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Thy names and Thine attributes. Through Him Thou didst adorn the preamble
of the book of Thy creation, O Thou Who art the Ruler of the universe Thou
hast fashioned!

I bear witness that in His person solidity and fluidity have been joined
and combined. Through His immovable constancy in Thy Cause, and His
unwavering adherence to whatsoever Thou, in the plentitude of the light of
Thy glory, didst unveil to His eyes, throughout the domains of Thy
Revelation and creation, the souls of Thy servants were stirred up in
their longing for Thy Kingdom, and the dwellers of Thy realms rushed forth
to enter into Thy heavenly dominion. Through the restlessness He evinced
in Thy path, the feet of all them that are devoted to Thee were steeled
and confirmed to manifest Thy Cause amidst Thy creatures, and to
demonstrate Thy sovereignty throughout Thy realm.

How great, O my God, is this Thy most excellent handiwork, and how
consummate Thy creation, which hath caused every understanding heart and
mind to marvel! And when the set time was fulfilled, and what had been
preordained came to pass, Thou didst unloose His tongue to praise Thee,
and to lay bare Thy mysteries before all Thy creation, O Thou Who art the
Possessor of all names, and the Fashioner of earth and heaven! Through Him
all created things were made to glorify Thee, and to celebrate Thy praise,
and every soul was directed towards the kingdom of Thy revelation and Thy
sovereignty.

At one time, Thou didst raise Him up, O my God, and didst attire Him with
the ornament of the name of Him Who conversed with Thee (Moses), and didst
through Him uncover all that Thy will had decreed and Thine irrevocable
purpose ordained. At another time, Thou didst adorn Him with the name of
Him Who was Thy Spirit (Jesus), and didst send Him down out of the heaven
of Thy will, for the edification of Thy people, infusing thereby the
spirit of life into the hearts of the sincere among Thy servants and the
faithful among Thy creatures. Again, Thou didst reveal Him, decked forth
by the name of Him Who was Thy Friend (Muhammad), and caused Him to shine
brightly above the horizon of Hijáz, as a token of Thy power and an
evidence of Thy might. Through Him Thou didst send unto Thy servants what
enabled them to scale the heights of Thy unity, and to yearn over the
wonders of Thy manifold knowledge and wisdom.

I testify, O Thou Who art the Lord of the whole creation, and the Desire
of whosoever hath sought Thee, that, amidst Thy creatures, They resemble
the sun which no matter how often it riseth and setteth is still the one
and the same sun. Whoso maketh any distinction between any of Them hath
truly failed to attain the ultimate purpose, and to reach the highest
goal, and hath been deprived of the mysteries of unity and of the lights
of sanctity and oneness. I testify, moreover, that Thou hast decreed that
none on the face of the earth should equal Them, and none of Thy creatures
be able to be compared with any of Them, in order that Thine own
singleness and peerlessness might be recognized and established.

Glorified, immeasurably glorified be Thy name, O my God! How can I ever
befittingly mention Thee or sufficiently praise Thee, that Thou hast
manifested Him by the power of Thy might, and caused Him to shine above
the horizon of Thy will, and made Him the Day-Spring of Thy signs, and the
Dawning-Place of the revelation of Thy names and Thine attributes? How
bewilderingly mysterious, moreover, O my God, is His nature and all that
Thou hast infused into Him, through Thy strength and by the power of Thy
might! At one time He appeareth as the water which is Life indeed, sent
down out of the heaven of Thy grace, and poured forth from the clouds of
Thy mercy, that Thy creatures may be endued with new life, and live as
long as Thine own Kingdom endureth. Every drop of that water would suffice
to quicken the dead, and to set their faces in the direction of Thy favors
and Thy gifts, and to rid them of all attachment to aught else except
Thee. At another time He revealeth Himself as the Fire which Thou didst
kindle in the tree of Thy unity, whose heat melted the hearts of Thine
ardent lovers when He Who is the Day-Star of the world shone forth above
the horizon of 'Iráq. I testify, O my God, that through Him the veils of
human fancy were burnt up, and the hearts of men were set towards the
scene of Thy most resplendent glory.

