He is God!
O peerless Lord! In Thine almighty wisdom Thou hast enjoined
marriage upon the peoples, that the generations of men may succeed one another
in this contingent world, and that ever, so long as the world shall last, they
may busy themselves at the Threshold of Thy oneness with servitude and worship,
with salutation, adoration and praise. “I have not created spirits and men, but
that they should worship me.” [Qur'an
51:56] Wherefore, wed Thou in the heaven of Thy mercy these two birds of the
nest of Thy love, and make them the means of attracting perpetual grace; that
from the union of these two seas of love a wave of tenderness may surge and
cast the pearls of pure and goodly issue on the shore of life. “He hath let
loose the two seas, that they meet each other: Between them is a barrier which
they overpass not. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will ye deny? From
each He bringeth up greater and lesser pearls.” [Qur'an 55:19-20]
O Thou kind Lord! Make Thou this marriage to bring forth
coral and pearls. Thou art verily the All-Powerful, the Most Great, the
Ever-Forgiving.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Compilation: ‘Baha'i Prayers’, 1991 edition)
