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Exalted. |
"The eyes of the world were gladdened at the sight of Thy luminous |
countenance, and yet the peoples have united to put out Thy light, O Thou |
in Whose hands are the reins of the worlds! All the atoms of the earth |
have celebrated Thy praise, and all created things have been set ablaze |
with the drops sprinkled by the ocean of Thy love, and yet the people |
still seek to quench Thy fire. Nay--and to this Thine own Self beareth me |
witness--they are all weakness, and Thou, verily, art the All-Powerful; and |
they are but paupers and Thou, in truth, art the All-Possessing; and they |
are impotent and Thou art, truly, the Almighty. Naught can ever frustrate |
Thy purpose, neither can the dissensions of the world harm Thee. Through |
the breaths of Thine utterance the heaven of understanding hath been |
adorned, and by the effusions of Thy pen every moldering bone hath been |
quickened. Grieve not at what hath befallen Thee, neither do Thou lay hold |
on them for the things they have committed in Thy days. Do Thou be |
forbearing toward them. Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most |
Compassionate." |
Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou art He Who by a word of His mouth hath |
revolutionized the entire creation, and by a stroke of His pen hath |
divided Thy servants one from another. I bear witness, O my God, that |
through a word spoken by Thee in this Revelation all created things were |
made to expire, and through yet another word all such as Thou didst wish |
were, by Thy grace and bounty, endued with new life. |
I render Thee thanks, therefore, and extol Thee, in the name of all them |
that are dear to Thee, for that Thou hast caused them to be born again, by |
reason of the living waters which have flowed down out of the mouth of Thy |
will. Since Thou didst quicken them by Thy bounteousness, O my God, make |
them steadfastly inclined, through Thy graciousness, towards Thy will; and |
since Thou didst suffer them to enter into the Tabernacle of Thy Cause, |
grant by Thy grace that they may not be kept back from Thee. |
Unlock, then, to their hearts, O my God, the portals of Thy knowledge, |
that they may recognize Thee as One Who is far above the reach and ken of |
the understanding of Thy creatures, and immeasurably exalted above the |
strivings of Thy people to hint at Thy nature, and may not follow every |
clamorous impostor that presumeth to speak in Thy name. Enable them, |
moreover, O my Lord, to cleave so tenaciously to Thy Cause that they may |
remain unmoved by the perplexing suggestions of them who, prompted by |
their desires, utter what hath been forbidden unto them in Thy Tablets and |
Thy Scriptures. |
Thou art well aware, O my Lord, that I hear the howling of the wolves |
which appear in Thy servants' clothing. Keep safe, therefore, Thy loved |
ones from their mischief, and enable them to cling steadfastly to |
whatsoever hath been manifested by Thee in this Revelation, which no other |
Revelation within Thy knowledge hath excelled. |
Do Thou destine for them, O my Lord, that which will profit them. |
Illumine, then, their eyes with the light of Thy knowledge, that they may |
see Thee visibly supreme over all things, and resplendent amidst Thy |
creatures, and victorious over all that are in Thy heaven and all that are |
on Thy earth. Powerful art Thou to do Thy pleasure. No God is there but |
Thee, the All-Glorious, Whose help is implored by all men. |
Praised be Thou, Who art the Lord of all creation. |
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thine Ancient Beauty and |
Most Great Name, Whom Thou hast sacrificed that all the dwellers of Thine |
earth and heaven may be born anew, and Whom Thou hast cast into prison |
that mankind may, as a token of Thy bounty and of Thy sovereign might, be |
released from the bondage of evil passions and corrupt desires, to number |
me with those who have so deeply inhaled the fragrance of Thy mercy, and |
hastened with such speed unto the living waters of Thy grace, that no dart |
could hinder them from turning unto Thee, nor any spear from setting their |
faces towards the orient of Thy Revelation. |
We testify, O my Lord, that Thou art God and that there is none other God |
besides Thee. From everlasting Thou wast enthroned on the inaccessible |
heights of Thy power, and wilt unto everlasting continue to exercise Thy |
transcendent and unrestrained dominion. The hosts of the world are |
powerless to frustrate Thy will, nor can all the dwellers of the earth and |
all the inmates of heaven annul Thy decree. Thou truly art the Almighty, |
the Most Exalted, the Most Great. |
Bless, O my God, those of the followers of the Bay谩n as have been numbered |
with the people of Bah谩, who have entered within the Crimson Ark in Thy |
Name, the Most Exalted, the Most High. Thy might, verily, is equal to all |
things. |
I give praise to Thee, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through |
which Thou didst cause the dawn to appear, and the winds to blow, and the |
seas to surge, and the trees to bring forth their fruits, and the earth to |