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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 657-658
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"O thou maid-servant of God!..."
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O thou maid-servant of God!
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Thank ye that God hath enkindled the light of guidance
in this darkness of ignorance, hath quickened those
who were asleep, made mindful those who were heedless,
made unproductive trees full of blossoms and fruit,
and old men laden with years, fair and graceful youths.
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Praise be unto God! What an effect there lies in
divine guidance! It endoweth the blind with sight,
granteth strength to the impotent, maketh the darkened
ones illuminated, changeth youth to the aged; nay, rather
it breatheth life into the dead!
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O thou maid-servant of God! If thou seeketh after
a work which is brighter and more attractive, sweeter
and more delightful than all the affairs, it is the thralldom
in the Threshold of the Almighty and servitude to
His Highness the Lord of Might.
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Forget thou entirely the ease, tranquility, composure
and living of this transitory world and occupy thyself
with the well-being and the service of the human world
and conduct thyself in accord with the advices and exhortations
of God.
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