# Tablets Containing Instructions

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> Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Abdu'l-Bahá, Tablets Containing Instructions, bahai-library.com.
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> Extract from a Tablet recently revealed by The
> Master Abdul-Baha.
> 
> '' A few Tablets are revealed for (believers in) Per-
> sia. It is considered that if they are translated and
> spread in those parts (Western Lands) it will not
> be without effect. Therefore they are forwarded
> to you with the enclosed. Print these Tablets and
> circulate them amongst the Believers in ALL THOSE
> PARTS." ....
> Translated by M. A. E.
> Washington, D. C., August 29th, 1906.
> Through Haji-Mirza Abdullah;
> To the beloved of God in Teheran.
> 
> He is God!
> 
> 0 ye sincere ones; 0 ye favored ones; 0 ye be-
> seeching ones; 0 ye supplicating ones!
> Verily I set my fore-head on the dust, and turn
> my face toward the Lord of Lords, and invoke my
> Lord with intense fervor and attraction,-that He
> may look upon you with the glances of the Eye of
> His Providence, watch over you with the gaze of
> His Protection, unite your hearts, dilate your
> breasts, harmonize your souls, rejoice you with glad-
> ness, exhilarate you with the chalices of Salvation,
> make you steadfast in the Divine Cause ;-and that
> he may enable you to cling to the hem of the Al-
> mighty, to hasten toward the place of Sacrifice and
> to be sheltered under á the shadow of the Blessed
> Tree, whose roots are planted firm, and whose
> branches are extended to Heaven!
> 0 my Lord! 0 my Lord! These are the chosen
> ones whose faces are illumined with the Light of
> Guidance; who found the Heavenly Table pleasing
> to their tastes; who submitted willingly to every
> matter which happened in the lands, and sought
> help from the hosts of the Supreme Concourse. Their
> feet are indeed made firm, their banners are hoisted,
> their deeds are righteous, and their actions are
> just.    0 Lord! make them odoriferous plants of
> Thy Paradise, flowers of the Garden of Thy Near-
> ness, verses of Thy Glorious Book, words of Thy
> "Published Tablet" unto the people of the world,
> and as fa.Icons, soaring on the loftiest summit.-
> ' Verily Thou art the Beneficent, the Merciful, the
> Powerful, the Mighty, the Bestower !
> 0 my dear friends! Yours wa.s not merely a let-
> ter; it was perfumed with amber, and diffused a
> sweet fragrance. Every word thereof was a rose in
> the rose-garden of the Love of God, a.nd wa.s a
> flower and hyacinth! When the breeze of Providence
> blows from the direction of Gift, the gardens of
> hearts thereby attain exceeding purity and freshness.
> Such significances a.rise from the soul and consci-
> ousness, and impart joy and fragrance.
> 0 friends,! It is the wish of Abdul-Baha, that the
> friends may establish GENERAL unity, and NOT
> a PARTICULAR meeting of unity. You must have
> great consideration for this fa.ct! for during the
> past cycles, though SUCH EVENTS* WERE, in the
> BEGINNING, a means for harmony, they became,
> in the END, the cause of trouble.
> We are all servants of ONE Threshold, attend-
> ants at ONE Court, waves of ONE Sea., drops of ONE
> Stream, the dust before ONE Door, and plants of
> ONE Garden! There must arise no trouble to de-
> prive one from that which is the real purpose.
> The beloved of God must be friendly even with
> strangers, a.nd intimate even with outsiders,-how
> much more with others amongst the righteous (i. e.
> believers) !
> To organize assemblies is praise-worthy and ac-
> ceptable, but these must be established for certain
> 
> *Founding of particular, i. e. exclusive unity
> meetings.
> matters. For example, assemblages for teaching
> (the Truth) ; gatherings for the spread of the Fra-
> grances of God; gatherings for the relief of the
> orphans; gatherings for the protection (i. e. feeding,
> etc.) of the poor; assemblages for the spread of
> learning; and, in a word, there must be gatherings
> for matters which concern the well-being of men,-
> such as organizations of a Society of Commerce, so-
> cieties for the increase (or development) of arts ( or
> industries),societies for the expansion of Agriculture.
