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and be drawn entirely towards the seat
which,
resplendent with the glory of Thy face,
sheddeth afar the radiance
of Thy sovereignty,
and is established as Thy throne.
Potent art Thou to
do what Thou willest.
No God is there beside Thee,
the All-Glorious,
the
Most Bountiful.
Cast not out,
I entreat Thee,
O my Lord,
them that have sought Thee,
and
turn not away such as have directed their steps towards Thee,
and deprive
not of Thy grace all that love Thee.
Thou art He,
O my Lord,
Who hath
called Himself the God of Mercy,
the Most Compassionate.
Have mercy,
then,
upon Thy handmaiden who hath sought Thy shelter,
and set her face towards
Thee.
Thou art,
verily,
the Ever-Forgiving,
the Most Merciful.
Lauded be Thy name,
O my God!
I testify that no thought of Thee,
howsoever
wondrous,
can ever ascend into the heaven of Thy knowledge,
and no praise
of Thee,
no matter how transcendent,
can soar up to the atmosphere of Thy
wisdom.
From eternity Thou hast been removed far above the reach and the
ken of the comprehension of Thy servants,
and immeasurably exalted above
the strivings of Thy bondslaves to express Thy mystery.
What power can the
shadowy creature claim to possess when face to face with Him Who is the
Uncreated?
I bear witness that the highest thoughts of all such as adore Thy unity,
and the profoundest contemplations of all them that have recognized Thee,
are but the product of what hath been generated through the movement of
the Pen of Thy behest,
and hath been begotten by Thy will.
I swear by Thy
glory,
O Thou Who art the Beloved of my soul and the Fountain of my life!
I am persuaded of my powerlessness to describe and extol Thee in a manner
that becometh the greatness of Thy glory and the excellence of Thy
majesty.
Aware as I am of this,
I beseech Thee,
by Thy mercy that hath
surpassed all created things,
and Thy grace that hath embraced the entire
creation,
to accept from Thy servants what they are capable of showing
forth in Thy path.
Aid them,
then,
by Thy strengthening grace,
to exalt
Thy word and to blazon Thy praise.
Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
Thou,
truly,
art the
All-Glorious,