swer
questions, turn thy face toward the Kingdom of Abha and beseech for
assistance; then loosen thy tongue. Thou wilt behold at that time how thou
art able to answer all the questions!

o thou maid-servant of God! The aim of the theosophists is to attain to
Truth, but the Truth is unattainable except through the favor of the Holy
Spirit. The light hath a center and if one desire to seek it otherwise but
from the center, he can never attain to it. In this solar system the
source of light is the sun and every light is acquired from it; even the
lamps of the night are ignited through the sun, for if there were no sun
the trees would not grow nor the mines develop, so that the oil be
extracted from those trees and mines, and the lamps of the night be lit by
it. Is it possible that one attain to the light in this globular sphere
without the mediation of the sun? No, by the life of God! To suppose it,
is pure imagination. But the Truth is this: The main source of the lights
is the Sun and the rays are shed from it upon all the regions.

"O ye spiritual ones! O ye heavenly ones!..."

O ye(271) spiritual ones! O ye heavenly ones!

The assembly which you have established in that city is a splendor from
the congregation of the Supreme Concourse. I ask from God that the hearts
may be illuminated, the spirits be rejoiced through the most great
glad-tidings, the eyes be upraised toward the Supreme Realm and the
tongues be loosened in thanksgiving and glorification.

The members of that assembly are favored in the Threshold of Oneness and
are loved and respected by this imprisoned one. They must continue to
teach with utmost firmness, be engaged in the mentioning of the True One,
read the verses of God, supplicate toward the Kingdom of eternity, bring
about the meetings of consultation,(272) and spread the Word of God, the
spiritual attraction of the love of God, the increase of the knowledge of
God and the realization of affinity, friendship, unison and nobility.

"O ye servants of the True One and the maid-servants..."

O ye(273) servants of the True One and the maid-servants of the Merciful!

Do not think that ye are forgotten for one moment! Abdul-Baha is at all
times remembering you with infinite love and kindness and supplicates
assistance and favor, at the Threshold of Oneness, so that the invisible
confirmation may pour down, the divine bounties unveil their countenances,
the friends in that region be