Thou Art Right to Linger There
'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahíyyih Khánum: The Greatest Holy Leaf, (1982), Bahá'í World Centre · Read original
When in Bahá'í history
Haifa (today: Haifa, Israel)
O my spiritual sister!
Thou didst go away to Haifa, supposedly for only three or four days. Now it becometh apparent that the spiritual power of the Shrine hath brought thee joy and radiance, and even as a magnet is holding thee fast. Thou surely wouldst remember us as well.
Truly the spiritual quality of the holy place, its fresh skies and delicate air, its crystal waters and sweet plains and charming seascape, and the holy breathings from the Kingdom all do mingle in that Sacred Fold. Thou art right to linger there...
Kiss the light of the eyes of the company of spiritual souls, Shoghi Effendi...
From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the Greatest Holy Leaf.
Source: Bahíyyih Khánum: The Greatest Holy Leaf, compiled by the Bahá’í World Centre (1982), Part II, “From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá,” no. 14. Text as reproduced in Project Gutenberg eBook #19242 (used under the Bahá’í terms of use; not public domain).
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'Abdu'l-Bahá. (1982). *Bahíyyih Khánum: The Greatest Holy Leaf*. Bahá'í World Centre. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19242/pg19242-images.html
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