"I seek thy nearness, more desired than heaven in mine eyes; I see thy visage, fairer than the bowers of Paradise."

 

Chet © 2020 Chuck Egerton

"I undertook to write this epistle some time ago in thy remembrance, and, since thy letter had not reached Me yet, I began with a few words of grievance and reproach. Now, thy new missive hath dispelled that feeling and hath caused Me to send thee this letter. To speak of My love for thine eminence is needless. “Sufficient witness is God unto us.”¹³⁶

As for his eminence Shaykh Muḥammad—may God, the Exalted, bless him!—I shall confine Myself to the two following lines, which I request be delivered to him: 

I seek thy nearness, more desired than heaven in mine eyes; 

I see thy visage, fairer than the bowers of Paradise."

~Bahá'u'lláh

(The Call of the Divine Beloved)
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136 Qur’án 4:166.