cause thee to drink from the cup of the
gifts and caused thee to suckle from the bosom of guidance while yet very
young and didst possess but a few years of age. I beg of God and hope that
the love of God may be mingled (and mixed) in thy flesh and bones and run
in thy whole being, like the running (or circulation) of the spirit in the
veins and in the arteries.

"O thou who art ignited through the brilliant Flame..."

O thou who art ignited through the brilliant Flame which is blazing in
this Blessed Spot!

Verily, I considered the meanings of thy letter and my heart overflows
with perfect and spiritual love unto thee and unto the beloved ones of
God, whose eyes are brightened by witnessing the lights of God and whose
innermost hearts are purified by the love of God and whose consciences are
made clear by the knowledge of God and whose hearts are tranquilized by
the commemoration of God. Theirs is the treasury of the Kingdom and the
abundant wealth of the storehouse of the divine world! They are wealthy,
not poor; they are powerful, not weak; they are grandees, not mean
persons; and they are kindred, not strangers! Because, verily, their
wealth and honor is divine and supreme and will never be consumed. Blessed
are they! Glad-tidings be unto them!

As to those souls who are preaching the Word of God, it behooveth them to
shake the dust of every land which they have passed by off their shoes and
to be with God and without need of the rich--although their bed is the
soil, their light is the stars of the sky and their food is the herbs of
the desert--because theirs is the wealth of the Kingdom, the honor of the
realm of might and the bounty of the divine world; and they are not in
want of this world and its cares. Their throne is the mat of humility,
their honor is in suffering every lowliness in the path of the Loving Lord
and their wealth is being empty-handed from the pomps of the world and its
vanities and their provision is trusting in God and being severed from all
that is on the earth and its wealth.

As to thee: Associate thou with the poor and be united with the weak souls
and hold intercourse with the needy, with a compassionate heart and great
love. Because thereby is ordained for thee an eternal glory in the Kingdom
of God. Invite thou the people to the Exalted World, to the Supreme
Horizon and to the Kingdom of El-ABHA!

There is no harm in thy loneliness in those regions; for verily, the hosts