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hath commanded, O Thou Who art the Lord of the worlds and the Desire of
all them that have known Thee!

Praised be Thou, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast aided us to recognize and
love Him. I, therefore, beseech Thee by Him and by Them Who are the
Day-Springs of Thy Divinity, and the Manifestations of Thy Lordship, and
the Treasuries of Thy Revelation, and the Depositories of Thine
inspiration, to enable us to serve and obey Him, and to empower us to
become the helpers of His Cause and the dispersers of His adversaries.
Powerful art Thou to do all that pleaseth Thee. No God is there beside
Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the One Whose help is sought by all
men!







God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the singleness of His
own Being. On the throne of eternity, from the inaccessible heights of His
station, His tongue proclaimeth that there is none other God but Him. He
Himself, independently of all else, hath ever been a witness unto His own
oneness, the revealer of His own nature, the glorifier of His own essence.
He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Beauteous.

He is supreme over His servants, and standeth over His creatures. In His
hand is the source of authority and truth. He maketh men alive by His
signs, and causeth them to die through His wrath. He shall not be asked of
His doings and His might is equal unto all things. He is the Potent, the
All-Subduing. He holdeth within His grasp the empire of all things, and on
His right hand is fixed the Kingdom of His Revelation. His power, verily,
embraceth the whole of creation. Victory and overlordship are His; all
might and dominion are His; all glory and greatness are His. He, of a
truth, is the All-Glorious, the Most Powerful, the Unconditioned.






Praise be to Thee, to Whom the tongues of all created things have, from
eternity, called, and yet failed to attain the heaven of Thine eternal
holiness and grandeur. The eyes of all beings have been opened to behold
the beauty of Thy radiant countenance, yet none hath succeeded in gazing
on the brightness of the light of Thy face. The hands of them that are
nigh unto Thee have, ever since the foundation of Thy glorious sovereignty
and the establishment of Thy holy dominion, been raised suppliantly
towards Thee, yet no one hath been able to touch the hem of the robe that
clotheth Thy Divine and sovereign Essence. And yet none can deny that Thou
hast ever been, through the wonders of Thy generosity and bounty, supreme
over all things, art powerful to do all things, and art nearer unto all
things than they are unto themselves.

Far be it, then, from Thy glory that anyone should gaze on Thy wondrous
beauty with any eye save Thine own eye, or hear the melodies proclaiming
Thine almighty sovereignty with any ear except Thine own ear. Too high art
Thou exalted for the eye of any creature to behold Thy beauty, or for the
understanding of any heart to scale the heights of Thine immeasurable
knowledge. For should the birds of the hearts of them that are nigh unto
Thee be ever enabled to soar as long as Thine own overpowering sovereignty
can endure, or to ascend as long as the empire of Thy Divine holiness can
last, they shall, in no wise, be able to transcend the limitations which a
contingent world hath imposed upon them, nor pass beyond its confines.
How, then, can he whose very creation is restricted by such limitations,
attain unto Him Who is the Lord of the Kingdom of all created things, or
ascend into the heaven of Him Who ruleth the realms of loftiness and
grandeur?

Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou, my Best-Beloved! Inasmuch as
Thou hast ordained that the utmost limit to which they who lift their
hearts to Thee can rise is the confession of their powerlessness to enter
the realms of Thy holy and transcendent unity, and that the highest
station which they who aspire to know Thee can reach is the acknowledgment
of their impotence to attain the retreats of Thy sublime knowledge I,
therefore, beseech Thee, by this very powerlessness which is beloved of
Thee, and which Thou hast decreed as the goal of them that have reached
and attained Thy court, and by the splendors of Thy countenance that have
encompassed all things, and by the energies of Thy Will whereby the entire
creation hath been generated, not to deprive them that have set their
hopes in Thee of the wonders of Thy mercy, nor to withhold from such as
have sought Thee the treasures of Thy grace. Ignite, then, within their
hearts the torch of Thy love, that its flame may consume all else except
their wondrous remembrance of Thee, and that no trace may be left in those
hearts except the gem-like evidences of Thy most holy sovereignty, so that
from the land wherein they dwell no voice may be heard except the voice
that extolleth Thy mercifulness and might, that on the earth on which they
walk no light may shine except the light of Thy beauty, and that within
every soul naught may be discovered except the revelation of Thy
countenance and the tokens of Thy glory, that haply Thy servants may show
forth only that which shall please Thee and shall conform wholly unto Thy
most potent will.

Glory be to Thee, O my God! The power of Thy might beareth me witness! I
can have no doubt that should the holy breaths of Thy loving-kindness and
the breeze of Thy bountiful favor cease, for less than the twinkling of an
eye, to breathe over all created things, the entire creation would perish,
and all that are in heaven and on earth would be reduced to utter
nothingness. Magnified, therefore, be the marvelous evidences of Thy
transcendent power! Magnified be the potency of Thine exalted might!

hath commanded, O Thou Who art the Lord of the worlds and the Desire of

all them that have known Thee!

