O Thou Whose face is the object of the adoration of all that
yearn after Thee, Whose presence is the hope of such as are wholly devoted to
Thy will, Whose nearness is the desire of all that have drawn nigh unto Thy
court, Whose countenance is the companion of those who have recognized Thy
truth, Whose name is the mover of the souls that long to behold Thy face, Whose
voice is the true life of Thy lovers, the words of Whose mouth are as the
waters of life unto all who are in heaven and on earth!
I beseech Thee, by the wrong Thou hast suffered and the ills
inflicted upon Thee by the hosts of wrongful doers, to send down upon me from
the clouds of Thy mercy that which will purify me of all that is not of Thee,
that I may be worthy to praise Thee and fit to love Thee.
Withhold not from me, O my Lord, the things Thou didst
ordain for such of Thy handmaidens as circle around Thee, and on whom are
poured continually the splendors of the sun of Thy beauty and the beams of the
brightness of Thy face. Thou art He Who from everlasting hath succored
whosoever hath sought Thee, and bountifully favored him who hath asked Thee.
No God is there beside Thee, the Mighty, the Ever-Abiding,
the All-Bounteous, the Most Generous.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
