runk the cup of knowledge while thou art young in age among
girls. Thank thou God for that He hath caused thee to taste the sweetness
of His love at thy earliest childhood. I beg of God to protect thee from
wavering in the Cause of God, to make thee firm in the Covenant of God, to
guard thy mother in the stronghold of His great Kingdom and to make thee a
girl successful and nurtured from the breast of the love of God, refreshed
from the milk of His knowledge in this great day.

"O thou young in age and great in mind!..."

O thou young in age and great in mind!

[There is] many a young child who is mature and grown up, and many an aged
[one] who is ignorant and stupid. Growth and maturity are in intellect and
understanding and not in age and duration of life. Verily thou hast know
thy Lord while thou art young in age; but there are thousands of women who
are heedless of the commemoration of God, veiled from the Kingdom of God
and deprived of the bounty of the gift of God. As to thee, thank thy Lord
for this great gift. I beg of God to heal thy mother, who is revered in
the Kingdom of God.

"O my God, my God!..."

O my God, my God!

I am a servant attracted to Thee, humbly coming to the door of Thy Oneness
and addressing the kingdom of Thy mercy.

Yes, my God, permit that I should be entirely Thine, occupied in thinking
of Thee, inflamed by the fire of Thy love and separated from all except
Thee, so that I may work in Thy Cause, spread Thy wisdom, transmit Thy
knowledge and the joy of knowing Thee.

Yes, my God, I am a flame lighted by the hand of Thy power. Do not permit
that it be extinguished by the winds of trials. Increase my love for Thee,
my ardor for the Beauty of Thy Oneness, the fire that burneth in me in the
Sinai of Thy Singleness, and the eternal life in me, through Thy bounty
and grace; for Thou art the Protector, the Watcher, the Pitiful and the
Merciful!

"O thou who art attached to the Beauty of God!..."

O thou who art attached to the Beauty of God!

Verily, I was rejoiced when I read thy excellent letter, which portrayed a
spiritual attraction and a rejoicing at the (news) of the merciful
Kingdom! Know thou verily, the hand of divine Providence hath attracted
thee to the Throne of the Kingdom, and the divine glad-tidings hath caused
such joy and happiness in thee, that thou hast removed the covering and
lifted the veiling from the Countenance of the Divine Beauty, beh