languour

Updated: June 24, 2025

Burden not the soul so as to cause exhaustion and languour, but rather refresh it that thus it may soar on the wings of Revelation to the Dawning-place of proofs. This brings you nearer to God, were ye of those who understand.—Kitáb-i-Aqdas ‘Abdu’l-Bahá says to a correspondent:—“O thou spiritual friend! Another correspondent asked: “Why pray?

J. E. (John Ebenezer) Esslemont - Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era