Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
31.14The
Blessed Beauty proceeded to
Haifa on many occasions. Thou beheldest Him there, but thou didst not know Him at that time. It is my hope that thou wilt attain unto the true meeting with Him, which is to behold Him with the inner, not the outer eye.
31.15The essence of
Bahá’u’lláh’s Teaching is all-embracing love, for love includeth every excellence of humankind. It causeth every soul to go forward. It bestoweth on each one, for a heritage, immortal life. Erelong shalt thou bear witness that His celestial Teachings, the very glory of reality itself, shall light up the skies of the world.
31.16The brief prayer which thou didst write at the close of thy letter was indeed original, touching and beautiful. Recite thou this prayer at all times.
32. 32.1O ye handmaids of the Lord! In this century—the century of the Almighty Lord—the Day-Star of the Realms above, the Light of Truth, shineth in its meridian splendour and its rays illuminate all regions. For this is the age of the
Ancient Beauty, the day of the revelation of the might and power of the
Most Great Name—may my life be offered up as a sacrifice for His loved ones.
32.2In the ages to come, though the Cause of God may rise and grow a hundredfold and the shade of the
Sadratu’l-Muntahá shelter all mankind, yet this present century shall stand unrivalled, for it hath witnessed the breaking of that Morn and the rising of that Sun. This century is, verily, the source of His Light and the
dayspring of His
Revelation. Future ages and generations shall behold the diffusion of its radiance and the manifestations of its signs.
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