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gaze on Thy beauty and observe whatsoever is in Thy Book. |
Praise be to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast aided me to remember Thee and |
to praise Thee, and hast made known unto me Him Who is the Day-Spring of |
Thy signs, and hast caused me to bow down before Thy Lordship, and humble |
myself before Thy Godhead, and to acknowledge that which hath been uttered |
by the Tongue of Thy grandeur. |
O God, my God! My back is bowed by the burden of my sins, and my |
heedlessness hath destroyed me. Whenever I ponder my evil doings and Thy |
benevolence, my heart melteth within me, and my blood boileth in my veins. |
By Thy Beauty, O Thou the Desire of the world! I blush to lift up my face |
to Thee, and my longing hands are ashamed to stretch forth toward the |
heaven of Thy bounty. Thou seest, O my God, how my tears prevent me from |
remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues, O Thou the Lord of the |
Throne on high and of earth below! I implore Thee by the signs of Thy |
Kingdom and the mysteries of Thy Dominion to do with Thy loved ones as |
becometh Thy bounty, O Lord of all being, and is worthy of Thy grace, O |
King of the seen and the unseen! |
Praise be unto Thee, O our God, that Thou hast sent down unto us that |
which draweth us nigh unto Thee, and supplieth us with every good thing |
sent down by Thee in Thy Books and Thy Scriptures. Protect us, we beseech |
Thee, O my Lord, from the hosts of idle fancies and vain imaginations. |
Thou, in truth, art the Mighty, the All-Knowing. |
I testify, O my God, to that whereunto Thy chosen Ones have testified, and |
acknowledge that which the inmates of the all-highest Paradise and those |
who have circled round Thy mighty Throne have acknowledged. The kingdoms |
of earth and heaven are Thine, O Lord of the worlds! |
Since Thou hast, O my God, established Thyself upon the throne of Thy |
transcendent unity, and ascended the mercy seat of Thy oneness, it |
befitteth Thee to blot out from the hearts of all beings whatsoever may |
keep them back from gaining admittance into the sanctuary of Thy Divine |
mysteries, and may shut them out from the tabernacle of Thy Divinity, that |
all hearts may mirror Thy beauty, and may reveal Thee, and speak of Thee, |
and that all created things may show forth the tokens of Thy most august |
sovereignty, and shed the splendors of the light of Thy most holy |
governance, and that all who are in heaven and on earth may laud and |
magnify Thy unity, and give Thee glory, for having manifested Thy Self |
unto them through Him Who is the Revealer of Thy oneness. |
Divest, then, Thy servants, O my God, of the garments of self and desire, |
or grant that the eyes of Thy people may be lifted up to such heights that |
they will discern in their desires naught except the stirring of the |
gentle winds of Thine eternal glory, and may recognize in their own selves |
nothing but the revelation of Thine own merciful Self, that the earth and |
all that is therein may be cleansed of whatever is alien to Thee, or |
anything that manifesteth aught save Thy Self. All this can be fulfilled |
throughout Thy dominion by Thy word of command, "Be," and it is! Nay, even |
swifter than this, and yet the people understand not. |
Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou, O my Beloved! I swear by Thy |
glory! I recognize this very moment that Thou hast granted all for which I |
have supplicated Thee, in this blessed night which, as decreed by Thee, |
calleth to remembrance Him Who was the Companion of Thy beauty and the |
Beholder of Thy face, ere I had been mentioned by Thee, or called into |
being within the court of Thy holiness. I perceive that Thou hast made all |
things to be the manifestations of Thy behest, and the revelations of Thy |
handiwork, and the repositories of Thy knowledge, and the treasuries of |
Thy wisdom. I recognize, moreover, that were any of the revelations of Thy |
names and Thine attributes to be withheld, though it be the weight of a |
grain of mustard seed, from whatsoever hath been created by Thy power and |
begotten by Thy might, the foundations of Thine everlasting handiwork |
would thereby be made incomplete, and the gems of Thy Divine wisdom would |
become imperfect. For the letters of negation, no matter how far they may |
be removed from the holy fragrances of Thy knowledge, and however |
forgetful they may become of the wondrous splendors of the dawning light |
of Thy beauty, which are shed from the heaven of Thy majesty, must needs |
exist in Thy realm, so that the words which affirm Thee may thereby be |
exalted. |
Thy might beareth me witness, O my Well-Beloved! The entire creation hath |
been called into being to exalt Thy triumph and to establish Thine |
ascendancy, and all the bounds that have been set by Thee are but the |
signs of Thy sovereignty, and proclaim the power of Thy might. How great, |
how very great, are the revelations of Thy wondrous power in all things! |
They are such that the lowliest among Thy creatures hath been made by Thee |
a manifestation of Thy most august attribute, and the most contemptible |
token of Thy handiwork hath been chosen as a recipient of Thy most mighty |
name. Poverty, as decreed by Thee, hath been made the means for the |
revelation of Thy riches, and abasement a path leading to Thy glory, and |
sinfulness a cause for the exercise of Thy forgiveness. By them Thou hast |
demonstrated that to Thee belong Thy most excellent titles, and unto Thee |
pertain the wonders of Thy most exalted attributes. |
Since Thou hast purposed, O my God, to cause all created things to enter |
into the tabernacle of Thy transcendent grace and favor, and to waft over |
the entire creation the fragrances of the raiment of Thy glorious unity, |
and to look upon all things with the eyes of Thy bounty and Thy oneness, I |
beseech Thee, therefore, by Thy love, which Thou hast made to be the |
mainspring of the revelations of Thine eternal holiness, and the flame |
that gloweth within the hearts of such of Thy creatures as yearn towards |
Thee, to create, this very moment, for those of Thy people who are wholly |
devoted to Thee, and for such of Thy loved ones as love Thee, out of the |
essence of Thy bounty and Thy generosity, and from the inmost spirit of |
Thy grace and Thy glory, Thy Paradise of transcendent holiness, and to |
exalt it above everything except Thee, and to sanctify it from aught else |
save Thyself. Create, moreover, within it, O my God, out of the lights |
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