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 oneness, 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'u'llah
"Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face..."
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bounty and the ocean of Thy favor, withdrawn from all else beside Thee.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 effulgences 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'u'llah
"Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every.
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