O thou esteemed (or dear) maid-servant of God! All that thou
hast looked upon—even in the dominion of Victoria, the Queen of England—is but
an image on the water and a mirage of phantasms! That which is a reality and is
eternal and everlasting is the love of God, is the knowledge of His Highness,
the Forgiver, is the spread of the perspicuous religion of God, the uplifting
of the Word of God, and the diffusion of the lights of the guidance of God!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
