The glad-tidings of the Kingdom of Abha are effective over the hard stone and resuscitates the dried bones. Like unto the down pouring of the vernal shower, they cause the growth of roses and hyacinths, jasmines and jonquils out of the black soil! Although the inhabitants of that city are submerged in the sea of materialism and it may take some time before they are awakened, yet the Melody of the Kingdom of Abha shall finally quicken them; the Cup of the Love of God will become full to overflowing, impart a wonderful exhilaration and allay the thirst of the thirsty ones.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet, quoted in ‘Diary of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab,’ July 24, 1913; Star of the West, vol. 4, no. 15, December 12, 1913)
