O ye maid-servants of the Merciful! Leaves of the Tree of
Life!
Thank ye the Lord, for He hath removed the covering from off
your insight, illuminated your eyes by witnessing the Sun of Truth, purified
your souls, and hath quickened your hearts through the holy fragrances which
are being diffused from the garden of the kingdom of His Great Glory!
O ye maid-servants of the Merciful! It is incumbent upon you
to soar up with wings of joy and happiness unto the apex of exultation and
gladness; for He hath assigned unto you the greatest guidance in the Day of
Resurrection, and hath crowned you with the diadem of glory and divine honor
among the women of the whole world, and hath chosen you above the queens of the
world for His great bounty.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
