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hand of Thy will, that I may so fix my gaze upon Thee and be so detached
from all else but Thee, that the world and all that hath been created
therein may appear before me as a fleeting day which Thou hast not deigned
to create.

I moreover entreat Thee, O my God, to rain down, from the heaven of Thy
will and the clouds of Thy mercy, that which will cleanse us from the
noisome savors of our transgressions, O Thou Who hast called Thyself the
God of Mercy! Thou art, verily, the Most Powerful, the All-Glorious, the
Beneficent.

Cast not away, O my Lord, him that hath turned towards Thee, nor suffer
him who hath drawn nigh unto Thee to be removed far from Thy court. Dash
not the hopes of the suppliant who hath longingly stretched out his hands
to seek Thy grace and favors, and deprive not Thy sincere servants of the
wonders of Thy tender mercies and loving-kindness. Forgiving and Most
Bountiful art Thou, O my Lord! Power hast Thou to do what Thou pleasest.
All else but Thee are impotent before the revelations of Thy might, are as
lost in the face of the evidences of Thy wealth, are as nothing when
compared with the manifestations of Thy transcendent sovereignty, and are
destitute of all strength when face to face with the signs and tokens of
Thy power. What refuge is there beside Thee, O my Lord, to which I can
flee, and where is there a haven to which I can hasten? Nay, the power of
Thy might beareth me witness! No protector is there but Thee, no place to
flee to except Thee, no refuge to seek save Thee. Cause me to taste, O my
Lord, the divine sweetness of Thy remembrance and praise. I swear by Thy
might! Whosoever tasteth of its sweetness will rid himself of all
attachment to the world and all that is therein, and will set his face
towards Thee, cleansed from the remembrance of any one except Thee.

Inspire then my soul, O my God, with Thy wondrous remembrance, that I may
glorify Thy name. Number me not with them who read Thy words and fail to
find Thy hidden gift which, as decreed by Thee, is contained therein, and
which quickeneth the souls of Thy creatures and the hearts of Thy
servants. Cause me, O my Lord, to be reckoned among them who have been so
stirred up by the sweet savors that have been wafted in Thy days that they
have laid down their lives for Thee and hastened to the scene of their
death in their longing to gaze on Thy beauty and in their yearning to
attain Thy presence. And were any one to say unto them on their way,
"Whither go ye?" they would say, "Unto God, the All-Possessing, the Help
in Peril, the Self-Subsisting!"

The transgressions committed by such as have turned away from Thee and
have borne themselves haughtily towards Thee have not availed to hinder
them from loving Thee, and from setting their faces towards Thee, and from
turning in the direction of Thy mercy. These are they who are blessed by
the Concourse on high, who are glorified by the denizens of the
everlasting Cities, and beyond them by those on whose foreheads Thy most
exalted pen hath written: "These! The people of Bahá. Through them have
been shed the splendors of the light of guidance." Thus hath it been
ordained, at Thy behest and by Thy will, in the Tablet of Thine
irrevocable decree.

Proclaim, therefore, O my God, their greatness and the greatness of those
who while living or after death have circled round them. Supply them with
that which Thou hast ordained for the righteous among Thy creatures.
Potent art Thou to do all things. There is no God but Thee, the
All-Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful.

Do not bring our fasts to an end with this fast, O my Lord, nor the
covenants Thou hast made with this covenant. Do Thou accept all that we
have done for love of Thee, and for the sake of Thy pleasure, and all that
we have left undone as a result of our subjection to our evil and corrupt
desires. Enable us, then, to cleave steadfastly to Thy love and Thy
good-pleasure, and preserve us from the mischief of such as have denied
Thee and repudiated Thy most resplendent signs. Thou art, in truth, the
Lord of this world and of the next. No God is there beside Thee, the
Exalted, the Most High.

Magnify Thou, O Lord my God, Him Who is the Primal Point, the Divine
Mystery, the Unseen Essence, the Day-Spring of Divinity, and the
Manifestation of Thy Lordship, through Whom all the knowledge of the past
and all the knowledge of the future were made plain, through Whom the
pearls of Thy hidden wisdom were uncovered, and the mystery of Thy
treasured name disclosed, Whom Thou hast appointed as the Announcer of the
One through Whose name the letter B and the letter E have been joined and
united, through Whom Thy majesty, Thy sovereignty and Thy might were made
known, through Whom Thy words have been sent down, and Thy laws set forth
with clearness, and Thy signs spread abroad, and Thy Word established,
through Whom the hearts of Thy chosen ones were laid bare, and all that
were in the heavens and all that were on the earth were gathered together,
Whom Thou hast called 'Alí-Muhammad in the kingdom of Thy names, and the
Spirit of Spirits in the Tablets of Thine irrevocable decree, Whom Thou
hast invested with Thine own title, unto Whose name all other names have,
at Thy bidding and through the power of Thy might, been made to return,
and in Whom Thou hast caused all Thine attributes and titles to attain
their final consummation. To Him also belong such names as lay hid within
Thy stainless tabernacles, in Thine invisible world and Thy sanctified
cities.

Magnify Thou, moreover, such as have believed in Him and in His signs and
have turned towards Him, from among those that have acknowledged Thy unity
in His Latter Manifestation--a Manifestation whereof He hath made mention
in His Tablets, and in His Books, and in His Scriptures, and in all the
wondrous verses and gem-like utterances that have descended upon Him. It
is this same Manifestation Whose covenant Thou hast bidden Him establish
ere He had established His own covenant. He it is Whose praise the Bayán
hath celebrated. In it His excellence hath been extolled, and His truth
established, and His sovereignty proclaimed, and His Cause perfected.
Blessed is the man that hath turned unto Him, and fulfilled the things He

hand of Thy will, that I may so fix my gaze upon Thee and be so detached

from all else but Thee, that the world and all that hath been created

therein may appear before me as a fleeting day which Thou hast not deigned

to create.

