Threshold. Hasten to the field of sacrifice, craving for the
most great martyrdom; expend thy life and all of thy grades in love for
God and in attraction to the Beauty of El-ABHA.

By God, the True One, man should seek only this bounty, inasmuch as it is
everlasting, eternal, divine, spiritual, luminous and merciful. Be
sanctified from all the universe, and send my greeting and praise to the
spiritual leaf, the being who relies upon the grace of her Lord--the
maid-servant of God, thy revered wife, and say unto her that she may
address the veiled ones (those blind to the Truth), saying: "Verily, eyes
are dazzled by gazing at the sun, and it is impossible to consider it
because of the intensity of its rays; and verily the sea cannot be
contained in a cup. The weakness of eyes does no harm to the sun, nor the
smallness of the cup to the sea."

Then let her explain to the people, and make known to every questioner, by
saying: "Verily, minds are limited, and the splendor of lights is so great
as not to be comprehended by (man's) reflective faculties. Ye ought to
have the sigh of the heart so that ye may apprehend the reality of the
mysteries of God which are deposited behind coverings."

"O thou who hast sought illumination from the Light of..."

O thou who hast sought illumination from the Light of the Guidance of God!

Verily I read thy words of thanksgiving to God for that He hath directed
thee to His Kingdom, illuminated thine insight with the light of guidance,
and baptized thee with the water which hath descended from heaven, with
the fire which was ignited in the Sinaitic Tree, and with the Holy Spirit
which quickeneth hearts and souls. Then, thank thou God for this gift
whereby thy face is shining amid the concourse of Chosen Ones.

Know thou, verily, man before reaching (spiritual) maturity passes his
days and only apprehends trivial things which are clear on account of
their exoteric indications, but when he attains full development, then he
grasps the reality of things and their esoteric facts. Every day after
maturity is equivalent to one year before it, on account of (man's)
perception, understanding apprehension and discoveries.

Now, thou hast reached development and apprehended the degree of maturity:
Gaze at the grades of the existence, the realities of beings, the
allegories in the epistles of God, and the mysteries in the Old and New
Testament. By the life of Baha', the covering will be remov