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How many the days, O my God, which I have spent in utter loneliness with
the transgressors amongst Thy servants, and how many the nights, O my
Best-Beloved, during which I lay a captive in the hands of the wayward
amidst Thy creatures! In the midst of my troubles and tribulations I have
continued to celebrate Thy praise before all who are in Thy heaven and on
Thy earth, and have not ceased to extol Thy wondrous glory in the kingdoms
of Thy Revelation and of Thy creation, though all that I have been capable
of showing forth hath fallen short of the greatness and the majesty of Thy
oneness, and is unworthy of Thine exaltation and of Thine omnipotence.
I swear by Thy glory, O Thou Who art the one alone Beloved! I find myself
to be only nothing before the habitation of Thy great glory. Every time I
attempt to extol any one of Thy virtues, my heart restraineth me, for
naught but Thee is able to soar into the atmosphere of the kingdom of Thy
nearness, or reach up to the heaven of Thy presence.
Thy might beareth me witness! I am well aware that were I to bow myself
before a handful of dust, from now until the end that hath no end, in
acknowledgment of its relationship to Thy name, the Fashioner, I would
still find myself far removed from that dust, and incapable of approaching
it, and would discover that such an adoration can in no wise befit it, nor
transcend the limitations to which I myself have been subjected. And were
I to arise to serve one of Thy servants, and to wait at his door so long
as Thine own kingdom endureth and Thine omnipotence will last, as a sign
of my acknowledgment of the tie that bindeth him to Thy name, the Creator,
I would, likewise,--and to this Thy glory beareth me witness--have to
confess my complete failure to do him adequate service, and my deprivation
of what can truly befit his station. And this for the reason that I
recognize in them naught else except the bond that bindeth them to Thy
names and Thine attributes. How can, then, such a man succeed in
befittingly extolling the One through a motion of Whose finger all the
names and their kingdom were called into being, and all the attributes and
their dominion were created, and Who, through yet another motion of that
same finger, hath united the letters B and E (Be) and knit them together,
manifesting thereby what the highest thoughts of Thy chosen ones who enjoy
near access to Thee are unable to grasp, and what the profoundest wisdom
of those of Thy loved ones that are wholly devoted to Thee are powerless
to fathom.
I swear by Thy glory, O Beloved of my soul! I am bewildered when I
contemplate the tokens of Thy handiwork, and the evidences of Thy might,
and find myself completely unable to unravel the mystery of the least of
Thy signs, how much more to apprehend Thine own Self. I beseech Thee,
therefore, O my God, by Thy Name through which Thou hast caused all such
as love Thee to soar in the atmosphere of Thy will, and hast guided all
them that yearn after Thee into the Paradise of Thy nearness and Thy
presence, to waft from the heaven of Thy loving-kindness the fragrance of
certainty upon the needy among Thy loved ones, in these days when the
tempests of trials have compassed them on every side, and so grievously
assailed them that the souls of men have been troubled and the foundations
of all beings have trembled at what hath been sent down unto them from the
heaven of Thine irrevocable Purpose. They were so shaken that the lamp of
their love for Thee and of their remembrance of Thee was ready to be
extinguished in the recess of their hearts. Powerful art Thou to do what
pleaseth Thee. Thou, in truth, art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
Thou givest ear, O my God and my Master, to the sighing of them that are
dear to Thee, and hearest from all sides their cry, by reason of what hath
befallen them at the hands of those whose hearts have been deprived of the
sweet savors of Thy love. There is none either to befriend or to succor
them, nor can anything deter their enemies from harming them.
Unrestrained, they do what they wish, and deal with them as they please.
Give, therefore, O my Lord, the wonders of Thine aid to Thy loved ones,
who have sought no helper except Thee, and have turned to none save
Thyself, and whose eyes have expectantly awaited to behold the wonders of
Thy favors and Thy gifts. Have pity, then, upon them, O my God, through
the incomparable tokens of Thy mercy, and shelter them within the
stronghold of Thy protection and Thy loving-kindness. Thou art the One, O
my Lord, Who from everlasting hath been the Refuge of the fearful, and the
Haven of the needy. Withhold not, I beseech Thee, from these feeble
creatures the matchless tokens of Thy bounteousness and generosity, and
leave them not to the mercy of them whose essence hath been solely created
of the fire of Thy wrath and of Thine anger, and who have never discovered
the fragrance of compassion and equity, and who have been so deluded by
the deceitfulness of the world that they have denied Thy proof, and joined
partners with Thee, and repudiated Thy signs, and shed the blood of those
who are dear to Thee, and have been trusted by Thee. I swear by Thy might,
O my Beloved! They have committed what no man before them hath committed,
and have thereby deserved Thy wrath and the scourge of Thine anger. Lay
hold on them by the power of Thy sovereignty, and set over them such as
will have no mercy upon them, unless they return unto Thee, and enter
beneath the shadow of Thy loving-kindness, and are forgiven by Thee. Thou
hast from everlasting been supreme over all things, and wilt unto
everlasting remain the same. Thou, truly, art the Almighty, the Most
Exalted, the Equitable, the All-Wise.
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Look Thou upon this wronged one, who
hath been sorely afflicted by the oppressors among Thy creatures and the
infidels among Thine enemies, though he himself hath refused to breathe a
single breath but by Thy leave and at Thy bidding. I lay asleep on my
couch, O my God, when lo, the gentle winds of Thy grace and Thy
loving-kindness passed over me, and wakened me through the power of Thy
sovereignty and Thy gifts, and bade me arise before Thy servants, and
speak forth Thy praise, and glorify Thy word. Thereupon most of Thy people
reviled me. I swear by Thy glory, O my God! I never thought that they
would show forth such deeds, aware as I am that Thou hast Thyself
announced this Revelation unto them in the Scrolls of Thy commandment and
the Tablets of Thy decree, and hast covenanted with them concerning this