Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity, and the Maker of
nations, and the Fashioner of every moldering bone! I pray Thee, by Thy Name
through which Thou didst call all mankind unto the horizon of Thy majesty and
glory, and didst guide Thy servants to the court of Thy grace and favors, to
number me with such as have rid themselves from everything except Thyself, and
have set themselves towards Thee, and have not been kept back by such
misfortunes as were decreed by Thee, from turning in the direction of Thy
gifts.
I have laid hold, O my Lord, on the handle of Thy bounty,
and clung steadfastly to the hem of the robe of Thy favor. Send down, then,
upon me, out of the clouds of Thy generosity, what will purge out from me the
remembrance of anyone except Thee, and make me able to turn unto Him Who is the
Object of the adoration of all mankind, against Whom have been arrayed the
stirrers of sedition, who have broken Thy covenant, and disbelieved in Thee and
in Thy signs.
Deny me not, O my Lord, the fragrances of Thy raiment in Thy
days, and deprive me not of the breathings of Thy Revelation at the appearance
of the splendors of the light of Thy face. Powerful art Thou to do what
pleaseth Thee. Naught can resist Thy will, nor frustrate what Thou hast
purposed by Thy power.
No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Wise.
- Bahá’u’lláh (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah; compilation: ‘Baha'i
Prayers’, 1991 edition)
