O ye friends of the Beloved! The candle of guidance is
burning, and the light shining from the Supreme Horizon adorneth every
assemblage. The showers of grace are pouring down, and the bestowals of the
unseen Kingdom are abundant. The angelic voice is raised in song, and the birds
of the garden warble the Psalms of David. The musk-scented breeze sheddeth its
fragrance, and the gentle wind wafting from the garden of roses reviveth the
souls of the righteous. Yet, the heedless are as dead and the ignorant fast
asleep. The wavering souls are withered and the chilled hearts downcast. For
the sun lighteth the eyes of the seeing, not of the blind; the songs of David
transport the spirits of the hearing, not of the deaf; and the nectar of
eternity is sweet in the mouths of those with taste, not of the dead. - ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet, ‘Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks’, Online
Baha’i Reference Library of the Baha’i World Center)
