Know thou, verily,
submissiveness is the good quality of the maid-servants of God, and humility is
the character of the God-fearing leaves [1] who have sprung forth from the Tree
of Mercifulness.
Thou oughtest to be
characterized with these, that thou mayest be an example for the maid-servants
of the Merciful and a leader of the leaves who are moved by the winds of the
love of God. Abandon the concerns of mankind and be naturalized with the
attributes of the angels of the Supreme Concourse, because these angels humble
themselves to the lowest thing of the things despite their honor, glory, the
loftiness of station and the greatness of their might. This is seemly to the
unitarian women and an honor for those women who are surely believing in God!
This is the consolation of the heart of the God-fearing women, and this is a tranquility
to the soul of those women who are attracted to the fragrances of the Lord of
Signs!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol.1)
