Trust thou in the love of Abdul-Baha, for verily, nothing
equals it.

O maid-servant of God! Verily, the Household(97) present unto thee
greeting and praise, with all longing and attraction.

"O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God!..."

O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God!

I pray to God that He may cause to descend upon thee a heavenly blessing,
quicken thy heart with the Holy Spirit into an everlasting life and make
thy heart a source of merciful sentiments; so that thy breath may become a
quickener of the souls, thine attractions may move the heart of the world,
thy strong love may attract the hearts of men, and that thine abundant
affection may become a mercy to mankind in the world of existence. Verily,
my Lord is Powerful, Potent and the Bestower!

Be thou loving to every afflicted one, a dispeller of sorrows to every
grieved one, a refuge to every fearful one, a heavenly food to every
destitute one, a balm to every wounded one, a consolation to dejected
hearts, a blessing to unfortunate souls, a treasure to every begging one
and a succor to every lamenting one--so that thou mayest be a banner of
guidance and the essence of piety among the maid-servants of thy Supreme
Lord. Verily, thy Lord is the Beneficent, the Gracious, the Bestower!

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

O maid-servant of God!

***I beg of God that He may make [that place] a center of merciful events
and a point whereon the lordly favors may fall; and that He may make thee
so ablaze with the fire of His love that the flame of the love of God may
pervade all those parts.

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

O thou dear maid-servant of God!

Thy letter was received and a sweet odor wafted from the rose-garden of
its meanings. Thou hast offered thanks before the threshold of the One
God, for that thou hast stepped into the Court of the Manifestation in
such a blessed day and hast partaken a share and portion from the bounties
of the Pre-existent Beauty(98) . This mortal world is fickle and unstable
like unto a shifting shadow, and the human life is like unto a mirage and
a reflection on the water. When thou lookest at the result thou wilt
consider the preliminaries as important, otherwise, preliminaries without
a result are of no fruit or harm; they are pure fancy and sheer darkness.
Therefore even a short duration of life is sufficient.

I beg of God that He may render thee successful so