
(منتخباتی
از مکاتیب حضرت عبدالبهاء)
The Blessed Beauty saith: “Ye are all the fruits of one tree, the leaves of one branch.” Thus hath He likened this world of being to a single tree, and all its peoples to the leaves thereof, and the blossoms and fruits. It is needful for the bough to blossom, and leaf and fruit to flourish, and upon the interconnection of all parts of the world-tree, dependeth the flourishing of leaf and blossom, and the sweetness of the fruit.
For this reason must all
human beings powerfully sustain one another and seek for everlasting life; and
for this reason must the lovers of God in this contingent world become the
mercies and the blessings sent forth by that clement King of the seen and
unseen realms. Let them purify their sight and behold all humankind as leaves
and blossoms and fruits of the tree of being. Let them at all times concern
themselves with doing a kindly thing for one of their fellows, offering to someone
love, consideration, thoughtful help. Let them see no one as their enemy, or as
wishing them ill, but think of all humankind as their friends; regarding the
alien as an intimate, the stranger as a companion, staying free of prejudice,
drawing no lines.
In this day, the one
favored at the Threshold of the Lord is he who handeth round the cup of
faithfulness; who bestoweth, even upon his enemies, the jewel of bounty, and
lendeth, even to his fallen oppressor, a helping hand; it is he who will, even
to the fiercest of his foes, be a loving friend. These are the Teachings of the
Blessed Beauty, these the counsels of the Most Great Name.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections
from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)