God and to kindled with the fire of the love of God, so that
your hearts may move with joy through the fragrances of humbleness which
are being diffused from the heart of Abdul-Baha. Make feet firm,
strengthen hearts and rely upon the everlasting bounties which will
successively pour on your from the Kingdom of El-Abha. Know, verily, the
lights of Baha' will shine forth onto you during your gathering together
in the brilliant Paradise.
It is incumbent on you to have union and harmony. It is incumbent upon you
to have affinity and accord, so that ye may become united in body and soul
as the Pleiades, and as strings of brilliant pearls. Thereby your
foundation will be laid, your argument will become manifest, your stars
will beam forth and your souls will be comforted.
When ye enter the spiritual meeting of Consultation, chant the following
commune, your hearts beating with the love of God and your tongues
purified from aught else save the commemoration of God; so that the Most
Might Power may confirm you by the greatest assistance:
"O my God! O my God! We are servants who..."
O my God! O my God! We are servants who have sincerely turned our faces
unto Thy grand face, severed ourselves from all else save Thee in this
great day and are assembled together in this glorious meeting, of one
accord and desire, and unanimous in thought to promulgate Thy Word amid
Thy creatures.
O my Lord! O my Lord! Suffer us to be signs of guidance, standards of Thy
manifest Religion throughout the world, servants of Thy Great Covenant--O
our exalted Lord! --appearances of Thy oneness in Thy Kingdom, the El-Abha,
and stars which dawn forth unto all regions.
O Lord! Make us as seas rolling with the waves of Thy great abundance,
rivers flowing from the mountains of Thy glorious Kingdom, pure fruits on
the tree of Thy illustrious Cause, plants refreshed and moved by the
breeze of Thy gift in Thy wonderful vineyard.
O Lord! Cause our souls to depend upon the signs of Thy Oneness, our
hearts to be dilated with the bounties of Thy Singleness, so that we may
become united as are ripples on a waving sea; become harmonized as are the
rays which shine forth from a brilliant light; so that our thoughts,
opinions and feelings become as one reality from which the spirit of
accord may be diffused throughout all regions.
Verily Thou art the Beneficent, the Bestower! Verily Thou art the Giver,
the Mighty, the Loving, the Merciful!
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