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Since Thou hast revealed Thy grace,
O my God,
deter not Thy servants from
directing their eyes towards it.
Consider not,
O my God,
their estate,
and
their concerns and their works.
Consider the greatness of Thy glory,
and
the plenteousness of Thy gifts,
and the power of Thy might,
and the
excellence of Thy favors.
I swear by Thy glory!
Wert Thou to look upon
them with the eye of justice,
all would deserve Thy wrath and the rod of
Thine anger.
Hold Thou Thy creatures,
O my God,
with the hands of Thy
grace,
and make Thou known unto them what is best for them of all the
things that have been created in the kingdom of Thine invention.
We testify,
O my God,
that Thou art God,
and that there is no God besides
Thee.
From eternity Thou hast existed with none to equal or rival Thee,
and wilt abide for ever the same.
I beseech Thee,
by the eyes which see
Thee stablished upon the throne of unity and the seat of oneness,
to aid
all them that love Thee by Thy Most Great Name,
and to lift them up into
such heights that they will testify with their own beings and with their
tongues that Thou art God alone,
the Incomparable,
the One,
the
Ever-Abiding.
Thou hast had at no time any peer or partner.
Thou,
in
truth,
art the All-Glorious,
the Almighty,
Whose help is implored by all
men.
Praised be Thou,
O Lord my God!
I bear witness that from eternity Thou
wert exalted in Thy transcendent majesty and might,
and wilt to eternity
abide in Thy surpassing power and glory.
None in the kingdoms of earth and
heaven can frustrate Thy purpose;
none throughout the realms of revelation
and of creation can prevail against Thee.
At Thy command Thou doest what
Thou willest,
and by the power of Thy sovereignty Thou rulest as Thou
pleasest.
I implore Thee,
O Thou Who causest the dawn to appear,
by Thy Lamp which
Thou didst light with the fire of Thy love before all that are in heaven
and on earth,
and whose flame Thou feedest with the fuel of Thy wisdom in
the kingdom of Thy creation,
to make me to be of those who have soared in
Thine atmosphere,
and surrendered their will to Thy decree.
I am all wretchedness,
O my Lord,
and Thou art the Most Powerful,
the
Almighty.
Have pity upon me by Thy grace and bountiful favor,