Gleanings — Paragraph 667

Source (Arabic)

قسم باسم اعظم حیف است این ایّام نفسی بشئونات عرضیّه ناظر باشد بایستید بر امر الهی و با یکدیگر بکمال محبّت سلوک کنید خالصاً لوجه المحبوب حجبات نفسانیّه را بنار احدیّه محترق نمائید و با وجوه ناضرهٴ مستبشره با یکدیگر معاشرت کنید کل سجایای حقّ را بچشم خود دیده‌اید که ابداً محبوب نبوده که شبی بگذرد و یکی از احبّای الهی از این غلام آزرده

Translation

The Most Great Name beareth Me witness! How sad if any man were, in this Day, to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world! Arise, and cling firmly to the Cause of God. Be most loving one to another. Burn away, wholly for the sake of the Well-Beloved, the veil of self with the flame of the undying Fire, and with faces joyous and beaming with light, associate with your neighbor. Ye have well observed, in all its aspects, the behavior of Him Who is the Word of Truth amidst you. Ye know full well how hard it is for this Youth to allow, though it be for one night, the heart of anyone of the beloved of God to be saddened by Him.