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Provisional Translation
- He is the Most Glorious!
- O thou who praises God,
- who art firm in the Divine Covenant!
- The sighs and moans uttered by your heart and your soul
- set ablaze by the fire of the love of God and
- pained by the separation from the Beloved of the World
- caused my heart to pound and my soul to tremble.
- My eyes are tearful and my body yearns for the fire
- kindled by the lives of those who suffer from The Separation,
- ignited by the very existence of those who were stricken.
- Even the most hardened heart melted because of the heat,
- became the companion of the sighs and the moans,
- and an intimate of the sad and grieving melodies.
- As the pain of The Separation became more severe
- and the raging inferno increased,
- the sea of sorrows surged high
- and the fire of regret rained sparks upon them.
- Still, that Daystar of the Dawning Place of Oneness
- arose in the Heaven of Eternity,
- ever shining in the Singleness of the Horizon of Holiness.
- That Most Great Sun is always manifest
- and victorious in His Heaven of Singleness
- emanating through His Rays of Uniqueness.
- The Grace of the Abha Kingdom
- has surrounded the Dominion of Existence
- and the Rays of the Realm On High have illuminated
- and brightened the World of Possibilities and Placelessness.
- The Waves of the Greatest Sea
- have quenched the thirsty shores of Creation,
- scattering far and wide the Pearls of Knowledge and Wisdom.
- If the horizon of the nether world is darkened,
- praise be to God, the Exalted Realm is always luminous.
- Successive waves of grace flow continuously.
- Divine radiant splendor shines incessantly.
- O Ye Lovers of the True Spiritual Friend!
- It is the time to be ignited by the Fire of Love and Attraction,
- to be stunned by the Beauty of the Truth!
- Be neither dejected nor depressed!
- Seethe and roar like the sea!
- Scatter pearls like waves!
- The wind moves the waves that scatter the pearls!
- Be benevolent to all the people of the world.
- Uphold justice and equity among all the people.
- Be the sign of mercy and the dawning place
- of the compassion of The Ancient Beauty.
- Endeavor to reform and reconcile.
- Strive to acquire divine virtues and attributes, so that
- like unto the trees in the Garden of Mercy, ye may bear leaves and fruits
- and ye may be as generous as the abundant clouds of springtime.
- I swear, by the Essence of Existence
- and the effulgent sun of the seen and the unseen,
- that if, today, even one of those who prostrate themselves before God
- were to arise in accordance with the Divine Injunctions
- and steadfastness in The Covenant,
- to diffuse the Word of God among the people
- and walk on the path of patience and peace,
- then the grace of the Abha Kingdom will confirm him
- and the glorious victories of the Realm on High
- will descend upon him unceasingly.
- May Ye be Blessed by this Most Great Bounty, O Ye, Friends of God!
- If it be the Will of God,
- May His Excellency, Muhammad Hasan be radiant.
- May His Excellency, Haji Muhammad Rahim be as a divine sign.
- May His Excellency, Sheikh Mohsen find shelter under the protection of God
- May His Excellency, Nad Ali be awakened by the call of God.
- May His Excellency, Abu’l-Quasem be the disseminator of the Love of God.
- May His Excellency, Mirza Ahmed be one who gives praise for the Bounty of God.
- May His Excellency, Mirza Fatho’l-lah be satisfied by the Decree of God and may he become a kind father to the remaining family members of Mirza Jalal.
- May His Excellency, Agha Baba Bala cast his glance toward the World Above.
- May His Excellency, Mirza Yusef attain the Egypt of the Love of God.
- May His Excellency, Mullah Muhammad Baquer grow in the Knowledge of God.
- May His Excellency, Mirza Baba be inflamed by the Divine Fire.
- May His Excellency, Mirza Hussein glide high in Divine Knowledge.
- And may His Excellency, Abdu'l-Hussein be the symbol of Divine Remembrance.
- May their spirit be present in every divine gathering of the friends.
- Extend my greetings to all of the divine friends from the youngest ones to the oldest ones.
- Besides this, extend my most glorious and vibrant greetings to the handmaidens of God.
- Upon thee be His spirit and His glory!
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'Abdu’l-Bahá
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