> To be brief, similar societies are very acceptable and
> praise-worthy, and CONCERN ALL IN GENERAL,
> and NOT a particular number.
> In a word: That which is conducive to the life
> (or growth) of the people, is acceptable, and what-
> ever is the cause of disaffection is blame-worthy. I
> hope all the friends of the East and West, shall rest
> in the SAME assemblage and adorn ONE gathering;
> and appear with all the heavenly attributes and
> !
> virtues, in the world of Humanity.
> 0 my Lord! 0 my Lord! Enable me to witness
> this Most Great Sign, and to realize the fulfillment
> of this hope, throughout all regions! Verily Thou art
> the Bestower, the Beneficent, Whose Bounties are
> Great!
> Some of the friends have asked to present them-
> selves in these parts. In these days, this does not
> conform with wisdom. God willing, permission shall
> be given at some favorable time.
> (Sig.) E. E. (Abdul-Ba.ha Abbas.)
> (July 4th, 1906.)
> To the beloved of GOD (Upon them be greeting and
> praise!) Oroumieh-(Persia).
> 
> Be is God!
> 
> 0 my God! 0 my God! Thou hast beheld how my
> face shone with cheerfulness, my heart was rejoiced
> and my breast dilated, when I read the names of
> Thy Beloved Ones in the letter of one of Thy Chosen
> Ones. With the reading of each name, I was pleased
> in soul, and supplicated Thee to make a spark of
> the Fire of Thy Love and a breeze from the Morn
> of Salvation, through the Bounty of Thy Merciful-
> ness.
> 0 Lord! The night of disappointment is indeed
> spread throughout the world; do Thou shine with
> the Lights of the Sun of Truth upon all existence;
> so that the Morn of Assurance may breathe with
> the Light of Knowledge, and illumine the earth with
> the Ray shining from the Kingdom of Beauty.
> Then make Thou the beloved ones banners of
> guidance amongst mankind, birds of Sanctity in the
> Garden of Faithfulness, and whales of knowledge
> in the seas of the Most Mighty Gift. Verily, Thou
> art the Mighty, the Powerful, the Gracious: There is
> no GOD but Thee, the Ancient, the Seer, the Hearer,
> the Bestower !
> 0 my dear friends! His honor, Aga Mohammed
> Ali Abbasof, has written a letter wherein he has
> spoken of the friends and mentioned their names.
> He hath praised and commended the Chosen ones
> with the utmost joy and gladness; saying: that,
> praise be to God, the beloved ones are supplicating
> before the Threshold of the Almighty, and are in ex-
> ceeding affection and faithfulness; that they are
> fragrant plants in the rose-garden of the Love of
> God, shining stars on the horizon of the Know ledge
> of God, graceful cypresses on the sides of the stream
> of Virtues,-and that they are roses, blossoms and
> myrtles in the gardens of Gifts.
> This news produced effect in the hearts, and re-
> joiced the souls:-that, praise be to God, the friends
> a.re acting and living in accord with the Commands
> of the Affectionate Beloved One, and are skilled and
> accomplished in the qualities and virtues of the
> world of Humanity; that they have partaken a re-
> sult from the world of being, found their way to the
> Watering-place, are assembled under the hoisted
> Banner, and are kind and affectionate toward all
> men of all nations and communities; that they a.re
> exerting with all their might, that foreignness may
> vanish from the world of Humanity, and familiarity
> become manifest among the peoples of the world;
> and that all men become affectionate to one another,
> and the world of mankind attain to infinite happi-
> ness and prosperity.
> 0 ye friends of God! Engage in Love as much
> as you can, and be gentle to every outsider; suffer
> from enemies and behave with patience; see the
> asleep as the awakened, know the heedless as heed-
> ful, deal justly with the unjust, a.nd treat the op-
> pressor with faithfulness; Offend not the mind of
> any person, and grieve not the heart of any man; be
> towards all with the utmost humility and meek-
> ness, and be loyal and sincere subjects to the Royal
> Throne; obey the authorities of affairs, a.nd make
> NO INTERFERENCE whatsoever with political
> matters; adorn the meetings with the Commemora-
> tion of God, and train the individuals with the
> Breath of the Merciful One; utter no word save in
> the mention of God, a.nd rest only in the shadow
> of Hope.
