O ye true friends and loved ones of God! The Candle shineth
resplendent, and the century of the Abhá Beauty is even as a flowering
rose-garden. The dawn of the Abhá Kingdom hath broken, and the stars of the
celestial Concourse glow with light. Gentle breezes blow from the meads of the
Lord, and sweet savours waft from the gardens of holiness. Heavenly strains
from the Kingdom of glory are raised on every side, and the summons of the
Company on high reacheth the ears of every lowly one. The Day-Star of divine
bounty hath risen in all its splendour, and the Orb of God’s grace sheddeth its
radiance upon all regions. The manifold bounties of the Most Great Name—may my
life be offered up for His loved ones—are all-embracing, and the banquet table
of the Lord is spread throughout the earth. These blessings indeed compass you
on every side.
Behold, then, what a diadem of bounty adorneth your heads
and what a kingly mantle attireth your beings. Consider what eyes of bounty
watch over you and what glances of mercy are cast upon you.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From
a Tablet; ‘Light of the World’)
