I became very sad upon hearing the news of the death of Mr.
……, but I implored and entreated the Threshold of Oneness and sought mercy in
his behalf. Convey my greeting and love to his son and say: “Do thou not lament
on account of the death of thy father. Trust thou in God. Rely upon the Kingdom
of Abha. That father of thine hastened to the world of immortality and took a
share from the realm of the Merciful and with the utmost joy hath attained to
eternal life in the everlasting universe. Walk thou also in the footsteps of
thy father and be characterized with his attributes and qualities. Enkindle
thou his lamp and fructify his garden, so that thou mayest become his real son
and worthy of the favors and gift of the Almighty.”
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1’)
