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that had been enshrined within the treasuries of Thy wisdom was revealed. |
This is the Day, O my Lord, whereon every atom of the earth hath been made |
to vibrate and to cry out: "O Thou Who art the Revealer of signs and the |
King of creation! I, verily, perceive the fragrance of Thy presence. |
Methinks Thou hast revealed Thyself, and unlocked the door of reunion with |
Thee before all who are in Thy heaven and all who are on Thy earth. I am |
persuaded through the fragrance of Thy robe, O my Lord, that the world |
hath been honored through Thy presence, and hath inhaled the sweet smell |
of Thy meeting. I know not, however, O Thou the Beloved of the world and |
the Desire of the nations, the place wherein the throne of Thy majesty |
hath been established, nor the seat which hath been made Thy footstool, |
and been illumined with the splendors of the light of Thy face." |
I swear by Thy glory, O Thou Who art the Lord of all being and the |
Possessor of all things visible and invisible! Every man of understanding |
hath been so bewildered at Thy knowledge, and every man endued with |
insight been so perplexed in his attempt to fathom the signs of Thy great |
glory, that all have recognized their powerlessness to visualize, and |
their impotence to soar into, the heaven wherefrom one of the Luminaries |
of the Manifestations of Thy knowledge and of the Day-Springs of Thy |
wisdom hath shone forth. Who is he that shall befittingly describe this |
most sublime station and this most august seat--the seat which, as decreed |
by Thee, transcendeth the comprehension of Thy creatures and the |
testimonies of Thy servants, and which hath everlastingly been hid from |
the understanding and the knowledge of men, and been closed with the seal |
of Thy name, the Self-Subsisting. |
I swear by Thy glory and Thy sovereignty which overshadow the kingdoms of |
earth and of heaven! Were any of Thy chosen Ones and Thy Messengers to |
meditate on the manifold evidences of Thy most exalted Pen--a Pen which is |
driven by the fingers of Thy will--and were he to muse on its mysteries, |
and its tokens, and all that it showeth forth, he would be so perplexed |
that his tongue would fail to extol and describe Thee, and his heart would |
be utterly unable to understand Thee. For he would, at one time, discover |
that from this Pen there floweth out unto all created things the water |
that is life indeed, and that the Pen itself hath been named by Thee the |
trumpet whereby the dead speed out of their sepulchers. At another time he |
would find that there proceedeth from this Pen such fire as Thine own |
Revelation can kindle, and as He Who conversed with Thee (Moses) on Sinai |
hath perceived. |
How marvelous, then, are the manifold tokens of Thy might, and how great |
are the diverse evidences of Thy power! The learned have, without |
exception, admitted their ignorance when confronted with the radiance of |
the Luminary of Thy knowledge; and the mighty have all confessed their |
impotence in the face of the billowing Ocean of Thy power; and the rich |
have one and all acknowledged their poverty before the effusions of the |
Treasuries of Thy wealth; and the worldly wise have each recognized their |
nothingness beside the splendors of the Light of Thy beauty; and the |
exalted have all witnessed unto their abasement when face to face with the |
effulgence of the Day-Star of Thy glory; and they who are in authority |
have borne witness to their own evanescence and to the evanescence of |
others, and discovered the eternity of Thy majesty, and of Thy |
sovereignty, and of Thy sublimity, and of Thy power. |
My God, and the God of all things, and my King and the King of all things, |
and the Beloved of my soul, and the Goal of my desire! Thou knowest full |
well that I make mention of Thee, in this day, in the name of such of Thy |
creatures as have detached themselves from all except Thee, and I extol |
Thy virtues through the tongue of those of Thy people that have recognized |
Thy oneness, that haply there may pour out from the sighs which they utter |
in their love and their yearning for Thee what will melt away all that may |
hinder Thy servants from setting their faces towards the heaven of Thy |
knowledge and the kingdom of Thy signs. |
This, then, O my God and the God of all names, and the Creator of earth |
and heaven, is the Day whereon He Whose heart gloweth with the flaming |
fire of Thy presence is calling upon Thee. Where can separation from Thee |
be found, O my God, so that reunion with Thee may be clearly recognized at |
the appearance of the Light of Thy unity, and the revelation of the |
splendors of the Sun of Thy oneness? I ask pardon of Thee, O my God, for |
all that hath been said, and for whatsoever hath flowed out, and is now |
flowing out from my Pen in Thy days. I testify that Thou hast decreed that |
the offering of prayer should befit not me, but Him Who hath, at Thy |
bidding and in conformity with Thy pleasure, preceded me. Rather hast Thou |
ordained that the revelation of verses should be specially attributed unto |
this mighty Manifestation, and to This Announcement that hath adorned the |
Scrolls of Thy majesty and Thy Tablet in which account is kept. |
I render Thee thanks, O Thou Who hast lighted Thy fire within my soul, and |
cast the beams of Thy light into my heart, that Thou hast taught Thy |
servants how to make mention of Thee, and revealed unto them the ways |
whereby they can supplicate Thee, through Thy most holy and exalted |
tongue, and Thy most august and precious speech. But for Thy leave, who is |
there that could venture to express Thy might and Thy grandeur; and were |
it not for Thine instruction, who is the man that could discover the ways |
of Thy pleasure in the kingdom of Thy creation? |
I beseech Thee, O God of bounty and King of all created things, to guard |
Thy servants from the imaginations which their hearts may devise. Raise |
them up, then, to such heights that their footsteps may slip not in the |
face of the evidences of Thy handiwork, which the manifold exigencies of |
Thy wisdom have ordained, and whose secrets Thou hast hid from the face of |
Thy people and Thy creatures. Withhold them not, O my Lord, from the ocean |
of Thy knowledge, neither do Thou deprive them of what Thou didst destine |
for such of Thy chosen ones as have near access to Thee, and those of Thy |
trusted ones as are wholly devoted to Thy Self. Supply them, then, from |
Thy sea of certainty with what will calm the agitation of their hearts. |
Turn, O Lord my God, the darkness of their fancies into the brightness of |
certitude, and cause them to arise, and to walk steadfastly in Thy |
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