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the hands of Thy creatures,
and suffer them not to be separated from the
grace which Thou hast ordained as the means whereby they can recognize
Thee.
The glory of Thy might beareth me witness!
Were such a thing to
happen,
every soul would be sore shaken,
every man endued with
understanding would be bewildered,
and every possessor of knowledge would
be dumbfounded,
except those who have been succored through the hands of
Thy Cause,
and have been made the recipients of the revelations of Thy
grace and of the tokens of Thy favors.
I swear by Thy might,
O my God!
Wert Thou to regard Thy servants according
to their deserts in Thy days,
they would assuredly merit naught except Thy
chastisement and torment.
Thou art,
however,
the One Who is of great
bounteousness,
Whose grace is immense.
Look not down upon them,
O my God,
with the glance of Thy justice,
but rather with the eyes of Thy tender
compassions and mercies.
Do,
then,
with them according to what beseemeth
Thy generosity and bountiful favor.
Potent art Thou to do whatsoever may
please Thee.
Incomparable art Thou.
No God is there beside Thee,
the Lord
of the throne on high and of earth below,
the Ruler of this world and of
the world to come.
Thou art the God of Bounty,
the Ever-Forgiving,
the
Great Giver,
the Most Generous.
Do Thou bless,
O Lord my God,
the One through Whom the mysteries of Thine
omnipotence have been disclosed,
through Whom the revelations of Thy
divinity have been glorified,
through Whom the goodly pearls of Thy
knowledge and wisdom have been uncovered,
through Whom Thy signs and
tokens have been noised abroad,
through Whom Thy word hath been set forth
with clearness,
through Whom the light of Thy countenance hath shone forth
and the power of Thy sovereignty been established.
Bless Thou all those
also who,
wholly for Thy sake,
have turned towards Thee.
Send down,
moreover,
upon Him and them such of Thy wondrous mercies as may well
beseem Thy highness.
Thou art,
verily,
the Almighty,
the Help in Peril,
the All-Glorious,
the Self-Subsisting.
Praised be Thou,
O Lord my God!
Thou art He Who hath created all things
through a word uttered by Thy behest,
and fashioned the entire creation
through the power of Thy sovereignty and might.
The mightiest of men are
abased before the revelations of Thy glory,