I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the Supreme Ordainer, not to suffer me to
be deprived of the breezes which are wafted in Thy days, the days whereon
the sweet smell of the raiment of Thy mercy hath been shed abroad. Neither
do Thou keep me back from Thy most great Ocean, every drop of which crieth
out and saith: "Great is the blessedness that awaiteth him who hath been
awakened from his sleep by the breath of God which, from the source of His
mercy, hath blown over all such of His creatures as have set themselves
towards Him!"

Thou seest, O my Lord, how Thy servants are held captive by their own
selves and desires. Redeem them from their bondage, O my God, by the power
of Thy sovereignty and might, that they may turn towards Thee when He Who
is the Revealer of Thy names and attributes is manifested unto men.

Cast upon this poor and desolate creature, O my Lord, the glance of Thy
wealth, and flood his heart with the beams of Thy knowledge, that he may
apprehend the verities of the unseen world, and discover the mysteries of
Thy heavenly realm, and perceive the signs and tokens of Thy kingdom, and
behold the manifold revelations of this earthly life all set forth before
the face of Him Who is the Revealer of Thine own Self. Direct, then, his
eyes, O my God, towards the horizon of Thy loving-kindness, and make
steadfast his heart in its attachment to Thee, and unloose his tongue to
praise Thee, and make him able to hold fast the cord of Thy love, and to
cling to the hem of Thy bounteousness, and to proclaim Thy name amidst Thy
creatures, and to recount Thy virtues throughout Thy realm, in such wise
that no obstacle will deter him from turning to Thy name, the
All-Bountiful, and no veil shut him out from Thee, in Whose hand is the
dominion of utterance and the kingdom of all names and attributes!

Hold Thou the hand of this seeker who hath set his face towards Thee, O my

Thy names and Thine attributes. Through Him Thou didst adorn the preamble

of the book of Thy creation, O Thou Who art the Ruler of the universe Thou

hast fashioned!

I bear witness that in His person solidity and fluidity have been joined

and combined. Through His immovable constancy in Thy Cause, and His

unwavering adherence to whatsoever Thou, in the plentitude of the light of

Thy glory, didst unveil to His eyes, throughout the domains of Thy

Revelation and creation, the souls of Thy servants were stirred up in

their longing for Thy Kingdom, and the dwellers of Thy realms rushed forth

to enter into Thy heavenly dominion. Through the restlessness He evinced

in Thy path, the feet of all them that are devoted to Thee were steeled

and confirmed to manifest Thy Cause amidst Thy creatures, and to

demonstrate Thy sovereignty throughout Thy realm.

How great, O my God, is this Thy most excellent handiwork, and how

consummate Thy creation, which hath caused every understanding heart and

mind to marvel! And when the set time was fulfilled, and what had been

preordained came to pass, Thou didst unloose His tongue to praise Thee,

and to lay bare Thy mysteries before all Thy creation, O Thou Who art the

Possessor of all names, and the Fashioner of earth and heaven! Through Him

all created things were made to glorify Thee, and to celebrate Thy praise,

and every soul was directed towards the kingdom of Thy revelation and Thy

sovereignty.

At one time, Thou didst raise Him up, O my God, and didst attire Him with

the ornament of the name of Him Who conversed with Thee (Moses), and didst

through Him uncover all that Thy will had decreed and Thine irrevocable

purpose ordained. At another time, Thou didst adorn Him with the name of

Him Who was Thy Spirit (Jesus), and didst send Him down out of the heaven

of Thy will, for the edification of Thy people, infusing thereby the

spirit of life into the hearts of the sincere among Thy servants and the

faithful among Thy creatures. Again, Thou didst reveal Him, decked forth

by the name of Him Who was Thy Friend (Muhammad), and caused Him to shine

brightly above the horizon of Hijáz, as a token of Thy power and an

evidence of Thy might. Through Him Thou didst send unto Thy servants what

enabled them to scale the heights of Thy unity, and to yearn over the

wonders of Thy manifold knowledge and wisdom.

