Tablet of the Calamity of the Elevated Letters 3 страница

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and created in me the desire to perceive what most of Thy servants have failed to apprehend.

15.

Make me able, therefore, O my Lord, to behold,

for love of Thee and for the Sake of Thy pleasing,

whatsoever Thou hast ordained.

16.

Thou art He to whom the power of Whose might and sovereignty

all things testify.

There is no other God except Thee, the Almighty, the Beneficent.

Baha-ullah

EVENING PRAYERS

O my God, my Master, the Goal of my desire!

This, Thy servant, seeketh to sleep in the shelter of Thy mercy,

and to repose beneath the canopy of Thy grace, imploring Thy care and Thy protection.

I beg of Thee, O my Lord, by Thine eye that sleepeth not,

to guard mine eyes from beholding aught beside Thee.

Strengthen, then, their vision that they may discern Thy signs,

and behold the Horizon of Thy Revelation.

Thou art He who before the revelations of His omnipotence

the quintessence of power hath trembled.

No God is there except Thee,

the Almighty, the All-Subduing, the Unconditioned.

Baha-ullah

How can I choose to sleep, O God, my God,

when the eyes of them that long for Thee are wakeful because of their separation from Thee;

and how can I lie down to rest

whilst the souls of Thy lovers are sore vexed in their remoteness from Thy presence?

I have committed, O my Lord, my spirit and my entire being

into the right hand of Thy might and Thy protection,

and I lay my head on my pillow through Thy power,

and lift it up according to Thy will and Thy good pleasure.

Thou art, in truth, the Preserver, the Keeper, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.

By Thy might! I ask not, whether sleeping or waking, yet that which Thou dost desire.

I am Thy servant and in Thy hands.

Do Thou graciously aid me to do what will shed forth the fragrance of Thy good pleasure.

This, truly, is my hope and the hope of them that enjoy near access to Thee.

10.

Praised be Thou, O Lord of the worlds!

Baha-ullah

PRAYERS FOR FIRMNESS IN THE COVENANT

Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity,

and the Maker of nations,

and the Fashioner of every moldering bone!

I pray Thee, by Thy Name through which Thou didst call all mankind

unto the horizon of Thy majesty and glory,

and didst guide Thy servants to the court of Thy grace and favors,

to number me with them that have rid themselves from everything except Thyself,

and have set themselves towards Thee,

and that have not been kept back by such misfortunes as were decreed by Thee,

from turning in the direction of Thy gifts.

I have laid hold, O my Lord, on the handle of Thy bounty,

and clung steadfastly to the hem of the robe of Thy favor.

Send down, then, upon me, out of the clouds of Thy generosity,

what will purge out from me the remembrance of anyone except Thee,

and make me able to turn unto Him Who is the Object of the adoration of all mankind,

against Whom have been arrayed the stirrers of sedition,

and who have broken Thy covenant, and disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs.

Deny me not, O my Lord, the fragrances of Thy raiment in Thy days,

and deprive me not of the breathings of Thy revelation

at the appearance of the splendors of the light of Thy face.

Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.

Naught can resist Thy will, nor frustrate what Thou hast purposed by Thy power.

10.

No God is there except Thee, the Almighty, the All-Wise.

Baha-ullah

He is the Mighty, the Pardoner, the Compassionate!

O God, my God!

Thou beholdest Thy servants in the abyss of perdition and error;

where is Thy light of divine guidance, O Thou the Desire of the world?

Thou knowest their helplessness and their feebleness;

where is Thy power, O Thou in Whose grasp lie the powers of heaven and earth?

I ask Thee, O Lord my God, by the splendor of the lights of Thy loving-kindness

and the billows of the ocean of Thy knowledge and wisdom

and by Thy Word wherewith Thou hast swayed the peoples of Thy dominion,

to grant that I may be of them that have observed Thy bidding in Thy Book.

And do Thou ordain for me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy trusted [servants],

them that have quaffed the wine of divine inspiration from the chalice of Thy bounty

and hastened to do Thy pleasure and observe Thy Covenant and Testament.

Powerful art Thou to do as Thou willest.

There is no other God except Thee,

the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

Decree for me, by Thy bounty, O Lord,

that which shall prosper me in this world and hereafter

and shall draw me near unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all men.

10.

There is no other God exceptt Thee, [the Lord], the Mighty, the Glorified.

Baha-ullah

PRAYERS FOR FORGIVENESS

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!

I beseech Thee by Thy Chosen Ones, and by the Bearers of Thy Trust,

and by Him Whom Thou hast ordained to be the Seal of Thy Prophets and of Thy Messengers,

to let Thy remembrance be my companion,

and Thy love my aim,

and Thy face my goal,

and Thy name my lamp,

and Thy wish my desire,

and Thy pleasure my delight.

