O ye old believers
and intimate friends:
God says in the
great Qur’án: “He specializes for His Mercy whomsoever He willeth.” [Qur’an
2:105; 3:74]
These twelve Central
States [1] of the United States are like unto the heart of America, and the
heart is connected with all the organs and parts of man. If the heart is
strengthened, all the organs of the body are reinforced, and if the heart is
weak all the physical elements are subjected to feebleness.
Now praise be to God
that Chicago and its environs from the beginning of the diffusion of the
fragrances of God have been a strong heart. Therefore, through divine bounty
and providence it has become confirmed in certain great matters.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of the Divine Plan’)
[1] “Michigan,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.”
