ed from off
thee (i.e., facts will be unfolded to thee), and thou wilt be informed of
that which all the philosophers and wise men are unable to apprehend.
Verily, this is a gift which God assigns only to such of His chosen
servants as He willeth. Verily, thy Lord will inspire thee with the
mysteries of God, the Protector, the Self-subsistent.

Verily, I beseech the Lord of Hosts to increase thy faith each day over
that of the previous day, to confirm thee through His Holy Spirit, to give
thee capacity to partake of the lights of knowledge and wisdom, to make
thee a herald of the Covenant in those regions, and to instruct thee in
that which thou knowest not; so that thou mayest become a physician for
bodies as well as souls, to heal bodies with the medicines which are
useful and beneficial for physical (sickness), and to cure hearts and
souls with that antidote which quickeneth hearts and souls.

O my friend, it is incumbent upon thee to be severed (from all else save
God), to be attracted, to be sincere, and to spend thy life in the path of
God. Be thou holy, spiritual, divine, lively, brilliant, godlike,
sanctified, pure, with merciful character, firm in the Covenant, fluent
and knowing; and gaze toward the Kingdom of El-ABHA with a heart brimming
over with the love of God, with tears flowing the commemoration of God,
with a face scintillating through the light of God, with a heart sincere
to the beloved of God, and with a sword which divides truth from
falsehood. By God, the True One, the Spirit of Baha' will assist thee with
such strength that all the concourse of the earth will fail (to
withstand).

"O my Lord, my Hope!..."

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Praise be unto Thee, for Thou hast sent down unto us this spiritual table,
supreme benefit and heavenly blessing. O our Lord! Strengthen us to
partake of this heavenly food, so that its fine essence may run through
the pillars of our spiritual being and that we may thereby obtain a
celestial power for serving Thy Cause, promulgating Thy signs and adorning
Thy vineyard with lofty trees, the fruits whereof shall be near (to
gather) and of perfuming fragrances. Verily Thou art the Possessor of
great bounty! Verily Thou are the Clement, the Merciful!

"O my Lord, my Hope!..."

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Thanks be unto Thee for these foods and benefits. O Lord! Suffer us to
ascend to Thy Kingdom and to sit at the tables of thy divine world.
Nourish us