A Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Dr. Habib Mu’ayyad reports in his diary that in response to a letter

from one of the American friends who had complained of loneliness,
‘Abdu’l-Bahá wrote:

He is God!
O believer in God! Thy letter arrived, and therein
thou had complained of lonesomeness. Do not be
sad. You are not alone; God is your companion
and your friend. Lonely is the one who is distant
from God. But if one is aware of God, though he
be in the midmost-heart of a vast and desolate
desert, he is not alone: God is with him.
This world of soil always has a dark sky, filled
with black clouds. Each instance brings thunder,
lightning, hail, snow, storms, or raging floods from
high grounds. Therefore, do not think that it is
solely you who are surrounded by trials and
agonies. In truth, all of creation is enveloped in
these miseries so that man will not grow attached
to this world but instead will discover ease and
comfort in the heavenly realm and the celestial
kingdom.
Therefore thou must be joyous and glad
because of the divine promises. Upon thee rest the
Glory of God, the Most Glorious.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás.

Habib Mu’ayyad, Khatirat-i Habib, vol. 1, trans. Ahang Rabbani, Eight Years Near
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, eBook: http://ahang.rabbani.googlepages.com/, March 2007.