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be beautified with its rivers, that Thou wilt aid all them that are dear
to Thee with both Thy visible and invisible hosts. Render them, moreover,
victorious over all those who have so rebelled in Thy land, and dishonored
Thy name, and disbelieved in Thy signs, and broken Thy Covenant, and cast
behind their backs Thy laws, and have to such an extent risen up against
Thee, that they carried into captivity Thy kindred, and flung the
Manifestation of Thy Self into prison, and immured Him Who is the
Day-Spring of Thine Essence in the most desolate of cities.

Thou, O my Lord, art He whose strength is immense, Whose decree is
terrible. Lay hold on Thine adversaries by the power of Thy sovereignty,
and assemble Thy loved ones beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness,
that they may stand before Thy throne, and catch the accents of Thy voice,
and gaze on Thy beauty, and discover the power of Thy might.

Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.






Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I am so carried away by the breezes blowing
from Thy presence that I have forgotten my self and all that I possess.
This is but a sign of the wonders of Thy grace and bountiful favors
vouchsafed unto me. I give praise to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast chosen
me out of all Thy creatures, and made me to be the Day-Spring of Thy
strength and the Manifestation of Thy might, and empowered me to reveal
such of Thy signs and such tokens of Thy majesty and power as none,
whether in Thy heaven or on Thy earth, can produce.

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy most effulgent Name, to acquaint my
people with the things Thou didst destine for them. Do Thou, then,
preserve them within the stronghold of Thy guardianship and the tabernacle
of Thine unerring protection, lest through them may appear what will
divide Thy servants. Assemble them, O my Lord, on the shores of this
Ocean, every drop of which proclaimeth Thee to be God, besides Whom there
is none other God, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.

Uncover before them, O my Lord, the majesty of Thy Cause, lest they be led
to doubt Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy might. I swear by Thy glory,
O Thou Who art the Beloved of the worlds! Had they been aware of Thy power
they would of a certainty have refused to utter what Thou didst not ordain
for them in the heaven of Thy will.

Inspire them, O my Lord, with a sense of their own powerlessness before
Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self, and teach them to recognize the
poverty of their own nature in the face of the manifold tokens of Thy
self-sufficiency and riches, that they may gather together round Thy
Cause, and cling to the hem of Thy mercy, and cleave to the cord of the
good-pleasure of Thy will.

Thou art the Lord of the worlds, and of all those who show mercy, art the
Most Merciful.






Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity, and the Maker of nations, and the
Fashioner of every moldering bone! I pray Thee, by Thy Name through which
Thou didst call all mankind unto the horizon of Thy majesty and glory, and
didst guide Thy servants to the court of Thy grace and favors, to number
me with such as have rid themselves from everything except Thyself, and
have set themselves towards Thee, and have not been kept back by such
misfortunes as were decreed by Thee, from turning in the direction of Thy
gifts.

I have laid hold, O my Lord, on the handle of Thy bounty, and clung
steadfastly to the hem of the robe of Thy favor. Send down, then, upon me,
out of the clouds of Thy generosity, what will purge out from me the
remembrance of any one except Thee, and make me able to turn unto Him Who
is the Object of the adoration of all mankind, against Whom have been
arrayed the stirrers of sedition, who have broken Thy covenant, and
disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs.

Deny me not, O my Lord, the fragrances of Thy raiment in Thy days, and
deprive me not of the breathings of Thy Revelation at the appearance of
the splendors of the light of Thy face. Powerful art Thou to do what
pleaseth Thee. Naught can resist Thy will, nor frustrate what Thou hast
purposed by Thy power.

No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Wise.






Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou wast a hidden
Treasure wrapped within Thine immemorial Being and an impenetrable Mystery
enshrined in Thine own Essence. Wishing to reveal Thyself, Thou didst call
into being the Greater and the Lesser Worlds, and didst choose Man above
all Thy creatures, and didst make Him a sign of both of these worlds, O
Thou Who art our Lord, the Most Compassionate!

