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heart can imagine and no tongue can utter--a Name which will remain
concealed so long as Thine own Essence is hidden, and will be glorified so
long as Thine own Being is extolled--to unfurl, ere the present year draw
to a close, the ensigns of Thine undisputed ascendancy and triumph, that
the whole creation may be enriched by Thy wealth, and may be exalted
through the ennobling influence of Thy transcendent sovereignty, and that
all may arise and promote Thy Cause.
Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Highest, the All-Glorious, the
All-Subduing, the All-Possessing.
All praise, O my God, be to Thee Who art the Source of all glory and
majesty, of greatness and honor, of sovereignty and dominion, of loftiness
and grace, of awe and power. Whomsoever Thou willest Thou causest to draw
nigh unto the Most Great Ocean, and on whomsoever Thou desirest Thou
conferrest the honor of recognizing Thy Most Ancient Name. Of all who are
in heaven and on earth, none can withstand the operation of Thy sovereign
Will. From all eternity Thou didst rule the entire creation, and Thou wilt
continue for evermore to exercise Thy dominion over all created things.
There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the
All-Powerful, the All-Wise.
Illumine, O Lord, the faces of Thy servants, that they may behold Thee;
and cleanse their hearts that they may turn unto the court of Thy heavenly
favors, and recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self and the
Day-Spring of Thine Essence. Verily, Thou art the Lord of all worlds.
There is no God but Thee, the Unconstrained, the All-Subduing.
Glorified be Thou, O my God! Behold Thou my head ready to fall before the
sword of Thy Will, my neck prepared to bear the chains of Thy Desire, my
heart yearning to be made a target for the darts of Thy Decree, mine eyes
expectant to gaze on the tokens and signs of Thy wondrous Mercy. For
whatsoever may befall me from Thee is the cherished desire of them who
thirst to meet Thee, and the supreme aspiration of such as have drawn nigh
unto Thy court.
By the glory of Thy might, O Thou my Well-Beloved! To have sacrificed my
life for the Manifestations of Thy Self, to have offered up my soul in the
path of the Revealers of Thy wondrous Beauty, is to have sacrificed my
spirit for Thy Spirit, my being for Thy Being, my glory for Thy glory. It
is as if I had offered up all these things for Thy sake, and for the sake
of Thy loved ones.
Though my body be pained by the trials that befall me from Thee, though it
be afflicted by the revelations of Thy Decree, yet my soul rejoiceth at
having partaken of the waters of Thy Beauty, and at having attained the
shores of the ocean of Thine eternity. Doth it beseem a lover to flee from
his beloved, or to desert the object of his heart's desire? Nay, we all
believe in Thee, and eagerly hope to enter Thy presence.
Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou dost witness that Thy will hath
prevailed over all created things, and Thy mercy hath surpassed all who
are in heaven and on earth. And when Thou didst purpose to unveil Thy
sovereignty, and to glorify Thy word, and to reveal Thy bounteousness and
mercy, Thou didst raise up one of Thy servants, and didst choose Him above
all Thy creatures, and didst single Him out for Thy purpose, and didst
clothe Him with the robe of Thy guidance, and didst immerse Him beneath
the seas of Thy majesty and grandeur, and didst sanctify Him from all that
beseemeth not the greatness of Thy glory and the power of Thy might, and
didst bid Him to cry out before all that are in heaven and on earth, and
summon the multitudes to the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Revealer of
Thy signs.
No sooner had He proclaimed Thy Cause, and risen up to carry out the
things prescribed unto Him in the Tablets of Thy decree, than the Great
Terror fell upon Thy creatures. Some turned towards Thee, and detached
themselves from all except Thee, and sanctified their souls from the world
and all that is therein, and were so enravished by the sweetness of Thy
voice that they forsook all Thou hadst created in the kingdom of Thy
creation. Others recognized Thee and then hesitated, others allowed the
world to come in between them and Thee and to withhold them from
recognizing Thee. Others disdained Thee, and turned back from Thee, and
wished to prevent Thee from achieving Thy purpose. And yet behold how all
of them are calling upon Thee, and are expecting the things they were
promised in Thy Tablets. And when the Promised One came unto them, they
recognized Him not, and disbelieved in Thy signs, and repudiated Thy clear
tokens, and strayed so grievously from Thy path that they slew Thy
servants, through the brightness of whose faces the countenances of the
Concourse on high have been illumined.
I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names, to guard Thy loved
ones against Thine enemies, and to strengthen them in their love for Thee
and in fulfilling Thy pleasure. Do Thou protect them, that their footsteps
may slip not, that their hearts may not be shut out as by a veil from
Thee, and that their eyes may be restrained from beholding anything that
is not of Thee. Cause them to be so enraptured by the sweetness of Thy
divine melodies that they will rid themselves of all attachment to any one
except Thee, and will turn wholly towards Thee, and extol Thee under all
conditions, saying: "Praised be Thou, O Lord our God, inasmuch as Thou
hast enabled us to recognize Thy most exalted and all-glorious Self. We
will, by Thy mercy, cleave to Thee, and will detach ourselves from any one
but Thee. We have realized that Thou art the Beloved of the worlds and the
Creator of earth and heaven!"
Glorified be God, the Lord of all creation!
Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who from
everlasting hath been clothed with majesty, with authority and power, and
will continue unto everlasting to be arrayed with honor, with strength and
glory. The learned, one and all, stand aghast before the signs and tokens