repository of heavenly
mysteries, and yet when the slightest test visited him, he arose with such
opposition and denial as to cause the Concourse on high to moan and
lament. Through the bestowals of the Lord, however, and His infinite
favour, thou hast attained unto the hidden secret and the well-guarded
treasure. Preserve then, in the name of God, this lofty station and
conceal it from the eyes of betrayers. The glory shining from the horizon
of My Kingdom be upon thee and upon every handmaiden who hath attained the
splendours of My sublime Throne.

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian and Arabic) [5]

6: We beseech God to aid all the leaves to attain the knowledge of the
Tree and...

We beseech God to aid all the leaves to attain the knowledge of the Tree
and deprive them not of the ocean of His generosity. In this day no regard
is paid to loftiness or lowliness, to poverty or wealth, to nobility and
lineage, to weakness or might. Whosoever recognizeth the incomparable
Beloved is the possessor of true wealth and occupieth a divine station.
Today, in the court of the True One, the queen of the world and her like
are not worth a mustard seed, because although she may speak in the name
of God, invoke the Lord of creation every day in the temple of her body,
and spend large sums of earthly wealth for the development of her nation,
she is deprived of recognition of the Sun of His Manifestation and is
barred from the True One in Whose remembrance she is engaged....

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian and Arabic) [6]

7: Throughout the centuries and ages many a man hath waited expectant
for...

Throughout the centuries and ages many a man hath waited expectant for
God's Revelation, and yet when the Light shone forth from the horizon of
the world, all but a few turned their faces away from it. Whosoever from
amongst the handmaidens hath recognized the Lord of all Names is recorded
in the Book as one of those men by the Pen of the Most High. Offer thou
praise to the Beloved of the world for having aided thee to recognize the
Dayspring of His Signs and the Revealer of the evidences of His Glory.
This is a great bounty, a bounteous favour. Preserve it in the name of the
True One....

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian and Arabic) [7]

Extracts From the Writings and Utterances of 'Abdu'l-Baha:

8: From the beginning of existence until the Promised Day men retained
superi