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YE ARE THE ANGELS! We are but the dust No! Ye are the angels If your feet be firm Corrupt be out hearts No! Ye are the angels If your spirits be rejoiced Afflicted minds we possess No! Ye are the angels If your thoughts be pure Blindly we stumble on No! Ye are the angels If your eyes be consoled We heed not the Tongue of Glory No! Ye are the angels If your ears be opened Impurities infect our lungs No! Ye are the angels If your breast be dilated with joy Our self-pity doth injure us No! Ye are the angels If your souls be gladdened Weakly we yield our pact No! Ye are the angels If you arise to assist the Covenant To resist dissension And be attracted to the Effulgence Ye are the angels! With hearts as polished mirrors Let the Effulgence reflect That light may emanate from you Like the rays of the sun For ye are the angels! Written by Vincent Afnán-Murray Based on the following quote of Abdu'l-Bahá: "Ye are the angels, if your feet be firm, your spirits rejoiced, your secret thoughts pure, your eyes consoled, your ears opened, your breasts dilated with joy, and your souls gladdened, and if you arise to assist the Covenant, to resist dissension and be attracted to the Effulgence!" From Tablets of Abdul'Bahá Abbás (New York, Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1930 vol. 1 p. 145) |