Rejoice thou [1] with great joy that We have remembered thee
both now and in the past. Indeed the sweet savours of this remembrance shall
endure and shall not change throughout the eternity of the Names of God, the
Lord of mankind. We have graciously accepted thy devotions, thy praise, thy
teaching work and the services thou hast rendered for the sake of this mighty
Announcement. We have also hearkened unto that which thy tongue hath uttered at
the meetings and gatherings. Verily thy Lord heareth and observeth all things.
We have attired thee with the vesture of My good-pleasure in My heavenly
Kingdom, and from the Divine Lote-Tree which is raised on the borders of the
vale of security and peace, situate in the luminous Spot beyond the glorious
City, We call aloud unto thee saying: In truth there is no God but Me, the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have brought thee into being to serve Me, to
glorify My Word and to proclaim My Cause. Centre thine energies upon that
wherefor thou hast been created by virtue of the Will of the supreme Ordainer,
the Ancient of Days.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
[1] Hájí Mírzá Haydar-‘Alí, outstanding Persian Bahá’í
teacher and author. He spent nine years in prison and exile in Khártúm, travelled
extensively in Írán, and passed away in 1920 in the Holy Land. Western pilgrims
knew him as the Angel of Mount Carmel.
