Prayer for Steadfastness in the Cause of God 5 страница
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Praise be unto Thee, O my God,
that we have wakened to the splendors of the light of Thy knowledge.
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Send down, then, upon us, O my Lord,
what will enable us to dispense with anyone except Thee,
and will rid us of all attachment to anything except Thy union.
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Write down, moreover, for me, and for such as are dear to me,
and for my kindred, man and woman alike,
the good of this world and the world to come.
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Keep us safe, then, through Thine unfailing protection,
O Thou the Beloved of the entire creation and the Desire of the whole universe,
from them whom Thou hast made to be the manifestations of the Evil Whisperer,
who whisper in men's breasts.
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Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure.
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Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.
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Bless Thou, O Lord my God, Him Whom Thou hast set over Thy most excellent Titles,
and through Whom Thou hast divided between the godly and the wicked,
and graciously aid us to do what Thou lovest and desirest.
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Bless Thou, moreover, O my God,
them Who are Thy Words and Thy Letters,
and them who have set their faces towards Thee, and turned unto Thy face,
and hearkened to Thy Call.
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Thou art, verily, the Lord and King of all men,
and art potent over all things.
€”Baha-ullah
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I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God,
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and it becometh him that seeketh that shelter
to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy protection and the Stronghold of Thy defense.
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Illumine my inner being, O my Lord,
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with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy revelation,
even as Thou didst illumine my outer being with the morning light of Thy favor.
€”Baha-ullah
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I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God,
and left my home trusting wholly in Thee, and committing my well- being to Thy care.
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Send down, then, upon me, out of the heaven of Thy mercy,
a blessing from Thy side,
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and enable me to return home in safety
even as Thou didst enable me to set out
under Thy protection with my thoughts fixed steadfastly upon Thee.
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There is no other God except Thee,
the [Lord] Incomparable, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
”Baha-ullah
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I give praise to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast awakened me out of my sleep,
and brought me forth after my disappearance, and raised me up from my slumber.
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I have awoken this morning with my face set toward
the splendors of the Daystar of thy Revelation,
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through Which the heavens of Thy power and Thy majesty have been illumined,
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acknowledging Thy signs,
believing in Thy Book,
and holding fast unto Thy Cord.
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I beseech Thee, by the potency of Thy will and the compelling power of Thy purpose,
to make of what Thou didst reveal unto me in my sleep
the surest foundation for the mansions of Thy love that are within the hearts of Thy loved ones,
and the best instrument for the revelation of the tokens of Thy grace and Thy loving-kindness.
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Do Thou ordain for me through Thy most exalted Pen, O my Lord,
the good of this world and of the next.
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I testify that within Thy grasp are held the reins of all things.
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Thou changest them as Thou pleasest.
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No God is there except Thee, the Strong, the Faithful.
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Thou art He Who changeth through His bidding
abasement into glory,
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and weakness into strength,
and powerlessness into might,
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and fear into calm,
and doubt into certainty.
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No God is there except Thee, the Mighty, the Beneficent.
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Thou disappointest no one who hath sought Thee,
nor dost Thou keep back from Thee anybody who hath desired Thee.
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Ordain Thou for me what becometh the heaven of Thy generosity,
and the ocean of Thy bounty.
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Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
Baha-ullah
PRAYER FOR DRAWING NEARER TO GOD
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Glory be to The, O my God!
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Thou hearest Thine ardent lovers lamenting in their separation from Thee,
and them theat have recognized thee wailing because of their remoteness from Thy presence.
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Open Thou outwardly to their faces, O my Lord, the gate of Thy grace,
that they may enter them by Thy leave and in conformity with Thy will,
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and may stand before the throne of Thy majesty,
and catch the accents of thy voice,
and be illumined with the splendors of the light of Thy face.
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Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
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None can withstand the power of Thy sovereign might.
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From everlasting Thou wert alone, with none to equal Thee,
and wilt unto everlasting remain far above all thought and every description of Thee.
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Have mercy, then, upon Thy servants by Thy grace and bounty,
and suffer them not to be kept back from the shores of the ocean of Thy nearness.
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If Thou abandonest them, who is there to befriend them;
and if Thou puttest them far from Thee, who is he that can favor them?
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They have none other Lord beside Thee, none to adore except Thyself.
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Deal Thou generously with them by Thy bountiful grace.
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Thou, in truth, are the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
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”Baha-ullah
PRAYERS OF PRAISE AND GRATITUDE TO GOD
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All praise, O my God, be to Thee Who art the Source of all glory and majesty,
of greatness and honor,
of sovereignty and dominion,
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of loftiness and grace,
of awe and power.
