O MY God! I have failed to know Thee as is worthy of Thy
glory, and I have failed to fear Thee as befitteth my station. How can I make
mention of Thee when I am in this condition, and how can I set my face towards
Thee when I have fallen short of my duty in worshipping
Thee?
Thou didst not call me into being to demonstrate the potency
of Thy might which is unmistakably manifest and evident; for Thou art God Who
everlastingly existed when there was naught. Rather Thou didst create us
through Thy transcendent power that a bare mention may be graciously made of us
before the resplendent manifestation of Thy Remembrance.
I have no knowledge of Thee, O my God, but that which Thou
hast taught me whereby I might recognize Thy Self—a knowledge which reflecteth
only my failure and sinfulness. Here am I then, O my God, wholly consecrated
unto Thee, willing to do what Thou desirest. Humbly I cast myself before the
revelations of Thy mercy, confessing that Thou art God, no God is there but
Thee, and that Thou art incomparable, hast no partner and naught is there like
Thee. Unto this Thou Thyself bearest witness, as well becometh Thy glory.
- The
Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
