Turn thou unto God and say: O my Sovereign Lord! I am but a
vassal of Thine, and Thou art, in truth, the King of kings. I have lifted my
suppliant hands unto the heaven of Thy grace and Thy bounties. Send down, then,
upon me from the clouds of Thy generosity that which will rid me of all save
Thee, and draw me nigh unto Thyself. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy name,
which Thou hast made the king of names and the manifestation of Thyself to all
who are in heaven and on earth, to rend asunder the veils that have intervened
between me and my recognition of the Dawning-Place of Thy signs and the
Dayspring of Thy Revelation. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Powerful,
the All-Bounteous. Deprive me not, O my Lord, of the fragrances of the Robe of
Thy mercy in Thy days, and write down for me that which Thou hast written down
for Thy handmaidens who have believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and have
recognized Thee, and set their hearts towards the horizon of Thy Cause. Thou
art truly the Lord of the worlds and of those who show mercy the Most Merciful.
Assist me, then, O my God, to remember Thee amongst Thy handmaidens, and to aid
Thy Cause in Thy lands. Accept, then,
that which hath escaped me when the light of Thy countenance shone forth. Thou,
indeed, hast power over all things. Glory be to Thee, O Thou in Whose hand is the kingdom of the heavens and
of the earth.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
