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in such wise that they will |
seek only what Thou didst wish for them through Thy bidding, |
and will |
desire naught except what Thou didst desire for them through Thy will. |
Sanctify, |
then, |
their eyes, |
O my God, |
that they may behold the light of |
Thy Beauty, |
and purge their ears, |
that they may listen to the melodies of |
the Dove of Thy transcendent oneness. |
Flood, |
then, |
their hearts with the |
wonders of Thy love, |
and preserve their tongues from mentioning any one |
save Thee, |
and guard their faces from turning to aught else except |
Thyself. |
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. |
Thou, |
verily, |
art the |
Almighty, |
the Help in Peril, |
the Self-Subsisting. |
Protect, |
moreover, |
O my Beloved, |
through Thy love for them and through the |
love they bear to Thee, |
this servant, |
who hath sacrificed his all for |
Thee, |
and expended whatsoever Thou hast given him in the path of Thy love |
and Thy good pleasure, |
and preserve him from all that Thou abhorrest, |
and |
from whatsoever may hinder him from entering into the Tabernacle of Thy |
holy sovereignty, |
and from attaining the seat of Thy transcendent oneness. |
Number him, |
then, |
O my God, |
with such as have allowed nothing whatever to |
deter them from beholding Thy beauty, |
or from meditating on the wondrous |
evidences of Thine everlasting handiwork, |
that he may have fellowship with |
none except Thee, |
and turn to naught save Thyself, |
and discover in |
whatever hath been created by Thee in the kingdoms of earth and heaven |
nothing but Thy wondrous Beauty and the revelation of the splendors of Thy |
face, |
and be so immersed beneath the billowing oceans of Thine overruling |
providence and the surging seas of Thy holy unity, |
that he will forget |
every mention except the mention of Thy transcendent oneness, |
and banish |
from his soul the traces of all evil suggestions, |
O Thou in Whose hands |
are the kingdoms of all names and attributes! |
Lauded be Thy name, |
O Thou Who art the Goal of my desire! |
I swear by Thy |
glory! |
How great is my wish to attain unto a detachment so complete that |
were there to appear before me those countenances which are hid within the |
chambers of chastity, |
and the beauty of which Thou didst veil from the |
eyes of the entire creation, |
and whose faces Thou didst sanctify from the |
sight of all beings, |
and were they to unveil themselves in all the glory |
of the splendors of Thine incomparable beauty, |
I would refuse to look upon |
them, |
and would behold them solely for the purpose of discerning the |
mysteries of Thy handiwork, |
which have perplexed the minds of such as have |
drawn nigh unto Thee, |
and awed the souls of all them that have recognized |
Thee. |
I would, |
by Thy power and Thy might, |
soar to such heights that |
nothing whatsoever would have the power to keep me back from the manifold |
evidences of Thy transcendent dominion, |
nor would any earthly scheme shut |
me out from the manifestations of Thy Divine holiness. |