> It is the hope of this servant that God may assist
> the wronged ones and help the sufferers of injustice.
> In Persia, no one is more kind and more benevo-
> lent than His Majesty, the Shah. Pray you for com-
> posure and healing, with the utmost humility and
> submissiveness, in behalf of that King. A thousand
> times alas that the Persians do not appreciate the
> worth of this crowned head, and allow no time,-
> that on his own accord and with purity of inten-
> tion, he may establish just laws and confer the free-
> dom of thought and conscience!
> Upon you be greeting and praise!
> (Sig.)   E. E. (Abdul-Baha Abbas.)
> July 5th, 1906.
> To Isa'ac Khan and Aga Shiekh-Ali.
> Kirmanshah.
> Through Mirza Assad 'ullah Isphahani, and to the
> beloved of God in Kurdistan.
> 
> He is God!
> 
> 0 ye friends of God! I have not forgotten you
> and will not forget you. The ear of mind is con-
> stantly waiting to hear the news of the friends,-so
> that great happiness may be attained. Ye are the
> friends of that affectionate Beloved One,-how can
> ye be forgotten? and ye are enamored of those dis-
> hevelled Locks,-how can ye be effaced from mem-
> ory? and ye are longing for the Bounties of that
> Bright Moon,-how can ye be consigned to oblivion?
> Like unto a sea, we are always in ferment and mo-
> tion in memory of the friends; and we are all eye
> and ear, in order to see the splendor of the friends
> and hear the life-imparting melody of the beloved
> ones!
> 0 ye real friends! It is time that you confine all
> your days to witnessing the Divine Splendor, and
> act in accord with the Exhortations and Commands
> of God ;-so that ye may be the cause of awaken-
> ing others, and admonishing the heedless.
> 0 my friends! God has adorned man with the
> crown of Grace and Beneficence,-in order that man
> may be kind and affectionate to every living thing,
> and be conducive to the appearance of the loftiness
> of the human world; that he may become the Bless-
> ing of the Almighty, and the Gift of God, the
> Forgiver.
> Consequently, deal with all men with the best dis-
> position, and treat the people of theá world with
> the utmost compassion, grace and benevolence.
> In this Great Cycle and New Age, man must SO
> beautify his morals in accord with the Divine Teach-
> ings, that he may count the enemy as the friend,
> the ill-wisher as the well-wisher, the outsider as the
> familiar fellow, and the stranger as an acquaintance.
> That is, man must deal with stranger, outsider,
> traitor and unjust,-in the same way that others
> deal with friends and fellows, or one behaves to-
> wards the people of faithfulness.
> 0 friends! Exert yourselves in the study of sci-
> ences and knowledge and bestow abundant effort
> on the acquisition of inward and outward perfec-
> tions. Encourage the children from early child-
> hood, in the study of every science, and urge them
> to acquire every art; in order that through the Fa-
> vor and Assistance of God, the heart of every one
> may become a mirror reflecting the mysteries of
> beings, and fathom the reality of every thing, and
> that he may gain world-wide renown in sciences,
> knowledge and arts. You must by NO MANNER
> of means whatever neglect or overlook the educa-
> tion of the children; and you must train them in the
> Divine Virtues; and you must rely on the Gift and
> Providence of His Highness the Omnipotent One.
> Upon ye be greeting and praise!
> (Sig.) E. E. (Abdul-Baha Abbas.)
> July 5th, 1906.
> Through his holiness, the Ayâdi (i. e. ha.nds) of
> the Cause of God, his honor Mollah Ali Akbar.
> (Upon him be Baha'Ullah!)
> To the beloved of God in Teheran. (Upon them be
> Ba.ha 'Ullah !)
> He is God!
