Upon them be the Glory of God the Most Glorious.
He Is God
O ye believers of God and friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha!
If ye knew how the heart of ‘Abdu’l-Baha is soaring at this
moment at your mentioning and the spirit is rejoicing at your name, undoubtedly
you would not contain yourselves in this physical temple, neither would you
have heeded any persecution or suffering.
Today the world of existence is moved through the Call of
the Covenant, and the disjoined members of this earth have found mutual
communication. Consider ye that the confusion produced thereby cannot be
cleared and the forces cannot be brought together save through the Power of the
Testament, and the darkness of the East and the West can only be dispelled
through the Sun of the Covenant. The Divine Covenant is like unto the spiritual
Springtime, which encircles all creation.
Now the greatest test for a tree is to have the latent
possibility of fruition, and with the appearance of the spring they put forth
leaves, branches and blossoms, but if a tree is barren at this season it will
remain deprived and fruitless. Likewise, those souls who have been firm in the
Covenant of God, are detached from all else save God, and are attracted to the
fragrances of God, their faces will shine like unto the luminous moon, with the
Light of Assurance. But the jealous bats, the people of injustice and pride,
flew away from the Light of the Covenant and shrank out of sight into the dark
dungeon of hesitation and fear. They have left the lamp of the Testament and
are running in the Sahara of discord and are seeking the gloom of worldliness. They
turned away from the Pure Spring of Life and attached themselves to the
stagnant pools of superstition. They left behind the Paradise of Abha and were
contented with this nether world.
They do not search after the Garden of Holiness but they wish for the sterile desert of passions and selfishness. They passed by the Blessed Tree and gathered around the stunted bitter plant. They did not yearn for the Star of Guidance, but they desired the wil' o' the wisp of allurements. This is the result of their exertion in this life. Leave them to themselves, pay no heed to their faults, for verily they have left the Path of Guidance and forgotten the Road to Righteousness. Verily, they are afflicted with inharmony and discord and their loss will be very great.
Therefore, O ye friends of God! enter ye in the Rose-garden
of Oneness, take ye a share from the essence of singleness and spread the
Breaths of the Morn of Holiness. The Glad-tidings of the Bounty of the Blessed
Perfection is descending from the Invisible Kingdom, the Sea of Providence is
moving and the waves of the Mercy of the Almighty are unlimited. Endeavour ye
as far as ye can, so that ye may immerse yourselves in this vast Ocean and soar
heavenward towards this Exalted Apex.
The greatest of all affairs is unity and harmony, the love
and affection of heart and soul. The believers of God are the waves of one Sea,
the drops of one River, the signs of one Kingdom, the standards of one Regiment
the lights of one Orb, the Armies of one General, the stars of one Heaven and
are addressed by one Covenant. Consequently they must associate with each other
like the brilliant Stars of Pleiades in one firmament and become the letters
and words of one Book.
Upon ye be greeting and praise!
(Signed) ‘Abdu’l-Baha Abbas
(Star of the West vol. 1, no. 13, November 4, 1910)
