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Unto Thee be praise,
O Thou Who inclinest Thine ear to the sighing of them
that have rid themselves of all attachment to any one but Thee,
and Who
hearest the voice of the lamentation of those who are wholly devoted to
Thy Self!
Thou beholdest all that hath befallen them at the hands of such
of Thy creatures as have transgressed and rebelled against Thee.
Thy might
beareth me witness,
O Thou Who art the King of the realms of justice and
the Ruler of the cities of mercy!
The tribulations they have been made to
suffer are such as no pen,
in the entire creation,
can reckon.
Should any
one attempt to make mention of them,
he would find himself powerless to
describe them.
As these tribulations,
however,
were sustained in Thy path and for love of
Thee,
they who were afflicted by them render thanks,
under all conditions,
unto Thee,
and say:
"O Thou Who art the Delight of our hearts and the
Object of our adoration!
Were the clouds of Thy decree to rain down upon
us the darts of affliction,
we would,
in our love for Thee,
refuse to be
impatient.
We would yield Thee praise and thanksgiving,
for we have
recognized and are persuaded that Thou hast ordained only that which will
be best for us.
If our bodies be,
at times,
weighed down by our troubles,
yet our souls rejoice with exceeding gladness.
We swear by Thy might,
O
Thou Who art the Desire of our hearts and the Exultation of our souls!
Every trouble that toucheth us in our love for Thee is an evidence of Thy
tender mercy,
every fiery ordeal a sign of the brightness of Thy light,
every woeful tribulation a cooling draught,
every toil a blissful repose,
every anguish a fountain of gladness.
"
Whosoever,
O my Lord,
is impatient in the tribulations befalling him in
Thy path,
hath not drunk of the cup of Thy love nor tasted of the
sweetness of Thy remembrance.
I implore Thee,
by Him Who is the King of
all names and their Sovereign,
Who is the Revealer of all attributes and
their Creator,
and by them who have soared aloft and drawn nigh unto Thee
and winged their flight into the atmosphere of Thy presence,
and have
endured the galling of chains for Thy sake,
to grant that all Thy people
may be graciously aided to recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine
own Self,
Who,
because He summoned mankind unto Thee,
hath been exiled and
cast into prison.
The tenderness of Thy mercy,
O my Lord,
surpasseth the fury of Thy wrath,
and Thy loving-kindness exceedeth Thy hot displeasure,
and Thy grace
excelleth Thy justice.
Hold Thou,
through Thy wondrous favors and mercies,