4. O SON OF MAN!

I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life.

a continuation of last week's Hidden Word, with God loving us, and also loving creating us. now we are told to love Him, in other words get to know Him and reflect His qualities. God will then "name our name", which I understand in a way as remembering us and bestowing His bounties and grace upon us, which will fill our soul with the "spirit of life".

being filled with the spirit of life, would be to find that eternal love of God that filled the disciples of Christ, Muhammad's followers, the Letters of the Living, and all heroes and heroines of the Faith. I found a very interesting quotation about the spirit of life in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Some Answered Questions (pp 300-301), which explains this spirit of life, the love of God, and its effect (my bolding):

"... the love of God, the light of which shines in the lamp of the hearts of those who know God; its brilliant rays illuminate the horizon and give to man the life of the Kingdom. In truth, the fruit of human existence is the love of God, for this love is the spirit of life, and the eternal bounty. If the love of God did not exist, the contingent world would be in darkness; if the love of God did not exist, the hearts of men would be dead, and deprived of the sensations of existence; if the love of God did not exist, spiritual union would be lost; if the love of God did not exist, the light of unity would not illuminate humanity; if the love of God did not exist, the East and West, like two lovers, would not embrace each other; if the love of God did not exist, division and disunion would not be changed into fraternity; if the love of God did not exist, indifference would not end in affection; if the love of God did not exist, the stranger would not become the friend. The love of the human world has shone forth from the love of God and has appeared by the bounty and grace of God."

quite beautiful and amazing, isn't it?