Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
Volume III
Tablets to that country (America). They gladdened and exhilarated the friends and imparted happiness to the souls. They granted sight to the eyes and hearing to the ears. It is hoped that wonderful effects will be displayed in the future, that the friends of God may live and act in accord with the heavenly teachings, in order that the region of America may become the
Paradise of
Abha, that desert and wilderness become the rose-garden of human perfections, the verses of guidance be read, the melody of “
Ya Baha El-Abha!” reach the Kingdom of Beauty; warfare and bloodshed be removed from among the people, affinity and love hoist their tent upon the apex of the world, all mankind become real friends with one another and each soul respect the other. Whenever these signs appear, then it will become manifest that the Tablets have had their effect.
O thou whose face is radiant with the light of the Love of God!
Verily, the angel of mercy heralds to thee the glad-tidings which are the light of the eyes of the sincere believers and the illumination of the countenance of the virtuous and pious.
Rest assured in God! Engage in commemoration of God; be aglow with the fire of the love of God and be severed from all else save God. This is the spirit of life for the soul who is submissive to the Word of God.
O thou yearner after Truth!
I know in what condition thou art, and how much thou longest for the meeting. The real meeting consists
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