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flame may burn up all else except my remembrance of Thee, that every trace
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of corrupt desire may be entirely mortified within me, and that naught may
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remain except the glorification of Thy transcendent and all-glorious
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Being. This is my highest aspiration, mine ardent desire, O Thou Who
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rulest all things, and in Whose hand is the kingdom of the entire
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creation. Thou, verily, doest what Thou choosest. No God is there beside
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Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.
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Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name that hath
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caused to surge within every drop the oceans of Thy loving-kindness and
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mercy, and to shine within every atom the luminaries of Thy bountiful
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blessings and favors,--I implore Thee to adorn every soul with the ornament
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of Thy love, that none may remain on Thine earth who hath not turned
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towards Thee, or hath failed to detach himself from all except Thy Self.
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Thou hast, verily, O my God, suffered Him Who is the Manifestation of
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Thine own Self to be afflicted with all manner of adversity in order that
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Thy servants may ascend unto the pinnacle of Thy gracious favor, and
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attain unto that which Thou hast, through Thy providence and tender
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mercies, ordained for them in the Tablets of Thine irrevocable decree. The
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glory of Thy might beareth me witness! Were they, every moment of their
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lives, to offer up themselves as a sacrifice in Thy path, they would still
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have done but little in comparison with the manifold bestowals vouchsafed
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unto them by Thee.
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Grant, therefore, I beseech Thee, that their hearts may be inclined
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towards Thee, and that their faces may be turned in the direction of Thy
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good-pleasure. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there
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but Thee, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.
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Deign, then, to accept, O my God, from Thy servant the things which he
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hath shown forth in his love for Thee. Fortify him, then, that he may
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cling to Thy most exalted Word, and to unloose his tongue to celebrate Thy
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praise, and cause him to be gathered unto such of Thy people as are nigh
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unto Thee. Thou art He within Whose grasp is the empire of all things.
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There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the
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All-Glorious, the Unconstrained.
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Magnified be Thy name, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of the souls of
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all them that have recognized Thee, and in Whose right hand are the
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destinies of all that are in heaven and all that are on earth! Thou doest,
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through the power of Thy might, what Thou willest, and ordainest, by an
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act of Thy volition, what Thou pleasest. The will of the most resolute of
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men is as nothing when compared with the compelling evidences of Thy will,
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and the determination of the most inflexible among Thy creatures is
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dissipated before the manifold revelations of Thy purpose.
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Thou art He Who, through a word of Thy mouth, hath so enravished the
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hearts of Thy chosen ones that they have, in their love for Thee, detached
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themselves from all except Thyself, and laid down their lives and
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sacrificed their souls in Thy path, and borne, for Thy sake, what none of
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Thy creatures hath borne.
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I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! I have turned my face towards the
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habitation of Thy mercy, and have sought the wonders of Thy manifold
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favors, inasmuch as all the members of my body proclaim Thee to be the
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All-Bounteous, He Whose grace is immense.
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O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Whose beauty is my
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sanctuary, Whose court is my goal, Whose remembrance is my wish, Whose
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affection is my solace, Whose love is my begetter, Whose praise is my
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companion, Whose nearness is my hope, Whose presence is my greatest
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longing and supreme aspiration! Disappoint me not, I entreat Thee, by
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withholding from me the things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among
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Thy handmaidens, and supply me with the good of this world and of the
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world to come.
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Thou art, verily, the Lord of creation. No God is there beside Thee, the
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Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.
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Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I pray Thee, by Him Who is the
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Day-Spring of Thy signs and the Manifestation of Thy names, and the
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Treasury of Thine inspiration, and the Repository of Thy wisdom, to send
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upon Thy loved ones that which will enable them to cleave steadfastly to
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Thy Cause, and to recognize Thy unity, and to acknowledge Thy oneness, and
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to bear witness to Thy divinity. Raise them up, O my God, to such heights
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that they will recognize in all things the tokens of the power of Him Who
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is the Manifestation of Thy most august and all-glorious Self.
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Thou art He, O my Lord, Who doeth what He willeth, and ordaineth what He
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pleaseth. Every possessor of power is forlorn before the revelations of
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Thy might, and every fountain of honor becomes abject when confronted by
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the manifold evidences of Thy great glory.
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I beseech Thee, by Thyself and by whatsoever is of Thee, to grant that I
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may help Thy Cause and speak of Thy praise, and set my heart on the
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