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Selections From the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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Pages 176-177
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149: O thou who hast eyes to see! That which thou ...
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O thou who hast eyes to see! That which thou didst witness is the very truth, and it pertaineth to the realm
of vision.
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The perfume is intimately commingled and blended with
the bud, and once the bud hath opened the sweet scent of
it is spread abroad. The herb is not without its fruit, although
it seemeth so, for in this garden of God every plant
exerteth its own influence and hath its own properties, and
every plant can even match the laughing, hundred-petalled
rose in rejoicing the sense with its fragrance. Be thou
assured of this. Although the pages of a book know nothing
of the words and the meanings traced upon them, even so,
because of their connection with these words, friends pass
them reverently from hand to hand. This connection,
furthermore, is purest bounty.
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When the human soul soareth out of this transient heap
of dust and riseth into the world of God, then veils will fall
away, and verities will come to light, and all things unknown
before will be made clear, and hidden truths be
understood.
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Consider how a being, in the world of the womb, was
deaf of ear and blind of eye, and mute of tongue; how he
was bereft of any perceptions at all. But once, out of that
world of darkness, he passed into this world of light, then
his eye saw, his ear heard, his tongue spoke. In the same way,
once he hath hastened away from this mortal place into the
Kingdom of God, then he will be born in the spirit; then
the eye of his perception will open, the ear of his soul will
hearken, and all the truths of which he was ignorant before
will be made plain and clear.
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An observant traveller passing along a way will certainly
recall his discoveries to mind, unless some accident befall
him and efface the memory.
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