Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God! I beseech
Thee by Thy Name through which the splendour of the light of wisdom shone
resplendent when the heavens of divine utterance were set in motion amidst
mankind, to graciously aid me by Thy heavenly confirmations and enable me to
extol Thy Name amongst Thy servants.
O Lord! Unto Thee have I turned my face, detached from all
save Thee and holding fast to the hem of the robe of Thy manifold blessings.
Unloose my tongue therefore to proclaim that which will captivate the minds of
men and will rejoice their souls and spirits. Strengthen me then in Thy Cause
in such wise that I may not be hindered by the ascendancy of the oppressors
among Thy creatures nor withheld by the onslaught of the disbelievers amidst
those who dwell in Thy realm. Make me as a lamp shining throughout Thy lands
that those in whose hearts the light of Thy knowledge gloweth and the yearning
for Thy love lingereth may be guided by its radiance.
Verily, potent art Thou to do whatsoever Thou willest, and
in Thy grasp Thou holdest the kingdom of creation. There is none other God but
Thee, the Almighty, the All-Wise.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Law-i-Hikmat’ [Tablet of
Wisdom], ‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
