O my God, my Master, my Best-Beloved! I am Thy servant and
the son of Thy servant. I have held fast the cord of Thy grace, and clung to
the hem of the garment of Thy loving providence. I entreat Thee, by Thy Most
Great Name, Whom Thou hast appointed as the unerring Balance among the nations,
and Thine infallible Proof unto all men, not to forsake me, nor to abandon me
to my corrupt desires. Do Thou preserve me beneath the shadow of Thy Supreme
Sinlessness, and enable me to magnify Thine own Self amidst the concourse of
Thy creatures. Withhold not from me the Divine fragrance of Thy days, and
deprive me not of the sweet savors wafting from the Day-Spring of Thy
Revelation. Bestow on me the good of this world and of the next, through the
power of Thy grace that hath encompassed all created things and Thy mercy that
hath surpassed the entire creation. Thou art He Who holdeth in His grasp the
kingdom of all things. Thou doest what Thou willest through Thy decree, and
choosest, through the power of Thy might, whatsoever Thou desirest. None can
resist Thy will; naught can exhaust the impelling force of Thy command. There
is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most Bountiful.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
