Lauded be Thy name, O my God and the God of all things, my
Glory and the Glory of all things, my Desire and the Desire of all things, my
Strength and the Strength of all things, my King and the King of all things, my
Possessor and the Possessor of all things, my Aim and the Aim of all things, my
Mover and the Mover of all things! Suffer me not, I implore Thee, to be kept
back from the ocean of Thy tender mercies, nor to be far removed from the
shores of nearness to Thee.
Aught else except Thee, O my Lord, profiteth me not, and
near access to any one save Thyself availeth me nothing. I entreat Thee by the
plenteousness of Thy riches, whereby Thou didst dispense with all else except
Thyself, to number me with such as have set their faces towards Thee, and arisen
to serve Thee.
Forgive, then, O my Lord, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens.
Thou, truly, art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
