Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou art He Who by a word of
His mouth hath revolutionized the entire creation, and by a stroke of His pen
hath divided Thy servants one from another. I bear witness, O my God, that
through a word spoken by Thee in this Revelation all created things were made
to expire, and through yet another word all such as Thou didst wish were, by
Thy grace and bounty, endued with new life.
I render Thee thanks, therefore, and extol Thee, in the name
of all them that are dear to Thee, for that Thou hast caused them to be born
again, by reason of the living waters which have flowed down out of the mouth
of Thy will. Since Thou didst quicken them by Thy bounteousness, O my God, make
them steadfastly inclined, through Thy graciousness, towards Thy will; and
since Thou didst suffer them to enter into the Tabernacle of Thy Cause, grant
by Thy grace that they may not be kept back from Thee.
Unlock, then, to their hearts, O my God, the portals of Thy
knowledge, that they may recognize Thee as One Who is far above the reach and
ken of the understanding of Thy creatures, and immeasurably exalted above the
strivings of Thy people to hint at Thy nature, and may not follow every
clamorous impostor that presumeth to speak in Thy name. Enable them, moreover,
O my Lord, to cleave so tenaciously to Thy Cause that they may remain unmoved
by the perplexing suggestions of them who, prompted by their desires, utter
what hath been forbidden unto them in Thy Tablets and Thy Scriptures.
Do Thou destine for them, O my Lord, that which will profit
them. Illumine, then, their eyes with the light of Thy knowledge, that they may
see Thee visibly supreme over all things, and resplendent amidst Thy creatures,
and victorious over all that are in Thy heaven and all that are on Thy earth.
Powerful art Thou to do Thy pleasure. No God is there but Thee, the
All-Glorious, Whose help is implored by all men.
Praised be Thou, Who art the Lord of all creation.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
