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given us in the Book sent down by Thee unto Him Whom Thou hast chosen by |
Thy behest, Whom Thou hast singled out for Thy favor above all Thy |
creatures, Whom Thou hast been pleased to invest with Thy sovereignty, and |
Whom Thou hast specially favored and entrusted with Thy Message unto Thy |
people. Praised be Thou, therefore, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast |
graciously enabled us to recognize Him and to acknowledge whatsoever hath |
been sent down unto Him, and conferred upon us the honor of attaining the |
presence of the One Whom Thou didst promise in Thy Book and in Thy |
Tablets. |
Thou seest me then, O my God, with my face turned towards Thee, cleaving |
steadfastly to the cord of Thy gracious providence and generosity, and |
clinging to the hem of Thy tender mercies and bountiful favors. Destroy |
not, I implore Thee, my hopes of attaining unto that which Thou didst |
ordain for Thy servants who have turned towards the precincts of Thy court |
and the sanctuary of Thy presence, and have observed the fast for love of |
Thee. I confess, O my God, that whatever proceedeth from me is wholly |
unworthy of Thy sovereignty and falleth short of Thy majesty. And yet I |
beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast revealed Thy Self, in the |
glory of Thy most excellent titles, unto all created things, in this |
Revelation whereby Thou hast, through Thy most resplendent Name, |
manifested Thy beauty, to give me to drink of the wine of Thy mercy and of |
the pure beverage of Thy favor, which have streamed forth from the right |
hand of Thy will, that I may so fix my gaze upon Thee and be so detached |
from all else but Thee, that the world and all that hath been created |
therein may appear before me as a fleeting day which Thou hast not deigned |
to create. |
I moreover entreat Thee, O my God, to rain down, from the heaven of Thy |
will and the clouds of Thy mercy, that which will cleanse us from the |
noisome savors of our transgressions, O Thou Who hast called Thyself the |
God of Mercy! Thou art, verily, the Most Powerful, the All-Glorious, the |
Beneficent. |
Cast not away, O my Lord, him that hath turned towards Thee, nor suffer |
him who hath drawn nigh unto Thee to be removed far from Thy court. Dash |
not the hopes of the suppliant who hath longingly stretched out his hands |
to seek Thy grace and favors, and deprive not Thy sincere servants of the |
wonders of Thy tender mercies and loving-kindness. Forgiving and Most |
Bountiful art Thou, O my Lord! Power hast Thou to do what Thou pleasest. |
All else but Thee are impotent before the revelations of Thy might, are as |
lost in the face of the evidences of Thy wealth, are as nothing when |
compared with the manifestations of Thy transcendent sovereignty, and are |
destitute of all strength when face to face with the signs and tokens of |
Thy power. What refuge is there beside Thee, O my Lord, to which I can |
flee, and where is there a haven to which I can hasten? Nay, the power of |
Thy might beareth me witness! No protector is there but Thee, no place to |
flee to except Thee, no refuge to seek save Thee. Cause me to taste, O my |
Lord, the divine sweetness of Thy remembrance and praise. I swear by Thy |
might! Whosoever tasteth of its sweetness will rid himself of all |
attachment to the world and all that is therein, and will set his face |
towards Thee, cleansed from the remembrance of any one except Thee. |
Inspire then my soul, O my God, with Thy wondrous remembrance, that I may |
glorify Thy name. Number me not with them who read Thy words and fail to |
find Thy hidden gift which, as decreed by Thee, is contained therein, and |
which quickeneth the souls of Thy creatures and the hearts of Thy |
servants. Cause me, O my Lord, to be reckoned among them who have been so |
stirred up by the sweet savors that have been wafted in Thy days that they |
have laid down their lives for Thee and hastened to the scene of their |
death in their longing to gaze on Thy beauty and in their yearning to |
attain Thy presence. And were any one to say unto them on their way, |
"Whither go ye?" they would say, "Unto God, the All-Possessing, the Help |
in Peril, the Self-Subsisting!" |
The transgressions committed by such as have turned away from Thee and |
have borne themselves haughtily towards Thee have not availed to hinder |
them from loving Thee, and from setting their faces towards Thee, and from |
turning in the direction of Thy mercy. These are they who are blessed by |
the Concourse on high, who are glorified by the denizens of the |
everlasting Cities, and beyond them by those on whose foreheads Thy most |
exalted pen hath written: "These! The people of Bahá. Through them have |
been shed the splendors of the light of guidance." Thus hath it been |
ordained, at Thy behest and by Thy will, in the Tablet of Thine |
irrevocable decree. |
Proclaim, therefore, O my God, their greatness and the greatness of those |
who while living or after death have circled round them. Supply them with |
that which Thou hast ordained for the righteous among Thy creatures. |
Potent art Thou to do all things. There is no God but Thee, the |
All-Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful. |
Do not bring our fasts to an end with this fast, O my Lord, nor the |
covenants Thou hast made with this covenant. Do Thou accept all that we |
have done for love of Thee, and for the sake of Thy pleasure, and all that |
we have left undone as a result of our subjection to our evil and corrupt |
desires. Enable us, then, to cleave steadfastly to Thy love and Thy |
good-pleasure, and preserve us from the mischief of such as have denied |
Thee and repudiated Thy most resplendent signs. Thou art, in truth, the |
Lord of this world and of the next. No God is there beside Thee, the |
Exalted, the Most High. |
Magnify Thou, O Lord my God, Him Who is the Primal Point, the Divine |
Mystery, the Unseen Essence, the Day-Spring of Divinity, and the |
Manifestation of Thy Lordship, through Whom all the knowledge of the past |
and all the knowledge of the future were made plain, through Whom the |
pearls of Thy hidden wisdom were uncovered, and the mystery of Thy |
treasured name disclosed, Whom Thou hast appointed as the Announcer of the |
One through Whose name the letter B and the letter E have been joined and |
united, through Whom Thy majesty, Thy sovereignty and Thy might were made |
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