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graciously aid me to serve Thee and them that are dear to Thee.
Potent art
Thou to do as Thou willest.
No God is there but Thee,
the God of strength,
of glory and wisdom.
Many a chilled heart,
O my God,
hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy
Cause,
and many a slumberer hath been wakened by the sweetness of Thy
voice.
How many are the strangers who have sought shelter beneath the
shadow of the tree of Thy oneness,
and how numerous the thirsty ones who
have panted after the fountain of Thy living waters in Thy days!
Blessed is he that hath set himself towards Thee,
and hasted to attain the
Day-Spring of the lights of Thy face.
Blessed is he who with all his
affections hath turned to the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation and the
Fountain-Head of Thine inspiration.
Blessed is he that hath expended in
Thy path what Thou didst bestow upon him through Thy bounty and favor.
Blessed is he who,
in his sore longing after Thee,
hath cast away all else
except Thyself.
Blessed is he who hath enjoyed intimate communion with
Thee,
and rid himself of all attachment to any one save Thee.
I beseech Thee,
O my Lord,
by Him Who is Thy Name,
Who,
through the power
of Thy sovereignty and might,
hath risen above the horizon of His prison,
to ordain for every one what becometh Thee and beseemeth Thine exaltation.
Thy might,
in truth,
is equal to all things.
Lauded be Thy name,
O Lord my God!
Thou seest me in this day shut up in my
prison,
and fallen into the hands of Thine adversaries,
and beholdest my
son (The Purest Branch) lying on the dust before Thy face.
He is Thy
servant,
O my Lord,
whom Thou hast caused to be related to Him Who is the
Manifestation of Thyself and the Day-Spring of Thy Cause.
At his birth he was afflicted through his separation from Thee,
according
to what had been ordained for him through Thine irrevocable decree.
And
when he had quaffed the cup of reunion with Thee,
he was cast into prison
for having believed in Thee and in Thy signs.
He continued to serve Thy
Beauty until he entered into this Most Great Prison.
Thereupon I offered
him up,
O my God,
as a sacrifice in Thy path.
Thou well knowest what they
who love Thee have endured through this trial that hath caused the
kindreds of the earth to wail,
and beyond them the Concourse on high to
lament.
I beseech Thee,