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Thine Ocean unto which Thou didst summon all the inmates of heaven and all |
the dwellers of the earth, |
to help Thy servants who have been kept back |
from turning unto it and from approaching its shores. |
Make them, |
then, |
O |
my God, |
to be detached from all else but Thee, |
and enable them to speak |
forth Thy praise and extol Thy virtues. |
Supply them, |
moreover, |
O my God, |
with the choice Wine of Thy mercy, |
that it may cause them to be forgetful |
of any one except Thee, |
and to arise to serve Thy Cause, |
and to be |
steadfast in their love for Thee. |
Thou art, |
verily, |
the Lord of their |
lives and the Object of their adoration. |
If they be driven away by Thee, |
who will then look upon them; |
and if they be removed far from Thee, |
who is |
there that can help them to approach Thy Presence? |
I swear by Thy might! |
No refuge is there to flee to except Thee, |
and no shelter to seek except |
Thy shelter, |
and no protection except Thy protection. |
Woe betide him who |
hath taken as Lord any one beside Thee, |
and blessed are the ones who have |
rid themselves of all attachment to all the dwellers of Thine earth, |
and |
clung to the hem of Thy bounteousness. |
These! |
the people of Bahá, |
before |
all that are in heaven and all that are on earth. |
No God is there but |
Thee, |
the Omniscient, |
the All-Wise. |
" |
Praise be to God, |
the Lord of all worlds. |
I know not, |
O my God, |
whether I should speak forth the wonders of Thy |
praise among Thy servants, |
and lay bare before them the secrets of Thy |
mercy and the mysteries of Thy Cause, |
or keep them wrapped up within the |
receptacle of my heart. |
Though the lover be loth to share with any one the |
intimate conversation of his beloved, |
yet at whatever time Thine |
inescapable commandment to declare Thy Cause reacheth me, |
I will |
unhesitatingly obey it. |
I would proclaim Thee, |
undeterred by the darts of |
affliction that may rain down upon me from the clouds of Thy decree. |
I swear by Thy might! |
Neither the hosts of the earth nor those of heaven |
can keep me back from revealing the things I am commanded to manifest. |
I |
have no will before Thy will, |
and can cherish no desire in the face of Thy |
desire. |
By Thy grace I am, |
at all times, |
ready to serve Thee and am rid of |
all attachment to any one except Thee. |
What I desire, |
however, |
O my God, |
is that Thou shouldst bid me unveil the |
things which lie hid in Thy knowledge, |
so that they who are wholly devoted |
to Thee may, |
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