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and hath hasted to attain the Well-Spring of Thy tranquillity; burdened
with sin, and hath set her face toward the court of Thy forgiveness.
Attire her, by Thy sovereignty and Thy loving-kindness, O my God and my
Beloved, with the raiment of Thy balm and Thy healing, and make her quaff
of the cup of Thy mercy and Thy favors. Protect her, moreover, from every
affliction and ailment, from all pain and sickness, and from whatsoever
may be abhorrent unto Thee.
Thou, in truth, art immensely exalted above all else except Thyself. Thou
art, verily, the Healer, the All-Sufficing, the Preserver, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Thou art He, O my God, through Whose names the sick are healed and the
ailing are restored, and the thirsty are given drink, and the sore-vexed
are tranquillized, and the wayward are guided, and the abased are exalted,
and the poor are enriched, and the ignorant are enlightened, and the
gloomy are illumined, and the sorrowful are cheered, and the chilled are
warmed, and the downtrodden are raised up. Through Thy name, O my God, all
created things were stirred up, and the heavens were spread, and the earth
was established, and the clouds were raised and made to rain upon the
earth. This, verily, is a token of Thy grace unto all Thy creatures.
I implore Thee, therefore, by Thy name through which Thou didst manifest
Thy Godhead, and didst exalt Thy Cause above all creation, and by each of
Thy most excellent titles and most august attributes, and by all the
virtues wherewith Thy transcendent and most exalted Being is extolled, to
send down this night from the clouds of Thy mercy the rains of Thy healing
upon this suckling, whom Thou hast related unto Thine all-glorious Self in
the kingdom of Thy creation. Clothe him, then, O my God, by Thy grace,
with the robe of well-being and health, and guard him, O my Beloved, from
every affliction and disorder, and from whatever is obnoxious unto Thee.
Thy might, verily, is equal to all things. Thou, in truth, art the Most
Powerful, the Self-Subsisting. Send down, moreover, upon him, O my God,
the good of this world and of the next, and the good of the former and
latter generations. Thy might and Thy wisdom are, verily, equal unto this.
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name, through which
Thou didst lift up the ensigns of Thy guidance, and didst shed the
radiance of Thy loving-kindness, and didst reveal the sovereignty of Thy
Lordship; through which the lamp of Thy names hath appeared within the
niche of Thine attributes, and He Who is the Tabernacle of Thy unity and
the Manifestation of detachment hath shone forth; through which the ways
of Thy guidance were made known, and the paths of Thy good pleasure were
marked out; through which the foundations of error have been made to
tremble, and the signs of wickedness have been abolished; through which
the fountains of wisdom have burst forth, and the heavenly table hath been
sent down; through which Thou didst preserve Thy servants and didst
vouchsafe Thy healing; through which Thou didst show forth Thy tender
mercies unto Thy servants and revealedst Thy forgiveness amidst Thy
creatures--I implore Thee to keep safe him who hath held fast and returned
unto Thee, and clung to Thy mercy, and seized the hem of Thy loving
providence. Send down, then, upon him Thy healing, and make him whole, and
endue him with a constancy vouchsafed by Thee, and a tranquillity bestowed
by Thy highness.
Thou art, verily, the Healer, the Preserver, the Helper, the Almighty, the
Powerful, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing.
Glorified art Thou, O my God! I give praise to Thee, that Thou hast made
me able so to reveal Thine utterances, and manifest Thy proofs and Thy
testimonies, that every proof hath been made to circle round my will, and
every testimony to compass my pleasure. Thou seest me, O my Lord, lying at
the mercy of Thine adversaries, who have repudiated Thy signs, and refuted
Thy testimony, and turned back from Thy beauty, and resolved to shed Thy
blood. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names, by Thy name
through which Thou hast subdued all created things, to graciously aid Thy
servants and Thy loved ones to cleave steadfastly to Thy Cause. Give them,
then, to drink what will quicken their hearts in Thy days. Enable them,
moreover, O my Lord, to fix their gaze at all times upon Thy pleasure, and
to yield Thee thanks for the evidences of Thine irrevocable decree. For
Thou art, verily, praiseworthy in all that Thou hast done in the past, or
wilt do in the future, and art to be obeyed in whatsoever Thou hast wished
or wilt wish, and to be loved in all that Thou hast desired or wilt
desire. Thou lookest upon them that are dear to Thee with the eyes of Thy
loving-kindness, and sendest down for them only that which will profit
them through Thy grace and Thy gifts.
We entreat Thee, O Thou Who art the Cloud of Bounty and the Succorer of
the distressed, that Thou wilt aid us to remember Thee, and to make known
Thy Cause, and to arise to help Thee. Though all weakness, we yet have
clung to Thy Name, the Most Powerful, the Almighty.
Bless Thou, O my God, them that have stood fast in Thy Cause, and whom the
evil suggestions of the workers of iniquity have failed to deter from
turning towards Thy face, and who have hastened with their whole hearts
toward Thy grace, until they finally quaffed the water that is life indeed
from the hands of Thy bounty.
Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. No God is there save Thee, the Mighty,
the Most Generous.
I give praise to Thee, O my God, that the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness
hath enraptured me, and the gentle winds of Thy mercy have inclined me in
the direction of Thy bountiful favors. Make me to quaff, O my Lord, from
the fingers of Thy bounteousness the living waters which have enabled
every one that hath partaken of them to rid himself of all attachment to
any one save Thee, and to soar into the atmosphere of detachment from all
Thy creatures, and to fix his gaze upon Thy loving providence and Thy
manifold gifts.