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chosen Ones and Thy Prophets in Thy most excellent Tablets,
the Day
whereon Thou didst shed the splendor of the glory of all Thy names upon
all created things.
Great is his blessedness whosoever hath set himself
towards Thee,
and entered Thy presence,
and caught the accents of Thy
voice.
I beseech Thee,
O my Lord,
by the name of Him round Whom circleth in
adoration the kingdom of Thy names,
that Thou wilt graciously assist them
that are dear to Thee to glorify Thy word among Thy servants,
and to shed
abroad Thy praise amidst Thy creatures,
so that the ecstasies of Thy
revelation may fill the souls of all the dwellers of Thine earth.
Since Thou hast guided them,
O my Lord,
unto the living waters of Thy
grace,
grant,
by Thy bounty,
that they may not be kept back from Thee;
and
since Thou hast summoned them to the habitation of Thy throne,
drive them
not out from Thy presence,
through Thy loving-kindness.
Send down upon
them what shall wholly detach them from aught else except Thee,
and make
them able to soar in the atmosphere of Thy nearness,
in such wise that
neither the ascendancy of the oppressor nor the suggestions of them that
have disbelieved in Thy most august and most mighty Self shall be capable
of keeping them back from Thee.
Lauded be Thy name,
O Thou in Whose hands is the kingdom of all names,
and
in the grasp of Whose might are all that are in heaven and all that are on
earth!
I entreat Thee,
by Him Who is Thy Most Effulgent Name Whom Thou
hast made a target for the darts of Thy decree in Thy path,
O Thou the
King of eternity,
to rend asunder the veils that have shut off Thy
creatures from the horizon of Thy glory,
that haply they may turn their
faces in the direction of Thy mercy,
and draw nigh unto the Day-Spring of
Thy loving-kindness.
Leave not Thy servants to themselves,
O my Lord!
Draw them through the
influence of Thine utterances unto the Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration,
and to the Fountain of Thy Revelation,
and to the Treasury of Thy wisdom.
Thou art He to Whose strength and power all things have testified,
Whose
Purpose nothing whatsoever of all that hath been created in Thy heaven and
on Thy earth hath been able to frustrate.
Render,
then,
victorious,
O my God,
Thy servants who have set their faces
towards Thee,
and directed their steps to the seat of Thy grace.
Send
down,
then,
upon them what will keep them safe from the danger of turning
to any one but Thee,
and from fixing their eyes upon aught else except
Thyself.
Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest,
and to rule as Thou pleasest.