.]
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