It is Our wish to remember the Abode of supreme blissfulness
(Tihrán), the holy and shining city—the city wherein the fragrance of the
Well-Beloved hath been shed, wherein His signs have been diffused, wherein the
evidences of His glory have been revealed, wherein His standards have been
raised, wherein His tabernacle hath been pitched, wherein each of His wise
decrees hath been unfolded.
It is the city in which the sweet savors of reunion have
breathed, which have caused the sincere lovers of God to draw nigh unto Him,
and to gain access to the Habitation of holiness and beauty. Happy is the
wayfarer that directeth his steps towards this city, that gaineth admittance
into it, and quaffeth the wine of reunion, through the outpouring grace of his
Lord, the Gracious, the All-Praised. (Baha’u’llah, ‘Gleanings from the Writings
of Baha’u’llah’)
