O God, my God! Thou seest how black darkness is enshrouding
all regions, how all countries are burning with the flame of dissension, and
the fire of war and carnage is blazing throughout the East and the West. Blood
is flowing, corpses bestrew the ground, and severed heads are fallen on the
dust of the battlefield.
O Lord! Have pity on these ignorant ones and look upon them
with the eye of forgiveness and pardon. Extinguish this fire, so that these
dense clouds which obscure the horizon may be scattered, the Sun of Reality
shine forth with the rays of conciliation, this intense gloom be dispelled and
the resplendent light of peace shed its radiance upon all countries.
O Lord! Draw up the people from the abyss of the ocean of
hatred and enmity, and deliver them from this impenetrable darkness. Unite
their hearts, and brighten their eyes with the light of peace and
reconciliation. Deliver them from the depths of war and bloodshed, and free
them from the darkness of error. Remove the veil from their eyes, and enlighten
their hearts with the light of guidance. Treat them with Thy tender mercy and
compassion, and deal not with them according to Thy justice and wrath which
cause the limbs of the mighty to quake.
