Magnified be Thy name, O my God, for that Thou hast
manifested the Day which is the King of Days, the Day which Thou didst announce
unto Thy chosen Ones and Thy Prophets in Thy most excellent Tablets, the Day
whereon Thou didst shed the splendor of the glory of all Thy names upon all
created things. Great is his blessedness whosoever hath set himself towards
Thee, and entered Thy presence, and caught the accents of Thy voice.
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the name of Him round Whom
circleth in adoration the kingdom of Thy names, that Thou wilt graciously
assist them that are dear to Thee to glorify Thy word among Thy servants, and
to shed abroad Thy praise amidst Thy creatures, so that the ecstasies of Thy
revelation may fill the souls of all the dwellers of Thine earth.
Since Thou hast guided them, O my Lord, unto the living
waters of Thy grace, grant, by Thy bounty, that they may
not be kept back from Thee; and since Thou hast summoned them to the habitation
of Thy throne, drive them not out from Thy presence, through Thy
loving-kindness. Send down upon them what shall wholly detach them from aught
else except Thee, and make them able to soar in the atmosphere of Thy nearness,
in such wise that neither the ascendancy of the oppressor nor the suggestions
of them that have disbelieved in Thy most august and most mighty Self shall be
capable of keeping them back from Thee.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations
by Baha’u’llah’)
