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throughout Thy realm.
Forgive me, O my God, for what I have spoken, for Thou art the One that
knoweth all things, and in Thee are wrapped up the secrets that are hid
from all else except Thyself. When Thy promise shall come to pass, Thou
wilt manifest what Thou wilt, and subdue as Thou pleasest. We should wish
only what Thou hast wished for us. In Thee is the knowledge of all things,
and with Thee is the issue of all things. Thou art, verily, the Truth, the
Knower of things unseen.
Forgive me, then, my sins and the sins of them that love me, and supply
them with the good of this world and of the next.
Thou art, verily, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest both the helplessness of Thy
dear ones and the ascendancy of Thy foes, both the wretchedness of Thy
chosen ones and the glory of them who gainsaid Thy Cause and repudiated
Thy signs. The latter deny Thy tokens, and fail to repay Thee for the
temporal benefits Thou didst bestow upon them, while the former yield Thee
thanks for what hath befallen them in their eagerness to partake of the
everlasting gifts Thou dost possess.
How sweet is the thought of Thee in times of adversity and trial, and how
delightful to glorify Thee when compassed about with the fierce winds of
Thy decree! Thou knowest full well, O my God, that I endure patiently
whatsoever toucheth me in Thy path. Nay, I perceive that all the members
and limbs of my body long for tribulation, that I may manifest Thy Cause,
O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! The waters of Thy love have
preserved me in the kingdom of Thy creation, and the fire of my
remembrance of Thee hath set me ablaze before all that are in heaven and
on earth. Great is my blessedness, and great the blessedness of this fire
whose flame crieth out: "No God is there save Thee, Who art the Object of
my heart's adoration, and the Source and Center of my soul!"
Thy glory beareth me witness! Were all that are in the heavens and all
that are on earth to unite and seek to hinder me from remembering Thee and
from celebrating Thy praise, they would assuredly have no power over me,
and would fail in their purpose. And were the infidels to slay me, my
blood would, at Thy command, lift up its voice and proclaim: "There is no
God but Thee, O Thou Who art all my heart's Desire!" And were my flesh to
be boiled in the cauldron of hate, the smell which it would send forth
would rise towards Thee and cry out: "Where art Thou, O Lord of the
worlds, Thou One Desire of them that have known Thee!" And were I to be
cast into fire, my ashes would--I swear by Thy glory--declare: "The Youth
hath, verily, attained that for which he had besought his Lord, the
All-Glorious, the Omniscient."
How, then, can such a man be fearful of the combination of the kings to
injure him in Thy Cause? No, no, I swear by Thyself, O Thou Who art the
King of kings! Such is my love for Thee that I can fear no one, though the
powers of all the worlds be arrayed against me. Alone and unaided I have,
by the power of Thy might, arisen to proclaim Thy Cause, unafraid of the
host of my oppressors.
To all that dwell on earth I cry aloud and say: "Fear ye God, O ye
servants of God, and suffer not yourselves to be kept back from this pure
Wine that hath flowed from the right hand of the throne of the mercy of
your Lord, the Most Merciful. I swear by God! Better for you is what He
possesseth than the things ye yourselves possess and the things ye have
sought and are now seeking in this vain and empty life. Forsake the world,
and set your faces towards the all-glorious Horizon. Whoso hath partaken
of the wine of His remembrance will forget every other remembrance, and
whoso hath recognized Him will rid himself of all attachment to this life
and to all that pertaineth unto it."
I implore Thee, O my God and my Master, by Thy word through which they who
have believed in Thy unity have soared up into the atmosphere of Thy
knowledge, and they who are devoted to Thee have ascended into the heaven
of Thy oneness, to inspire Thy loved ones with that which will assure
their hearts in Thy Cause. Endue them with such steadfastness that nothing
whatsoever will hinder them from turning towards Thee.
Thou art, verily, the Bountiful, the Munificent, the Forgiving, the
Compassionate.
Thou beholdest, O my God, how bewildered in their drunkenness are Thy
servants who have turned back from Thy beauty and caviled at what hath
been sent down from the right hand of the throne of Thy majesty. Thou
didst come, O my God, in the clouds of Thy spirit and Thine utterance, and
lo, the entire creation shook and trembled, and the limbs of them who
repudiated Thy testimonies were made to quiver, O Thou in Whose grasp is
the lordship of all things!
Thou art He, O my God, Who hast summoned all men to turn in the direction
of Thy mercy, and called them unto the horizon of Thy grace and bounties.
None, however, heeded Thy call, except such as have forsaken all things
save Thee, and hastened unto the Day-Spring of Thy beauty, and the