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Thou art the God of power, of glory and bounty. No God is there beside |
Thee, the Supreme Ruler, the All-Glorious, the Omniscient. |
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest me in the clutches of my |
oppressors. Every time I turn to my right, I hear the voice of the |
lamentation of them that are dear to Thee, whom the infidels have made |
captives for having believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and for having set |
their faces towards the horizon of Thy grace and of Thy loving-kindness. |
And when I turn to my left, I hear the clamor of the wicked doers who have |
disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs, and persistently striven to put out |
the light of Thy lamp which sheddeth the radiance of Thine own Self over |
all that are in Thy heaven and all that are on Thy earth. |
The hearts of Thy chosen ones, O my Lord, have melted because of their |
separation from Thee, and the souls of Thy loved ones are burnt up by the |
fire of their yearning after Thee in Thy days. I implore Thee, O Thou |
Maker of the heavens and Lord of all names, by Thy most effulgent Self and |
Thy most exalted and all-glorious Remembrance, to send down upon Thy loved |
ones that which will draw them nearer unto Thee, and enable them to |
hearken unto Thine utterances. |
Tear asunder with the hand of Thy transcendent power, O my Lord, the veil |
of vain imaginings, that they who are wholly devoted to Thee may see Thee |
seated on the throne of Thy majesty, and the eyes of such as adore Thy |
unity may rejoice at the splendors of the glory of Thy face. The doors of |
hope have been shut against the hearts that long for Thee, O my Lord! |
Their keys are in Thy hands; open them by the power of Thy might and Thy |
sovereignty. Potent art Thou to do as Thou pleasest. Thou art, verily, the |
Almighty, the Beneficent. |
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I swear by Thy might! Successive |
afflictions have withheld the pen of the Most High from laying bare that |
which is hidden from the eyes of Thy creatures, and incessant trials have |
hindered the tongue of the Divine Ordainer from proclaiming the wonders of |
Thy glorification and praise. With a stammering tongue, therefore, I call |
upon Thee, O my God, and with this my afflicted pen I occupy myself in |
remembrance of Thy name. |
Is there any man of insight, O my God, that can behold Thee with Thine own |
eye, and where is the thirsty one who can direct his face towards the |
living waters of Thy love? I am the one, O my God, who hath blotted out |
from his heart the remembrance of all except Thee, and hath graven upon it |
the mysteries of Thy love. Thine own might beareth me witness! But for |
tribulations, how could the assured be distinguished from the doubters |
among Thy servants? They who have been inebriated with the wine of Thy |
knowledge, these, verily, hasten to meet every manner of adversity in |
their longing to pass into Thy presence. I implore Thee, O Beloved of my |
heart and the Object of my soul's adoration, to shield them that love me |
from the faintest trace of evil and corrupt desires. Supply them, then, |
with the good of this world and of the next. |
Thou art, verily, He Whose grace hath guided them aright, He Who hath |
declared Himself to be the All-Merciful. No God is there but Thee, the |
All-Glorious, the Supreme Helper. |
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by this Revelation |
whereby darkness hath been turned into light, through which the Frequented |
Fane hath been built, and the Written Tablet revealed, and the Outspread |
Roll uncovered, to send down upon me and upon them who are in my company |
that which will enable us to soar into the heavens of Thy transcendent |
glory, and will wash us from the stain of such doubts as have hindered the |
suspicious from entering into the tabernacle of Thy unity. |
I am the one, O my Lord, who hath held fast the cord of Thy |
loving-kindness, and clung to the hem of Thy mercy and favors. Do Thou |
ordain for me and for my loved ones the good of this world and of the |
world to come. Supply them, then, with the Hidden Gift Thou didst ordain |
for the choicest among Thy creatures. |
These are, O my Lord, the days in which Thou hast bidden Thy servants to |
observe the fast. Blessed is he that observeth the fast wholly for Thy |
sake and with absolute detachment from all things except Thee. Assist me |
and assist them, O my Lord, to obey Thee and to keep Thy precepts. Thou, |
verily, hast power to do what Thou choosest. |
There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. All praise be to |
God, the Lord of all worlds. |