Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Them Who
are the Tabernacles of Thy Divine holiness, Who are the Manifestations of Thy
transcendent unity and the Day-Springs of Thine inspiration and revelation, to
grant that Thy servants may not be kept back from this Divine Law which, at Thy
will and according to Thy pleasure, hath branched out from Thy most great
Ocean. Do Thou, then, ordain for them that which Thou didst ordain for Thy chosen
ones and for the righteous among Thy creatures, whose constancy in Thy Cause
the tempests of trials have failed to shake, and whom the tumults of tests have
been powerless to hinder from magnifying Thy most exalted Word—the Word through
Which the heavens of men’s idle fancies and vain imaginations have been split
asunder. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing.
Enable, then, Thy servants, O my God, to recognize the
Day-Star that hath shone forth above the horizon of Thine irrevocable decree
and purpose, and suffer them not to be deprived of the Paradise which Thou, by
Thy name, the All-Glorious, hast called into being in the heavens of Thine
exalted omnipotence. Cause them, moreover, O my God, to hearken to Thy most
sweet voice, that they may all hasten to recognize Thy unity and acknowledge
Thy oneness, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the hearts of all that yearn after
Thee, and the Object of the adoration of such as have known Thee!
I beseech Thee, by them that have cut down all the idols in
this Revelation through which the Most Grievous Convulsion and the Great Terror
have appeared, to assist, at all times, Thy servants with the signs of Thine
almighty power and the evidences of Thy transcendent and all-compelling might.
Grant, then, that their hearts may be made as strong as brass, that they may
remain unmoved by the overpowering might of such as have transgressed against
Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine Essence and the Day-Spring of Thine
invisible Self, and that they may all arise to glorify and help Thee, so that
through them the ensigns of Thy triumph may be lifted up in Thy realm, and the
standards of Thy Cause may be unfurled throughout Thy dominions. Thou art He
who from everlasting hath, through the potency of His will, been all-powerful,
and will continue to remain the same for ever and ever. Thou art, verily, the
All-Glorious, the Most High. No God is there but Thee, the Most Powerful, the
Most Exalted, the Help in Peril, the Most Great, the One Being, the Incomparable,
the All-Glorious, the Unrestrained.
- Baha’u’llah, (‘Prayers and Meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
