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any one save Thyself availeth me nothing.
I entreat Thee by the
plenteousness of Thy riches,
whereby Thou didst dispense with all else
except Thyself,
to number me with such as have set their faces towards
Thee,
and arisen to serve Thee.
Forgive,
then,
O my Lord,
Thy servants and Thy handmaidens.
Thou,
truly,
art the Ever-Forgiving,
the Most Compassionate.
O God,
Who art the Author of all Manifestations,
the Source of all
Sources,
the Fountain-Head of all Revelations,
and the Well-Spring of all
Lights!
I testify that by Thy Name the heaven of understanding hath been
adorned,
and the ocean of utterance hath surged,
and the dispensations of
Thy providence have been promulgated unto the followers of all religions.
I beseech Thee so to enrich me as to dispense with all save Thee,
and be
made independent of any one except Thyself.
Rain down,
then,
upon me out
of the clouds of Thy bounty that which shall profit me in every world of
Thy worlds.
Assist me,
then,
through Thy strengthening grace,
so to serve
Thy Cause amidst Thy servants that I may show forth what will cause me to
be remembered as long as Thine own kingdom endureth and Thy dominion will
last.
This is Thy servant,
O my Lord,
who with his whole being hath turned unto
the horizon of Thy bounty,
and the ocean of Thy grace,
and the heaven of
Thy gifts.
Do with me then as becometh Thy majesty,
and Thy glory,
and Thy
bounteousness,
and Thy grace.
Thou,
in truth,
art the God of strength and power,
Who art meet to answer
them that pray Thee.
There is no God save Thee,
the All-Knowing,
the
All-Wise.
Lauded be Thy name,
O Thou Who art my God and throbbest within my heart!
Thou art well aware and dost witness that whatsoever shameth them that are
dear to Thee must shame also Him Who is the Manifestation of Thyself and
the Day-Spring of Thy Revelation.
Nay,
He is put to greater shame than
they when they are led to confess the good things which have escaped them
in Thy days.