Happy 12th Day of Ridván! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " ... that the children of the world may attain to the station of maturity and abide in the court of oneness."

"O friend! As hearing ears are scarce to find, the pen hath for some time remained silent in its quarters. In truth, matters have come to such a pass that silence hath taken precedence over utterance and hath come to be regarded as preferable. Say: O people! These words are being uttered in due measure, that the newly born may thrive and the tender shoot flourish. Milk should be given in suitable proportion, that the children of the world may attain to the station of maturity and abide in the court of oneness.

O friend! We came upon a pure soil and sowed therein the seeds of true understanding. Let it now be seen what the rays of the sun will do—whether they will cause these seeds to wither or to grow. Say: Through the ascendancy of God, the All-Knowing, the Incomparable, the Luminary of divine understanding hath, in this day, risen from behind the veil of the spirit, and the birds of every meadow are intoxicated with the wine of knowledge and exhilarated with the remembrance of the Friend. Well is it with them that discover and hasten unto Him."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Tabernacle of Unity, Tablet to Mánikchí Ṣáḥib (Lawḥ-i-Mánikchí-Ṣáḥib), p. 12

Elsworth Kelly