I am a sinner, O my Lord, and Thou art the Ever-Forgiving.

As soon as I recognized Thee,

I hastened to attain the exalted court of Thy loving-kindness.

Forgive me, O my Lord, my sins which have hindered me

from walking in the ways of Thy good pleasure,

and from attaining the shores of the ocean of Thy oneness.

There is no one, O my Lord, who can deal bountifully with me to whom I can turn my face,

and none who can have compassion on me that I may crave his mercy.

10.

Cast me not out, I implore Thee, of the presence of Thy grace,

neither do Thou withhold from me the outpourings of Thy generosity and bounty.

11.

Ordain for me, O my Lord, what Thou hast ordained for them that love Thee,

and write down for me what Thou hast written down for Thy chosen [servants].

12.

My gaze hath, at all times, been fixed on the horizon of Thy gracious providence,

and mine eyes bent upon the court of Thy tender mercies.

13.

Do with me as beseemeth Thee.

14.

No God is there except Thee, the God of power, the God of glory,

Whose help is implored by all men.

Baha-ullah

I am He, O my Lord, that hath set his face towards Thee,

and fixed his hope on the wonders of Thy grace and the revelations of Thy bounty.

I pray Thee that thou wilt not suffer me to turn away disappointed from the door of Thy mercy,

nor abandon me to such of Thy creatures as have repudiated Thy Cause.

I am, O my God, Thy servant and the son of Thy servant.

I have recognized Thy truth in Thy days,

and have directed my steps towards the shores of Thy [union],

confessing Thy singleness,

acknowledging Thy unity,

and hoping for Thy forgiveness and pardon.

Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest;

no God is there beside Thee, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.

Baha-ullah

Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy favor, withdrawn from all else beside Thee.

I ask of Thee, by the splendors of the Sun of Thy revelation on Sinai,

and the brilliances of the Orb of Thy grace which shineth from the horizon of Thy Name,

the Ever-Forgiving, to grant me Thy pardon and to have mercy upon me.

Write down, then, for me with Thy pen of glory

that which will exalt me through Thy Name in the world of creation.

Aid me, O my Lord, to set myself towards Thee,

and to hearken unto the voice of Thy loved ones,

whom the powers of the earth have failed to weaken,

and the dominion of the nations has been powerless to withhold from Thee,

and who, advancing towards Thee, have said:

"God is our Lord,

the Lord of all who are in heaven and all who are on earth!"

Baha-ullah

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!

Every time I venture to make mention of Thee,

I am held back by my mighty sins and grievous trespasses against Thee,

and find myself wholly deprived of Thy grace, and utterly powerless to celebrate Thy praise.

My great confidence in Thy bounty, however, reviveth my hope in Thee,

and my certitude that Thou wilt bountifully deal with me emboldeneth me to extol Thee,

and to ask of Thee the things Thou dost possess.

I implore Thee, O my God, by Thy mercy that hath surpassed all created things,

and to which all that are immersed beneath the oceans of Thy names bear witness,

not to abandon me unto my desires, for my soul is inclined to sin.

Guard me, then, within the stronghold of Thy protection and the shelter of Thy care.

I am he, O my God, whose only wish is what Thou hast determined by the power of Thy might.

All I have chosen for myself is to be assisted by Thy gracious appointments

and the ruling of Thy will,

and to be aided with the tokens of Thy decree and judgment.

I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the hearts which long for Thee,

by the Manifestations of Thy Cause and the Daysprings of Thine inspiration,

and the Exponents of Thy majesty, and the Treasuries of Thy knowledge,

not to suffer me to be deprived of Thy holy Habitation, Thy Nane, and Thy Tabernacle.

Aid me, O my Lord, to attain His hallowed court,

and to circle round His person, and to stand humbly at His door.

10.

Thou art He Whose power is from everlasting to everlasting.

11.

Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge.

Thou art, verily, the God of power, the God of glory and wisdom.

12.

Praised be God, the Lord of the worlds!

Baha-ullah

Lauded be Thy name, O my God and the God of all things,

my Glory and the Glory of all things,

my Desire and the Desire of all things,

my Strength and the Strength of all things,

my King and the King of all things,

my Possessor and the Possessor of all things,

my Aim and the Aim of all things,

my Mover and the Mover of all things!

Suffer me not, I implore Thee,

to be kept back from the ocean of Thy tender mercies,

nor to be far removed from the shores of nearness to Thee.

Aught else except Thee, O my Lord, profiteth me not,

and near access to anyone save Thyself availeth me nothing.

I entreat Thee by the plenteousness of Thy riches,

whereby Thou didst dispense with all else except Thyself,

to number me with such as have set their faces towards Thee, and arisen to serve Thee.

Forgive, then, O my Lord, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens.

Thou, truly, art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.

