O maid-servant of God! It is incumbent upon thee to be firm!
It is incumbent upon thee to be steadfast! It is incumbent upon thee to be
steadfast! It is incumbent upon thee to be steadfast in the Cause of the Light
which hath shone forth unto the world with great brilliancy!
O maid-servant of God! Verily, Mary, the Magdalene, was a
villager, but she kept firm in the Cause of Christ and confirmed the apostles
at the time she declared to them (thus): “Verily, Christ is alive and eternal
and death did not overtake Him; and verily, the foundation of His religion is
not shaken by His crucifixion at the hand of the oppressors!” By this her face
is eternally shining from the horizon of guidance.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 2)
