My God, the Object of my adoration, the Goal of my desire,
the All-Bountiful, the Most Compassionate! All life is of Thee, and all power
lieth within the grasp of Thine omnipotence. Whosoever Thou exaltest is raised
above the angels, and attaineth the station: ‘Verily, We uplifted him to a
place on high!’; and whosoever Thou dost abase is made
lower than dust, nay, less than nothing. O Divine Providence! Though wicked,
sinful, and intemperate, we still seek from Thee a ‘seat of truth,’ and long to
behold the countenance of the Omnipotent King. It is Thine to command, and all
sovereignty belongeth to Thee, and the realm of might boweth before Thy behest.
Everything Thou doest is pure justice, nay, the very essence of grace. One
gleam from the splendors of Thy Name, the All-Merciful, sufficeth to banish and
blot out every trace of sinfulness from the world, and a single breath from the
breezes of the Day of Thy Revelation is enough to adorn all mankind with a
fresh attire. Vouchsafe Thy strength, O Almighty One, unto Thy weak creatures,
and quicken them who are as dead, that haply they may find Thee, and may be led
unto the ocean of Thy guidance, and may remain steadfast in Thy Cause. Should
the fragrance of Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers tongues of the
world, out of the East or out of the West, it would, verily, be prized and
greatly cherished. If such tongues, however, be deprived of that fragrance,
they assuredly would be unworthy of any mention, in word or yet in thought. We
beg of Thee, O Providence, to show Thy way unto all men, and to guide them
aright. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful, the All-Knowing, the
All-Seeing.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
