211: WHEN THE FRIENDS DO NOT ENDEAVOUR TO SPREAD THE ...

When the friends do not endeavour to spread the message, they fail to

remember God befittingly, and will not witness the tokens of assistance

and confirmation from the Abha Kingdom nor comprehend the divine

mysteries. However, when the tongue of the teacher is engaged in teaching,

he will naturally himself be stimulated, will become a magnet attracting

the divine aid and bounty of the Kingdom, and will be like unto the bird

at the hour of dawn, which itself becometh exhilarated by its own singing,

its warbling and its melody.

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