I moreover entreat Thee, O my God, to rain down, from the heaven of Thy

will and the clouds of Thy mercy, that which will cleanse us from the

noisome savors of our transgressions, O Thou Who hast called Thyself the

God of Mercy! Thou art, verily, the Most Powerful, the All-Glorious, the

Beneficent.

Cast not away, O my Lord, him that hath turned towards Thee, nor suffer

him who hath drawn nigh unto Thee to be removed far from Thy court. Dash

not the hopes of the suppliant who hath longingly stretched out his hands

to seek Thy grace and favors, and deprive not Thy sincere servants of the

wonders of Thy tender mercies and loving-kindness. Forgiving and Most

Bountiful art Thou, O my Lord! Power hast Thou to do what Thou pleasest.

All else but Thee are impotent before the revelations of Thy might, are as

lost in the face of the evidences of Thy wealth, are as nothing when

compared with the manifestations of Thy transcendent sovereignty, and are

destitute of all strength when face to face with the signs and tokens of

Thy power. What refuge is there beside Thee, O my Lord, to which I can

flee, and where is there a haven to which I can hasten? Nay, the power of

Thy might beareth me witness! No protector is there but Thee, no place to

flee to except Thee, no refuge to seek save Thee. Cause me to taste, O my

Lord, the divine sweetness of Thy remembrance and praise. I swear by Thy

might! Whosoever tasteth of its sweetness will rid himself of all

attachment to the world and all that is therein, and will set his face

towards Thee, cleansed from the remembrance of any one except Thee.

Inspire then my soul, O my God, with Thy wondrous remembrance, that I may

glorify Thy name. Number me not with them who read Thy words and fail to

find Thy hidden gift which, as decreed by Thee, is contained therein, and

which quickeneth the souls of Thy creatures and the hearts of Thy

servants. Cause me, O my Lord, to be reckoned among them who have been so

stirred up by the sweet savors that have been wafted in Thy days that they

have laid down their lives for Thee and hastened to the scene of their

death in their longing to gaze on Thy beauty and in their yearning to

attain Thy presence. And were any one to say unto them on their way,

"Whither go ye?" they would say, "Unto God, the All-Possessing, the Help

in Peril, the Self-Subsisting!"

The transgressions committed by such as have turned away from Thee and

have borne themselves haughtily towards Thee have not availed to hinder

them from loving Thee, and from setting their faces towards Thee, and from

turning in the direction of Thy mercy. These are they who are blessed by

the Concourse on high, who are glorified by the denizens of the

everlasting Cities, and beyond them by those on whose foreheads Thy most

exalted pen hath written: "These! The people of Bahá. Through them have

been shed the splendors of the light of guidance." Thus hath it been

ordained, at Thy behest and by Thy will, in the Tablet of Thine

irrevocable decree.

Proclaim, therefore, O my God, their greatness and the greatness of those

who while living or after death have circled round them. Supply them with

that which Thou hast ordained for the righteous among Thy creatures.

Potent art Thou to do all things. There is no God but Thee, the

All-Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful.

Do not bring our fasts to an end with this fast, O my Lord, nor the

covenants Thou hast made with this covenant. Do Thou accept all that we

have done for love of Thee, and for the sake of Thy pleasure, and all that

we have left undone as a result of our subjection to our evil and corrupt

desires. Enable us, then, to cleave steadfastly to Thy love and Thy

good-pleasure, and preserve us from the mischief of such as have denied

Thee and repudiated Thy most resplendent signs. Thou art, in truth, the

Lord of this world and of the next. No God is there beside Thee, the

Exalted, the Most High.

Magnify Thou, O Lord my God, Him Who is the Primal Point, the Divine

Mystery, the Unseen Essence, the Day-Spring of Divinity, and the

Manifestation of Thy Lordship, through Whom all the knowledge of the past

and all the knowledge of the future were made plain, through Whom the

pearls of Thy hidden wisdom were uncovered, and the mystery of Thy

treasured name disclosed, Whom Thou hast appointed as the Announcer of the

One through Whose name the letter B and the letter E have been joined and

united, through Whom Thy majesty, Thy sovereignty and Thy might were made

known, through Whom Thy words have been sent down, and Thy laws set forth

with clearness, and Thy signs spread abroad, and Thy Word established,

through Whom the hearts of Thy chosen ones were laid bare, and all that

were in the heavens and all that were on the earth were gathered together,

Whom Thou hast called 'Alí-Muhammad in the kingdom of Thy names, and the

Spirit of Spirits in the Tablets of Thine irrevocable decree, Whom Thou

hast invested with Thine own title, unto Whose name all other names have,

at Thy bidding and through the power of Thy might, been made to return,

and in Whom Thou hast caused all Thine attributes and titles to attain

their final consummation. To Him also belong such names as lay hid within

Thy stainless tabernacles, in Thine invisible world and Thy sanctified

cities.

Magnify Thou, moreover, such as have believed in Him and in His signs and

have turned towards Him, from among those that have acknowledged Thy unity

in His Latter Manifestation--a Manifestation whereof He hath made mention

in His Tablets, and in His Books, and in His Scriptures, and in all the

wondrous verses and gem-like utterances that have descended upon Him. It

is this same Manifestation Whose covenant Thou hast bidden Him establish

ere He had established His own covenant. He it is Whose praise the Bayán

hath celebrated. In it His excellence hath been extolled, and His truth

established, and His sovereignty proclaimed, and His Cause perfected.

Blessed is the man that hath turned unto Him, and fulfilled the things He