> 
> 0 GOD! 0 Thou Guide of seekers unto the Path of
> Guidance; Thou Deliverer of bewildered ones from
> the desert of error and blindness; Thou Bestower
> of Gifts and Bounties upon the sincere ones; Thou
> Protector of distressed ones in the well-guarded
> Cave; and Thou Answerer of supplicants from the
> Supreme Kingdom.
> 0 Lord! Praise be unto Thee, for Thou hast guid-
> ed the wanderers out of waste wildernesses, hast led
> the advancing ones unto the watering-place, ha.st
> fulfilled the greatest wishes of the righteous, hast
> opened before the longing ones the doors of Union
> from the Kingdom of Beauty a.nd hast delivered
> them from the fire of despair; until they have has-
> tened toward Thee, found access unto Thee, arrived
> at Thy Spacious Gate and attained abundant Por-
> tion.
> 0 Lord! These are thirsty ones, whose thirst Thou
> hast allayed with the Water of Union; whose burn-
> ing Thou hast removed with the cool of Thy Grace
> and Beneficence, and whose ailment Thou hast
> healed with the Antidote of Thy Mercy,-0 Thou
> Gracious One!
> 0 Lord! Make their feet firm in the Path, change
> their tribulation into expansion, and lead them to
> everlasting Glory forevermore! Verily, Thou art
> the Beneficent, the Giver, the Mighty, the Bestower.
> There is no GOD but Thee, the Powerful, the Mighty,
> the Lofty, the Omnipotent!
> 0 ye spiritual friends ! Praise be unto GOD, ye
> have removed the covering, recognized the Affection-
> ate, Beloved One, hastened from the world of place
> to the Placeless, pitched your tent in the world of
> GOD, the Most High, engaged in singing the praise
> and glorification of the Living, Self-Subsistent One
> in a sweet tone, and chanted a soul-consuming
> melody.
> A áthousand times Bravo! For ye have witnessed
> the Manifest Light and called out:-"Blessed is
> GOD, the Most Excellent of Creators," in the New
> Creation! Ye were a mere seed, and became a
> nursling and sucked the milk of knowledge from the
> Breast of the Almighty. Then ye reached maturity
> and found security and prosperity.
> Now, it is the time of service, and the occasion to
> serve His Highness the One GOD ! Free yourselves
> from different thoughts, spea.k with an eloquent
> tongue and adorn meetings and assemblages with
> the praise and glorification of His Highness the De-
> sired One; in order that this Bounty may pour down
> like unto a torrent, and embellish the world with
> flowers and myrtles. That torrent is the Exhorta-
> tions and Commands, and is the Teachings and
> obligations of the Almighty.
> 0 Friends! The gloom of animosity has enfolded
> the world, and the whirlwind of rancor has prevail-
> ed. The fire of enmity extends its flames to the sky,
> the torrent of bloodshed is flowing and pouring
> down in the mountain and desert, and all men are
> in the utmost distraction.
> Accordingly, the beloved of GOD must be the
> cause of (spreading) the Heavenly Love; must im-
> part spiritual concord, deal with all men with the
> utmost sincerity and kindness in accord with the
> Commands and Exhortations of the Merciful One,
> and they must treat ALL with benevolence. They
> must render devoted service to friends, wish pros-
> perity for enemies, show kindness to the bad-tem-
> pered and be affectionate toward the unjust. They
> must become a salutary water to thirsty ones, a swift
> healing to sick persons, a remedy to the ailing; com-
> fort the minds of those afflicted with calamities; be-
> come the Light of Guidance to the erring, an affec-
> tionate guide to the wandering, a seeing eye to the
> blind, a hearing ear to the deaf, an eternal life to
> the dead, and an everlasting joy to the dispirited.
> They must be submissive to just Rulers, and well-
> behaving subjects to the benevolent Prince; they
> must obey the Government, and interfere NOT with
> political matters. They must turn toward the Orb
> of the Universe, and engage in beautifying their
> morals.
> Upon ye be greeting and praise!
> (Sig.) E. E. (Abdul-Baba Abbas.)
> July 7th, 1906.
> Translated by A. K. K., Acre, Syria.
>
> — *Tablets Containing Instructions (Used by permission of the curator)*