Upon them be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious!
He Is God
O God! O God! Verily, verily the reality of Thy Oneness is
sanctified above ascent or descent, and the Sun of Thy Singleness is holy above
appearance or disappearance. Thou hast been in the mystery of Thine Identity
and the eternality of Thine Existence; moving in the exaltation of Thy Sanctity
and the loftiness of Thy Purity. The souls who penetrate through the facts of
life cannot know Thee, and the minds which are imbued with the subtleties of
the universe do not apprehend Thee. Far from the spiders of imagination to
weave the web of their weak thoughts in the imperial palaces of Thy Knowledge,
and far from the birds of understanding to attempt soaring with their broken
wings toward the golden apex of Thine Explanation! Verily, all the wings of
effort are broken and will not reach the glorious heaven of Thy Singleness. The
intellects are bewildered and if they cannot comprehend one verse of the verses
of Thine Omnipotence, how then can they perceive Thy Reality which surrounds
all things and is not surrounded! Thy Holy and Sanctified Identity is beyond
the knowledge of the wisest and mightiest in the world of emanation!
O Lord! O Lord! Deliver the souls from the superstitions, that they may not imagine any disappearance for Thy Lights, any setting for Thy Luminary, any descent for Thy Reality, and any ascent for Thy Identity. For verily Thou art above all these qualifications and beyond all these attributes. Thou hast been and forever shalt be in Thine Inaccessible Station and Thine Unattainable Position. The road is barred and the path is closed. Thy Proof is Thy Verses and Thy Path is Thy Dominion.
O Lord! O Lord! Deliver the souls from the superstitions, that they may not imagine any disappearance for Thy Lights, any setting for Thy Luminary, any descent for Thy Reality, and any ascent for Thy Identity. For verily Thou art above all these qualifications and beyond all these attributes. Thou hast been and forever shalt be in Thine Inaccessible Station and Thine Unattainable Position. The road is barred and the path is closed. Thy Proof is Thy Verses and Thy Path is Thy Dominion.
O Lord! O Lord! These souls are righteous, their hearts attracted, their minds enkindled their ears opened, their eyes seeing, their spirits rejoiced, their breasts dilated, their realities contented, their identities, satisfied and their hearts attentive. They are supplicating toward Thee, turning their faces to Thee, and begging for Thy Mercy.
O Lord! O Lord! Enkindle their lamps, ignite their torches, uplift their waves and open to them the Door of Bounty.
O Lord! Adorn their gardens, beautify their orchards, illumine their faces, confirm their words, hoist their ensigns, commemorate their names, perfect their morals, cleanse their hearts, purify their breasts and glorify their countenances; so that the manifest light may be seen upon their brow, and the Bloom of Paradise in their faces. Verily, Thou art the Merciful, Thou art the Clement, the Compassionate and the Ancient!
O ye friends of God! The waves of confirmations are successive and the hosts of assistance are drawn in battle array. The armies of the Kingdom of Abha, like unto the waves of the Supreme Concourse, are tumultuous, and the Breezes of Providence wafting from the direction of Grace, rejuvenate with new life every faded and withered soul. The trees of the Garden of the Covenant are stirred into the utmost cheerfulness and the fruits of the Orchard of the Testament have reached the stage of perfection, sweetness and delicacy. The Majestic Palm produces luscious dates, and the Luminous Star shines with infinite brightness. The Zephyrs of the City of God bestow eternal life, and the Divine Wisdom grants spiritual insight. The Bounties of God are perfected on every side, and the Favors of the Most High have encircled all. Blessed are you!--and again, blessed are you!--for you have become the object of the Bestowals of the Beauty of Abha and the Center of the Revelations of the Mysteries of the Supreme Concourse.
His honor Ameen [1] has given the utmost praise and commendation on behalf of all, saying that -- Praise be to God! -- all the friends in all parts of Persia are firm in the Covenant, have taken hold of the Testament of His Highness the Merciful; their minds are full of acclamations, their faces illumined, their hearts aspiring and their spirits soaring toward the Realm of Truth, their souls full of glad-tidings and their consciences in infinite happiness. Day and night they are engaged in spreading the fragrances, and morning and evening they deliver the Word of God. They are the Signs of Oneness and the Tokens of the Bounties of the Glorious Lord. They are the bright lamps and incontrovertible proofs. They are the horizons of knowledge and the hosts of the Supreme Concourse. In reality he has given the greatest praise and glorification. On account of this news great happiness was produced in the hearts of the believers, and all are expressing their most wonderful glad-tidings.
I beg of God, that day by day this Fire may consume the world, and this Flame enkindle the earth; this Favor become all-surrounding and this Path straight. Cast ye into oblivion all signs of attachment and impurity so that all the regions may become sanctified and purified and all the dawning-places shining and illumined. Then the Paradise of Abha will be established in the East and in the West, the glorious outpouring of the Majestic Lord, become universal, the principles of the Cause produce results and the structure of the Revelation of Truth reach to the Mansions of the Supreme Heights.
Upon ye be Glory!
(Signed) ‘Abdu’l-Baha Abbas
(Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 7, July 13, 1910)
(Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 7, July 13, 1910)
[1] Ameen is one of the old, venerable, and sanctified
teachers of the Cause in Persia.—Translator]
