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the Author of all names, to write down my name with the names of them who,
from eternity, have circled round the Tabernacle of Thy majesty, and clung
to the hem of Thy loving-kindness, and held fast the cord of Thy tender
mercy.

Thou art, in truth, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.








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.

I am but a poor creature, O my Lord; I have clung to the hem of Thy
riches. I am sore sick; I have held fast the cord of Thy healing. 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. Fix, then, mine eyes
upon Thee, and rid me of all attachment to aught else except Thyself. Aid
me to do what Thou desirest, and to fulfill what Thou pleasest.

Thou art truly the Lord of this life and of the next. Thou art, in truth,
the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.








Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things and art hidden from
all things! From every land Thou hearest the lamentations of them that
love Thee, and from every direction Thou hearkenest unto the cries of such
as have recognized Thy sovereignty. Were their oppressors to be asked:
"Wherefore have ye oppressed them and held them in bondage in Ba_gh_dád
and elsewhere? What injustice have they committed? Whom have they
betrayed? Whose blood have they spilled, and whose property have they
plundered?" they would know not what to answer.

Thou knowest full well, O my God, that their only crime is to have loved
Thee. For this reason have their oppressors laid hold on them, and
scattered them abroad. Aware as I am, O my God, that Thou wilt send down
upon Thy servants only what is good for them, I nevertheless beseech Thee,
by Thy name which overshadoweth all things, to raise up, for their
assistance and as a sign of Thy grace and as an evidence of Thy power,
those who will keep them safe from all their adversaries.

Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, verily, the Supreme Ruler,
the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.








Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy
servant. I have set my face towards Thy Cause, believing in Thy oneness,
acknowledging Thy unity, recognizing Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy
might, and confessing the greatness of Thy majesty and glory. I ask Thee,
by Thy name through which the heaven was cleft asunder, and the earth was
rent in twain, and the mountains were crushed, not to withhold from me the
breezes of Thy mercy which have been wafted in Thy days, nor to suffer me
to be far removed from the shores of Thy nearness and bounty.

I am he who is sore athirst, O my Lord! Give me to drink of the living
waters of Thy grace. I am but a poor creature; reveal unto me the tokens
of Thy riches. Doth it beseem Thee to cast out of the door of Thy grace
and bounty such as have set their hopes on Thee, and can it befit Thy
sovereignty to hinder them that yearn after Thee from attaining the adored
sanctuary of Thy presence and from beholding Thy face? By Thy glory! Such
is not my belief in Thee, for I am persuaded that Thou art the God of
bounteousness, Whose grace hath encompassed all things.

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy mercy that hath surpassed the entire
creation, and Thy generosity that hath embraced all created things, to
cause me to turn my face wholly towards Thee, and to seek Thy shelter, and
to be steadfast in my love for Thee. Write down, then, for me what Thou
didst ordain for them who love Thee. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou
pleasest. No God is there beside Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the
All-Bountiful.

Praised be God, the Lord of the worlds!

the Author of all names, to write down my name with the names of them who,

from eternity, have circled round the Tabernacle of Thy majesty, and clung

to the hem of Thy loving-kindness, and held fast the cord of Thy tender

mercy.

Thou art, in truth, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

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.

I am but a poor creature, O my Lord; I have clung to the hem of Thy

riches. I am sore sick; I have held fast the cord of Thy healing. 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. Fix, then, mine eyes

upon Thee, and rid me of all attachment to aught else except Thyself. Aid

me to do what Thou desirest, and to fulfill what Thou pleasest.

Thou art truly the Lord of this life and of the next. Thou art, in truth,

the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things and art hidden from

all things! From every land Thou hearest the lamentations of them that

love Thee, and from every direction Thou hearkenest unto the cries of such

as have recognized Thy sovereignty. Were their oppressors to be asked:

"Wherefore have ye oppressed them and held them in bondage in Ba_gh_dád

and elsewhere? What injustice have they committed? Whom have they

betrayed? Whose blood have they spilled, and whose property have they

plundered?" they would know not what to answer.

Thou knowest full well, O my God, that their only crime is to have loved

Thee. For this reason have their oppressors laid hold on them, and

scattered them abroad. Aware as I am, O my God, that Thou wilt send down

upon Thy servants only what is good for them, I nevertheless beseech Thee,

by Thy name which overshadoweth all things, to raise up, for their

assistance and as a sign of Thy grace and as an evidence of Thy power,

those who will keep them safe from all their adversaries.

Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, verily, the Supreme Ruler,

the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy

servant. I have set my face towards Thy Cause, believing in Thy oneness,

acknowledging Thy unity, recognizing Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy

might, and confessing the greatness of Thy majesty and glory. I ask Thee,

by Thy name through which the heaven was cleft asunder, and the earth was

rent in twain, and the mountains were crushed, not to withhold from me the

breezes of Thy mercy which have been wafted in Thy days, nor to suffer me

to be far removed from the shores of Thy nearness and bounty.

I am he who is sore athirst, O my Lord! Give me to drink of the living

waters of Thy grace. I am but a poor creature; reveal unto me the tokens

of Thy riches. Doth it beseem Thee to cast out of the door of Thy grace

and bounty such as have set their hopes on Thee, and can it befit Thy

sovereignty to hinder them that yearn after Thee from attaining the adored

sanctuary of Thy presence and from beholding Thy face? By Thy glory! Such

is not my belief in Thee, for I am persuaded that Thou art the God of

bounteousness, Whose grace hath encompassed all things.

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy mercy that hath surpassed the entire

creation, and Thy generosity that hath embraced all created things, to

cause me to turn my face wholly towards Thee, and to seek Thy shelter, and

to be steadfast in my love for Thee. Write down, then, for me what Thou

didst ordain for them who love Thee. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou

pleasest. No God is there beside Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the

All-Bountiful.

Praised be God, the Lord of the worlds!