d, and I pray for confirmation, union, harmony and love in
your behalf.

Deliver my greetings and praise to the maid-servants of God there.

"O thou wonderful leaf of the Tree of the Love of God!..."

O thou wonderful leaf of the Tree of the Love of God!

All that thou hast written was perused. It was read from beginning to end,
and it caused joy and fragrance. But we write a brief but useful answer,
on account of the lack of leisure. Engage thou in commemorating God at
every morn and turn unto the Horizon of Mercifulness.

Take some honey, recite "Ya Baha-ul-ABHA," and eat a little thereof for
several days. For these thy prevailing diseases are not on account of
sins, but they are to make thee detest this world and know that there is
no rest and composure in this temporal life.

I beg of God that thou mayest find a cheerful life, cause the increase of
the longing of all present in the meetings of the maid-servants of the
Merciful One and bring joy and happiness to the handmaidens of God; so
that thou mayest diffuse the fragrances and chant the manifest verses.
Supplication to God at morn and eve is conducive to the joy of hearts, and
prayer cause spirituality and fragrance. Thou shouldst necessarily
continue therein.

I beg of God that the closed door may be opened before the face of the
friends and that they may be enabled to visit the Holy Threshold.

Trust thou in the divine grace and have hope in the merciful gift. If thou
wishest for everlasting joy and happiness, engage thou in delivering
(teaching) the Cause of God night and day, for the commemoration of God
attracts confirmation and assistance like unto a magnet.

"O thou maid-servant of God!..."

O thou maid-servant of God!

Thy letter was received and thy words produced effect in the hearts. For
thy letter showed thy love for the Glorious Lord, proved thy knowledge of
His Highness, the Merciful One, and indicated thy effort and exertion in
unifying the beloved ones and creating harmony among the chosen ones.

O thou esteemed (or dear) maid-servant of God! All that thou hast looked
upon--even in the dominion of Victoria, the Queen of England--is but an
image on the water and a mirage of phantasms! That which is a reality and
is eternal and everlasting is the love of God, is the knowledge of His
Highness, the Forgiver, is the spread of the perspicuous religion of God,
the uplifting of the Word of God, and the diffusion of the lights