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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 143-145
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"O ye maid-servants of the Merciful! Leaves of the..."
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O ye
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maid-servants of the Merciful! Leaves of the
Tree of Life!
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Thank ye the Lord, for He hath removed the covering
from off your insight, illuminated your eyes by
witnessing the Sun of Truth, purified your souls, and
hath quickened your hearts through the holy fragrances
which are being diffused from the garden of the kingdom
of His Great Glory!
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O ye maid-servants of the Merciful! It is incumbent
upon you to soar up with wings of joy and happiness
unto the apex of exultation and gladness; for He hath
assigned unto you the greatest guidance in the Day of
Resurrection, and hath crowned you with the diadem
of glory and divine honor among the women of the
whole world, and hath chosen you above the queens of
the world for His great bounty.
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Verily, the crowns which are on the heads of the
noble women -- the queens of the world -- all their bases
will be finally broken, their gems scattered away, their
luster removed and will become as dispersed dust. But
your magnificent crowns are everlastingly brilliant and
permanently glorious and mighty and their gems scintillating
throughout cycles and ages.
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This is the highest gift! This is the greatest bestowal!
Thank ye your Lord for this great bounty and
favor! O ye maid-servants of the Merciful! verily,
your Lord, the Supreme, is calling upon you from His
Ancient Kingdom and announces unto you such glad-tidings,
whereat the hearts of the angels of heaven
rejoice.
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It is incumbent upon you to strip yourselves of every
old garment (i. e., old beliefs and past customs). It
is incumbent upon you to be severed from this contemptible
earthly world. It is incumbent upon you (to
seek after) the Kingdom, in this great Day!
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Purify ye your hearts, sanctify your souls and cleanse
your spirits; so that ye may attain to this great success.
Then ye will become the angels of heaven, will enter
among the Supreme Concourse and will permanently
abide in the paradise of union (with God), and will be
associated with the Beauty of El-ABHA.
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Notes
1. [To the maid-servants of the Kenosha assembly.]
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