Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Excerpts from Other Tablets
asunder and is illumined by the radiant light of divine
Revelation. Consider how numerous were those who accounted themselves among the wise and the learned, yet in the
Day of God were deprived of the outpourings of heavenly bounties.
O My leaf, O My handmaid! Appreciate the value of this blessing and of this tender mercy which hath encompassed thee and guided thy steps unto the
Dayspring of glory.
Convey greetings on behalf of this Wronged One to such handmaidens as worship God and cheer their hearts with the assurance of His loving providence.
FIX your gaze upon wisdom in all things, for it is an unfailing antidote. How often hath it turned a disbeliever into a believer or a foe into a friend? Its observance is highly essential, inasmuch as this theme hath been set forth in numerous
Tablets revealed from the empyrean of the Will of Him Who is the
Manifestation of the light of divine unity. Well is it with them that act accordingly.
Centre your attention unceasingly upon that which will cause the Word of God to be exalted. In this Most Great Revelation goodly deeds and a praiseworthy character are regarded as the hosts of God, likewise is His blessed and holy Word. These hosts are the lodestone of the hearts of men and the effective means for unlocking doors. Of all the weapons in the world this is the keenest.
Beseech thou God to graciously assist all men to observe that which His all-glorious
Pen hath recorded in the sacred Books and Tablets.
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