hat tests have
they not withstood and what persecutions have they not beheld; while they
were surrounded with calamities they increased their firmness and while
they were overwhelmed with tests they manifested more zeal and courage. Be
thou also like unto them.

The utmost favor is shown toward thee and the divine bounties are thy
guide. endeavor thou, as far as thou canst, in order that thou mayest be
like unto a chaste and clear mirror, cleansed and purified from every
dust, so that the outpouring of the rays of the Sun of Truth may descend
and thou mayest illumine those who are around thee. This is my counsel to
thee. I pray always in thy behalf and supplicate for thy confirmation and
assistance, in order that thou mayest become a sign of the Most Great
Bounty and be the cause of the guidance of many souls. If thou art
mindful, seek thou the favor everlasting and the illumination eternal. Do
thou some work, that thou mayest become favored in the Threshold of the
Almighty and a beloved maid-servant of the Blessed Perfection, in the
Kingdom.

His honor ........ hath delivered thy message. I entreat God that thine
utmost hopes and desires may become realized.

Every one in the Holy Household is engaged in thy remembrance and sends
thee their longing greeting.

Convey to ........ my respectful greeting and announce to him: "No matter
how brilliant a receding star is, its light never reaches to this world.
Worship thou the newly ascendant Shining Luminary whose lights are
glittering and whose proof is self-evident. Become thou the cause of
guidance of the person whom thou art respecting. No matter how much
endeavor and effort is shown, a tree which hath been in existence for two
thousand years or more will never bring new and fresh fruits. This is the
truth and there is nothing beyond the truth but manifest error."

"O thou who art favored in the Kingdom of the..."

O thou who art favored in the Kingdom of the almighty!

The letter that thou hast written with the utmost eloquence, compassion,
humility and submission of heart and spiritual emotions, hath been read.

If the people live and act in accord with the General Tablets which are
revealed to the beloved of the East and of the West, this universe will
become another universe and the whole existence of this world will be clad
in another garment. You must encourage and reinforce the beloved of God
and the maid-servants of the Merciful that they may live