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Praise be unto Thee, |
O our God, |
that Thou hast sent down unto us that |
which draweth us nigh unto Thee, |
and supplieth us with every good thing |
sent down by Thee in Thy Books and Thy Scriptures. |
Protect us, |
we beseech |
Thee, |
O my Lord, |
from the hosts of idle fancies and vain imaginations. |
Thou, |
in truth, |
art the Mighty, |
the All-Knowing. |
I testify, |
O my God, |
to that whereunto Thy chosen Ones have testified, |
and |
acknowledge that which the inmates of the all-highest Paradise and those |
who have circled round Thy mighty Throne have acknowledged. |
The kingdoms |
of earth and heaven are Thine, |
O Lord of the worlds! |
Since Thou hast, |
O my God, |
established Thyself upon the throne of Thy |
transcendent unity, |
and ascended the mercy seat of Thy oneness, |
it |
befitteth Thee to blot out from the hearts of all beings whatsoever may |
keep them back from gaining admittance into the sanctuary of Thy Divine |
mysteries, |
and may shut them out from the tabernacle of Thy Divinity, |
that |
all hearts may mirror Thy beauty, |
and may reveal Thee, |
and speak of Thee, |
and that all created things may show forth the tokens of Thy most august |
sovereignty, |
and shed the splendors of the light of Thy most holy |
governance, |
and that all who are in heaven and on earth may laud and |
magnify Thy unity, |
and give Thee glory, |
for having manifested Thy Self |
unto them through Him Who is the Revealer of Thy oneness. |
Divest, |
then, |
Thy servants, |
O my God, |
of the garments of self and desire, |
or grant that the eyes of Thy people may be lifted up to such heights that |
they will discern in their desires naught except the stirring of the |
gentle winds of Thine eternal glory, |
and may recognize in their own selves |
nothing but the revelation of Thine own merciful Self, |
that the earth and |
all that is therein may be cleansed of whatever is alien to Thee, |
or |
anything that manifesteth aught save Thy Self. |
All this can be fulfilled |
throughout Thy dominion by Thy word of command, |
"Be, |
" and it is! |
Nay, |
even |
swifter than this, |
and yet the people understand not. |
Glorified, |
immeasurably glorified art Thou, |
O my Beloved! |
I swear by Thy |
glory! |
I recognize this very moment that Thou hast granted all for which I |
have supplicated Thee, |
in this blessed night which, |
as decreed by Thee, |
calleth to remembrance Him Who was the Companion of Thy beauty and the |