O God, Who art the Author of all Manifestations, the Source
of all Sources, the Fountain-Head of all Revelations, and
the Well-Spring of all Lights! I testify that by Thy Name the heaven of
understanding hath been adorned, and the ocean of utterance hath surged, and
the dispensations of Thy providence have been promulgated unto the followers of
all religions.
I beseech Thee so to enrich me as to dispense with all save
Thee, and be made independent of any one except Thyself. Rain down, then, upon
me out of the clouds of Thy bounty that which shall profit me in every world of
Thy worlds. Assist me, then, through Thy strengthening grace, so to serve Thy
Cause amidst Thy servants that I may show forth what will cause me to be
remembered as long as Thine own kingdom endureth and Thy dominion will last.
This is Thy servant, O my Lord, who with his whole being
hath turned unto the horizon of Thy bounty, and the ocean of Thy grace, and the
heaven of Thy gifts. Do with me then as becometh Thy majesty, and Thy glory,
and Thy bounteousness, and Thy grace.
Thou, in truth, art the God of strength and power, Who art
meet to answer them that pray Thee. There is no God save Thee, the All-Knowing,
the All-Wise.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
