Thou seest, O God of Mercy, Thou Whose power pervadeth all
created things, these servants of Thine, Thy thralls, who, according to the
good-pleasure of Thy Will, observe in the daytime the fast prescribed by Thee,
who arise, at the earliest dawn of day, to make mention of Thy Name, and to
celebrate Thy praise, in the hope of obtaining their share of the goodly things
that are treasured up within the treasuries of Thy grace and bounty. I beseech
Thee, O Thou that holdest in Thine hands the reins of the entire creation, in
Whose grasp is the whole kingdom of Thy names and of Thine attributes, not to
deprive, in Thy Day, Thy servants from the showers pouring from the clouds of
Thy mercy, nor to hinder them from taking their portion of the ocean of Thy
good-pleasure.
All the atoms of the earth bear witness, O my Lord, to the
greatness of Thy power and of Thy sovereignty; and all the signs of the
universe attest the glory of Thy majesty and of Thy might. Have mercy, then, O
Thou Who art the sovereign Lord of all, Who art the King of everlasting days,
and Ruler of all nations, upon these Thy servants, who have clung to the cord
of Thy commandments, who have bowed their necks to the revelations of Thy laws
which have been sent down from the heaven of Thy Will.
Behold, O my Lord, how their eyes are lifted up towards the
dawning-place of Thy loving-kindness, how their hearts are set upon the oceans
of Thy favors, how their voices are lowered before the accents of Thy most
sweet Voice, calling, from the most sublime Station, in Thy name the
All-Glorious. Help Thou Thy loved ones, O my Lord, them that have forsaken
their all, that they may obtain the things Thou dost possess, whom trials and
tribulations have encompassed for having renounced the world and set their affections
on Thy realm of glory. Shield them, I entreat Thee, O my Lord, from the
assaults of their evil passions and desires, and aid them to obtain the things
that shall profit them in this present world and in the next.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
