O Thou kind God! That scattered assembly [American
believers] is Thine, and that gathering of friends is of Thee. Their eyes are
opened, their hearts in tune with Thy love, and their ears in communion with
Thy hidden mysteries.
O Thou who art self-sufficient! Let a beautiful song reach
this people from the birds of that garden, that they may warble, rejoice and be
happy, implore and supplicate the Lord.
O Thou Educator! Train that assembly of the righteous;
comfort them; set their hearts aglow with the fire of Thy love; acquaint them
with Thy mystery and commune with them, so that they may find Thy kingdom of
mysteries, become of the people of piety and leading in liberty.
Grant them the soul immortal; enrich them above the world,
and detach them from the world; usher them into the tent of Thy Kingdom and
give them a portion of the divine bounty.
Bestow upon them the everlasting life and bless them with
the new teachings. Make every one a lighted torch and a warbling
nightingale—the king of the rose in the garden. Reveal to them Thine attractive
beauty; make each a growing tree on the shore of Thy guidance, bearing the
fruit of Thy grace. Thus may the East illumine the West and the West become the
East of the Supreme Heaven.
Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Almighty, and verily Thou
art the Precious, the Omnipotent, the Omniscient!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1’)
