in Persia. Therefore pray ye earnestly in
behalf of these two kings, beseech for them protection and confirmation in
the threshold of the Almighty, and ask for them, from God, victory and
triumph; especially for the Padeshah of the Ottoman Empire, who has dealt
at all times in justice with these exiled ones.

O Thou Omnipotent God! Perfume the nostrils of the friends in the Occident
with the breaths of the Holy Spirit; and illumine the horizon of the West
with the light of guidance. Make the remote ones the near ones, change the
strangers into compassionate friends, awaken those who are asleep, and
make heedful those who are heedless.

O Thou Glorious Lord! Confirm and assist these noble friends with Thy good
pleasure, suffer them to become the well-wishers of the known and unknown,
enter them in the world of the everlasting Kingdom, confer upon them a
share from the outpouring of the Realm of Might, make them real Bahais and
sincere godly ones, deliver them from superficiality and establish them in
Truth, make them the signs of the Kingdom and brilliant stars in the
horizon of the world, make them the cause of the prosperity and composure
of the world of humanity and the servants of the universal peace,
intoxicate all of them with the wine of Thy commands and exhortations and
grant to all good morals and conduct in the path of Thy teachings.

O my God! The desire of this Servant of the Threshold is to see that the
friends of the West have embraced the beloved of the East, and the
individuals of the world of humanity are with the utmost kindness the
members of one assemblage, the drops of one ocean, the birds of one
rose-garden, the pearls of one sea, the leaves of one tree and the rays of
one sun.

"O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!..."

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!

Verily, I received thy letter which proved thy yearning to the Kingdom of
God, thy exceeding desire to the Beauty of God and thy great attachment
unto the Word of God.

Know, verily, that thy letters did not reach me until now; but I love thee
with all my heart and my soul, for the sake of God.

Regarding thy presence, at this time, in this Brilliant Spot(39)--it is not
in accord with the wisdom revealed in the Book. But I pray God to make
thee a manifestation of His hidden favors, so that thou be with me in His
Sublime Kingdom.

We send for thee and thy revered wife, stones of the Greatest Name.(40)