Thou didst raise Him up to occupy Thy throne before all the people of Thy
creation. Thou didst enable Him to unravel Thy mysteries, and to shine
with the lights of Thine inspiration and Thy Revelation, and to manifest

be beautified with its rivers, that Thou wilt aid all them that are dear

to Thee with both Thy visible and invisible hosts. Render them, moreover,

victorious over all those who have so rebelled in Thy land, and dishonored

Thy name, and disbelieved in Thy signs, and broken Thy Covenant, and cast

behind their backs Thy laws, and have to such an extent risen up against

Thee, that they carried into captivity Thy kindred, and flung the

Manifestation of Thy Self into prison, and immured Him Who is the

Day-Spring of Thine Essence in the most desolate of cities.

Thou, O my Lord, art He whose strength is immense, Whose decree is

terrible. Lay hold on Thine adversaries by the power of Thy sovereignty,

and assemble Thy loved ones beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness,

that they may stand before Thy throne, and catch the accents of Thy voice,

and gaze on Thy beauty, and discover the power of Thy might.

Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I am so carried away by the breezes blowing

from Thy presence that I have forgotten my self and all that I possess.

This is but a sign of the wonders of Thy grace and bountiful favors

vouchsafed unto me. I give praise to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast chosen

me out of all Thy creatures, and made me to be the Day-Spring of Thy

strength and the Manifestation of Thy might, and empowered me to reveal

such of Thy signs and such tokens of Thy majesty and power as none,

whether in Thy heaven or on Thy earth, can produce.

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy most effulgent Name, to acquaint my

people with the things Thou didst destine for them. Do Thou, then,

preserve them within the stronghold of Thy guardianship and the tabernacle

of Thine unerring protection, lest through them may appear what will

divide Thy servants. Assemble them, O my Lord, on the shores of this

Ocean, every drop of which proclaimeth Thee to be God, besides Whom there

is none other God, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.

Uncover before them, O my Lord, the majesty of Thy Cause, lest they be led

to doubt Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy might. I swear by Thy glory,

O Thou Who art the Beloved of the worlds! Had they been aware of Thy power

they would of a certainty have refused to utter what Thou didst not ordain

for them in the heaven of Thy will.

Inspire them, O my Lord, with a sense of their own powerlessness before

Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self, and teach them to recognize the

poverty of their own nature in the face of the manifold tokens of Thy

self-sufficiency and riches, that they may gather together round Thy

Cause, and cling to the hem of Thy mercy, and cleave to the cord of the

good-pleasure of Thy will.

Thou art the Lord of the worlds, and of all those who show mercy, art the

Most Merciful.

Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity, and the Maker of nations, and the

Fashioner of every moldering bone! I pray Thee, by Thy Name through which

Thou didst call all mankind unto the horizon of Thy majesty and glory, and

didst guide Thy servants to the court of Thy grace and favors, to number

me with such as have rid themselves from everything except Thyself, and

have set themselves towards Thee, and have not been kept back by such

misfortunes as were decreed by Thee, from turning in the direction of Thy

gifts.

I have laid hold, O my Lord, on the handle of Thy bounty, and clung

steadfastly to the hem of the robe of Thy favor. Send down, then, upon me,

out of the clouds of Thy generosity, what will purge out from me the

remembrance of any one except Thee, and make me able to turn unto Him Who

is the Object of the adoration of all mankind, against Whom have been

arrayed the stirrers of sedition, who have broken Thy covenant, and

disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs.

Deny me not, O my Lord, the fragrances of Thy raiment in Thy days, and

deprive me not of the breathings of Thy Revelation at the appearance of

the splendors of the light of Thy face. Powerful art Thou to do what

pleaseth Thee. Naught can resist Thy will, nor frustrate what Thou hast

purposed by Thy power.

No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Wise.

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou wast a hidden

Treasure wrapped within Thine immemorial Being and an impenetrable Mystery

enshrined in Thine own Essence. Wishing to reveal Thyself, Thou didst call

into being the Greater and the Lesser Worlds, and didst choose Man above

all Thy creatures, and didst make Him a sign of both of these worlds, O

Thou Who art our Lord, the Most Compassionate!

Thou didst raise Him up to occupy Thy throne before all the people of Thy

creation. Thou didst enable Him to unravel Thy mysteries, and to shine

with the lights of Thine inspiration and Thy Revelation, and to manifest