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kindred except such as have enjoyed near access to Thy most effulgent
face.
I have no will but Thy will, O my Lord, and cherish no desire except Thy
desire. From my pen floweth only the summons which Thine own exalted pen
hath voiced, and my tongue uttereth naught save what the Most Great Spirit
hath itself proclaimed in the kingdom of Thine eternity. I am stirred by
nothing else except the winds of Thy will, and breathe no word except the
words which, by Thy leave and Thine inspiration, I am led to pronounce.
Praise be to Thee, O Thou Who art the Well-Beloved of all that have known
Thee, and the Desire of the hearts of such as are devoted to Thee,
inasmuch as Thou hast made me a target for the ills that I suffer in my
love for Thee, and the object of the assaults launched against me in Thy
path. Thy glory beareth me witness! I can, on no account, feel impatient
of the adversities that I have borne in my love for Thee. From the very
day Thou didst reveal Thyself unto me, I have accepted for myself every
manner of tribulation. Every moment of my life my head crieth out to Thee
and saith: "Would, O my Lord, that I could be raised on the spear-point in
Thy path!" while my blood entreateth Thee saying: "Dye the earth with me,
O my God, for the sake of Thy love and Thy pleasure!" Thou knowest that I
have, at no time, sought to guard my body against any affliction, nay
rather I have continually anticipated the things Thou didst ordain for me
in the Tablet of Thy decree.
Behold, then, O my God, my loneliness among Thy servants and my remoteness
from Thy friends and Thy chosen ones. I beseech Thee, by the showers of
the clouds of Thy mercy, whereby Thou hast caused the blossoms of Thy
praise and utterance and the flowers of Thy wisdom and testimony to spring
forth in the hearts of all them that have recognized Thy oneness, to
supply Thy servants and my kindred with the fruits of the tree of Thy
unity, in these days when Thou hast been established upon the throne of
Thy mercy. Hinder them not, O my Lord, from attaining unto the things Thou
dost possess, and write down for them that which will aid them to scale
the heights of Thy grace and favor. Give them, moreover, to drink of the
living waters of Thy knowledge, and ordain for them the good of this world
and of the world to come.
Thou art, verily, the Lord of Bahá, and the Beloved of his heart, and the
Object of his desire, and the Inspirer of his tongue, and the Source of
his soul. No God is there but Thee, the Inaccessible, the Most High. Thou
art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Merciful.
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for having enabled
me to recognize the Manifestation of Thyself, and for having severed me
from Thine enemies, and laid bare before mine eyes their misdeeds and
wicked works in Thy days, and for having rid me of all attachment to them,
and caused me to turn wholly towards Thy grace and bountiful favors. I
give Thee thanks, also, for having sent down upon me from the clouds of
Thy will that which hath so sanctified me from the hints of the infidels
and the allusions of the misbelievers that I have fixed my heart firmly on
Thee, and fled from such as have denied the light of Thy countenance.
Again I thank Thee for having empowered me to be steadfast in Thy love,
and to speak forth Thy praise and to extol Thy virtues, and for having
given me to drink of the cup of Thy mercy that hath surpassed all things
visible and invisible.
Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the All-Loving.
Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou seest me shut up in this Prison, and art
well aware that I have entered it solely for Thy sake and for the sake of
the glorification of Thy word and the proclamation of Thy Cause. I cry out
to Thee, this very moment, O Thou Who art the Lord of all worlds,
beseeching Thee, by Thine undoubted Name, to attract the hearts of Thy
servants unto the Day-Spring of Thy most excellent titles and the
Dawning-Place of Thy most resplendent signs.
But for the troubles that touch me in Thy path, O my God, how else could
my heart rejoice in Thy days; and were it not for the blood which is shed
for love of Thee, what else could tinge the faces of Thy chosen ones
before the eyes of Thy creatures? I swear by Thy might! The ornament that
adorneth the countenance of Thy dear ones is the blood which, in their
love for Thee, floweth out of their foreheads over their faces.
Thou beholdest, O my God, how every bone in my body soundeth like a pipe
with the music of Thine inspiration, revealing the signs of Thy oneness
and the clear tokens of Thy unity. I entreat Thee, O my God, by Thy Name
which irradiateth all things, to raise up such servants as shall incline
their ears to the voice of the melodies that hath ascended from the right
hand of the throne of Thy glory. Make them, then, to quaff from the hand
of Thy grace the wine of Thy mercy, that it may assure their hearts, and
cause them to turn away from the left hand of idle fancies and vain
imaginings to the right hand of confidence and certitude.
Now that Thou hast guided them unto the door of Thy grace, O my Lord, cast
them not away, by Thy bounty; and now that Thou hast summoned them unto
the horizon of Thy Cause, keep them not back from Thee, by Thy
graciousness and favor. Powerful art Thou to do as Thou pleasest. No God
is there but Thee, the Omniscient, the All-Informed.
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! My tongue, both the tongue of my body
and the tongue of my heart, my limbs and members, every pulsating vein
within me, every hair of my head, all proclaim that Thou art God, and that
there is none other God beside Thee. From everlasting Thou hast been
immeasurably exalted above all similitudes and comparisons, and sanctified
from whatsoever pertaineth to the creation Thou hast created and
fashioned. From eternity Thou hast been alone, with none to share the
majesty of Thy singleness, and hast remained far above the changes and
chances to which all Thy creatures are subjected.