our wrongs. Rather let us become
oblivious of our own selves, and drinking down the wine of heavenly grace,
let us cry out our joy, and lose ourselves in the beauty of the
All-Glorious.

O thou Afnan of the divine Lote-Tree! We must strive, each one of us, to
become as fecund boughs and to yield an ever sweeter and more wholesome
fruit, that the branch may prove itself to be a continuation of the root,
and the part be in harmony with the whole. It is my hope that out of the
bounty of the Greatest Name and the loving-kindness of the Primal
Point--may my soul be offered up for Them both--we shall become the means of
exalting the Word of God around the world; that we may ever render
services unto the Source of our Cause and spread over all the canopy of
the true and holy zeal of the Lord. That from over the fields of grace, we
may make zephyrs to blow, bringing to man the sweet scents that come from
the gardens of God. That we may make of this world the Abha Paradise, and
change this nether place into the Kingdom of Heaven.

It is true that every one of God's servants, and in particular those who
are on fire with the Faith, have been allotted this task of servitude to
Almighty God; still, the duty imposed upon us is greater than that which
hath been laid upon the rest. To Him do we look for grace and favour and
strength.

All praise and thanksgiving be unto the Blessed Beauty, for calling into
action the armies of His Abha Kingdom, and sending forth to us His
never-interrupted aid, dependable as the rising stars. In every region of
the earth hath He supported this single, lonely servant, at every moment
hath He made known to me the signs and tokens of His love. He hath cast
into a stupor all those who are clinging to their vain illusions, and made
them infamous in the sight of high and low. He hath caused those who run
after their fads and fancies to become objects of general reproach, and
hath exposed the arrogant to public view; He hath made those of the
friends who proved infirm of faith to serve as a warning to every
beholder, and hath caused the leaders of those who waver to love but
themselves and sink down in self-conceit. Meanwhile, by the power of His
might, He hath made this broken-winged bird to rise up before all who
dwell on earth. He hath shattered the serried ranks of the rebellious, and
hath given the victory to the hosts of salvation, and breathed into the
hearts of those who stand firm in the Covenant