Sultan (Sovereignty) 179 B.E.

Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA

“The first attribute of perfection is learning and the cultural attainments of the mind, and this eminent station is achieved when the individual combines in himself a thorough knowledge of those complex and transcendental realities pertaining to God, of the fundamental truths of Qur’ánic political and religious law, of the contents of the sacred Scriptures of other faiths, and of those regulations and procedures which would contribute to the progress and civilization of this distinguished country.”
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization, p. 35-36

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Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

“It is a spiritual world, a divine world, and the center of the Sovereignty of God; it is freed from body and that which is corporeal, and it is purified and sanctified from the imaginations of the human world. To be limited to place is a property of bodies and not of spirits. Place and time surround the body, not the mind and spirit.”
-`Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 241

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Cape Lookout, Oregon, USA

“Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I render Thee thanks for having rescued me from the abyss of self and passion, led me unto Thy straight path and Thy most great announcement, aided me in this attainment at a time when most of Thy servants had turned away from Thee, illumined my heart with the light of Thy knowledge, and caused me to turn towards the dawning-place of Thy splendours. O Lord! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy mercy and the heaven of Thy grace to pierce the veils that have hindered thy servants from turning in the direction of the all-highest horizon. O Lord, deprive not Thy servants of the ocean of Thy verses. By Thy might, wert Thou to reveal unto them what Thou hast made known to Me, they would forsake all that they possess in favor of that which is with Thee. Thou art the Almighty, the Ever-Bounteous, the All-Knowing.”
-Bahá’u’lláh

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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

“Is there any doubt concerning God? Behold how He hath come down from the heaven of His grace, girded with power and invested with sovereignty. Is there any doubt concerning His signs? Open ye your eyes, and consider His clear evidence.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, XVIII

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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

“How pleasing this draught of joy that floweth from the Heavenly Cup! Well is it with him who drinketh thereof, and tasteth of its sweetness, and attaineth unto its knowledge.

No more than this will I impart to thee:
The riverbed can never hold the sea.”
-Baha’u’llah, The Call of the Divine Beloved