O ye loved ones of the Lord! Praise be to Him, the unseen, welling
bounties of the Sun of Truth encompass you on every side, and from every
direction the portals of His mercy stand ajar. Now is the time to take
advantage of these bestowals, and benefit therefrom. Know ye the value of this
time, let not this chance escape you. Stay ye entirely clear of this dark
world’s concerns, and become ye known by the attributes of those essences that
make their home in the Kingdom. Then shall ye see how intense is the glory of
the heavenly Day-Star, and how blinding bright are the tokens of bounty coming
out of the invisible realm. - ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of
‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
