Praise be unto Thee, Who art my God and the God of all men,
and my Desire and the Desire of all them that have recognized Thee, and my
Beloved and the Beloved of such as have acknowledged Thy unity, and the Object
of my adoration and of the adoration of them that have near access to Thee, and
my Wish and the Wish of such as are wholly devoted to Thee, and my Hope and the
Hope of them that have fixed their hearts upon Thee, and my Refuge and the
Refuge of all such as have hastened towards Thee, and my Haven and the Haven of
whosoever hath repaired unto Thee, and my Goal and the Goal of all them that
have set themselves towards Thee, and my Object and the Object of those who
have fixed their gaze upon Thee, and my Paradise and the Paradise of them that
have ascended towards Thee, and my Lode-star and the Lode-star of all such as
yearn after Thee, and my Joy and the Joy of all them that love Thee, and my
Light and the Light of all such as have erred and asked to be forgiven by Thee,
and my Exultation and the Exultation of all them that remember Thee, and my
Stronghold and the Stronghold of all such as have fled to Thee, and my
Sanctuary and the Sanctuary of all that dread Thee, and my Lord and the Lord of
all such as dwell in the heavens and on the earth!
Unto Thee be praise for that Thou hast enraptured me by the
sweetness of Thine utterances, and set me towards the horizon above which the
splendors of the Day-Star of Thy face have shone, and caused me to turn unto
Thee at a time when most of Thy creatures had broken off from Thee.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
