Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards the
heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy favor, withdrawn from all else beside
Thee. I ask of Thee, by the splendors of the Sun of Thy revelation on Sinai,
and the effulgences of the Orb of Thy grace which shineth from the horizon of
Thy Name, the Ever-Forgiving, to grant me Thy pardon and to have mercy upon me.
Write down, then, for me with Thy pen of glory that which will exalt me through
Thy Name in the world of creation. Aid me, O my Lord, to set myself towards
Thee, and to hearken unto the voice of Thy loved ones, whom the powers of the
earth have failed to weaken, and the dominion of the nations has been powerless
to withhold from Thee, and who, advancing towards Thee, have said: ‘God is our
Lord, the Lord of all who are in heaven and all who are on earth!’
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
