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grace, and seeking Thy present favor, that Thou mayest have mercy upon all
who are the manifestations of the world of being, and to deny them not the
outpourings of Thy grace in Thy days.
All are but poor and needy, and Thou, verily, art the All-Possessing, the
All-Subduing, the All-Powerful.
I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God, and it becometh him that seeketh
that shelter to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy protection and the
Stronghold of Thy defense. Illumine my inner being, O my Lord, with the
splendors of the Day-Spring of Thy Revelation, even as Thou didst illumine
my outer being with the morning light of Thy favor.
O my God, the God of bounty and mercy! Thou art that King by Whose
commanding word the whole creation hath been called into being; and Thou
art that All-Bountiful One the doings of Whose servants have never
hindered Him from showing forth His grace, nor have they frustrated the
revelations of His bounty.
Suffer this servant, I beseech Thee, to attain unto that which is the
cause of his salvation in every world of Thy worlds. Thou art, verily, the
Almighty, the Most Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
My God, the Object of my adoration, the Goal of my desire, the
All-Bountiful, the Most Compassionate! All life is of Thee and all power
lieth within the grasp of Thine omnipotence. Whosoever Thou exaltest is
raised above the angels, and attaineth the station: "Verily, We uplifted
him to a place on high!"; and whosoever Thou dost abase is made lower than
dust, nay, less than nothing.
O Divine Providence! Though wicked, sinful, and intemperate, we still seek
from Thee a "seat of truth," and long to behold the countenance of the
Omnipotent King. It is Thine to command, and all sovereignty belongeth to
Thee, and the realm of might boweth before Thy behest. Everything Thou
doest is pure justice, nay, the very essence of grace. One gleam from the
splendors of Thy Name, the All-Merciful, sufficeth to banish and blot out
every trace of sinfulness from the world, and a single breath from the
breezes of the Day of Thy Revelation is enough to adorn all mankind with a
fresh attire.
Vouchsafe Thy strength, O Almighty One, unto Thy weak creatures, and
quicken them who are as dead, that haply they may find Thee, and may be
led unto the ocean of Thy guidance, and may remain steadfast in Thy Cause.
Should the fragrance of Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers
tongues of the world, out of the East or out of the West, it would,
verily, be prized and greatly cherished. If such tongues, however, be
deprived of that fragrance, they assuredly would be unworthy of any
mention, be they words or thoughts.
We beg of Thee, O Providence, to show Thy way unto all men, and to guide
them aright. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful, the
All-Knowing, the All-Seeing.
Praise be to Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast turned the faces of Thy
servants towards the right-hand of the throne of Thy gifts, and hast
caused them to be detached from all else besides Thee, that they may
recognize Thy sovereignty and acknowledge Thy glory. I testify to the
potency of Thy Cause, the pervasive influence of Thy decree, the
immutability of Thy will, the endlessness of Thy purpose. All things lie
prisoned within the grasp of Thy might, and the whole creation is
destitute when brought face to face with the evidences of Thy wealth.
Deal Thou, therefore, O my God, my Beloved, my supreme Desire, with Thy
servants and with all that were created by Thee as would beseem Thy beauty
and Thy greatness, and would be worthy of Thy generosity and gifts. Thou
art, in truth, He Whose mercy hath encompassed all the worlds, and Whose
grace hath embraced all that dwell on earth and in heaven. Who is there
that hath cried after Thee, and whose prayer hath remained unanswered?
Where is he to be found who hath reached forth towards Thee, and whom Thou
hast failed to approach? Who is he that can claim to have fixed his gaze
upon Thee, and toward whom the eye of Thy loving-kindness hath not been
directed? I bear witness that Thou hadst turned toward Thy servants ere
they had turned toward Thee, and hadst remembered them ere they had
remembered Thee. All grace is Thine, O Thou in Whose hand is the kingdom
of Divine gifts and the source of every irrevocable decree.
Send down, therefore, O my God, upon all that seek Thee that which will
entirely strip them of all that pertaineth not unto Thee, and will draw
them nigh unto Thy Self. Assist them, by Thy grace, to love Thee and to
conform unto that which shall please Thee. Grant, then, that they may go