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Make me ready, in all circumstances, O my Lord, to serve Thee and to set
myself towards the adored sanctuary of Thy Revelation and of Thy Beauty.
If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb in the meadows of
Thy grace, that the gentle winds of Thy will may stir me up and bend me
into conformity with Thy pleasure, in such wise that my movement and my
stillness may be wholly directed by Thee.
Thou art He, by Whose name the Hidden Secret was divulged, and the
Well-Guarded Name was revealed, and the seals of the sealed-up Goblet were
opened, shedding thereby its fragrance over all creation, whether of the
past or of the future. He who was athirst, O my Lord, hath hasted to
attain the living waters of Thy grace, and the wretched creature hath
yearned to immerse himself beneath the ocean of Thy riches.
I swear by Thy glory, O Lord the Beloved of the world and the Desire of
all them that have recognized Thee! I am sore afflicted by the grief of my
separation from Thee, in the days when the Day-Star of Thy presence hath
shed its radiance upon Thy people. Write down, then, for me the recompense
decreed for such as have gazed on Thy face, and have, by Thy leave, gained
admittance into the court of Thy throne, and have, at Thy bidding, met
Thee face to face.
I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Thy name the splendors of which have
encompassed the earth and the heavens, to enable me so to surrender my
will to what Thou hast decreed in Thy Tablets, that I may cease to
discover within me any desire except what Thou didst desire through the
power of Thy sovereignty, and any will save what Thou didst destine for me
by Thy will.
Whither shall I turn, O my God, powerless as I am to discover any other
way except the way Thou didst set before Thy chosen Ones? All the atoms of
the earth proclaim Thee to be God, and testify that there is none other
God besides Thee. Thou hast from eternity been powerful to do what Thou
hast willed, and to ordain what Thou hast pleased.
Do Thou destine for me, O my God, what will set me, at all times, towards
Thee, and enable me to cleave continually to the cord of Thy grace, and to
proclaim Thy name, and to look for whatsoever may flow down from Thy pen.
I am poor and desolate, O my Lord, and Thou art the All-Possessing, the
Most High. Have pity, then, upon me through the wonders of Thy mercy, and
send down upon me, every moment of my life, the things wherewith Thou hast
recreated the hearts of all Thy creatures who have recognized Thy unity,
and of all Thy people who are wholly devoted to Thee.
Thou, verily, art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise.
Glorified art Thou, O my Lord! Thou beholdest my tribulations and all that
hath befallen me at the hands of such of Thy servants as keep company with
me, who have disbelieved in Thy most resplendent signs, and turned back
from Thy most effulgent Beauty. I swear by Thy glory! Such are the
troubles that vex me, that no pen in the entire creation can either reckon
or describe them.
I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the King of names and the Creator of earth
and heaven, so to assist me by Thy strengthening grace that nothing
whatsoever will have the power to hinder me from remembering Thee, or
celebrating Thy praise, or to keep me back from observing what Thou hast
prescribed unto me in Thy Tablets, that I may so arise to serve Thee that
with bared head I will hasten forth from my habitation, cry out in Thy
name amidst Thy creatures, and proclaim Thy virtues among Thy servants.
Having accomplished what Thou hadst decreed, and delivered the thing Thou
hadst written down, the wicked doers among Thy people would, then, compass
me about and would do with me in Thy path as would please them.
In the love I bear to Thee, O my Lord, my heart longeth for Thee with a
longing such as no heart hath known. Here am I with my body between Thy
hands, and my spirit before Thy face. Do with them as it may please Thee,
for the exaltation of Thy word, and the revelation of what hath been
enshrined within the treasuries of Thy knowledge.
Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and able to ordain what Thou
pleasest.
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I can discover no one in Thy realm who can
befittingly turn unto Thee, or is able to adequately hearken unto what
hath gone out of the mouth of Thy will. I beseech Thee, therefore, O Thou
Who art the Possessor of the entire creation and the King of the realm of
Thine invention, graciously to aid Thy creatures to accomplish that which
is pleasing and acceptable unto Thee, that they may arise to serve Thy
Cause amidst Thy creatures, and to speak forth Thy praise before all who
are in heaven and on earth.
Thou art He, O my Lord, Whose bounty hath surpassed all things, and Whose
power hath transcended all things, and Whose mercy hath encompassed all
things. Look, then, upon Thy people with the eyes of Thy tender mercies,
and leave them not to themselves and to their corrupt desires in Thy days.
How farsoever they may have strayed from Thee, and however grievously they
have turned back from Thy face, yet Thou, in Thine essence, art the
All-Bountiful, and, in Thine inmost spirit, art the Most Merciful. Deal
with them according to the unrevealed tokens of Thy bounty and Thy gifts.
Thou art, verily, the One to the power of Whose might all things have
testified, and to Whose majesty and omnipotence the whole creation hath
borne witness.
No God is there but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
My God, Thou Whom I adore and worship, Who art Most Powerful! I testify
that no description by any created thing can ever reveal Thee, and no