O thou artery pulsating in the body of the world! Verily I
read thy recent letter which indicated conscious joy and abundant happiness
from the glad-tidings of the Kingdom of Abha. Know, verily that the feast is
the day wherein God opened thine insight through the Manifest Light, showed
thee unto His Great Kingdom and granted to thee to drink from the chalice
overflowing with the wine of divine guidance among the maid-servants. Is there
a feast more happy and more noble than this? No, indeed, by the Lord of Heaven,
it is a day wherein the thirsty one attaineth to the Spring from which gusheth
forth cool and refreshing water, the lover meeteth his Loved One and the sick
one is healed by the remedy of the Physician. Blessed art thou for attaining
unto this!
Verily, the people who rejoice in the day of the feast and
enjoyed the tree [1] (which) was decorated, following the custom of ancient
times, are the people of superstitions. By the Majesty of thy Lord! Were they
in the time of Christ, they would turn their backs and would not behold His
smiling, glorious face; but today they play in the shallow waters of their
superstitions without discretion.
Therefore, thank God for His having privileged thee to
attain nearness to the Blessed Tree which is grown upon the highest Sinai and
is set aglow with the fire of God’s love, calling unto responsive listeners. I
supplicate God to heal thee from all troubles and diseases and make thee a sign
of guidance and a standard of the Supreme Concourse in those regions and
particularly at Green Acre.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 2)
[1] Christmas tree
