O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily I
read thy excellent letter and was dilated through its excellent contents. Know
thou that the distance of habitation doth not prevent the rising of the lights,
and that time and place only control the bodies and not the spirits which are
free from the contingent beings, not (do they control) the realities which are
sanctified from the stains of the world. When the Spirit is breathed in the
East, its signs immediately appear in the West and it hath a spiritual dominion
which penetrates the pillars of the world.
Then know thou that God hath not ordained any greater
happiness and joy than the removing of the veils by witnessing the Kingdom of
God and presenting oneself in an assembly which is radiant with merciful
emotions which cannot be apprehended by minds and thoughts.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 2)
