Do not grieve on account of the death of thy son, neither
sigh nor lament. That nightingale soared upward to the divine rose-garden; that
drop returned to the most great ocean of Truth; that foreigner hastened to his
native abode; and that ill one found salvation and life eternal.
Why shouldst thou be sad and heartbroken? This separation is
temporal; this remoteness and sorrow is counted only by days. Thou shalt find
him in the Kingdom of God and thou wilt attain to the everlasting union.
Physical companionship is ephemeral, but heavenly association is eternal.
Whenever thou rememberest the eternal and never ending union, thou wilt be
comforted and blissful.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
