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And when Thou didst purpose to demonstrate the power of Thy sovereign |
might, and to glorify Thy word, and to guide the steps of Thy people, Thou |
didst raise up from among Thy creatures One of Thy servants, Whom Thou |
didst send forth with the signs of Thy sovereignty, and Whom Thou didst |
endue with the clear tokens of Thy oneness, that He might fulfill Thy |
testimony unto all created things, and perfect Thy proof before all men. |
As soon as He revealed Himself, as bidden by Thee, and called Thy servants |
to turn in the direction of Thy gifts, and to set their faces towards the |
horizon of Thy knowledge, the signs of dissension appeared amongst them. |
Some responded to Thy call and, without the least hesitation, obeyed Thy |
summons. Others turned their backs to Thee, and followed the desires of a |
corrupt inclination. |
I implore Thee, O my God, by Thy Most Great Name, to enrapture the nations |
through the potency of the Word which Thou didst ordain to be the king of |
all words, the Word whereby the goodly pearls of Thy hidden wisdom were |
uncovered, and the gem-like mysteries which were wrapped up within Thee |
were unraveled. Deprive them not, by Thy grace and bounty, of the things |
Thou didst desire for them, and suffer them not to be far removed from the |
shores of the ocean of Thy presence. |
Every existence, whether seen or unseen, O my Lord, testifieth that Thy |
mercy hath surpassed all created things, and Thy loving-kindness embraced |
the entire creation. Look upon them, I entreat Thee, with the eyes of Thy |
mercy. Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate. Do with them |
as beseemeth Thy glory, and Thy majesty, and Thy greatness, and Thy |
bounteousness and Thy grace. Deal not with them according to the |
limitations imposed upon them, or the manifold vicissitudes of their |
earthly life. |
Thou knowest, O my Lord, that I am but one of Thy servants. I have tasted |
of the sweetness of Thy speech, and acknowledged Thy unity and Thy |
singleness, and set my face towards the Source of Thy most excellent names |
and the Day-Spring of Thy transcendent attributes, and wished to be |
enabled by Thee to immerse myself beneath the ocean of Thy oneness and to |
be submerged by the mighty waters of Thy unity. |
Assist me, by Thy strengthening grace, O my Lord, to do what Thou didst |
will, and withhold not from me the things Thou dost possess. So enravish |
me with the wonders of Thine utterances that the noise and distraction of |
this world may be powerless to deter me from turning unto Thee, and may |
fail to shake my constancy in Thy Cause, or to distract my gaze from the |
horizon of Thy grace. Aid me, then, O my God, to do what pleaseth Thee, |
and to carry out Thy will. Write down for me, moreover, the good of this |
world and of the world which is to come, and ordain for me a seat of truth |
in Thy presence. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and to rule as |
Thou pleasest. No God is there but Thee, the Inaccessible, the |
All-Glorious, the Most Great. |
All-praise to Thee, O Lord of the worlds and the Object of the adoration |
of the entire creation! |
Faded now is all that erstwhile flourished in the Paradise of Thy |
transcendent oneness, O my God! Where are the rain-giving clouds of Thy |
mercy? Shorn are the branches of the Tree of Thy unity of the vesture of |
Thy majesty and wisdom; where is the spring-time of Thy gifts and |
bounties? Motionless lies the Ark of Thy Cause on the sea of Thy creation; |
where are the winds of Thy grace and favors? Encompassed on every side is |
Thy Lamp by the tempests of discord blowing from every land; where is the |
globe of Thy graciousness and protection? |
Thou seest, O my God, how the eyes of these poor creatures are bent upon |
the horizon of Thy riches, how the hearts of these helpless ones are set |
in the direction of Thy might. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the sole |
Desire of them that have recognized Thee, and the Object of the adoration |
of the entire creation, not to suffer them, now that Thou hast attracted |
them by Thy most exalted Word, to be far removed from the Tabernacle which |
Thou hast reared up by Thy name, the All-Glorious. |
They are sore pressed with cares, O my Lord, and are encompassed about by |
the wicked. Send down, therefore, from the heaven of Thy behest Thine |
invisible hosts, that, holding aloft the ensigns of Thy victory, they may |
help them in Thy land, and may shield them against Thine adversaries. |
I entreat Thee, O my God, by Thy name through which the clouds have rained |
down their rain, and the streams have flowed, and the fire of Thy love |
hath been kindled throughout Thy dominion, to assist Thy servant who hath |
turned towards Thee, and hath spoken forth Thy praise, and determined to |
help Thee. Fortify, then, his heart, O my God, in Thy love and in Thy |
Faith. Better is this for him than all that hath been created on Thine |
earth, for the world and whatsoever is therein must perish, and what |
pertaineth unto Thee must endure as long as Thy most excellent names |
endure. By Thy Glory! Were the world to last as long as Thine own kingdom |
will last, to set their affections upon it would still be unseemly for |
such as have quaffed, from the hands of Thy mercy, the wine of Thy |
presence; how much more when they recognize its fleetingness and are |
persuaded of its transience. The chances that overtake it, and the changes |
to which all things pertaining unto it are continually subjected, attest |
its impermanence. |
Whosoever hath recognized Thee will turn to none save Thee, and will seek |
from Thee naught else except Thyself. Thou art the sole Desire of the |
heart of him whose thoughts are fixed on Thee, and the highest Aspiration |
of whosoever is wholly devoted unto Thee. |
No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the |
All-Glorious, the Most Powerful. |
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