After the Departure of the Blessed Perfection and till the
Appearance of the next Manifestation there is no other station save the Station
of Servitude, pure and absolute. Not a servitude liable to interpretation; but
an unconditional and unqualified servitude. This is the real fact. Whosoever
expresses any other interpretation, I will not be pleased with him. This is my
advice to you. This is my counsel to you. This is my desire. This is my good
pleasure. This is my last request from all the believers of God! The balsam to
my wound is servitude at the Holy Threshold. My Sadratu’l-Muntaha is servitude
at the Holy Threshold! My highest destination is servitude at the Holy
Threshold! My Supreme Paradise is servitude at the Holy Threshold! My Spiritual
Temple is servitude at the Holy Threshold! The Most Shining Crown is servitude
at the Holy Threshold! What diadem is more glorious than Servitude at the Holy
Threshold?
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, recorded by Ahmad Sohrab; Extract from the
Diary of Mirza Ahmad Sobrab, 17 January, 1914; Star of the West, vol. 5, no. 5,
June 5, 1914)
