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Now that Thou hast guided them unto the door of Thy grace,
O my Lord,
cast
them not away,
by Thy bounty;
and now that Thou hast summoned them unto
the horizon of Thy Cause,
keep them not back from Thee,
by Thy
graciousness and favor.
Powerful art Thou to do as Thou pleasest.
No God
is there but Thee,
the Omniscient,
the All-Informed.
Glorified art Thou,
O Lord my God!
My tongue,
both the tongue of my body
and the tongue of my heart,
my limbs and members,
every pulsating vein
within me,
every hair of my head,
all proclaim that Thou art God,
and that
there is none other God beside Thee.
From everlasting Thou hast been
immeasurably exalted above all similitudes and comparisons,
and sanctified
from whatsoever pertaineth to the creation Thou hast created and
fashioned.
From eternity Thou hast been alone,
with none to share the
majesty of Thy singleness,
and hast remained far above the changes and
chances to which all Thy creatures are subjected.
And when Thou didst purpose to demonstrate the power of Thy sovereign
might,
and to glorify Thy word,
and to guide the steps of Thy people,
Thou
didst raise up from among Thy creatures One of Thy servants,
Whom Thou
didst send forth with the signs of Thy sovereignty,
and Whom Thou didst
endue with the clear tokens of Thy oneness,
that He might fulfill Thy
testimony unto all created things,
and perfect Thy proof before all men.
As soon as He revealed Himself,
as bidden by Thee,
and called Thy servants
to turn in the direction of Thy gifts,
and to set their faces towards the
horizon of Thy knowledge,
the signs of dissension appeared amongst them.
Some responded to Thy call and,
without the least hesitation,
obeyed Thy
summons.
Others turned their backs to Thee,
and followed the desires of a
corrupt inclination.
I implore Thee,
O my God,
by Thy Most Great Name,
to enrapture the nations
through the potency of the Word which Thou didst ordain to be the king of
all words,
the Word whereby the goodly pearls of Thy hidden wisdom were
uncovered,
and the gem-like mysteries which were wrapped up within Thee
were unraveled.
Deprive them not,
by Thy grace and bounty,
of the things
Thou didst desire for them,
and suffer them not to be far removed from the
shores of the ocean of Thy presence.
Every existence,
whether seen or unseen,
O my Lord,
testifieth that Thy