My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire! What tongue can
voice my thanks to Thee? I was heedless, Thou didst awaken me. I had turned
back from Thee, Thou didst graciously aid me to turn towards Thee. I was as one
dead, Thou didst quicken me with the water of life. I was withered, Thou didst
revive me with the heavenly stream of Thine utterance which hath flowed forth
from the Pen of the All-Merciful.
O Divine Providence! All existence is begotten by Thy
bounty; deprive it not of the waters of Thy generosity, neither do Thou
withhold it from the ocean of Thy mercy. I beseech Thee to aid and assist me at
all times and under all conditions, and seek from the heaven of Thy grace Thine
ancient favor. Thou art, in truth, the Lord of bounty, and the Sovereign of the
kingdom of eternity.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and meditations by Baha’u’llah’)