Throughout eternity Thou hast been, O my Lord, and wilt ever
remain the One true God, while all else save Thee are needy and poor. Having
clung tenaciously to Thy Cord, O my God, I have detached myself from all
mankind, and having set my face towards the habitation of Thy tender mercy, I
have turned away from all created things. Graciously inspire me, O my God,
through Thy grace and bounty, Thy glory and majesty, and Thy dominion and
grandeur, for no one mighty and all-knowing can I find beside Thee. Protect me,
O my God, through the potency of Thy transcendent and all-sufficing glory and
by the hosts of the heavens and the earth, inasmuch as in no one can I wholly
place my trust but in Thee and no refuge is there but Thee.
Thou art God, my Lord, Thou knowest my needs, Thou seest my
state and art well aware of what hath befallen me by reason of Thy decree, and
of the earthly sufferings I have endured by Thy leave and as a token of Thy
bounty and favour.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb’)
