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My God, my Well-Beloved! No place is there for any one to flee to when |
once Thy laws have been sent down, and no refuge can be found by any soul |
after the revelation of Thy commandments. Thou hast inspired the Pen with |
the mysteries of Thine eternity, and bidden it teach man that which he |
knoweth not, and caused him to partake of the living waters of truth from |
the cup of Thy Revelation and Thine inspiration. |
No sooner, however, had the Pen traced upon the tablet one single letter |
of Thy hidden wisdom, than the voice of the lamentation of Thine ardent |
lovers was lifted up from all directions. Thereupon, there befell the just |
what hath caused the inmates of the tabernacle of Thy glory to weep and |
the dwellers of the cities of Thy revelation to groan. |
Thou dost consider, O my God, how He Who is the Manifestation of Thy names |
is in these days threatened by the swords of Thine adversaries. In such a |
state He crieth out and summoneth all the inhabitants of Thine earth and |
the denizens of Thy heaven unto Thee. |
Purify, O my God, the hearts of Thy creatures with the power of Thy |
sovereignty and might, that Thy words may sink deep into them. I know not |
what is in their hearts, O my God, nor can tell the thoughts they think of |
Thee. Methinks that they imagine that Thy purpose in calling them to Thine |
all-highest horizon is to heighten the glory of Thy majesty and power. For |
had they been satisfied that Thou summonest them to that which will |
recreate their hearts and immortalize their souls, they would never have |
fled from Thy governance, nor deserted the shadow of the tree of Thy |
oneness. Clear away, then, the sight of Thy creatures, O my God, that they |
may recognize Him Who showeth forth the Godhead as One Who is sanctified |
from all that pertaineth unto them, and Who, wholly for Thy sake, is |
summoning them to the horizon of Thy unity, at a time when every moment of |
His life is beset with peril. Had His aim been the preservation of His own |
Self, He would never have left it at the mercy of Thy foes. |
I swear by Thy glory! I have accepted to be tried by manifold adversities |
for no purpose except to regenerate all that are in Thy heaven and on Thy |
earth. Whoso hath loved Thee, can never feel attached to his own self, |
except for the purpose of furthering Thy Cause; and whoso hath recognized |
Thee can recognize naught else except Thee, and can turn to no one save |
Thee. |
Enable Thy servants, O my God, to discover the things Thou didst desire |
for them in Thy Kingdom. Acquaint them, moreover, with what He Who is the |
Origin of Thy most excellent titles hath, in His love for Thee, been |
willing to bear for the sake of the regeneration of their souls, that they |
may haste to attain the River that is Life indeed, and turn their faces in |
the direction of Thy Name, the Most Merciful. Abandon them not to |
themselves, O my God! Draw them, by Thy bountiful favor, to the heaven of |
Thine inspiration. They are but paupers, and Thou art the All-Possessing, |
the ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate. |
Glory to Thee, O my God! The first stirrings of the spring of Thy grace |
have appeared and clothed Thine earth with verdure. The clouds of the |
heaven of Thy bounty have rained their rain on this City within whose |
walls is imprisoned Him Whose desire is the salvation of Thy creatures. |
Through it the soil of this City hath been decked forth, and its trees |
clothed with foliage, and its inhabitants gladdened. |
The hearts of Thy dear ones, however, will rejoice only at the Divine |
Springtime of Thy tender mercies, whereby the hearts are quickened, and |
the souls are renewed, and the trees of human existence bear their fruits. |
The plants that have sprung forth, O my Lord, in the hearts of Thy loved |
ones have withered away. Send down upon them, from the clouds of Thy |
spirit, that which will cause the tender herbs of Thy knowledge and wisdom |
to grow within their breasts. Rejoice, then, their hearts with the |
proclamation of Thy Cause and the exaltation of Thy sovereignty. |
Their eyes, O my Lord, are expectantly turned in the direction of Thy |
bounty, and their faces are set towards the horizon of Thy grace. Suffer |
them not, through Thy bounty, to be deprived of Thy grace. Potent art |
Thou, by Thy sovereign might, over all things. No God is there but Thee, |
the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. |
Thou seest, O my God, how Thy servants have been cleaving fast to Thy |
names, and have been calling on them in the daytime and in the night |
season. No sooner, however, had He been made manifest through Whose word |
the kingdom of names and the heaven of eternity were created, than they |
broke away from Him and disbelieved in the greatest of Thy signs. They |
finally banished Him from the land of His birth, and caused Him to dwell |
within the most desolate of Thy cities, though all the world had been |
built up by Thee for His sake. Within this, the Most Great Prison, He hath |
established His seat. Though sore tried by trials, the like of which the |
eye of creation hath not seen, He summoneth the people unto Thee, O Thou |
Who art the Fashioner of the universe! |
I beseech Thee, O Thou the Shaper of all the nations and the Quickener of |
every moldering bone, to graciously enable Thy servants to recognize Him |
Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Revealer of Thy transcendent |
might, that they may cut down, by Thy power, all the idols of their |
corrupt inclinations, and enter beneath the shadow of Thine |
all-encompassing mercy, which, by virtue of Thy name, the Most Exalted, |
the All-Glorious, hath surpassed the entire creation. |
I know not, O my God, how long will Thy creatures continue to slumber on |
the bed of forgetfulness and evil desires, and remain far removed from |
Thee and shut out from Thy presence. Draw them nearer, O my God, unto the |
scene of Thine effulgent glory, and enrapture their hearts with the sweet |
savors of Thine inspiration, through which they who adore Thy unity have |
soared on the wings of desire towards Thee, and they who are devoted to |
Thee have reached unto Him Who is the Dawning-Place of the Day-Star of Thy |
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