I beseech Thee, O
Thou Who art the Lord of the worlds, and the Beloved of such as have recognized
Thee, and the Desire of all that are in heaven and on earth, by Thy Name
through which the cry of every suppliant hath ascended into the heaven of Thy
transcendent holiness, through which every seeker hath soared to the
sublimities of Thy unity and grandeur, through which the imperfect have been
perfected, and the abased exalted, and the tongue of every stammerer unloosed,
and the sick made whole, and whatever was unworthy of Thy highness and beseemed
not Thy greatness and Thy sovereignty made acceptable unto Thee,—I beseech Thee
to aid us by Thine invisible hosts and by a company of the angels of Thy Cause.
Do Thou, then, accept the works we have performed for love of Thee, and for the
sake of Thy pleasure. Cast us not away, O my God, from the door of Thy mercy,
and break not our hopes in the wonders of Thy grace and favors.
Our limbs, our
members, O my Lord, bear witness to Thy unity and oneness. Send down upon us
Thy strength and power, that we may become steadfast in Thy Faith and may aid
Thee among Thy servants. Illumine our eyes, O my Lord, with the effulgence of
Thy beauty, and enlighten our hearts with the splendors of Thy knowledge and
wisdom. Write us up, then, with those who have fulfilled their pledge to Thy
Covenant in Thy days, and who, through their love for Thee, have detached
themselves from the world and all that is therein.
Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. No God is there beside Thee,
the All-Powerful, the Omniscient, the Supreme Ruler, the Help in Peril, the
Self-Subsisting.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah’)
