O servant of God! rejoice through the glad-tidings of God,
be happy by the wafting of the fragrance of God, and cling to the Kingdom of
God in such wise that it makes thee separate thyself from the world and kindle
in thy heart the fire of the love of God to such an extent that anyone who
approaches thee will feel its warmth; and if thou desirest to attain to this
station, thou shouldst turn thyself wholly unto God. Perhaps an illumination
will descend upon thee by which the fragrances of God will be diffused
throughout those regions and districts and thou wilt be a lamp of guidance from
which the lights of knowledge will emanate and spread in those far countries
and distant lands.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
