Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas Part 46

Hasten to concord, to concord, O hosts of the Merciful!

Hasten to oneness, to oneness, O people of El-Baha, among the people!"

I ask G.o.d to aid you in spreading these fragrances, and in reading these words in the supreme a.s.semblages and great meetings.

Convey my spiritual greeting to thy honored sister. I ask G.o.d to confirm the weak and to make them mighty in the kingdom of His Majesty. I pray G.o.d to guide thy honorable husband to the Path of the Kingdom, the sublime, and to aid thee in the service of His Cause in His glorious vineyard.***

"O thou who has advanced towards Baha'!..."

O thou who has advanced towards Baha'!

Truly, I say unto thee, wert thou to spend all that is on earth, thou couldst not obtain this gift which G.o.d hath strengthened thee to take freely. Lo! it is the guidance of G.o.d and it is being attracted to the Beauty of El-Baha! Thank G.o.d for this gift, which is the most wonderful jewel which is glittering on the crown of great glory and honorable position.

"O thou who art antic.i.p.ating the descent of the Gift of..."

O thou who art antic.i.p.ating the descent of the Gift of G.o.d!

The sweetness of the expressions contained in thy words reached the taste of my perception and I was informed of the glorious aim embodied in thy sentences.

No doubt the breeze of G.o.d hath awakened thee from thy sleep, until thou hast become conscious of the bounties of the Kingdom which are descending at this time.

As to thy desire to be severed from this mortal life and thy great attraction to the eternal life: This is becoming to every discerning human being who hath a lofty character. I pray G.o.d to ordain for thee this pure life and make thy heart attracted unto exalted grades, favored in His Supreme Kingdom, humble and meek before every penitent servant and diffusing the fragrance of G.o.d in this new age.

"O thou s.h.i.+ning ray!..."

O thou s.h.i.+ning ray!

Verily, the ray, being transmitted from the etheric sphere, rends the s.p.a.ce and reaches the surface of the earth and dispels the gloomy darkness. Verily, be thou one of the rays of the Sun of Truth and then thou wilt cause the darkness of error to disappear and wilt change its intense obscurity into a discovering light which will guide (the people) unto the Kingdom of G.o.d.

"O thou effulgence of the Kingdom!..."

O thou effulgence of the Kingdom!

I read thy letter and was informed of thy speech, the contents of which were full of the feelings within thy consciousness, and of thy spiritual sympathies. The light is divided into two kinds, material and spiritual.

The material light is a vanis.h.i.+ng matter and is known by etheric vibrations. But the spiritual light is the divine, eternal and never-ending quality and is a truth of the Kingdom. Blessed is thy face for that it hath taken a portion and a radiance from that Light.

"O thou candle of the Love of G.o.d!..."

O thou candle of the Love of G.o.d!

The light of man depends on the light of the love of G.o.d. Thank thou G.o.d, for thou hast illuminated thy face with this light and hast partaken of the bounty of the Kingdom of El-Abha, chanted the verses of unity and worn the crown of guidance of the Glorious Lord on thy head. This is the real Kingdom!

"O thou who art desirous of the Kingdom of G.o.d!..."

O thou who art desirous of the Kingdom of G.o.d!

Thy letter was the cause of happiness and its contents were the proof of thy turning to the s.h.i.+ning Beauty. In this blessed period, when the light of the endless bounties is illuminating the dark world, some souls, like the b.u.t.terfly, circled round the Divine Lamp and with perfect yearning sacrificed their lives.

I ask of G.o.d that thou mayest be one of those souls, so that the rays of knowledge will s.h.i.+ne forth from thy face to those regions and will be the cause of guiding the seekers of Reality.

Though thou wert obliged to leave Baltimore, I hope that thou wilt be the cause of guidance in Was.h.i.+ngton (D.C.). Receive proofs and evidence from Mirza Abul Fazl(112) so that thou wilt be armed with convincing proofs and sufficient argument to break down the ranks of denial, pride and ignorance.

"O tho dear friend!..."

O thou dear friend!

The maid-servant of G.o.d ........ hath remembered thee in her letter and hath thus made my heart busy with thy thought. Consider how much she must care for thee to have remembered thee in such a place. Indeed, this is great love and I am hopeful that this may be a confirmation to thee, so that thou mayest become a personage of the Kingdom, heavenly, illumined and spiritual and a means of spreading and exemplifying the qualities and attributes of G.o.d.

"O thou who art advancing toward G.o.d!..."

O thou who art advancing toward G.o.d!

The letter of that divine maid-servant was received and contents were apprehended. The morn of guidance is beaming forth from the supreme horizon and the light of oneness is s.h.i.+ning on the supreme apex. The verses of unity are being chanted and the evidences of the Glorious Lord are in themselves the greatest witness and proof.

I beg of G.o.d that thou mayest be so replenished with the spirit of the love of G.o.d that there may not remain (in thee) any place or access for the winds of tests. For what can dark doubts do with the light of guidance, or clouds with the s.h.i.+ning moon? Tests and trials only cause agitation to weak hearts. But the pure souls, a hundred thousand tests are but to them like mirage, imagination and shadow. The shadow cannot withstand the rays of the sun and pure fragrances of holiness will not be concealed through the doubts of the beetle. The headache of wavering (or hesitancy) will not affect those exhilarated with the wine of the love of G.o.d.