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O thou servant of the One true God! In this
universal dispensation man's wondrous craftsmanship is
reckoned as worship of the Resplendent Beauty. Consider
what a bounty and blessing it is that craftsmanship is
regarded as worship. In former times, it was believed that
such skills were tantamount to ignorance, if not a misfortune,
hindering man from drawing nigh unto God. Now
consider how His infinite bestowals and abundant favours
have changed hell-fire into blissful paradise, and a heap of
dark dust into a luminous garden.
It behoveth the craftsmen of the world at each moment
to offer a thousand tokens of gratitude at the Sacred
Threshold, and to exert their highest endeavour and diligently
pursue their professions so that their efforts may
produce that which will manifest the greatest beauty and
perfection before the eyes of all men.
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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