O maid-servant of God! Be submissive to thy Lord, humble to
His servants and compliant to his maid-servants. Overcome passions and desires,
purify the heart from remembrance of aught save that of thy Lord, the Precious,
the Gracious, and be controlled by the attraction of the Beauty of God, that
His remembrance may run as the spirit in thy blood veins and limbs, and thus
fill thee with the thoughts of the love of God.
O maid-servant of God! Ignite the fire of love in the hearts
which are remiss of the mention of God that they may become awakened by the
breath of God, and quickened by His Spirit in this Great Day.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 2)
