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the Almighty, |
the Most Exalted, |
the |
All-Powerful, |
the All-Wise. |
Illumine, |
O Lord, |
the faces of Thy servants, |
that they may behold Thee; |
and cleanse their hearts that they may turn unto the court of Thy heavenly |
favors, |
and recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self and the |
Day-Spring of Thine Essence. |
Verily, |
Thou art the Lord of all worlds. |
There is no God but Thee, |
the Unconstrained, |
the All-Subduing. |
Glorified be Thou, |
O my God! |
Behold Thou my head ready to fall before the |
sword of Thy Will, |
my neck prepared to bear the chains of Thy Desire, |
my |
heart yearning to be made a target for the darts of Thy Decree, |
mine eyes |
expectant to gaze on the tokens and signs of Thy wondrous Mercy. |
For |
whatsoever may befall me from Thee is the cherished desire of them who |
thirst to meet Thee, |
and the supreme aspiration of such as have drawn nigh |
unto Thy court. |
By the glory of Thy might, |
O Thou my Well-Beloved! |
To have sacrificed my |
life for the Manifestations of Thy Self, |
to have offered up my soul in the |
path of the Revealers of Thy wondrous Beauty, |
is to have sacrificed my |
spirit for Thy Spirit, |
my being for Thy Being, |
my glory for Thy glory. |
It |
is as if I had offered up all these things for Thy sake, |
and for the sake |
of Thy loved ones. |
Though my body be pained by the trials that befall me from Thee, |
though it |
be afflicted by the revelations of Thy Decree, |
yet my soul rejoiceth at |
having partaken of the waters of Thy Beauty, |
and at having attained the |
shores of the ocean of Thine eternity. |
Doth it beseem a lover to flee from |
his beloved, |
or to desert the object of his heart's desire? |
Nay, |
we all |
believe in Thee, |
and eagerly hope to enter Thy presence. |
Lauded be Thy name, |
O Lord my God! |
Thou dost witness that Thy will hath |
prevailed over all created things, |
and Thy mercy hath surpassed all who |
are in heaven and on earth. |
And when Thou didst purpose to unveil Thy |
sovereignty, |
and to glorify Thy word, |
and to reveal Thy bounteousness and |
mercy, |
Thou didst raise up one of Thy servants, |
and didst choose Him above |
all Thy creatures, |
and didst single Him out for Thy purpose, |
and didst |
clothe Him with the robe of Thy guidance, |
and didst immerse Him beneath |
the seas of Thy majesty and grandeur, |
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