Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things and art
hidden from all things! From every land Thou hearest the lamentations of them
that love Thee, and from every direction Thou hearkenest unto the cries of such
as have recognized Thy sovereignty. Were their oppressors to be asked:
“Wherefore have ye oppressed them and held them in bondage in Baghdád and
elsewhere? What injustice have they committed? Whom have they betrayed? Whose
blood have they spilled, and whose property have they plundered?” they would
know not what to answer.
Thou knowest full well, O my God, that their only crime is
to have loved Thee. For this reason have their oppressors laid hold on them,
and scattered them abroad. Aware as I am, O my God, that Thou wilt send down
upon Thy servants only what is good for them, I nevertheless beseech Thee, by
Thy name which overshadoweth all things, to raise up, for their assistance and
as a sign of Thy grace and as an evidence of Thy power, those who will keep
them safe from all their adversaries.
Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, verily, the
Supreme Ruler, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