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Whomsoever Thou willeth Thou causest to draw near unto the Most Great Ocean,
and whomsover Thou willest Thou conferrest the honor of recognizing Thy Most Ancient Name.
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Of all who are in heaven and on earth, no one can withstand the operation of Thy sovereign Will.
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From all eternity Thou didst rule the entire creation,
and Thou wilt continue for evermore to exercise Thy dominion over all created things.
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There is no other God except Thee, the Almighty,
the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.
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Illumine, O Lord, the faces of Thy servants, that they may behold Thee;
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and cleanse their hearts that they may turn unto the court of Thy heavenly favors,
and recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Dayspring of Thine Essence.
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Verily, Thou art the Lord of all worlds.
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There is no God but Thee, the Unconstrained, the All-Subduing.
”Baha-ullah
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In the Name of God, the Most High!
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Lauded and glorified art Thou, Lord, God Omnipotent!
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Thou before Whose wisdom the wise falleth short and faileth,
before whose knowledge the learned confesseth his ignorance,
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before whose might the strong waxeth weak,
before whose wealth the rich testifieth to his poverty,
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before whose light the enlightened is lost in darkness, [relative to Gods light]
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and whom toward the shrine of whose knowledge turneth the essence of all understanding
and whom around the sanctuary of whose presence circle the souls of all mankind.
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How then can I sing and tell of Thine Essence,
which the wisdom of the wise and the learning of the learned have failed to comprehend,
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inasmuch as no man can sing that which he understandeth not,
nor recount that unto which he cannot attain,
whilst thou hast been from everlasting the Inaccessible, the Unsearchable.
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Powerless though I be to rise to the heavens of Thy glory
and soar in the realms of Thy knowledge,
I can merely recount Thy tokens that tell of Thy glorious handiwork.
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By Thy Glory! O Beloved of all hearts,
Thou that alone canst still the pangs of yearning for Thee!
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Though all the dwellers of heaven and earth unite to glorifyeven the least of Thy signs,
wherein and whereby Thou hast revealed Thy word,
and yet would they fail [to adequately glorify these signs],
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how much more [would they fail] to [adequately] praise Thy holy Word,
[O thou whom art] the creator of all Thy tokens.
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All praise and glory be to Thee, Thou of Whom all things have testified
that Thou art [the Lord] and there is no other God except thee,
Who hast been from everlasting exalted above all peer or likeness
and to everlasting shalt remain the same.
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All kings are but Thy servants and all beings,
visible and invisible, as naught before Thee.
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There is no other God except Thee,
the Gracious, the Powerful, the Most High.
Baha-ullah
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Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God!
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Thou art He Whom all things worship and Who worshipeth no one,
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Who is the Lord of all things and is the vassal of none,
Who knoweth all things and is known of none.
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Thou didst wish to make Thyself known unto men;
therefore, Thou didst, through a word of Thy mouth,
bring creation into creation and fashion the universe.
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There is no other God except Thee,
the Fashioner, the Creator, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
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I implore Thee, by this very word that hath shone forth above the horizon of Thy will,
to enable me to drink deep of the living waters
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through which Thou hast vivified the hearts of Thy chosen [servants]
and quickened the souls of them that love Thee,
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that I may, at all times and under all conditions, turn my face wholly towards Thee.
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Thou art the God of power, or glory and bounty.
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No God is there beside Thee,
the Supreme Ruler, the All-Glorious, the Omniscient.
Baha-ullah
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Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!
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I yield Thee thanks
for having enabled me to recognize the Manifestation of Thy being,
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and for having detached me from Thine enemies,
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and laid bare before mine eyes their misdeeds and wicked works in Thy days,
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and for having rid me of all attachment to them,
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and caused me to turn wholly towards Thy grace and bountiful favors.
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I give Thee thanks, also, for having sent down upon me from the clouds of Thy will
that which hath so sanctified me from the hints of the infidels and the allusions of the misbelievers
that I have fixed my heart firmly on Thee,
and fled from such as have denied the light of Thy countenance.
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Again I thank Thee for having empowered me to be steadfast in Thy love,
and to speak forth Thy praise and to extol Thy virtues,
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and for having given me to drink of the cup of Thy mercy
that hath surpassed all things visible and invisible.
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Thou art the Almighty,
the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the All-Loving.
”Baha-ullah
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Praised be Thou, O Lord my God!
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Every time I attempt to make mention of Thee,
I am hindered by the sublimity of Thy station and the overpowering greatness of Thy might.
