Bestow on me, O my Lord, Thy gracious bounty and benevolent
gifts and grant me that which beseemeth the sublimity of Thy glory. Aid me, O
my Lord, to achieve a singular victory. Open Thou the door of unfailing success
before me and grant that the things Thou hast promised may be close at hand.
Thou art in truth potent over all things. Refresh my heart, O my God, with the
living waters of Thy love and give me a draught, O my Master, from the chalice
of Thy tender mercy. Let me abide, O my Lord, within the habitation of Thy
glory, and suffer me, O my God, to emerge from the darkness in which Thy divine
obscurity is shrouded. Enable me to partake of every good Thou hast vouchsafed
unto Him Who is the Point and unto such as are the exponents of His Cause, and
ordain for me that which beseemeth Thee and well becometh Thy station. Do Thou
graciously forgive me for the things that I have wrought in Thy holy presence,
and look not upon me with the glance of justice, but rather deliver me through
Thy grace, treat me with Thy mercy and deal with me according to Thy bountiful
favours, as is worthy of Thy glory.
Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Glorious, the Bestower
of favours and gifts, the Lord of grace abounding. Verily no God is there but
Thee. Thou art the All-Possessing, the Most High.
- The Báb (‘Selections from
the Writings of the Báb')
