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youth in every word sent down by Thee unto Thy creatures and Thy people.
I am bewildered, therefore, O my God, and know not how to act toward them.
Every time I hold my peace, and cease to extol Thy wondrous virtues, Thy
Spirit impelleth me to cry out before all who are in Thy heaven and on Thy
earth; and every time I am still, the breaths wafted from the right hand
of Thy will and purpose pass over me, and stir me up, and I find myself to
be as a leaf which lieth at the mercy of the winds of Thy decree, and is
carried away whithersoever Thou dost permit or command it. Every man of
insight who considereth what hath been revealed by me, will be persuaded
that Thy Cause is not in my hands, but in Thy hands, and will recognize
that the reins of power are held not in my grasp but in Thy grasp, and are
subject to Thy sovereign might. And yet, Thou seest, O my God, how the
inhabitants of Thy realm have arrayed themselves against me, and inflict
upon me every moment of my life what causeth the realities of Thy chosen
ones and trusted ones to tremble.
I entreat Thee, therefore, O my God, by Thy Name through which Thou hast
guided Thy lovers to the living waters of Thy grace and Thy favors, and
attracted them that long for Thee to the Paradise of Thy nearness and Thy
presence, to open the eyes of Thy people that they may recognize in this
Revelation the manifestation of Thy transcendent unity, and the dawning of
the lights of Thy countenance and Thy beauty. Cleanse them, then, O my
God, from all idle fancies and vain imaginations, that they may inhale the
fragrances of sanctity from the robe of Thy Revelation and Thy
commandment, that haply they may cease to inflict upon me what will
deprive their souls of the fragrances of the manifold tokens of Thy mercy,
that are wafted in the days of Him Who is the Manifestation of Thyself,
and the Day-Spring of Thy Cause, and that they may not perpetrate what
will call down Thy wrath and anger.
Thou well knowest, O my God, that I was regarded as one of the people of
the Bayán, and consorted with them with love and fellowship, and summoned
them to Thee in the daytime and in the night season, through the wonders
of Thy Revelation and Thine inspiration, and sustained at their hands what
the inmates of the cities of Thine invention are powerless to recount. I
swear by Thy might, O my Beloved! Every morning I waken to find that I am
made a target for the darts of their envy, and every night, when I lie
down to rest, I discover that I have fallen a victim to the spears of
their hate. Though Thou hast made known unto me the secrets of their
hearts, and hast set me above them, I have refused to uncover their deeds,
and have dealt patiently with them, mindful of the time which Thou hast
fixed. And when Thy promise came to pass, and the set time was fulfilled,
Thou didst lift, to an imperceptible degree, the veil of concealment, and
lo, all the inmates of the kingdoms of Thy Revelation and of Thy creation
shook and trembled, except those who were created by Thee, through the
fire of Thy love, and the breath of Thine eagerness, and the water of Thy
loving-kindness, and the clay of Thy grace. These are they who are
glorified by the Concourse on high and the denizens of the Cities of
eternity.
I give praise to Thee, therefore, O my God, that Thou hast preserved them
that have acknowledged Thy unity, and hast destroyed them that have joined
partners with Thee, and hast divided the one from the other through yet
another word that hath proceeded out of the mouth of Thy will, and flowed
down from the pen of Thy purpose. Thereby have Thy servants, who were
created through the word of Thy commandment, and were begotten by Thy
will, caviled at me, and so fiercely opposed me that they repudiated Thee,
and have rejected Thy signs, and have risen up against Thee.
Thy glory beareth me witness, O my Beloved! My pen is powerless to
describe what their hands have wrought against Him Who is the
Manifestation of Thy Cause, and the Day-Spring of Thy Revelation, and the
Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration. For all this I give praise to Thee. I
swear by Thy glory, O my God! My heart yearneth after the things ordained
by Thee in the heaven of Thy decree and the kingdom of Thine appointment.
For whatsoever befalleth me in Thy path is the beloved of my soul and the
goal of my desire. This, verily, is to be ascribed to naught except Thy
power and Thy might.
I am the one, O my God, who, through the love I bear to Thee, hath been
able to dispense with all who are in heaven and on earth. Armed with this
love, I am afraid of no one, though all the peoples of the world unite to
hurt me. Oh, that my blood could, this very moment, be shed on the face of
the earth before Thee, and Thou wouldst behold me in the condition in
which Thou didst behold such of Thy servants as have drawn nigh unto Thee,
and those of Thy righteous creatures as have been chosen by Thee!
I give Thee thanks, O my God, that Thou hast decided through the power of
Thy decree, and wilt continue to decide through Thine irrevocable
appointment and purpose. I entreat Thee, O my Beloved, by Thy Name through
which Thou didst lift up the ensigns of Thy Cause, and shed the splendors
of the light of Thy countenance, to send down upon me and upon such of Thy
servants as are wholly devoted to Thee all the good Thou hast ordained in
Thy Tablets. Establish us, then, upon the seats of truth in Thy presence,
O Thou in Whose hands is the kingdom of all things!
Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most Merciful.
The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory
which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty, rest upon Thee, O
Thou Who art the Manifestation of Grandeur, and the King of Eternity, and
the Lord of all who are in heaven and on earth! I testify that through
Thee the sovereignty of God and His dominion, and the majesty of God and
His grandeur, were revealed, and the Day-Stars of ancient splendor have
shed their radiance in the heaven of Thine irrevocable decree, and the