A Traveler's Narrative
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ocean of divine mercy appear at the utmost height, and the
showers of the clouds of His grace and favor descend every
moment. During the days of sojourn in `Iráq this Oppressed
One sat down and consorted with all classes without veil or
disguise. How many of the denizens of the horizons entered in
enmity and went forth in sympathy! The door of grace was
open before the faces of all. With rebellious and obedient did
We outwardly converse after one fashion, that perchance the
evildoers might win their way to the ocean of boundless
forgiveness. The splendors of the Name of the Concealer were
in such wise manifested that the evildoer imagined that he was
accounted of the good. No messenger was disappointed and
no inquirer was turned back. The causes of the aversion and
avoidance of men were certain of the doctors of Persia and the
unseemly deeds of the ignorant. By [the term] `doctors' in
these passages are signified those persons who have withheld
mankind from the shore of the Ocean of Unity; but as for the
learned who practice [their knowledge] and the wise who act
justly, they are as the spirit unto the body of the world. Well is
it with that learned man whose head is adorned with the crown
of justice, and whose body glorieth in the ornament of honesty.
The Pen of Admonition exhorteth the friends and enjoineth
on them charity, pity, wisdom, and gentleness. The
Oppressed One is this day a prisoner; His allies are the hosts of
good deeds and virtues; not ranks, and hosts, and guns, and
cannons. (21) One holy action maketh the world of earth highest
paradise.
"O friends, help the Oppressed One with well-pleasing
virtues and good deeds! Today let every soul desire to attain the
highest station. He must not regard what is in him, but what is
in God. It is not for him to regard what shall advantage
himself, but that whereby the Word of God which must be
21. Throughout His Writings the "Oppressed One" refers to Bahá'u'lláh Himself.
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