O thou beloved maidservant of God, although the loss of a
son is indeed heart-breaking and beyond the limits of human endurance, yet one
who knoweth and understandeth is assured that the son hath not been lost but,
rather, hath stepped from this world into another, and she will find him in the
divine realm. That reunion shall be for eternity, while in this world
separation is inevitable and bringeth with it a burning grief.
Praise be unto God that thou hast faith, art turning thy
face toward the everlasting Kingdom and believest in the existence of a
heavenly world. Therefore be thou not disconsolate, do not languish, do not
sigh, neither wail nor weep; for agitation and mourning deeply affect his soul
in the divine realm.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of
‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