Praised be Thou, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast aided us to recognize and

love Him. I, therefore, beseech Thee by Him and by Them Who are the

Day-Springs of Thy Divinity, and the Manifestations of Thy Lordship, and

the Treasuries of Thy Revelation, and the Depositories of Thine

inspiration, to enable us to serve and obey Him, and to empower us to

become the helpers of His Cause and the dispersers of His adversaries.

Powerful art Thou to do all that pleaseth Thee. No God is there beside

Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the One Whose help is sought by all

men!

God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the singleness of His

own Being. On the throne of eternity, from the inaccessible heights of His

station, His tongue proclaimeth that there is none other God but Him. He

Himself, independently of all else, hath ever been a witness unto His own

oneness, the revealer of His own nature, the glorifier of His own essence.

He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Beauteous.

He is supreme over His servants, and standeth over His creatures. In His

hand is the source of authority and truth. He maketh men alive by His

signs, and causeth them to die through His wrath. He shall not be asked of

His doings and His might is equal unto all things. He is the Potent, the

All-Subduing. He holdeth within His grasp the empire of all things, and on

His right hand is fixed the Kingdom of His Revelation. His power, verily,

embraceth the whole of creation. Victory and overlordship are His; all

might and dominion are His; all glory and greatness are His. He, of a

truth, is the All-Glorious, the Most Powerful, the Unconditioned.

Praise be to Thee, to Whom the tongues of all created things have, from

eternity, called, and yet failed to attain the heaven of Thine eternal

holiness and grandeur. The eyes of all beings have been opened to behold

the beauty of Thy radiant countenance, yet none hath succeeded in gazing

on the brightness of the light of Thy face. The hands of them that are

nigh unto Thee have, ever since the foundation of Thy glorious sovereignty

and the establishment of Thy holy dominion, been raised suppliantly

towards Thee, yet no one hath been able to touch the hem of the robe that

clotheth Thy Divine and sovereign Essence. And yet none can deny that Thou

hast ever been, through the wonders of Thy generosity and bounty, supreme

over all things, art powerful to do all things, and art nearer unto all

things than they are unto themselves.

Far be it, then, from Thy glory that anyone should gaze on Thy wondrous

beauty with any eye save Thine own eye, or hear the melodies proclaiming

Thine almighty sovereignty with any ear except Thine own ear. Too high art

Thou exalted for the eye of any creature to behold Thy beauty, or for the

understanding of any heart to scale the heights of Thine immeasurable

knowledge. For should the birds of the hearts of them that are nigh unto

Thee be ever enabled to soar as long as Thine own overpowering sovereignty

can endure, or to ascend as long as the empire of Thy Divine holiness can

last, they shall, in no wise, be able to transcend the limitations which a

contingent world hath imposed upon them, nor pass beyond its confines.

How, then, can he whose very creation is restricted by such limitations,

attain unto Him Who is the Lord of the Kingdom of all created things, or

ascend into the heaven of Him Who ruleth the realms of loftiness and

grandeur?

Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou, my Best-Beloved! Inasmuch as

Thou hast ordained that the utmost limit to which they who lift their

hearts to Thee can rise is the confession of their powerlessness to enter

the realms of Thy holy and transcendent unity, and that the highest

station which they who aspire to know Thee can reach is the acknowledgment

of their impotence to attain the retreats of Thy sublime knowledge I,

therefore, beseech Thee, by this very powerlessness which is beloved of

Thee, and which Thou hast decreed as the goal of them that have reached

and attained Thy court, and by the splendors of Thy countenance that have

encompassed all things, and by the energies of Thy Will whereby the entire

creation hath been generated, not to deprive them that have set their

hopes in Thee of the wonders of Thy mercy, nor to withhold from such as

have sought Thee the treasures of Thy grace. Ignite, then, within their

hearts the torch of Thy love, that its flame may consume all else except

their wondrous remembrance of Thee, and that no trace may be left in those

hearts except the gem-like evidences of Thy most holy sovereignty, so that

from the land wherein they dwell no voice may be heard except the voice

that extolleth Thy mercifulness and might, that on the earth on which they

walk no light may shine except the light of Thy beauty, and that within

every soul naught may be discovered except the revelation of Thy

countenance and the tokens of Thy glory, that haply Thy servants may show

forth only that which shall please Thee and shall conform wholly unto Thy

most potent will.

Glory be to Thee, O my God! The power of Thy might beareth me witness! I

can have no doubt that should the holy breaths of Thy loving-kindness and

the breeze of Thy bountiful favor cease, for less than the twinkling of an

eye, to breathe over all created things, the entire creation would perish,

and all that are in heaven and on earth would be reduced to utter

nothingness. Magnified, therefore, be the marvelous evidences of Thy

transcendent power! Magnified be the potency of Thine exalted might!