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turn with all their affections toward Thee, and may enjoy such intimate
communion with Thee that if all that is in heaven and on earth were given
them they would regard it as unworthy of their notice, and would refuse to
cease from remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues.
Shield, I pray Thee, O my Beloved, my heart's Desire, Thy servant who hath
sought Thy face, from the darts of them that have denied Thee and from the
shafts of such as have repudiated Thy Truth. Cause him, then, to be wholly
devoted to Thee, to declare Thy name, and to fix his gaze upon the
sanctuary of Thy Revelation. Thou art, in truth, He Who, at no time, hath
turned away those who have set their hopes in Thee from the door of Thy
mercy, nor prevented such as have sought Thee from attaining the court of
Thy grace. No God is there but Thee, the Most Powerful, the All-Highest,
the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the All-Compelling, the
Unconditioned.
Magnified, O Lord my God, be Thy Name, whereby the trees of the garden of
Thy Revelation have been clad with verdure, and been made to yield the
fruits of holiness during this Springtime when the sweet savors of Thy
favors and blessings have been wafted over all things, and caused them to
bring forth whatsoever had been preordained for them in the Kingdom of
Thine irrevocable decree and the Heaven of Thine immutable purpose. I
beseech Thee by this very Name not to suffer me to be far from the court
of Thy holiness, nor debarred from the exalted sanctuary of Thy unity and
oneness.
Ignite, then, O my God, within my breast the fire of Thy love, that its
flame may burn up all else except my remembrance of Thee, that every trace
of corrupt desire may be entirely mortified within me, and that naught may
remain except the glorification of Thy transcendent and all-glorious
Being. This is my highest aspiration, mine ardent desire, O Thou Who
rulest all things, and in Whose hand is the kingdom of the entire
creation. Thou, verily, doest what Thou choosest. No God is there beside
Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name that hath
caused to surge within every drop the oceans of Thy loving-kindness and
mercy, and to shine within every atom the luminaries of Thy bountiful
blessings and favors,--I implore Thee to adorn every soul with the ornament
of Thy love, that none may remain on Thine earth who hath not turned
towards Thee, or hath failed to detach himself from all except Thy Self.
Thou hast, verily, O my God, suffered Him Who is the Manifestation of
Thine own Self to be afflicted with all manner of adversity in order that
Thy servants may ascend unto the pinnacle of Thy gracious favor, and
attain unto that which Thou hast, through Thy providence and tender
mercies, ordained for them in the Tablets of Thine irrevocable decree. The
glory of Thy might beareth me witness! Were they, every moment of their
lives, to offer up themselves as a sacrifice in Thy path, they would still
have done but little in comparison with the manifold bestowals vouchsafed
unto them by Thee.
Grant, therefore, I beseech Thee, that their hearts may be inclined
towards Thee, and that their faces may be turned in the direction of Thy
good-pleasure. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there
but Thee, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.
Deign, then, to accept, O my God, from Thy servant the things which he
hath shown forth in his love for Thee. Fortify him, then, that he may
cling to Thy most exalted Word, and to unloose his tongue to celebrate Thy
praise, and cause him to be gathered unto such of Thy people as are nigh
unto Thee. Thou art He within Whose grasp is the empire of all things.
There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the
All-Glorious, the Unconstrained.
Magnified be Thy name, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of the souls of
all them that have recognized Thee, and in Whose right hand are the
destinies of all that are in heaven and all that are on earth! Thou doest,
through the power of Thy might, what Thou willest, and ordainest, by an
act of Thy volition, what Thou pleasest. The will of the most resolute of
men is as nothing when compared with the compelling evidences of Thy will,
and the determination of the most inflexible among Thy creatures is
dissipated before the manifold revelations of Thy purpose.
Thou art He Who, through a word of Thy mouth, hath so enravished the
hearts of Thy chosen ones that they have, in their love for Thee, detached
themselves from all except Thyself, and laid down their lives and
sacrificed their souls in Thy path, and borne, for Thy sake, what none of
Thy creatures hath borne.
I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! I have turned my face towards the
habitation of Thy mercy, and have sought the wonders of Thy manifold
favors, inasmuch as all the members of my body proclaim Thee to be the
All-Bounteous, He Whose grace is immense.
O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Whose beauty is my
sanctuary, Whose court is my goal, Whose remembrance is my wish, Whose
affection is my solace, Whose love is my begetter, Whose praise is my
companion, Whose nearness is my hope, Whose presence is my greatest
longing and supreme aspiration! Disappoint me not, I entreat Thee, by
withholding from me the things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among
Thy handmaidens, and supply me with the good of this world and of the
world to come.
Thou art, verily, the Lord of creation. No God is there beside Thee, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I pray Thee, by Him Who is the
Day-Spring of Thy signs and the Manifestation of Thy names, and the
Treasury of Thine inspiration, and the Repository of Thy wisdom, to send