The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone
forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art the Manifestation of
Grandeur, and the King of Eternity, and the Lord of all who are in heaven and on earth! I
testify that through Thee the sovereignty of God and His dominion, and the majesty of God
and His grandeur, were revealed, and the Day-Stars of ancient splendor have shed their
radiance in the heaven of Thine irrevocable decree, and the Beauty of the Unseen hath
shone forth above the horizon of creation. I testify, moreover, that with but a movement
of Thy Pen Thine injunction "Be Thou" hath been enforced, and God's hidden
Secret hath been divulged, and all created things have been called into being, and all the
Revelations have been sent down.I bear witness, moreover, that through Thy beauty the
beauty of the Adored One hath been unveiled, and through Thy face the face of the Desired
One hath shone forth, and that through a word from Thee Thou hast decided between all
created things, causing them who are devoted to Thee to ascend unto the summit of glory,
and the infidels to fall into the lowest abyss.
I bear witness that he who hath known Thee hath known God, and he who hath attained
unto Thy presence hath attained unto the presence of God. Great, therefore, is the
blessedness of him who hath believed in Thee, and in Thy signs, and hath humbled himself
before Thy sovereignty, and hath been honored with meeting Thee, and hath attained the
good pleasure of Thy will, and circled around Thee, and stood before Thy throne. Woe
betide him that hath transgressed against Thee, and hath denied Thee, and repudiated Thy
signs, and gainsaid Thy sovereignty, and risen up against Thee, and waxed proud before Thy
face, and hath disputed Thy testimonies, and fled from Thy rule and Thy dominion, and been
numbered with the infidels whose names have been inscribed by the fingers of Thy behest
upon Thy holy Tablets.
Waft, then, unto me, O my God and my Beloved, from the right hand of Thy mercy and Thy
loving-kindness, the holy breaths of Thy favors, that they may draw me away from myself
and from the world unto the courts of Thy nearness and Thy presence. Potent art Thou to do
what pleaseth Thee. Thou, truly, hast been supreme over all things.
The remembrance of God and His praise, and the glory of God and His splendor, rest upon
Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty! I bear witness that the eye of creation hath never gazed
upon one wronged like Thee. Thou wast immersed all the days of Thy life beneath an ocean
of tribulations. At one time Thou wast in chains and fetters; at another Thou wast
threatened by the sword of Thine enemies. Yet, despite all this, Thou didst enjoin upon
all men to observe what had been prescribed unto Thee by Him Who is the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise.
May my spirit be a sacrifice to the wrongs Thou didst suffer, and my soul be a ransom
for the adversities Thou didst sustain. I beseech God, by Thee and by them whose faces
have been illumined with the splendors of the light of Thy countenance, and who, for love
of Thee, have observed all whereunto they were bidden, to remove the veils that have come
in between Thee and Thy creatures, and to supply me with the good of this world and the
world to come. Thou art, in truth, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
Bless Thou, O Lord my God, the Divine Lote-Tree and its leaves, and its boughs, and its
branches, and its stems, and its offshoots, as long as Thy most excellent titles will
endure and Thy most august attributes will last. Protect it, then, from the mischief of
the aggressor and the hosts of tyranny. Thou art, in truth, the Almighty, the Most
Powerful. Bless Thou, also, O Lord my God, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens who have
attained unto Thee. Thou, truly, art the All-Bountiful, Whose grace is infinite. No God is
there save Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.