I testify, O Thou Who art the Lord of the whole creation, and the Desire

of whosoever hath sought Thee, that, amidst Thy creatures, They resemble

the sun which no matter how often it riseth and setteth is still the one

and the same sun. Whoso maketh any distinction between any of Them hath

truly failed to attain the ultimate purpose, and to reach the highest

goal, and hath been deprived of the mysteries of unity and of the lights

of sanctity and oneness. I testify, moreover, that Thou hast decreed that

none on the face of the earth should equal Them, and none of Thy creatures

be able to be compared with any of Them, in order that Thine own

singleness and peerlessness might be recognized and established.

Glorified, immeasurably glorified be Thy name, O my God! How can I ever

befittingly mention Thee or sufficiently praise Thee, that Thou hast

manifested Him by the power of Thy might, and caused Him to shine above

the horizon of Thy will, and made Him the Day-Spring of Thy signs, and the

Dawning-Place of the revelation of Thy names and Thine attributes? How

bewilderingly mysterious, moreover, O my God, is His nature and all that

Thou hast infused into Him, through Thy strength and by the power of Thy

might! At one time He appeareth as the water which is Life indeed, sent

down out of the heaven of Thy grace, and poured forth from the clouds of

Thy mercy, that Thy creatures may be endued with new life, and live as

long as Thine own Kingdom endureth. Every drop of that water would suffice

to quicken the dead, and to set their faces in the direction of Thy favors

and Thy gifts, and to rid them of all attachment to aught else except

Thee. At another time He revealeth Himself as the Fire which Thou didst

kindle in the tree of Thy unity, whose heat melted the hearts of Thine

ardent lovers when He Who is the Day-Star of the world shone forth above

the horizon of 'Iráq. I testify, O my God, that through Him the veils of

human fancy were burnt up, and the hearts of men were set towards the

scene of Thy most resplendent glory.

I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the Supreme Ordainer, not to suffer me to

be deprived of the breezes which are wafted in Thy days, the days whereon

the sweet smell of the raiment of Thy mercy hath been shed abroad. Neither

do Thou keep me back from Thy most great Ocean, every drop of which crieth

out and saith: "Great is the blessedness that awaiteth him who hath been

awakened from his sleep by the breath of God which, from the source of His

mercy, hath blown over all such of His creatures as have set themselves

towards Him!"

Thou seest, O my Lord, how Thy servants are held captive by their own

selves and desires. Redeem them from their bondage, O my God, by the power

of Thy sovereignty and might, that they may turn towards Thee when He Who

is the Revealer of Thy names and attributes is manifested unto men.

Cast upon this poor and desolate creature, O my Lord, the glance of Thy

wealth, and flood his heart with the beams of Thy knowledge, that he may

apprehend the verities of the unseen world, and discover the mysteries of

Thy heavenly realm, and perceive the signs and tokens of Thy kingdom, and

behold the manifold revelations of this earthly life all set forth before

the face of Him Who is the Revealer of Thine own Self. Direct, then, his

eyes, O my God, towards the horizon of Thy loving-kindness, and make

steadfast his heart in its attachment to Thee, and unloose his tongue to

praise Thee, and make him able to hold fast the cord of Thy love, and to

cling to the hem of Thy bounteousness, and to proclaim Thy name amidst Thy

creatures, and to recount Thy virtues throughout Thy realm, in such wise

that no obstacle will deter him from turning to Thy name, the

All-Bountiful, and no veil shut him out from Thee, in Whose hand is the

dominion of utterance and the kingdom of all names and attributes!

Hold Thou the hand of this seeker who hath set his face towards Thee, O my