O bird without a nest! It is reported thy home and shelter
is burnt, thy resting place and habitation is become desolate. Though this news
is greatly affecting, yet do not be sorrowful and disheartened, because the
birds of the divine gardens have nests on the branches of the Tree of Life. The
earthly abode is not worth the attachment of the heart, for this structure will
surely be destroyed, but that which is of worth to freed ones (detached from
all save God) is the heavenly palace and the court of Divine Majesty. Thanks be
to God that for each one of the divine freed slaves and the heavenly and dear
maid-servants, an indestructible mansion will be erected in the New Kingdom.
This mansion will be an everlasting dwelling, an eternal abode and shelter.
There is a hidden wisdom in the burning of the house which
before long will be clearly known. Divine attractions and heavenly bounties
alone cause happiness to the hearts.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha,
vol. 2)
