plifying the qualities and
attributes of God.

"O thou who art advancing toward God!..."

O thou who art advancing toward God!

The letter of that divine maid-servant was received and contents were
apprehended. The morn of guidance is beaming forth from the supreme
horizon and the light of oneness is shining on the supreme apex. The
verses of unity are being chanted and the evidences of the Glorious Lord
are in themselves the greatest witness and proof.

I beg of God that thou mayest be so replenished with the spirit of the
love of God that there may not remain (in thee) any place or access for
the winds of tests. For what can dark doubts do with the light of
guidance, or clouds with the shining moon? Tests and trials only cause
agitation to weak hearts. But the pure souls, a hundred thousand tests are
but to them like mirage, imagination and shadow. The shadow cannot
withstand the rays of the sun and pure fragrances of holiness will not be
concealed through the doubts of the beetle. The headache of wavering (or
hesitancy) will not affect those exhilarated with the wine of the love of
God.

In sooth, there will be found in those regions certain persons like the
Pharisees of the time of Christ, who, night and day, will exert themselves
with all heart and soul to cast forth doubts, in order that they may
deprive the souls of the glad-tidings of the Holy Spirit. They will
disseminate false rumors and utter many a calumny and will publish and
announce (false) stories. They will undertake all these only for the sake
of earthly vanities.

And some Pharisees among the missionaries of the Gospel will hasten
thither from Persia and say, "We are aware of the secret of the matter."
All they may say is sheer slander.

Now know you these [things], that in its time you may dispel and
annihilate the darkness of those suspicions, like unto a manifest light. I
beg of God that He may grant thee a power that thou mayest resist all in
the earth--how much more these weak, hired individuals who receive salary
and bribe for spreading such calumnies!

Be ye admonished, O possessors of understanding!

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

O thou dear maid-servant of God!

Your letter was received. Its contents were a glorious proof that thy
heart and soul are attracted to the fragrances of the Merciful One. Thank
thou God for that thou art awakened by such a Breeze and quickened by such
a Spirit and hast found joy