O Thou kind Lord! From the horizon of detachment Thou hast
manifested souls that, even as the shining moon, shed radiance upon the realm
of heart and soul, rid themselves from the attributes of the world of existence
and hastened forth unto the kingdom of immortality. With a drop from the ocean
of Thy loving kindness Thou didst oft-times moisten the gardens of their hearts
until they gained incomparable freshness and beauty. The holy fragrance of Thy
divine unity was diffused far and wide, shedding its sweet savours over the
entire world, causing the regions of the earth to be redolent with perfume.
Raise up then, O Spirit of Purity, souls who, like those
sanctified beings, will become free and pure, Will adorn the world of being
with a new raiment and a wondrous robe, will seek no one else but Thee, tread
no path except the path of Thy good-pleasure and will speak of naught but the
mysteries of Thy Cause.
O Thou kind Lord! Grant that this youth may attain unto that
which is the highest aspiration of the holy ones. Endow him with the wings of
Thy strengthening grace -- wings of detachment and divine aid -- that he may
soar thereby into the atmosphere of Thy tender mercy, be able to partake of Thy
celestial bestowals, may become a sign of divine guidance and a standard of the
Concourse on high. Thou art the Potent, the Powerful, the Seeing, the Hearing.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Compilation: ‘Fire and Light’, prepared by the Research Department of the
Universal House of Justice; The Baha’i World 1979-1983)
