O thou whose heart is empty and pure through the Light of
the word of God shining therein!
I have read thy brilliant letter which proveth thy
humbleness before the Divine Might and thy cheerfulness by the fragrances of
God emanating from the gardens of expressions and facts. I ask God to make
thee, thy relations and kindred attentive to the Merciful Mighty and the
Supreme Kingdom and to illumine their sights and hearts by the light of the
knowledge of God. And thou rejoiced at the mercy of thy Lord and this great
abundance from the Kingdom of Mysteries. Be thou a strong and fortified refuge
and a high cave. This is naught else than to cut thyself from everything beside
God, to be drawn by the fragrances of God and to be happy and joyful by the
gift of God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1’)
