What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá about Ibn-i-Abhar, one of the Apostles of Bahá’u’lláh. The Tablet makes reference to a photograph of Ibn-i-Abhar (shown below) that also includes a version of the original text inscribed at the top. This image was originally published in Star of the West, vol. 13, no. 12, p. 334. Another version of the original text with some minor differences has been published in Áhang-i-Badí‘, year 133 BE, nos. 3–4, p. 69.
He is the All-Glorious!
Shouldst thou look carefully, thou wouldst perceive before thee a man in chains and fetters, from whose countenance shineth the radiance of joy and contentment for that which hath befallen him in the path of love for his All-Glorious Beloved. He saith: “O my Lord! Increase Thou my tribulations in Thy path, for they are a healing medicine to my illness, a cooling draught to my parched lips, and a soothing balm to my anguish. These chains are necklaces of pure gold and strands of lustrous pearls, O Thou Who art my Glory, the All-Merciful!”
A typescript of the original Arabic text of this Tablet appears below (all punctuation and short vowel marks mine).
Adib Masumian 