ted me. First of all
let me say that I received with the hand of gratitude and thankfulness
your kind letter which bore the full abundance of your love and amply
portrayed the noble traits of your nature, so richly adorned with laudable
characteristics. In truth, I always pay tribute to your excellent
qualities and eagerly yearn to set my eyes upon your countenance. I often
recall those days when I had the delightful pleasure of your company and
indulged in the fruits of your brilliant sense of humour. Perhaps the days
of reunion shall come again through the favour of the Lord of grace and
bounty. I fervently pray that God--glorified and exalted be He--may endue
your life with vigour and happiness and enable you to achieve your heart's
desire. Moreover, I beseech Him--exalted is He--to grant me the pleasure of
meeting you again very soon. Indeed, He is nigh and readily answers the
call. I hereby offer my best greetings and befitting salutations to your
revered person, and may God perpetuate your life. Every one here enquires
about your distinguished self and sends high expressions of praise and
compliment to you. May God prolong your life.

3: The letter in which that leaf had expressed the ...

(110) The letter in which that leaf had expressed the ardent longing of
her heart and revealed the depth of her devotion has received my eager
attention.

Indeed, the voice of lamentation that the loved ones of God and His
devoted servants have raised on the occasion of this terrible adversity,
this grievous calamity, has caused the fire of His bereavement to rage
more fiercely than ever. In reality no pen can depict the poignant feeling
that surges in our hearts. Every expression would prove utterly
inadequate, even less than the eye of a needle, inasmuch as words and
syllables are incapable of conveying the intensity of this dire suffering.
They are but a tiny drop compared to an ocean. Even in the vast immensity
of inner significances and expositions nothing can portray this calamitous
event. Moreover, the tale of how these prisoners have been consumed by the
fire of bereavement is interminable. During this dark and dreadful
calamity, and to this God bears me witness, our souls melted and our eyes
unceasingly rained with tears.

Nevertheless, when faced with the irrevocable decree of the Almighty, the
vesture that best befits us in this world is the vesture of patience and
submission, and the most meritorious of al