the whole chapter are such
afflictions which she suffered in the path of God, all of which she
endured with patience and thanked God therefor and praised Him, because He
had enabled her to endure afflictions for the sake of Baha'. During all
this time, the men and women (nakazeen) persecuted her in an incomparable
manner, while she was patient, God-fearing, calm, humble and contented
through the favor of her Lord and by the bounty of her Creator.

As to thee--O thou who art confessing the Oneness of God! --rise with all
thy power to keep firm in the Testament of God, and firmly believe that,
verily, all troops are defeated save those of the Testament and all
banners are reversed, save that of the Covenant of God, which will wave
over all horizons and will overshadow the hosts of spirit, love and peace,
while agitated by the breeze of the favor of God. Be thou of the number of
this great host and among the vanguard of this great and powerful army.

"O thou illumined youth!..."

O thou illumined youth!

Thank thou God, for that the tongues spoke in thy praise and the pends
moved with thy love, thy knowledge and thy enkindlement by the fire of the
love of God. One of them is the pen of Abdul-Baha. Therefore, be a sign of
knowledge, standard of assurance and a light of God, so that thou mayest
become strengthened by the breaths of the Holy Spirit in these days.

"O thou revered sincere one!..."

O thou revered sincere one!

Know thou, verily, the brilliant realities and sanctified spirits are
likened to a shining crescent. It has one face turned toward the Sun of
Truth, and another face opposite to the contingent world. The journey of
this crescent in the heaven of the universe ends in (becoming) a full
moon. That is, that face of it which is turned toward the divine world
becomes also opposite to the contingent world, and by this, both its
merciful and spiritual, as well as contingent, perfections become
complete.

"O thou servant of God!..."

O thou servant of God!

Thy letter was received. Thou hast spoken concerning thy lack of ability
and capacity. Wert thou without ability and capacity, thou wouldst not
have advanced toward the Kingdom of ABHA.

Consider how there are thousands of heedless souls who are asleep, while
there is one who is conscious and awake! Even as His Holiness Christ has
said, the friends of God are the salt of the earth, and the salt is but a
little part of the