O God, my God! I implore Thee by the blood of Thy true
lovers who were so enraptured by Thy sweet utterance that they hastened unto
the Pinnacle of Glory, the site of the most glorious martyrdom, and I beseech
Thee by the mysteries which lie enshrined in Thy knowledge and by the pearls
that are treasured in the ocean of Thy bounty to grant forgiveness unto me and
unto my father and my mother. Of those who show forth mercy, Thou art in truth
the Most Merciful. No God is there but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the
All-Bountiful.
O Lord! Thou seest this essence of sinfulness turning unto
the ocean of Thy favour and this feeble one seeking the kingdom of Thy divine
power and this poor creature inclining himself towards the day-star of Thy
wealth. By Thy mercy and Thy grace, disappoint him not, O Lord, nor debar him
from the revelations of Thy bounty in Thy days, nor cast him away from Thy door
which Thou hast opened wide to all that dwell in Thy heaven and on Thine earth.
Alas! Alas! My sins have prevented me from approaching the
Court of Thy holiness and my trespasses have caused me to stray far from the
Tabernacle of Thy majesty. I have committed that which Thou didst forbid me to
do and have put away what Thou didst order me to observe.
I pray Thee by Him Who is the sovereign Lord of Names to
write down for me with the Pen of Thy bounty that which will enable me to draw
nigh unto Thee and will purge me from my trespasses which have intervened
between me and Thy forgiveness and Thy pardon.
Verily, Thou art the Potent, the Bountiful. No God is there
but Thee, the Mighty, the Gracious.
- Baha'u'llah (‘Bisharat [Glad-Tidings],
‘Tablets of Baha'u'llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
