O living flame of heavenly love! Thine heart hath been so
fired with the love of God that from ten thousand leagues afar its warmth and
radiance may be felt and seen. The fire lit by mortal hand imparteth light and
warmth to but a little space, whereas that sacred flame which the Hand of God
hath kindled, though burning in the east, will set aflame the west and give
warmth to both the north and the south; nay, it shall rise from this world to
glow with the hottest flame in the realms on high, flooding with light the
Kingdom of eternal glory.
Happy art thou to have obtained so heavenly a gift. Blessed
art thou to be favoured with His divine bestowals.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections
from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
