Remove not, then, thy gaze from the very root...
O Maryam!
Though a tree be laden with a myriad leaves and fruits,
a gust of autumnal wind sufficeth to obliterate them all.
Remove not, then, thy gaze from the very root
of the Tree of Divinity and the branch of the Lote-Tree
of celestial glory.
Consider the ocean, how serene it lieth, how majestically it reposeth within its bed.
Yet the winds of the will of the eternal Beloved
cause countless ripples and innumerable swells
to appear upon its surface,
each wave distinct and divergent from the others.
All the peoples of the world today are preoccupied with the ebb and flow of these waves,
and are oblivious of the stupendous might of that Sea of seas whose every movement layeth bare the signs of Him Who is the Unconstrained.
Bahá'u'lláh
Remove not, then, thy gaze from the very root...
O Maryam!
Though a tree be laden with a myriad leaves and fruits,
a gust of autumnal wind sufficeth to obliterate them all.
Remove not, then, thy gaze from the very root
of the Tree of Divinity and the branch of the Lote-Tree
of celestial glory.
Consider the ocean, how serene it lieth, how majestically it reposeth within its bed.
Yet the winds of the will of the eternal Beloved
cause countless ripples and innumerable swells
to appear upon its surface,
each wave distinct and divergent from the others.
All the peoples of the world today are preoccupied with the ebb and flow of these waves,
and are oblivious of the stupendous might of that Sea of seas whose every movement layeth bare the signs of Him Who is the Unconstrained.
Bahá'u'lláh