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hath wished for Himself nothing but tribulation in the love He beareth to
Thee. He hath endured all manner of vexations that He may manifest Thy
sovereignty unto Thy servants, and exalt Thy word amidst Thy creatures. As
the adversities deepened, and the troubles sent down by Thee compassed Him
on every side, He became so impassioned by His thought of Thee, that the
hosts of all them that had disbelieved in Thee and repudiated Thy signs
ceased to affright Him.
I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Him and by whatsoever pertaineth unto Him,
to set my affections upon Him even as He hath set His own affections upon
Thyself. I testify that His love is Thy love, and His self Thy self, and
His beauty Thy beauty, and His Cause Thy Cause.
Deny me not, O my Lord, what is with Thee, and suffer me not to be
forgetful of what Thou didst desire in Thy days. Thou art, verily, the
Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through
which the Hour hath struck, and the Resurrection came to pass, and fear
and trembling seized all that are in heaven and all that are on earth, to
rain down, out of the heaven of Thy mercy and the clouds of Thy tender
compassion, what will gladden the hearts of Thy servants, who have turned
towards Thee and helped Thy Cause.
Keep safe Thy servants and Thy handmaidens, O my Lord, from the darts of
idle fancy and vain imaginings, and give them from the hands of Thy grace
a draught of the soft-flowing waters of Thy knowledge.
Thou, truly, art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving, the
Most Generous.
Glory be to Thee, O my God! Thou hearest Thine ardent lovers lamenting in
their separation from Thee, and such as have recognized Thee wailing
because of their remoteness from Thy presence. Open Thou outwardly to
their faces, O my Lord, the gates of Thy grace, that they may enter them
by Thy leave and in conformity with Thy will, and may stand before the
throne of Thy majesty, and catch the accents of Thy voice, and be
illumined with the splendors of the light of Thy face.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. None can withstand the power of
Thy sovereign might. From everlasting Thou wert alone, with none to equal
Thee, and wilt unto everlasting remain far above all thought and every
description of Thee. Have mercy, then, upon Thy servants by Thy grace and
bounty, and suffer them not to be kept back from the shores of the ocean
of Thy nearness. If Thou abandonest them, who is there to befriend them;
and if Thou puttest them far from Thee, who is he that can favor them?
They have none other Lord beside Thee, none to adore except Thyself. Deal
Thou generously with them by Thy bountiful grace.
Thou, in truth, art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
Thou dost witness, O my God, how He Who is Thy splendor calleth Thee to
remembrance, notwithstanding the manifold troubles that have touched Him,
troubles which none except Thee can number. Thou beholdest how, in His
prison-house, He recounteth Thy wondrous praises with which Thou didst
inspire Him. Such is His fervor that His enemies are powerless to deter
Him from mentioning Thee, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names!
Praised be Thou that Thou hast so strengthened Him with Thy strength, and
endowed Him by Thine almighty power with such potency, that aught save
Thee is in His estimation but a handful of dust. The lights of unfading
splendor have so enveloped Him that all else but Thee is in His eyes but a
shadow.
And when Thine irresistible summons reached me, I arose, fortified by Thy
strength, and called all that are in Thy heaven and all that are on Thy
earth to turn in the direction of Thy favors and the horizon of Thy
bounties. Some caviled at me, and determined to hurt me and slay me.
Others drank to the full of the wine of Thy grace, and hastened towards
the habitation of Thy throne.
I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Creator of earth and heaven and the
Source of all things, to attract Thy servants through the fragrances of
the Robe of Thine Inspiration and Thy Revelation, and to help them attain
the Tabernacle of Thy behest and power. From eternity Thou wert by Thy
transcendent might supreme over all things, and Thou wilt be exalted unto
eternity in Thy Godhead and surpassing sovereignty.
Let Thy mercy, then, be upon Thy servants and Thy creatures. Thou art, in
truth, the Almighty, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious, the
Unconditioned.
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I entreat Thee by the fragrances of the
Raiment of Thy grace which at Thy bidding and in conformity with Thy
desire were diffused throughout the entire creation, and by the Day-Star
of Thy will that hath shone brightly, through the power of Thy might and
of Thy sovereignty, above the horizon of Thy mercy, to blot out from my
heart all idle fancies and vain imaginings, that with all my affections I
may turn unto Thee, O Thou Lord of all mankind!
I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant, O my God! I have laid hold on
the handle of Thy grace, and clung to the cord of Thy tender mercy. Ordain
for me the good things that are with Thee, and nourish me from the Table
Thou didst send down out of the clouds of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy
favor.
Thou, in very truth, art the Lord of the worlds, and the God of all that
are in heaven and all that are on earth.
I know not, O my God, what the Fire is which Thou didst kindle in Thy