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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nor the estrangement of such as have withdrawn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,