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that shadoweth all things. |
Be Thou, O my Lord, my sole Desire, my Goal, mine only Hope, my constant |
Aim, my Habitation and my Sanctuary. Let the object of mine ardent quest |
be Thy most resplendent, Thine adorable, and ever-blessed Beauty. I |
implore Thee, O my Lord, by whatsoever is of Thee, to send, from the right |
hand of Thy might, that which will exalt Thy loved ones and abase Thine |
enemies. |
No God is there beside Thee, Thou alone art my Beloved in this world and |
in the world which is to come. Thou alone art the Desire of all them that |
have recognized Thee. |
Praised be God, the Lord of the worlds. |
Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast been true to what the Pen of Thy |
Revelation hath inscribed upon the Tablets sent down by Thee unto Them |
Whom Thou hast chosen above all Thy creatures, and through Whom Thou hast |
unlocked the doors of Thy mercy, and shed abroad the radiance of the light |
of Thy guidance. Glory to Thee that Thou hast laid bare what had from |
eternity been wrapped up within the Tabernacle of Thy majesty, Thine |
omnipotence and glory, and through which Thou hadst decked forth the |
heaven of Thy Revelation and adorned the pages of the book of Thy |
testimony. |
And when the Pledge was fulfilled and the Promised One appeared, He was |
rejected by such of Thy servants as profess to have believed in Him in |
Whom Thy Godhead was manifested, Whom Thou didst ordain to be the Herald |
of this Revelation, and through Whose advent the eyes of the inmates of |
the sanctuary of Thy unity were cheered. |
I know, O my Lord, neither their reasoning with which they have |
acknowledged Thee and believed in Thy signs, nor their argument whereby |
they have repudiated Thy sovereignty. Every time I call them to Thee and |
say: "O people! Consider the utterances of the Lord your God which are in |
your possession and those that have been sent down from the heaven of His |
will and power," they cavil at Thee, and turn their backs to Thee, |
though--as Thou art aware--each of the words that have gone out of the mouth |
of Thy will sheddeth the fragrance of the breaths of Thy mercy. |
Some have chosen to cleave to him who is counted unworthy to converse with |
any of Thy servants that watch at Thy door (Mírzá Yahyá), how much more to |
enter into the court in which the Tongue of Thy majesty speaketh. Cleanse |
Thou their hearts and their eyes, O my Lord, that they may see with their |
eyes and understand with their hearts, that haply they may be attracted by |
Thine utterances to the Day-Spring of Thine inspiration, and draw nigh |
unto the soft-flowing stream of Thy knowledge. |
Thou art He, O my Lord, Who hath, in every line of Thy Book, entered into |
covenant with them for me, and made it so sure that none of Thy creatures |
can any longer evade it. Thou didst say--and Thy word is the truth: "One |
single letter from Him excelleth all that hath been sent down in the |
Bayán." |
Thou dost consider, therefore, O my God, how they have transgressed |
against Thy Cause, and beholdest what their hands have wrought in Thy |
days. They have so grievously wronged me that the Lote-Tree of Thy |
Revelation moaneth, and the inmates of the Tabernacle of Thy majesty and |
the dwellers of the cities of Thy names lament. I know not, O my God, for |
what reason they have risen up to oppress me, and by what proof they have |
turned aside from Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy signs. I beseech Thee, |
O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Creator of the heavens, to |
aid them to act equitably in Thy Cause, that haply they may discover the |
sweet smell of the robe of Thy mercy, and set their faces towards the |
horizon that shineth with the brightness of the light of Thy face. Weak |
are they, O my Lord, and Thou art the Lord of strength and power. They are |
but paupers, and Thou art the All-Possessing, the Most Generous. |
Thou art well aware, O my God, that throughout my life I have sought no |
advantage for myself. I have offered up my spirit and my whole being for |
the exaltation of Thy word amidst Thy creatures and the glorification of |
Thy name among Thy servants. Thou didst send me with such a Testimony that |
They Who are the Exponents of Thy Revelation and the Day-Springs of Thine |
inspiration were stirred up with vehement longing. Through it, Thy proof |
was established, and Thy bounty fulfilled, and Thy Cause perfected, and |
Thine utterances released, and Thy clear tokens uncovered. |
Thou knowest, O my God, that I have wished only what Thou hast wished, and |
desire what Thou dost desire. Were I to speak forth before Thy servants |
the things wherewith Thou didst, through Thy bounty, inspire me and which |
Thou didst command me to utter amidst Thy creatures, the oppressors among |
Thy people would cavil at me. And were I to hold my peace and cease to |
celebrate the wonders of Thy praise, all the limbs of my body would be |
stirred up to extol Thee. I know not what the water is with which Thou |
didst create me, or what the fire Thou didst kindle within me. I swear by |
Thy glory! I shall not cease to mention Thee, though all that are in Thy |
heaven and on Thy earth rise up against me. Thee will I magnify, in all |
circumstances, with a heart wholly rid of all attachment to the world and |
all that is therein. |
Praised be Thou, the Well-Beloved of the hearts of all such as have |
recognized Thee. |
Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest how my gaze is fixed |
toward Thy tender mercies, and how mine eyes are bent upon the horizon of |
Thy grace, and Thy loving-kindness, and how my hands are stretched out |
unto the heaven of Thy bestowals. Thy might beareth me witness! Every limb |
of my body crieth out to Thee and saith: "O Thou Who art the Well-Beloved |
of the worlds, and the Lord of all that are in heaven and on earth, and |
the one Desire of the hearts which are devoted to Thee! I implore Thee, by |
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