fore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy
soul with the spirit of life.

'Abdu'l-Baha, in His commentary on the above-cited tradition, wrote:

O wayfarer in the path of the Beloved! Know thou that the main
purpose of this holy tradition is to make mention of the stages of
God's concealment and manifestation within the Embodiments of
Truth, They who are the Dawning-places of His All-Glorious Being.
For example, before the flame of the undying Fire is lit and
manifest, it existeth by itself within itself in the hidden
identity of the universal Manifestations, and this is the stage of
the "Hidden Treasure". And when the blessed Tree is kindled by
itself within itself, and that Divine Fire burneth by its essence
within its essence, this is the stage of "I wished to be made
known". And when it shineth forth from the Horizon of the universe
with infinite Divine Names and Attributes upon the contingent and
placeless worlds, this constituteth the emergence of a new and
wondrous creation which correspondeth to the stage of "Thus I
called creation into being". And when the sanctified souls rend
asunder the veils of all earthly attachments and worldly
conditions, and hasten to the stage of gazing on the beauty of the
Divine Presence and are honoured by recognizing the Manifestation
and are able to witness the splendour of God's Most Great Sign in
their hearts, then will the purpose of creation, which is the
knowledge of Him Who is the Eternal Truth, become manifest.

24. O Pen of the Most High! #16

"Pen of the Most High", "the Supreme Pen" and "the Most Exalted Pen" are
references to Baha'u'llah, illustrating His function as Revealer of the
Word of God.

25. We have enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period #16

Fasting and obligatory prayer constitute the two pillars that sustain the
revealed Law of God. Baha'u'llah in one of His Tablets affirms that He has
revealed the laws of obligatory prayer and fasting so that through them
the believers may draw nigh unto God.

Shoghi Effendi indicates that the fasting period, which involves complete
abstention from food and drink from sunrise till sunset, is

...essentially a period of meditation and prayer, of spiritual
recuperation, during which the believer must strive to make the
necessary readjustments in his inner life, and to refr