O Thou Forgiving Lord!
Although certain souls finished the days of life in ignorance, were
estranged and selfish, yet the ocean of Thy forgiveness is, verily, able to
redeem and make free the sinners by one of its waves. Thou redeemest whomsoever
Thou willest and deprivest whomsoever Thou willest not ! Shouldst Thou treat
justly, we all are sinners and deserve to be deprived; and shouldst Thou
observe mercy, every sinner shall be made pure and every stranger shall become
a friend. Therefore, forgive and pardon and grant Thy mercy unto all. Thou art
the Forgiver, the Light-giver and the Compassionate!
- ‘Abdu’l-Bah (Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha,
vol. 1)
