Glory be to Thee, O my God! Thou hearest Thine ardent lovers
lamenting in their separation from Thee, and such as have recognized Thee
wailing because of their remoteness from Thy presence. Open Thou outwardly to
their faces, O my Lord, the gates of Thy grace, that they may enter them by Thy
leave and in conformity with Thy will, and may stand before the throne of Thy
majesty, and catch the accents of Thy voice, and be illumined with the
splendors of the light of Thy face.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. None can withstand
the power of Thy sovereign might. From everlasting Thou wert alone, with none
to equal Thee, and wilt unto everlasting remain far above all thought and every
description of Thee. Have mercy, then, upon Thy servants by Thy grace and
bounty, and suffer them not to be kept back from the shores of the ocean of Thy
nearness. If Thou abandonest them, who is there to befriend them; and if Thou
puttest them far from Thee, who is he that can favor them? They have none other
Lord beside Thee, none to adore except Thyself. Deal Thou generously with them
by Thy bountiful grace.
Thou, in truth, art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Compassionate.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah)
