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with me emboldeneth me to extol Thee, and to ask of Thee the things Thou
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dost possess.
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I implore Thee, O my God, by Thy mercy that hath surpassed all created
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things, and to which all that are immersed beneath the oceans of Thy names
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bear witness, not to abandon me unto my self, for my heart is prone to
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evil. Guard me, then, within the stronghold of Thy protection and the
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shelter of Thy care. I am he, O my God, whose only wish is what Thou hast
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determined by the power of Thy might. All I have chosen for myself is to
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be assisted by Thy gracious appointments and the ruling of Thy will, and
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to be aided with the tokens of Thy decree and judgment.
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I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the hearts which long for
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Thee, by the Manifestations of Thy Cause and the Day-Springs of Thine
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inspiration, and the Exponents of Thy majesty, and the Treasuries of Thy
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knowledge, not to suffer me to be deprived of Thy holy Habitation, Thy
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Fane and Thy Tabernacle. Aid me, O my Lord, to attain His hallowed court,
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and to circle round His person, and to stand humbly at His door.
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Thou art He Whose power is from everlasting to everlasting. Nothing
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escapeth Thy knowledge. Thou art, verily, the God of power, the God of
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glory and wisdom.
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Praised be God, the Lord of the worlds!
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O Thou the dread of Whom hath fallen upon all things, before the splendors
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of Whose face the countenances of all men are downcast, at the revelations
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of Whose sovereignty all necks have humbly bowed, to the ruling of Whose
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will all hearts have been subdued, the awfulness of Whose majesty hath
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caused the foundations of all things to tremble, and to the power of Whose
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authority the winds have been subjected! I beseech Thee by the compelling
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force of Thy Revelation, and by the power of Thy might, and by the
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exaltation of Thy word, and by the sublimity of Thy sovereignty, to number
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us with them whom the world hath been powerless to hinder from turning
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towards Thee.
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Cause me, O my Lord, to be of those who, with their substance and their
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own selves, have fought valiantly in Thy path. Write down, then, for me
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the recompense Thou didst ordain for them in the Tablet of Thy decree.
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Stablish me also on the seat of truth in Thy presence, and join me with
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the sincere among Thy servants.
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I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Messengers, and Thy Chosen Ones, and by
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Him through Whom Thou hast affixed Thy seal upon the Manifestations of Thy
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Cause among Thy creatures, and Whom Thou hast adorned with the ornament of
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Thine acceptance among all that dwell in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, to
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graciously assist me to attain unto what Thou hast ordained for Thy
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servants and bidden them observe in Thy Tablets. Wash away, then, my sins,
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O my God, by Thy grace and bounty, and reckon me among such as are not
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overtaken by fear nor put to grief.
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Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
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Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the fire of Whose love hath
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set ablaze the hearts of them who have recognized Thy unity, and the
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splendors of Whose countenance have illuminated the faces of such as have
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drawn nigh unto Thy court. How plenteous, O my God, is the stream of Thy
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knowledge! How sweet, O my Beloved, is the injury which, in my love for
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Thee, and for the sake of Thy pleasure, I suffer from the darts of the
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wicked doers! How pleasing are the wounds which, in Thy path and in order
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to proclaim Thy Faith, I sustain from the swords of the infidels!
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I beseech Thee, by Thy name through which Thou turnest restlessness into
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tranquillity, fear into confidence, weakness into strength, and abasement
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into glory, that Thou of Thy grace wilt aid me and Thy servants to exalt
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Thy name, to deliver Thy Message, and to proclaim Thy Cause, in such wise
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that we may remain unmoved by either the assaults of the transgressors or
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the wrath of the infidels, O Thou Who art my Well-Beloved!
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I am, O my Lord, Thy handmaiden, who hath hearkened to Thy call, and
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hastened unto Thee, fleeing from herself and resting her heart upon Thee.
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I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Thy name out of which all the treasures of
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the earth were brought forth, to shield me from the hints of such as have
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disbelieved in Thee and repudiated Thy truth.
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Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. Thou art, verily, the
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All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
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All praise be to Thee, O Lord, my God! How mysterious the Fire which Thou
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hast enkindled within my heart! My very limbs testify to the intensity of
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its heat, and evince the consuming power of its flame. Should my bodily
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tongue ever attempt to describe Thee as the One Whose strength hath ever
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excelled the strength of the most mighty amongst men, the tongue of my
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heart would address me, saying: "These are but words which can only be
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adequate to such things as are of the same likeness and nature as
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