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From
eternity Thou hast been exalted above the praise of all created things,
and wilt to eternity remain far above the glorification of any one of Thy
creatures.
Existence itself testifieth to its non-existence when face to
face with the manifold revelations of Thy transcendent oneness,
and every
created thing confesseth,
by its very nature,
its nothingness when
compared with the sacred splendors of the light of Thy unity.
Thou hast,
in Thyself,
been independent of any one besides Thee and rich enough,
in
Thine own essence,
to dispense with any one except Thy Self.
Every
description by which they who adore Thy unity describe Thee,
and every
praise wherewith they who are devoted unto Thee praise Thee,
are but the
traces of the pen which the fingers of Thy strength and power have set in
motion--fingers whose movement is controlled by the arm of Thy decree--the
arm itself animated by the potency of Thy might.
Thy glory beareth me witness!
How can I,
aware as I am of this truth,
hope
to befittingly make mention of Thee and celebrate Thy praise?
Howsoever I
describe Thee,
whichever of Thy virtues I recount,
I cannot but blush and
feel ashamed of what my tongue hath uttered or my pen written.
The quintessence of knowledge,
O my Lord,
proclaimeth its powerlessness to
know Thee,
and perplexity,
in its very soul,
confesseth its bewilderment
in the face of the revelations of Thy sovereign might,
and remembrance,
in
its inmost spirit,
acknowledgeth its forgetfulness and effacement before
the manifestations of Thy signs and the evidences of Thy praise.
What,
then,
can this poor creature hope to achieve,
and to what cord must this
wretched soul cling?
I beseech Thee,
O Thou Who art the Lord of the worlds,
and the Beloved of
such as have recognized Thee,
and the Desire of all that are in heaven and
on earth,
by Thy Name through which the cry of every suppliant hath
ascended into the heaven of Thy transcendent holiness,
through which every
seeker hath soared to the sublimities of Thy unity and grandeur,
through
which the imperfect have been perfected,
and the abased exalted,
and the
tongue of every stammerer unloosed,
and the sick made whole,
and whatever
was unworthy of Thy highness and beseemed not Thy greatness and Thy
sovereignty made acceptable unto Thee,
--I beseech Thee to aid us by Thine
invisible hosts and by a company of the angels of Thy Cause.
Do Thou,
then,
accept the works we have performed for love of Thee,
and for the
sake of Thy pleasure.
Cast us not away,
O my God,
from the door of Thy
mercy,
and break not our hopes in the wonders of Thy grace and favors.
Our limbs,
our members,
O my Lord,
bear witness to Thy unity and oneness.