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out of the clouds of Thy generosity,
what will purge out from me the
remembrance of any one except Thee,
and make me able to turn unto Him Who
is the Object of the adoration of all mankind,
against Whom have been
arrayed the stirrers of sedition,
who have broken Thy covenant,
and
disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs.
Deny me not,
O my Lord,
the fragrances of Thy raiment in Thy days,
and
deprive me not of the breathings of Thy Revelation at the appearance of
the splendors of the light of Thy face.
Powerful art Thou to do what
pleaseth Thee.
Naught can resist Thy will,
nor frustrate what Thou hast
purposed by Thy power.
No God is there but Thee,
the Almighty,
the All-Wise.
Lauded be Thy name,
O Lord my God!
I testify that Thou wast a hidden
Treasure wrapped within Thine immemorial Being and an impenetrable Mystery
enshrined in Thine own Essence.
Wishing to reveal Thyself,
Thou didst call
into being the Greater and the Lesser Worlds,
and didst choose Man above
all Thy creatures,
and didst make Him a sign of both of these worlds,
O
Thou Who art our Lord,
the Most Compassionate!
Thou didst raise Him up to occupy Thy throne before all the people of Thy
creation.
Thou didst enable Him to unravel Thy mysteries,
and to shine
with the lights of Thine inspiration and Thy Revelation,
and to manifest
Thy names and Thine attributes.
Through Him Thou didst adorn the preamble
of the book of Thy creation,
O Thou Who art the Ruler of the universe Thou
hast fashioned!
I bear witness that in His person solidity and fluidity have been joined
and combined.
Through His immovable constancy in Thy Cause,
and His
unwavering adherence to whatsoever Thou,
in the plentitude of the light of
Thy glory,
didst unveil to His eyes,
throughout the domains of Thy
Revelation and creation,
the souls of Thy servants were stirred up in
their longing for Thy Kingdom,
and the dwellers of Thy realms rushed forth
to enter into Thy heavenly dominion.
Through the restlessness He evinced
in Thy path,
the feet of all them that are devoted to Thee were steeled
and confirmed to manifest Thy Cause amidst Thy creatures,
and to
demonstrate Thy sovereignty throughout Thy realm.
How great,
O my God,
is this Thy most excellent handiwork,
and how
consummate Thy creation,
which hath caused every understanding heart and
mind to marvel!
And when the set time was fulfilled,
and what had been
preordained came to pass,
Thou didst unloose His tongue to praise Thee,
and to lay bare Thy mysteries before all Thy creation,
O Thou Who art the