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the dearest wish of those hearts that yearn after Thee, Whose decree is |
the sole hope of them that have recognized Thy truth! I implore Thee, by |
Thy divine sweetness and by the splendors of the glory of Thy face, to |
send down upon us from Thy retreats on high that which will enable us to |
draw nigh unto Thee. Set, then, our feet firm, O my God, in Thy Cause, and |
enlighten our hearts with the effulgence of Thy knowledge, and illumine |
our breasts with the brightness of Thy names. |
I am he, O my Lord, that hath set his face towards Thee, and fixed his |
hope on the wonders of Thy grace and the revelations of Thy bounty. I pray |
Thee that Thou wilt not suffer me to turn away disappointed from the door |
of Thy mercy, nor abandon me to such of Thy creatures as have repudiated |
Thy Cause. |
I am, O my God, Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have recognized |
Thy truth in Thy days, and have directed my steps towards the shores of |
Thy oneness, confessing Thy singleness, acknowledging Thy unity, and |
hoping for Thy forgiveness and pardon. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou |
willest; no God is there beside Thee, the All-Glorious, the |
Ever-Forgiving. |
Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou art God, and that |
there is none other God besides Thee. Thou hast from eternity been |
immeasurably exalted above the praise of any one except Thee, and far |
above the description of any of Thy creatures. All created things have |
borne witness to Thy unity, and every dweller in Thy kingdom hath |
confessed Thy oneness. The essence of the apprehension of the assured |
among Thy creatures can never attain unto Thee, and the gem-like |
utterances with which Thy people have praised and glorified Thee can never |
hope to ascend unto the atmosphere of Thy holiness. For men's apprehension |
of Thee is but the apprehension of Thine own creation; how can it reach up |
to Thee? And all human praise and glorification of Thee pertain unto Thy |
servants; how can they be deemed worthy of the court of Thy oneness? |
I swear by Thy glory! The quintessence of knowledge is powerless to |
comprehend Thy nature, and the inmost reality of every praise of Thee |
falleth short of the seat of Thy great glory and of Thine all-compelling |
power. Every utterance that seeketh to describe Thee, and every knowledge |
that attempteth to comprehend Thee, is but an expression of Thine own |
creating, and is begotten by Thy will, and fashioned in conformity with |
Thy purpose. |
I implore Thee, O Thou Who art inscrutable to all except Thee, and can be |
comprehended through naught else save Thyself, by the wrongs which He Who |
is the Day-Spring of Thy Cause hath suffered at the hands of the ignoble |
among Thy creatures, and by what hath befallen Him in Thy path, to grant |
that I may, at all times, be wholly dissolved in Thee, and fix my gaze |
upon the horizon of Thy will and be steadfast in Thy love. |
I have, O my Lord, turned unto Thee according to what Thou hast commanded |
me in Thy Book, and have set my face towards the horizon of Thy |
loving-kindness even as Thou hast permitted me in Thy Tablets. Cast me not |
out of the door of Thy grace, I beseech Thee, and write down for me the |
recompense destined for him who hath entered Thy presence, and hath risen |
to serve Thee, and hath been carried away by the drops sprinkled upon him |
from the Ocean of Thy favors in Thy days, and by the splendors of the |
Day-Star of Thy gifts that have been shed upon him at the revelation of |
the light of Thy countenance. |
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. No God is there save Thee, the |
Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. |
Lauded be Thy Name, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant who hath laid hold on |
the cord of Thy tender mercies, and clung to the hem of Thy bounteousness. |
I entreat Thee by Thy name whereby Thou hast subjected all created things, |
both visible and invisible, and through which the breath that is life |
indeed was wafted over the entire creation, to strengthen me by Thy power |
which hath encompassed the heavens and the earth, and to guard me from all |
sickness and tribulation. I bear witness that Thou art the Lord of all |
names, and the Ordainer of all that may please Thee. There is none other |
God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. |
Do Thou ordain for me, O my Lord, what will profit me in every world of |
Thy worlds. Supply me, then, with what Thou hast written down for the |
chosen ones among Thy creatures, whom neither the blame of the blamer, nor |
the clamor of the infidel, nor the estrangement of such as have withdrawn |
from Thee, hath deterred from turning towards Thee. |
Thou, truly, art the Help in Peril through the power of Thy sovereignty. |
No God is there save Thee, the Almighty, the Most Powerful. |
Glorified art Thou, O my God! I yield Thee thanks that Thou hast made |
known unto me Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy mercy, and the |
Dawning-Place of Thy grace, and the Repository of Thy Cause. I beseech |
Thee by Thy Name, through which the faces of them that are nigh unto Thee |
have turned white, and the hearts of such as are devoted to Thee have |
winged their flight towards Thee, to grant that I may, at all times and |
under all conditions, lay hold on Thy cord, and be rid of all attachment |
to any one except Thee, and may keep mine eyes directed towards the |
horizon of Thy Revelation, and may carry out what Thou hast prescribed |
unto me in Thy Tablets. |
Attire, O my Lord, both my inner and outer being with the raiment of Thy |
favors and Thy loving-kindness. Keep me safe, then, from whatsoever may be |
abhorrent unto Thee, and graciously assist me and my kindred to obey Thee, |
and to shun whatsoever may stir up any evil or corrupt desire within me. |
Thou, truly, art the Lord of all mankind, and the Possessor of this world |
and of the next. No God is there save Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. |
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