text
stringlengths
0
76
strength,
and called all that are in Thy heaven and all that are on Thy
earth to turn in the direction of Thy favors and the horizon of Thy
bounties.
Some caviled at me,
and determined to hurt me and slay me.
Others drank to the full of the wine of Thy grace,
and hastened towards
the habitation of Thy throne.
I beseech Thee,
O Thou Who art the Creator of earth and heaven and the
Source of all things,
to attract Thy servants through the fragrances of
the Robe of Thine Inspiration and Thy Revelation,
and to help them attain
the Tabernacle of Thy behest and power.
From eternity Thou wert by Thy
transcendent might supreme over all things,
and Thou wilt be exalted unto
eternity in Thy Godhead and surpassing sovereignty.
Let Thy mercy,
then,
be upon Thy servants and Thy creatures.
Thou art,
in
truth,
the Almighty,
the Inaccessible,
the All-Glorious,
the
Unconditioned.
Lauded be Thy name,
O my God!
I entreat Thee by the fragrances of the
Raiment of Thy grace which at Thy bidding and in conformity with Thy
desire were diffused throughout the entire creation,
and by the Day-Star
of Thy will that hath shone brightly,
through the power of Thy might and
of Thy sovereignty,
above the horizon of Thy mercy,
to blot out from my
heart all idle fancies and vain imaginings,
that with all my affections I
may turn unto Thee,
O Thou Lord of all mankind!
I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant,
O my God!
I have laid hold on
the handle of Thy grace,
and clung to the cord of Thy tender mercy.
Ordain
for me the good things that are with Thee,
and nourish me from the Table
Thou didst send down out of the clouds of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy
favor.
Thou,
in very truth,
art the Lord of the worlds,
and the God of all that
are in heaven and all that are on earth.
I know not,
O my God,
what the Fire is which Thou didst kindle in Thy
land.
Earth can never cloud its splendor,
nor water quench its flame.
All
the peoples of the world are powerless to resist its force.
Great is the
blessedness of him that hath drawn nigh unto it,
and heard its roaring.
Some,
O my God,