Laudable are the results and the fruits thereof, abundant the holy evidences deriving from this grace. O peoples of the world! The Sun of Truth hath risen to illumine the whole earth, and to spiritualize the community of man. It is believed that publication of these writings of the Master’s will serve to increase the fervor of His lovers in responding to His call and add to their perception of that wondrous harmony of the human and divine which He, the Mystery of God, so perfectly exemplified. The happy and blessed recipients of the vast majority of the Tablets here included were the early believers of the east and west, whether individuals, groups, organized committees or assemblies of the friends, and their value to the nascent communities of the west in those days when Bahá’í literature in English was meager in the extreme, cannot be overestimated. Some famous Tablets, such as the correspondence with Auguste Forel, or the greater part of the Tablet to the Hague, have been omitted since they are available in separate publications. Included are a number of Tablets translated by a Committee at the World Centre using early drafts made by Shoghi Effendi during ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá’s lifetime, and a large number by Marzieh Gail, sent to her from the World Centre’s collection of more than 19,000 original and authenticated copies. The present compilation attempts a much wider selection than was made for those early volumes, and its perusal will give some indication of the vast range of subjects dealt with by the Master in His correspondence. Not for sixty years, however, has any large compilation, in English, of His innumerable letters been made the three volumes of Tablets of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá published in the United States between 19, although running into second editions, have long been out of print. Likewise many compilations of His recorded utterances, among which may be mentioned Some Answered Questions, Memorials of the Faithful, Paris Talks, are kept in print. The written works such as The Secret of Divine Civilization, A Traveler’s Narrative, the Will and Testament, are available in English translations. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá’s exposition of the Bahá’í Revelation is recorded in His written works, in the many compilations of His recorded utterances, and in His correspondence.
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