Baha-ullah

Prayer for Steadfastness in the Cause of God

[He is... ]

Say,

O my God! O my God!

I beseech Thee by the blood of Thy chosen ones,

through which the faces of the Supreme Concouse

and the companions of the Crimson Ark hath been dyed crimson,

to make me one who crieth our in Thy Name and is steadfast in the Cause.

Thou art indeed a Mighty [God], Powerful, Bounteous.

Translated by S. Lambden

PRAYER FOR GATHERINGS

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!

I implore Thee by the onrushing winds of Thy grace,

and by them Who are the Daysprings of Thy purpose

and the Dawning-Places of Thine inspiration,

to send down upon me and upon all that have sought Thy face

that which beseemeth thy generosity and bountiful grace,

and is worthy of Thy bestowals and favors.

Poor and desolate I am, O my Lord!

Immerse me in the ocean of Thy Wealth;

athirst, suffer me to drink from the living waters of Thy loving-kindness.

I beseech Thee, by Thy Being

and by Him Whom Thou hast appointed as the Manifestation of Thy Being

and Thy discriminating Word unto all that are in heaven and on earth,

to gather together Thy servants beneath the shade of the Tree of Thy gracious providence.

Help them, then, to partake of its fruits,

to incline their ears to the rustling of its leaves,

and to the sweetness of the voice of the Bird that chanteth upon its branches.

Thou art, verily, the Help in Peril,

the Inaccessible, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful.

€”Baha-ullah

PRAYERS TO HEAL

O God, my God!

I beg of Thee by the ocean of Thy healing,

and by the splendors of the Daystar of Thy grace,

and by Thy Name through which Thou didst subdue Thy servants,

and by the pervasive power of Thy most exalted Word and the potency of Thy most august Pen,

and by Thy mercy that hath preceded the creation of all who are in heaven and on earth,

to purge me with the waters of Thy bounty from every affliction and disorder,

and from all weakness and feebleness.

Thou seest, O my Lord, Thy suppliant waiting at the door of Thy bounty,

and him who hath set his hopes on Thee clinging to the cord of Thy generosity.

Deny him not, I beseech Thee,

the things he seeketh from the ocean of Thy grace and the Daystar of Thy loving-kindness.

Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.

There is no other God except Thee,

the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

Baha-ullah

Thy name is my healing, O my God,

and remembrance of Thee is my remedy.

Nearness to Thee is my hope,

and love for Thee is my companion.

Thy mercy to me is my healing and my help

in both this world and the world to come.

Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

Baha-ullah

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God!

I implore Thee by Thy Name,

through which Thou didst lift up the ensigns of Thy guidance,

and didst shed the radiance of the loving-kindness,

and didst reveal the sovereignty of Thy Lordship;

through which the lamp of Thy names hath appeared within the niche of Thine attributes,

and He Who is the Tabernacle of Thy unity

and the Manifestation of detachment hath shone forth;

through which the ways of Thy guidance were made known,

and the paths of Thy good pleasure were marked out;

through which the foundations of error have been made to tremble,

and the signs of wickedness have been abolished;

through which the fountains of wisdom have burst forth,

and the heavenly table hath been sent down;

through which Thou didst preserve Thy servants and didst vouchsafe Thy healing;

through which Thou didst show forth Thy tender mercies unto Thy servants

and revealest Thy forgiveness amidst Thy creatures.

10.

€”I implore Thee to keep safe him who hath held fast and returned unto Thee,

and clung to Thy mercy, and seized the hem of Thy loving providence.

11.

Send down, then, upon him with a constancy vouchsafed by Thee,

and a tranquillity bestowed by Thy highness.

12.

Thou art, verily, the Healer, the Preserver, the Helper,

the Almighty, the Powerful,

the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing.

Baha-ullah

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God!

I implore Thee, by Thy Most Great Name

through which Thou didst stir up Thy servants and build up Thy cities,

and by Thy most excellent titles,

and Thy most august attributes,

to assist Thy people to turn in the direction of Thy manifold bounties,

and set their faces towards the Tabernacle of Thy wisdom.

Heal Thou the sicknesses that have assailed the souls on every side,

and have deterred them from directing their gaze

towards the Paradise that lieth in the shelter of Thy shadowing Name,

which Thou didst ordain to be the King of all names

unto all who are in heaven and all who are on earth.

Potent art Thou to do as pleaseth Thee.

In Thy hands is the empire of all names.

There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Wise.

10.

I am merely a poor creature, O my Lord;

I have clung to the hem of Thy riches.

11.

I am sore sick;

I have held fast the cord of Thy healing.

12.

Deliver me from the ills that have encircled me,

and wash me thoroughly with the waters of Thy graciousness and mercy,

and attire me with the raiment of wholesomeness, through Thy forgiveness and bounty.

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