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Do Thou destine for them, O my Lord, that which will profit them.
Illumine, then, their eyes with the light of Thy knowledge, that they may
see Thee visibly supreme over all things, and resplendent amidst Thy
creatures, and victorious over all that are in Thy heaven and all that are
on Thy earth. Powerful art Thou to do Thy pleasure. No God is there but
Thee, the All-Glorious, Whose help is implored by all men.
Praised be Thou, Who art the Lord of all creation.
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thine Ancient Beauty and
Most Great Name, Whom Thou hast sacrificed that all the dwellers of Thine
earth and heaven may be born anew, and Whom Thou hast cast into prison
that mankind may, as a token of Thy bounty and of Thy sovereign might, be
released from the bondage of evil passions and corrupt desires, to number
me with those who have so deeply inhaled the fragrance of Thy mercy, and
hastened with such speed unto the living waters of Thy grace, that no dart
could hinder them from turning unto Thee, nor any spear from setting their
faces towards the orient of Thy Revelation.
We testify, O my Lord, that Thou art God and that there is none other God
besides Thee. From everlasting Thou wast enthroned on the inaccessible
heights of Thy power, and wilt unto everlasting continue to exercise Thy
transcendent and unrestrained dominion. The hosts of the world are
powerless to frustrate Thy will, nor can all the dwellers of the earth and
all the inmates of heaven annul Thy decree. Thou truly art the Almighty,
the Most Exalted, the Most Great.
Bless, O my God, those of the followers of the Bayán as have been numbered
with the people of Bahá, who have entered within the Crimson Ark in Thy
Name, the Most Exalted, the Most High. Thy might, verily, is equal to all
things.
I give praise to Thee, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through
which Thou didst cause the dawn to appear, and the winds to blow, and the
seas to surge, and the trees to bring forth their fruits, and the earth to
be beautified with its rivers, that Thou wilt aid all them that are dear
to Thee with both Thy visible and invisible hosts. Render them, moreover,
victorious over all those who have so rebelled in Thy land, and dishonored
Thy name, and disbelieved in Thy signs, and broken Thy Covenant, and cast
behind their backs Thy laws, and have to such an extent risen up against
Thee, that they carried into captivity Thy kindred, and flung the
Manifestation of Thy Self into prison, and immured Him Who is the
Day-Spring of Thine Essence in the most desolate of cities.
Thou, O my Lord, art He whose strength is immense, Whose decree is
terrible. Lay hold on Thine adversaries by the power of Thy sovereignty,
and assemble Thy loved ones beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness,
that they may stand before Thy throne, and catch the accents of Thy voice,
and gaze on Thy beauty, and discover the power of Thy might.
Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I am so carried away by the breezes blowing
from Thy presence that I have forgotten my self and all that I possess.
This is but a sign of the wonders of Thy grace and bountiful favors
vouchsafed unto me. I give praise to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast chosen
me out of all Thy creatures, and made me to be the Day-Spring of Thy
strength and the Manifestation of Thy might, and empowered me to reveal
such of Thy signs and such tokens of Thy majesty and power as none,
whether in Thy heaven or on Thy earth, can produce.
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy most effulgent Name, to acquaint my
people with the things Thou didst destine for them. Do Thou, then,
preserve them within the stronghold of Thy guardianship and the tabernacle
of Thine unerring protection, lest through them may appear what will
divide Thy servants. Assemble them, O my Lord, on the shores of this
Ocean, every drop of which proclaimeth Thee to be God, besides Whom there
is none other God, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
Uncover before them, O my Lord, the majesty of Thy Cause, lest they be led
to doubt Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy might. I swear by Thy glory,
O Thou Who art the Beloved of the worlds! Had they been aware of Thy power
they would of a certainty have refused to utter what Thou didst not ordain
for them in the heaven of Thy will.
Inspire them, O my Lord, with a sense of their own powerlessness before
Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self, and teach them to recognize the
poverty of their own nature in the face of the manifold tokens of Thy
self-sufficiency and riches, that they may gather together round Thy
Cause, and cling to the hem of Thy mercy, and cleave to the cord of the
good-pleasure of Thy will.
Thou art the Lord of the worlds, and of all those who show mercy, art the
Most Merciful.
Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity, and the Maker of nations, and the
Fashioner of every moldering bone! I pray Thee, by Thy Name through which
Thou didst call all mankind unto the horizon of Thy majesty and glory, and
didst guide Thy servants to the court of Thy grace and favors, to number
me with such as have rid themselves from everything except Thyself, and
have set themselves towards Thee, and have not been kept back by such
misfortunes as were decreed by Thee, from turning in the direction of Thy
gifts.
I have laid hold, O my Lord, on the handle of Thy bounty, and clung
steadfastly to the hem of the robe of Thy favor. Send down, then, upon me,
out of the clouds of Thy generosity, what will purge out from me the
remembrance of any one except Thee, and make me able to turn unto Him Who
is the Object of the adoration of all mankind, against Whom have been