Glory be unto Thee, O Lord! Although Thou mayest cause a
person to be destitute of all earthly possessions, and from the beginning of
his life until his ascension unto Thee he may be reduced to poverty through the
operation of Thy decree, yet wert Thou to have brought him forth from the Tree
of Thy love, such a bounty would indeed be far better for him than all the
things Thou hast created in heaven and earth and whatsoever lieth between them;
inasmuch as he will inherit the heavenly home, through the revelation of Thy
favours, and will partake of the goodly gifts Thou hast provided therein; for
the things which are with Thee are inexhaustible. This indeed is Thy blessing
which according to the good-pleasure of Thy Will Thou dost bestow on those who
tread the path of Thy love.
How numerous the souls who in former times were put to death
for Thy sake, and in whose names all men now pride themselves; and how vast the
number of those whom Thou didst enable to acquire earthly fortunes, and who
amassed them while they were deprived of Thy Truth, and who in this day have
passed into oblivion. Theirs is a grievous chastisement and a dire punishment.
O Lord! Provide for the speedy growth of the Tree of Thy divine Unity; water it then, O Lord, with the flowing waters of Thy good-pleasure, and cause it, before the revelations of Thy divine assurance, to yield such fruits as Thou desirest for Thy glorification and exaltation, Thy praise and thanksgiving, and to magnify Thy Name, to laud the oneness of Thine Essence and to offer adoration unto Thee, inasmuch as all this lieth within Thy grasp and in that of none other.
Great is the blessedness of those whose blood Thou hast
chosen wherewith to water the Tree of Thine affirmation, and thus to exalt Thy
holy and immutable Word.
Ordain for me, O my Lord, and for those who believe in Thee
that which is deemed best for us in Thine estimation, as set forth in the
Mother Book, for within the grasp of Thy hand Thou holdest the determined
measures of all things.
Thy goodly gifts are unceasingly showered upon such as
cherish Thy love and the wondrous tokens of Thy heavenly bounties are amply
bestowed on those who recognize Thy divine Unity. We commit unto Thy care
whatsoever Thou hast destined for us, and implore Thee to grant us all the good
that Thy knowledge embraceth.
Protect me, O my Lord, from every evil that Thine
omniscience perceiveth, inasmuch as there is no power nor strength but in Thee,
no triumph is forthcoming save from Thy presence, and it
is Thine alone to command. Whatever God hath willed hath been, and that which
He hath not willed shall not be.
There is no power nor strength except in God, the Most
Exalted, the Most Mighty.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
