I give thanks to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast suffered me
to remember Thee. What else but remembrance of Thee can give delight to my soul
or gladness to my heart? Communion with Thee enableth me to dispense with the
remembrance of all Thy creatures, and my love for Thee empowereth me to endure
the harm which my oppressors inflict upon me.
Send, therefore, unto my loved ones, O my God, what will
cheer their hearts, and illumine their faces, and delight their souls. Thou
knowest, O my Lord, that their joy is to behold the exaltation of Thy Cause and
the glorification of Thy word. Do Thou unveil, therefore, O my God, what will
gladden their eyes, and ordain for them the good of this
world and of the world which is to come.
Thou art, verily, the God of power, of strength and of
bounty.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
