aid-servant of God, with thy honorable husband and revered
son, become free from the severe trials and appear with grace in the
gatherings of the people of God.
The nineteen-day fast(44) is a duty to be observed by all. All should
abstain from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset. This fast is
conducive to the spiritual development of the individual. The Greatest
Name should be read every day.
"O thou lamp ignited by the fire of the Love of God!..."
O thou lamp ignited by the fire of the Love of God!
I ask God to make thee a sign of love, standard of agreement, means of
union and harmony and spreader of peace among the people.
O maid-servant of God! Strive with all thy powers in diffusing the spirit
of real union among the people, so that all who are on earth become one
family, loving, united, agreed, bound by the bonds of love and united with
all harmony in all things and conditions; this is the greater happiness of
the human race in the world of possibilities and the cause of attaining to
all hopes and reaching unto the Supreme Kingdom, after ascending unto the
world of God.
"O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!..."
O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!
Verily, I chanted thy poem. Its significance was beautiful, its
composition eloquent and its words excellent. It was like the melody of
the birds of holiness in the paradise of El-ABHA. The breasts of the
maid-servants of the Merciful were exhilarated by its chanting. Blessed
art thou for uttering forth such an excellent poem and brilliant pearl.
Verily, these verses shall be sung in the divine meetings and in the
assemblages of the spiritual in the course of ages and centuries to come,
for thou hast uttered the praise of thy Lord and expressed significant
meanings in eulogy of thy Lord, the Merciful, the Clement. All poems shall
be forgotten in the course of time save those that are extraordinary; thy
poem shall be chanted with melody and best voices in the Center of Worship
(or Mashrak-el-Azcar) forevermore.
"O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!..."
O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!
Verily, I read thy poem, which contained new significances and beautiful
words. My heart was dilated by its eloquent sense. I prayed God to make
thee utter more beautiful compositions that this. Thus thou mayest be the
first to praise the Beauty of El-ABHA and the first utterer
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