Peace,
There is a Passage or Prayer from 'Abdu'l-Baha that I want to memorize in
Arabic. I think it is from the Promulgation of Universal Peace, and has a line
in there that says something like "Consider no one as rejected"
Is there any Arabic reading/speaking people here, or does anyone know someone
who could transliterate the Arabic with English phoenetics for me, so I can
learn how to memorize it? I can read some Arabic script, but I have trouble
pronouncing words without transliteration to help me out.
This is the Passage in question:
"But some souls are weak; we must endeavor to strengthen them. Some are
ignorant, uninformed of the bounties of God; we must strive to make them
knowing. Some are ailing; we must seek to restore them to health. Some are
immature as children; they must be trained and assisted to attain maturity. We
nurse the sick in tenderness and the kindly spirit of love; we do not despise
them because they are ill. Therefore, we must exercise extreme patience,
sympathy and love toward all mankind, considering no soul as rejected. If we
look upon a soul as rejected, we have disobeyed the teachings of God. God is
loving to all. Shall we be unjust or unkind to anyone? Is this allowable in the
sight of God? God provides for all. Is it befitting for us to prevent the flow
of His merciful provisions for mankind? God has created all in His image and
likeness. Shall we manifest hatred for His creatures and servants? This would
be contrary to the will of God and according to the will of Satan, by which we
mean the natural inclinations of the lower nature. This lower nature in man is
symbolized as Satan -- the evil ego within us, not an evil personality outside."
(Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 286)
peace,
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