O maid-servants of the Merciful! Know that, verily, this day
is the day of teaching, this day is the day of diffusing the fragrances of God,
being severed from aught else save God, attracted to the Word of God, and
clinging to the Covenant of God. There is no work greater than this. Be ye
entirely spiritual, purely brilliant, cut your dependence from any other
mention, thought or purpose, and confine your mentions, thoughts and
occupations to spreading the fragrances of God, and devote your attention to
this great work. By God, the True One, verily, the Sun of Truth will cast forth
its lights in your assemblies and will make you shining lamps, glittering
stars, brilliant signs, and as souls attracted to the Holy Spirit. This is the
great prosperity! This is the manifest light!
Upon you be greeting and praise!
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’,
vol. 1)
