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guided Thy lovers to the living waters of Thy grace and Thy favors,

and

attracted them that long for Thee to the Paradise of Thy nearness and Thy

presence,

to open the eyes of Thy people that they may recognize in this

Revelation the manifestation of Thy transcendent unity,

and the dawning of

the lights of Thy countenance and Thy beauty.

Cleanse them,

then,

O my

God,

from all idle fancies and vain imaginations,

that they may inhale the

fragrances of sanctity from the robe of Thy Revelation and Thy

commandment,

that haply they may cease to inflict upon me what will

deprive their souls of the fragrances of the manifold tokens of Thy mercy,

that are wafted in the days of Him Who is the Manifestation of Thyself,

and the Day-Spring of Thy Cause,

and that they may not perpetrate what

will call down Thy wrath and anger.

Thou well knowest,

O my God,

that I was regarded as one of the people of

the Bayán,

and consorted with them with love and fellowship,

and summoned

them to Thee in the daytime and in the night season,

through the wonders

of Thy Revelation and Thine inspiration,

and sustained at their hands what

the inmates of the cities of Thine invention are powerless to recount.

I

swear by Thy might,

O my Beloved!

Every morning I waken to find that I am

made a target for the darts of their envy,

and every night,

when I lie

down to rest,

I discover that I have fallen a victim to the spears of

their hate.

Though Thou hast made known unto me the secrets of their

hearts,

and hast set me above them,

I have refused to uncover their deeds,

and have dealt patiently with them,

mindful of the time which Thou hast

fixed.

And when Thy promise came to pass,

and the set time was fulfilled,

Thou didst lift,

to an imperceptible degree,

the veil of concealment,

and

lo,

all the inmates of the kingdoms of Thy Revelation and of Thy creation

shook and trembled,

except those who were created by Thee,

through the

fire of Thy love,

and the breath of Thine eagerness,

and the water of Thy

loving-kindness,

and the clay of Thy grace.

These are they who are

glorified by the Concourse on high and the denizens of the Cities of

eternity.

I give praise to Thee,

therefore,

O my God,

that Thou hast preserved them

that have acknowledged Thy unity,

and hast destroyed them that have joined

partners with Thee,

and hast divided the one from the other through yet

another word that hath proceeded out of the mouth of Thy will,

and flowed

down from the pen of Thy purpose.

Thereby have Thy servants,

who were

created through the word of Thy commandment,

and were begotten by Thy

will,

caviled at me,

and so fiercely opposed me that they repudiated Thee,

and have rejected Thy signs,

and have risen up against Thee.