Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
Volume III
God from the
Supreme Concourse, thine heart was gladdened by the love of God and attracted unto the Beauty of God. Verily, by the
Lord of Hosts, thou wilt find thyself in the Kingdom surrounded by favors on the part of thy Lord, the Clement, and the angels of mercy will herald to thee glad-tidings which are the greatest gift from the King of Might.
Upon thee be El-
Baha and upon thee be praise! O thou who art attracted by the fragrance of God in this manifest day!
O thou who art exhilarated by the Wine of the Love of God—young in age and old in soul!
Truly, truly, I say unto thee, thy thanksgiving for my brilliant letter, which was sent thee, caused me to address thee repeatedly with the greatest affection of soul and spirit. By the life of God! verily, this letter will make thee and thine household [rejoice] throughout the eternity of the eternities, because the tongue of
Abdul-Baha is addressing thee from this lofty and sublime threshold of the
Blessed Perfection.
I assuredly cast mine eyes on the picture traced by thine hand and smelled the fragrance of the love of God from its flowers, because it is painted while thine heart hath been overflowing with the love of Baha and thou hast made it as a token for thy remembrance.
I beg of God to make thee cut thine heart from this world and whatever is in it, to devote thy life to the service of the maid-servants of God, to kneel down, worship and glorify the affectionate Lord, the Exalted, the Lord of angels and spirit!***
The brilliant leaves (i.e., the ladies of the household)
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