Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord of all beings and Desire of
all created things! I beseech Thee, by the Word which hath caused the Burning
Bush to lift up its Voice and the Rock to cry out, whereby the well-favoured
have hastened to attain the court of Thy presence and the pure in heart the
dayspring of the light of Thy countenance, and by the sighing of Thy true
lovers in their separation from Thy chosen ones and by the lamentation of them
that long to behold Thy face before the dawning splendour of the light of Thy
Revelation, to graciously enable Thy servants to recognize what Thou hast
ordained for them by Thy bounty and Thy grace. Prescribe for them then through
Thy Pen of Glory that which will direct their steps to the ocean of Thy
generosity and will lead them unto the living waters of Thy heavenly reunion.
O Lord! Look not at the things they have wrought, rather
look unto the loftiness of Thy celestial bounty which hath preceded all created
things, visible and invisible. O Lord! Illumine their hearts with the effulgent
light of Thy knowledge and brighten their eyes with the shining splendour of
the day-star of Thy favours.
I entreat Thee, O Lord of Names and Creator of the heavens,
by the blood spilt in Thy Path, and by the heads carried aloft on spears for
the sake of Thy love, and by the souls that have melted in their separation
from Thy loved ones, and by the hearts broken for the exaltation of Thy Word,
to grant that the dwellers of Thy realm may unite together in their allegiance
to Thine incomparable Word so that they may all acknowledge Thy unity and Thy
oneness. There is no God but Thee, the Omnipotent, the Most Exalted, the
Knowing, the Wise.
- Baha’u’llah (Tablet of Maqsúd, in ‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah
revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
