Thou knowest, O God, and art my witness that I have no
desire in my heart save to attain Thy good pleasure, to be confirmed in
servitude unto Thee, to consecrate myself in Thy service, in labour in Thy
great vineyard and to sacrifice all in They path. Thou are the All-Knowing and
the All-Seeing. I have no wish save to turn my steps, in my love for Thee,
towards the mountains and the deserts to loudly proclaim the advent of Thy
Kingdom, and to raise Thy call amidst all men. O God! Open Thou the way for
this helpless one, grant Thou the remedy to this ailing one and bestow Thy
healing upon this afflicted one. With burning heart and tearful eyes I
supplicate Thee at They Threshold.
O God! I am prepared to endure any ordeal in Thy path and
desire with all my heart and soul to meet any hardship.
O God! Protect me from tests. Thou knowest full well that I
have turned away from all things and freed myself of all thoughts. I have no
occupation save mention of Thee and no aspiration save serving Thee.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Revised translation by the Research
Department of the Universal House of Justice, Baha'i World Centre; included in 'Lua Getsinger Herald of the
Covenant' by Velda Piff Metelmann; original version included in compilation: Quickeners of Mankind, by the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada)
