Verily, O my God, the lamps of guidance are extinguished;
the fire of animosity is enkindled; wrath and antipathy are spread abroad and
provocation and maliciousness are disseminated upon the face of the earth. Yet
I see only Thy wronged followers who are crying at the tops of their voices and
summoning the people:
Hasten ye toward
affinity!
Hasten ye toward
faithfulness!
Hasten ye toward
generosity!
Hasten ye toward
guidance!
Hasten ye toward
union!
Hasten ye to behold
the Light of the World!
Hasten ye toward love
and prosperity!
Hasten ye toward
peace and reconciliation!
Hasten ye toward the
law of disarmament!
Hasten ye toward
harmony and success!
Hasten ye toward
cooperation and mutual help in the path of guidance!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha Abbas (From
a Tablet; Star of the West, vol. 4, no. 1, March 21, 1913)
