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seeker hath soared to the sublimities of Thy unity and grandeur, through
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which the imperfect have been perfected, and the abased exalted, and the
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tongue of every stammerer unloosed, and the sick made whole, and whatever
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was unworthy of Thy highness and beseemed not Thy greatness and Thy
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sovereignty made acceptable unto Thee,--I beseech Thee to aid us by Thine
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invisible hosts and by a company of the angels of Thy Cause. Do Thou,
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then, accept the works we have performed for love of Thee, and for the
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sake of Thy pleasure. Cast us not away, O my God, from the door of Thy
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mercy, and break not our hopes in the wonders of Thy grace and favors.
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Our limbs, our members, O my Lord, bear witness to Thy unity and oneness.
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Send down upon us Thy strength and power, that we may become steadfast in
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Thy Faith and may aid Thee among Thy servants. Illumine our eyes, O my
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Lord, with the effulgence of Thy beauty, and enlighten our hearts with the
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splendors of Thy knowledge and wisdom. Write us up, then, with those who
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have fulfilled their pledge to Thy Covenant in Thy days, and who, through
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their love for Thee, have detached themselves from the world and all that
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is therein.
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Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. No God is there beside Thee,
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the All-Powerful, the Omniscient, the Supreme Ruler, the Help in Peril,
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the Self-Subsisting.
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O Thou Whose nearness is my wish, Whose presence is my hope, Whose
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remembrance is my desire, Whose court of glory is my goal, Whose abode is
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my aim, Whose name is my healing, Whose love is the radiance of my heart,
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Whose service is my highest aspiration! I beseech Thee by Thy Name,
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through which Thou hast enabled them that have recognized Thee to soar to
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the sublimest heights of the knowledge of Thee and empowered such as
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devoutly worship Thee to ascend into the precincts of the court of Thy
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holy favors, to aid me to turn my face towards Thy face, to fix mine eyes
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upon Thee, and to speak of Thy glory.
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I am the one, O my Lord, who hath forgotten all else but Thee, and turned
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towards the Day-Spring of Thy grace, who hath forsaken all save Thyself in
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the hope of drawing nigh unto Thy court. Behold me, then, with mine eyes
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lifted up towards the Seat that shineth with the splendors of the light of
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Thy Face. Send down, then, upon me, O my Beloved, that which will enable
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me to be steadfast in Thy Cause, so that the doubts of the infidels may
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not hinder me from turning towards Thee.
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Thou art, verily, the God of Power, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious,
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the Almighty.
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Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the excellence of Whose glory
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hath exalted them who are the sources of authority and honor, the potency
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of Whose might hath empowered them who are the fountain-heads of energy
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and strength, the dominion of Whose will hath elevated the Exponents of
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Thy Cause above all that are in heaven and on earth, and the life-giving
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effusions of Whose Pen have quickened the souls of the denizens of the
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kingdom of creation.
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I am he, O my Lord, who, wholly for Thy sake, hath turned his face unto
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Thee, and who, while acknowledging Thy power and Thy sovereignty, hath
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directed his steps towards Thy dearly-loved Sanctuary, and Thine adored
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and hallowed Court. In this state I have reached the City (Ba_gh_dád)
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wherein, in the full glory of Thy names, Thou didst reveal Thy Self unto
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all created things. In it I have communed with Thy loved ones, and from
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the House within its walls I have inhaled the breaths of Thy holiness and
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perceived the fragrances of Thy fellowship.
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Cast me not from Thy presence, O my Lord, neither do Thou drive me away
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from the shores of Thy love and Thy good-pleasure. For the poor can find
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no refuge unless he knocketh at the door of Thy wealth, and the outcast
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can find no peace until he be admitted to the court of Thy favor.
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Magnified be Thy name, O my Lord, for Thou hast enabled me to recognize
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the Manifestation of Thine own Self, and hast caused me to be assured of
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the truth of the verses which have descended upon Thee. Empower me, I
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implore Thee, to cling steadfastly unto whatsoever Thou hast bidden me
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observe. Help me to guard the pearls of Thy love which, by Thy decree,
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Thou hast enshrined within my heart. Send down, moreover, every moment of
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my life, O my God, that which will preserve me from any one but Thee, and
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will set my feet firm in Thy Cause.
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Thou art, verily, the God of glory, the God of power, the God of knowledge
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and wisdom. No God is there beside Thee, the Great Giver, the
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All-Bountiful, the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving.
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Praised be God, the All-Glorious, the All-Compelling.
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Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I give Thee thanks inasmuch as Thou
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hast called me into being in Thy days, and infused into me Thy love and
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Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee, by Thy name whereby the goodly pearls of
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Thy wisdom and Thine utterance were brought forth out of the treasuries of
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