What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the original text of which has been published in multiple places, among them Faramarz Ashraf, Yárán-i-Qazvín, Munjadhibán-i-Jamál-i-Mubín, p. 536. The Tablet was addressed to Buyúk Áqá, the father-in-law of Mírzá Faḍlu’lláh Ashraf, for whom this other Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá I have provisionally translated was written. For a Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh revealed for Khadíjih Kháḍi‘í (Khazei), the sister of Buyúk Áqá, see here.
The photograph of Buyúk Áqá below was kindly provided to me by his great-grandson, Shidan Ashraf.
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He is the Most Effulgent
Q [Qazvin]
To Buyúk Áqá, upon him be the Glory of God, the All-Glorious
He is the Most Effulgent
O thou who utterest the praise of God! If thou shouldst speak, speak of communion with Him. If thou shouldst seek, seek His peerless Beauty. If thou shouldst search, search in His direction. For every utterance save this spiritual reality is without meaning, every quest but the one for that True Beloved will end in loss and perdition, and every effort and endeavor apart from this way of ardent striving shall bring endless toil and trouble. In this Day, therefore, every thought and mention—every movement, goal, and desire—must be forgotten. Let naught but Him be known, naught but Him be seen, naught but Him be heard. Rather must we be caught up entirely in Him, becoming weary of friend and stranger alike, and occupying ourselves with spreading the fragrances of His divine holiness. “Such is the bounty of God; He giveth it to whomsoever He willeth.”*
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* Qurʼán 3:74.
A typescript of the original Persian and Arabic text of this Tablet appears below (all punctuation and short vowel marks mine).
Adib Masumian 