Thou seest, O my Lord, the assemblage of Thy loved ones, the
company of Thy friends, gathered by the precincts of Thine all-sufficing
Shrine, and in the neighborhood of Thine exalted garden, on a day among the
days of Thy Ridván Feast—that blessed time when Thou didst dawn upon the world,
shedding thereon the lights of Thy holiness, spreading abroad the bright rays
of Thy oneness, and didst issue forth from Baghdád, with a majesty and might
that encompassed all mankind; with a glory that made all to fall prostrate
before Thee, all heads to bow, every neck to bend low, and the gaze of every
man to be cast down. They are calling Thee to mind and making mention of Thee,
their breasts gladdened with the lights of Thy bestowals, their souls restored
by the evidences of Thy gifts, speaking Thy praise, turning their faces toward
Thy Kingdom, humbly supplicating Thy lofty Realms.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk;
‘Memorials of the Faithful’)
