O my Sovereign Lord! I am but a vassal of Thine, and Thou
art, in truth, the King of Kings. I have lifted my suppliant hands unto the
heaven of Thy grace and Thy bounties. Send down, then, upon me from the clouds
of Thy generosity that which will rid me of all save Thee, and draw me nigh
unto Thyself. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy name, which Thou hast made the
king of names, and the manifestation of Thyself to all who are in heaven and on
earth, to rend asunder the veils that have intervened between me and my recognition
of the Dawning-Place of Thy signs and the Day Spring of Thy Revelation. Thou
art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Bounteous. Deprive me not,
O my Lord, of the fragrances of the Robe of Thy mercy in Thy days, and write
down for me that which Thou hast written down for thy handmaidens who have
believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and have recognized Thee, and set their
hearts towards the horizon of Thy Cause. Thou art truly the Lord of the worlds
and of those who show mercy the Most Merciful. Assist me, then, O my God, to
remember Thee amongst Thy handmaidens, and to aid Thy Cause in Thy lands.
Accept, then, that which hath escaped me when the light of Thy countenance
shone forth. Thou, indeed, hast power over all things. Glory be to Thee, O Thou
in Whose hand is the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth.
- Baha'u'llah (from
the Tablet to Queen Victoria of Great Britain; ‘The Summons of the Lord of
Hosts)
