Remembrance of God is like the rain and dew which bestow
freshness and grace on flowers and hyacinths, revive them and cause them to
acquire fragrance, redolence and renewed charm. “And thou hast seen the earth
dried up and barren: but when We send down the rain upon it, it stirreth and
swelleth, and groweth every kind of luxuriant herb.” [Qur'an 22:5] Strive thou, then, to
praise and glorify God by night and by day, that thou mayest attain infinite
freshness and beauty.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (From a Tablet; compilation: ‘Prayer and
Devotional Life, Extracts from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice, February 2019)
