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hath, verily, attained that for which he had besought his Lord, the |
All-Glorious, the Omniscient." |
How, then, can such a man be fearful of the combination of the kings to |
injure him in Thy Cause? No, no, I swear by Thyself, O Thou Who art the |
King of kings! Such is my love for Thee that I can fear no one, though the |
powers of all the worlds be arrayed against me. Alone and unaided I have, |
by the power of Thy might, arisen to proclaim Thy Cause, unafraid of the |
host of my oppressors. |
To all that dwell on earth I cry aloud and say: "Fear ye God, O ye |
servants of God, and suffer not yourselves to be kept back from this pure |
Wine that hath flowed from the right hand of the throne of the mercy of |
your Lord, the Most Merciful. I swear by God! Better for you is what He |
possesseth than the things ye yourselves possess and the things ye have |
sought and are now seeking in this vain and empty life. Forsake the world, |
and set your faces towards the all-glorious Horizon. Whoso hath partaken |
of the wine of His remembrance will forget every other remembrance, and |
whoso hath recognized Him will rid himself of all attachment to this life |
and to all that pertaineth unto it." |
I implore Thee, O my God and my Master, by Thy word through which they who |
have believed in Thy unity have soared up into the atmosphere of Thy |
knowledge, and they who are devoted to Thee have ascended into the heaven |
of Thy oneness, to inspire Thy loved ones with that which will assure |
their hearts in Thy Cause. Endue them with such steadfastness that nothing |
whatsoever will hinder them from turning towards Thee. |
Thou art, verily, the Bountiful, the Munificent, the Forgiving, the |
Compassionate. |
Thou beholdest, O my God, how bewildered in their drunkenness are Thy |
servants who have turned back from Thy beauty and caviled at what hath |
been sent down from the right hand of the throne of Thy majesty. Thou |
didst come, O my God, in the clouds of Thy spirit and Thine utterance, and |
lo, the entire creation shook and trembled, and the limbs of them who |
repudiated Thy testimonies were made to quiver, O Thou in Whose grasp is |
the lordship of all things! |
Thou art He, O my God, Who hast summoned all men to turn in the direction |
of Thy mercy, and called them unto the horizon of Thy grace and bounties. |
None, however, heeded Thy call, except such as have forsaken all things |
save Thee, and hastened unto the Day-Spring of Thy beauty, and the |
Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration and Thy revelation. |
Thou knowest, O my God, that none can be found on the face of the earth to |
remember Thee except them. Thou seest how the oppressors among Thy |
creatures have laid hold on them. Some, O my God, have shed their blood in |
Thy path, others have abandoned their homes and set their faces towards |
the seat of Thy throne, and were hindered from stepping into the court of |
Thy great glory, while still others have been cast into prison and are at |
the mercy of the workers of iniquity. |
I implore Thee, O Thou Who holdest in Thy hands the reins of unconstrained |
power, to succor them through the wondrous potency of Thy might. Misery, O |
my Lord, hath taken hold on them in Thy path, exalt them by the power of |
Thy sovereignty; and weariness hath afflicted them in their love for Thee, |
render them victorious, through Thy strength and Thine omnipotence, over |
Thine enemies. |
Aware as I am, O my God, that Thou hast decreed for them that which |
excelleth whatsoever is in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, I still cherish |
the desire that Thou mayest behold them in Thy days exalted and honored by |
Thy creatures. Supreme art Thou over Thy creation. All are held within Thy |
grasp, and lie prisoned in the hollow of Thy hand. No God is there but |
Thee, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. |
Magnified be Thy name, O my God! I testify that if Thy servants were to |
turn towards Thee with the eyes Thou didst create in them and with the |
ears wherewith Thou didst endow them, they would all be carried away by a |
single word sent down from the right hand of the throne of Thy majesty. |
That word alone would suffice to brighten their faces, and to assure their |
hearts, and to cause their souls to soar up to the atmosphere of Thy great |
glory, and to ascend into the heaven of Thy sovereignty. |
I pray Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Ruler of both |
earth and heaven, to grant that all who are dear to Thee may each become a |
cup of Thy mercy in Thy days, that they may quicken the hearts of Thy |
servants. Empower them also, O my God, to be as the rain that poureth down |
from the clouds of Thy grace, and as the winds that waft the vernal |
fragrances of Thy loving-kindness, that through them the soil of the |
hearts of Thy creatures may be clad with verdure, and may bring forth the |
things that will shed their fragrance over all Thy dominion, so that every |
one may perceive the sweet smell of the Robe of Thy Revelation. Potent art |
Thou to do what Thou willest. |
The power of Thy might beareth me witness! Whoso hath drunk of the cup |
which the hand of Thy mercy hath borne round will strip himself of all |
things except Thee, and will be able, through a word of his mouth, to |
enrapture the souls of such of Thy servants as have slumbered on the bed |
of forgetfulness and negligence, and to cause them to turn their faces |
toward Thy most Great Sign, and seek from Thee naught else except Thyself, |
and ask of Thee only what Thou hast determined for them by the pen of Thy |
judgment and hast prescribed in the Tablet of Thy decree. |
Send down, then, O my God, through Thy Most Great Name, upon Thy loved |
ones what will, under all conditions, draw them nearer unto Thee. Thou |
art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, Whose help is implored by all |
men. |
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