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For were I to praise Thee throughout the length of Thy dominion
and the duration of Thy sovereignty,
I would find that my praise of Thee can befit only such as are like unto me,
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who are themselves Thy creatures,
and who have been generated through the power of Thy decree
and been fashioned through the potency of Thy will.
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And at whatever time my pen ascribeth glory to any of Thy holy names,
methinks I can hear the voice of its lamentation in its remoteness from Thee,
and can recognize its cry because of its separation from Thy [Lordship].
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I testify that everything other than Thee is yet Thy creation
and is held in the hollow of Thy hand.
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To have accepted any act or praise from Thy creatures
is merely an evidence of the wonders of Thy grace and bountiful favors,
and a manifestation of Thy generosity and providence.
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I entreat Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Most Great Name
whereby Thou didst separate light from fire, and truth from denial,
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to send down upon me and upon such of my loved ones as are in my company
the good of this world and of the next.
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Supply us, then, with Thy wondrous gifts that are hid from the eyes of men.
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Thou art, verily, the Fashioner of all creation.
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No God is there except Thee,
the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most High.
€”Baha-ullah
PRAYERS FOR GOD'S PROTECTION
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Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God!
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Thou seest and knowest that I have called upon Thy servants
to turn nowhere except in the direction of Thy bestowals,
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and have bidden them observe nothing except the things Thou didst prescribe
in Thy very clear book,
the book which hath been sent down
according to Thine inscrutable decree and irrevocable purpose.
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I can utter no word, O my God, unless I be permitted by Thee,
and can move in no direction until I obtain Thy sanction.
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It is Thou, O my God, Who hast called me into being through the power of Thy might,
and hast endured me with Thy grace to manifest Thy Cause.
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Wherefore I have been subjected to such adversities
that my tongue hath been hindered from extolling Thee and from magnifying Thy glory.
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All praise be to Thee, O my God,
for the things Thou didst ordain for me
through Thy decree and by the power of Thy sovereignty.
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I beseech Thee that thou wilt fortify both myself and them that love me
in our love for Thee,
and wilt keep us firm in Thy Cause.
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I swear by Thy might! O my God!
Thy servant's shame is to be shut out as by a veil from Thee,
and his glory is to know Thee.
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Armed with the power of Thy name nothing can ever hurt me,
and with Thy love in my heart all the world's afflictions can in no wise alarm me.
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Send down, therefore, O my Lord, upon me and upon my loved ones
that which will protect us from the mischief of those that have repudiated Thy truth
and disbelieved in Thy signs.
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Thou art, verily, the All-Glorious, the Most Bountiful.
€”Baha-ullah
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Praised be Thou, O Lord my God!
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This is Thy servant who hath quaffed from the hands of Thy grace
the wine of Thy tender mercy,
and tasted of the savor of Thy love in Thy days.
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I beseech Thee, by the embodiments of Thy names
whom no grief can hinder from rejoicing in Thy love or from gazing on Thy face,
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and whom all the hosts of the heedless are powerless
to cause to turn aside from the path of Thy pleasure,
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to supply him with the good things Thou dost possess,
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and to raise him up to such heights that he will regard the world
even as a shadow that vanisheth swifter than the twinkling of an eye.
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Keep him safe also, O my God, by the power of Thine immeasurable majesty,
from all that Thou abhorrest.
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Thou art, verily, his Lord and the Lord of all worlds.
€”Baha-ullah
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Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God!
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I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which the Hour hath struck,
and the Resurrection came to pass,
and fear and trembling seized all that are in heaven and all that are on earth,
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to rain down, out of the heaven of Thy mercy and the clouds of Thy tender compassion,
what will gladden the hearts of Thy servants, who have turned towards Thee
and helped Thy Cause.
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Keep safe Thy servants and Thy handmaidens, O my Lord,
from the darts of idle fancy and vain imaginings,
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and give them from the hands of thy grace a draught of the soft-flowing waters of Thy knowledge.
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Thou, truly, art the Almighty,
the Most Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
€”Baha-ullah
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O God, my God!
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I have set out from my home, holding fast unto the cord of Thy love,
and I have committed myself wholly to Thy care and Thy protection.
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I entreat Thee by Thy power
through which Thou didst protect Thy loved ones from the wayward and the perverse,
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and from every contumacious oppressor,
and every wicked doer who hath strayed far from Thee,
to keep me safe by Thy bounty and thy grace.
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Enable me, then, to return to my home by Thy power and Thy might.
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Thou art, truly, the Almighty,
the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.
€”Baha-ullah
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In His Name, the Exalted, the All-Highest, the Most Sublime!
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Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!
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O Thou Who art my God, and my Master, and my Lord,
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