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Holy Kitab I Aqdas
Texts 1-19
Texts 20-38
Texts 39-57
Texts 58-76
Texts 77-95
Texts 96-114
Texts 115-133
Texts 134-152
Texts 153-171
Texts 172-190
Holy Kitab I Iqan
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Prayers & Meditations by Bahaullah
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 17
Section 18
Section 19
Section 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
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Prayers and
Meditations by Bahaullah:
Section 17 |
CXXXVI
Lauded be Thy Name, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant who hath
laid hold on the cord of Thy tender mercies, and clung to the
hem of Thy bounteousness. I entreat Thee by Thy name whereby
Thou hast subjected all created things, both visible and
invisible, and through which the breath that is life indeed was
wafted over the entire creation, to strengthen me by Thy power
which hath encompassed the heavens and the earth, and to guard
me from all sickness and tribulation. I bear witness that Thou
art the Lord of all names, and the Ordainer of all that may
please Thee. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Do Thou ordain for me, O my Lord, what will profit me in every
world of Thy worlds. Supply me, then, with what Thou hast
written down for the chosen ones among Thy creatures, whom
neither the blame of the blamer, nor the clamor of the infidel,
nor the estrangement of such as have withdrawn from Thee, hath
deterred from turning towards Thee.
Thou, truly, art the Help in Peril through the power of Thy
sovereignty. No God is there save Thee, the Almighty, the Most
Powerful.
CXXXVII
Glorified art Thou, O my God! I yield Thee thanks that Thou hast
made known unto me Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy mercy, and
the Dawning-Place of Thy grace, and the Repository of Thy Cause.
I beseech Thee by Thy Name, through which the faces of them that
are nigh unto Thee have turned white, and the hearts of such as
are devoted to Thee have winged their flight towards Thee, to
grant that I may, at all times and under all conditions, lay
hold on Thy cord, and be rid of all attachment to any one except
Thee, and may keep mine eyes directed towards the horizon of Thy
Revelation, and may carry out what Thou hast prescribed unto me
in Thy Tablets.
Attire, O my Lord, both my inner and outer being with the
raiment of Thy favors and Thy loving-kindness. Keep me safe,
then, from whatsoever may be abhorrent unto Thee, and graciously
assist me and my kindred to obey Thee, and to shun whatsoever
may stir up any evil or corrupt desire within me.
Thou, truly, art the Lord of all mankind, and the Possessor of
this world and of the next. No God is there save Thee, the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
CXXXVIII
O God, and the God of all Names, and Maker of the heavens! I
entreat Thee by Thy Name through which He Who is the Day-Spring
of Thy might and the Dawning-Place of Thy power hath been
manifested, through which every solid thing hath been made to
flow, and every dead corpse hath been quickened, and every
moving spirit confirmed--I entreat Thee to enable me to rid
myself of all attachment to any one but Thee, and to serve Thy
Cause, and to wish what Thou didst wish through the power of Thy
sovereignty, and to perform what is the good pleasure of Thy
will.
I beseech Thee, moreover, O my God, to ordain for me what will
make me rich enough to dispense with any one save Thee. Thou
seest me, O my God, with my face turned towards Thee, and my
hands clinging to the cord of Thy grace. Send down upon me Thy
mercy, and write down for me what Thou hast written down for Thy
chosen ones. Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. No God
is there but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.
CXXXIX
Glory be to Thee, O Thou Who hast, through the movement of Thy
most august pen, subdued the concourse of Thy creation, and
manifested the pearls of the ocean of Thy wisdom through the
words which Thy tongue hath spoken before all who are in heaven
and on earth. I testify that Thy might hath encompassed the
whole universe, and Thy mercy surpassed all created things. The
powers of the earth have never prevailed against Thee, nor hath
the tumult of the nations frustrated Thy purpose. Thou hast
revealed in Thy realm whatsoever Thou hadst desired through the
power of Thy sovereignty, and hast ordained all things according
to the good pleasure of Thy will. From eternity Thou hast
inhabited the loftiest heights of Thy dominion and of Thine
unfettered sovereignty, and wilt unto eternity continue to abide
in the inaccessible retreats of Thy majesty and glory.
I implore Thee, by Thy Name through which the fragrance of the
raiment of Thy presence was wafted, and the gentle winds of Thy
bountiful grace passed over all created things, to graciously
assist me, at all times and under all conditions, to serve Thy
Cause, and to enable me to remember Thee and to extol Thy
virtues. Let, then, Thine almighty arms enfold me, O my God, and
ordain for me what beseemeth Thy bounty in every world of Thy
worlds.
Thou beholdest, O my Lord, how I have set myself towards the
ocean of Thy grace and the adored sanctuary of Thy favors. Deny
me not, I pray Thee, the drops which are sprinkled from the
ocean of Thy gifts; neither do Thou withhold from me the
outpourings of the clouds of Thy tender mercies. I am he, O my
God, that hath clung to the resplendent hem of Thy robe, and
taken hold on Thy strong cord that none can sever. I testify
that Thou hast created me, and nourished me, and brought me up,
and fed me, and sustained me, that I may recognize Him Who is
the Day-Spring of Thy signs, and the Revealer of Thy clear
tokens. I offer unto Thee, therefore, most high praise, O Lord
my God, that Thou hast suffered me to attain unto this most
sublime station and this most august seat. Thou, truly, art the
Great Giver, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
Illumine mine eyes, O my Lord, with the splendors of the horizon
of Thy Revelation, and brighten my heart with the effulgence of
the Day-Star of Thy knowledge and wisdom, that I may set myself
wholly towards Thy face, and be rid of all attachment to any one
except Thee, in such wise that the changes and chances of the
world will be powerless to hinder me from recognizing Him Who is
the Manifestation of Thine own Self, and the Revealer of Thy
signs, and the Day-Spring of Thy Revelation, and the Repository
of Thy Cause.
Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Protector, the All-Glorious,
the All-Wise.
CXL
Praised be Thou, O my God! This servant of Thine testifieth that
naught else except Thee can ever express Thee, nor canst Thou be
described by any one save Thyself. The thoughts of them that
have recognized Thy reality, however much they may ascend
towards the heaven of Thy praise, can never hope to pass beyond
the bounds which, by Thy behest and decree, have been fixed
within their own hearts. How can the creature who is as nothing
comprehend Him Who is the Ancient of Days, or succeed in
describing the full measure of His sovereignty, His glory, and
His grandeur? Nay, and to this Thou Thyself dost witness, O Thou
Who art the Governor of nations! Every created thing hath
recognized its own impotence, and the power of Thy might, and
hath confessed its own abasement and Thy great glory.
I beseech Thee by Thy Lastness which is the same as Thy
Firstness, and by Thy Revelation which is identical with Thy
Concealment, to grant that they who are dear to Thee, and their
children, and their kindred, may become the revealers of Thy
purity amidst Thy creatures, and the manifestations of Thy
sanctity amongst Thy servants.
Thou art, verily, powerful to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, in
truth, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
CXLI
I give Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast made me to be a
target for the darts of Thine adversaries in Thy path. I offer
Thee most high praise, O Thou Who art the Knower of the seen and
unseen and the Lord of all being, that Thou hast suffered me to
be cast into prison for love of Thee, and caused me to quaff the
cup of woe, that I may reveal Thy Cause and glorify Thy word.
Which of my tribulations am I to recount before Thy face, O my
Lord? Am I to recite before Thee what in days of old befell me
at the hands of the workers of iniquity among Thy creatures, or
to describe the vexations which have compassed me about in these
days for the sake of Thy good pleasure?
Thanks be to Thee, O Thou the Lord of all names; and glory be to
Thee, O Maker of the heavens, for all that I have sustained in
these days at the hands of such of Thy servants as have
transgressed against Thee, and of Thy people that have dealt
frowardly towards Thee.
Number us, we implore Thee, with them who have stood fast in Thy
Cause until their souls finally winged their flight unto the
heaven of Thy grace and the atmosphere of Thy loving-kindness.
Thou art, verily, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
CXLII
Glory be to Thee, O my God! My face hath been set towards Thy
face, and my face is, verily, Thy face, and my call is Thy call,
and my Revelation Thy Revelation, and my self Thy Self, and my
Cause Thy Cause, and my behest Thy behest, and my Being Thy
Being, and my sovereignty Thy sovereignty, and my glory Thy
glory, and my power Thy power.
I implore Thee, O Thou Fashioner of the nations and the King of
eternity, to guard Thy handmaidens within the tabernacle of Thy
chastity, and to cancel such of their deeds as are unworthy of
Thy days. Purge out, then, from them, O my God, all doubts and
idle fancies, and sanctify them from whatsoever becometh not
their kinship with Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of names, and
the Source of utterance. Thou art He in Whose grasp are the
reins of the entire creation.
No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the
All-Glorious, the Self-Subsisting.
CXLIII
Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beg of Thee by Thy name, the Most
Merciful, to protect Thy servants and Thy handmaidens when the
tempests of trials pass over them, and Thy manifold tests assail
them. Enable them, then, O my God, so to seek refuge within the
stronghold of Thy love and of Thy Revelation, that neither Thine
adversaries nor the wicked doers among Thy servants, who have
broken Thy Covenant and Thy Testament, and turned away most
disdainfully from the Day-Spring of Thine Essence and the
Revealer of Thy glory, may prevail against them.
They themselves, O my Lord, have waited at the door of Thy
grace. Do Thou open it to their faces with the keys of Thy
bountiful favors. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and
to ordain what Thou pleasest. These are the ones, O my Lord, who
have set their faces towards Thee, and turned unto Thy
habitation. Do with them, therefore, as becometh Thy mercy,
which hath surpassed the worlds.
CXLIV
O my God and my Master! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy
servant. I have risen from my couch at this dawn-tide when the
Day-Star of Thy oneness hath shone forth from the Day-Spring of
Thy will, and hath shed its radiance upon the whole world,
according to what had been ordained in the Books of Thy Decree.
Praise be unto Thee, O my God, that we have wakened to the
splendors of the light of Thy knowledge. Send down, then, upon
us, O my Lord, what will enable us to dispense with any one but
Thee, and will rid us of all attachment to aught except Thyself.
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. 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. Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art,
verily, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
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. 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.
Thou art, truly, the Lord and King of all men, and art potent
over all things.
CXLV
O God, my God! Be Thou not far from me, for tribulation upon
tribulation hath gathered about me. O God, my God! Leave me not
to myself, for the extreme of adversity hath come upon me. Out
of the pure milk, drawn from the breasts of Thy loving-kindness,
give me to drink, for my thirst hath utterly consumed me.
Beneath the shadow of the wings of Thy mercy shelter me, for all
mine adversaries with one consent have fallen upon me. Keep me
near to the throne of Thy majesty, face to face with the
revelation of the signs of Thy glory, for wretchedness hath
grievously touched me. With the fruits of the Tree of Thine
Eternity nourish me, for uttermost weakness hath overtaken me.
From the cups of joy, proffered by the hands of Thy tender
mercies, feed me, for manifold sorrows have laid mighty hold
upon me. With the broidered robe of Thine omnipotent sovereignty
attire me, for poverty hath altogether despoiled me. Lulled by
the cooing of the Dove of Thine Eternity, suffer me to sleep,
for woes at their blackest have befallen me. Before the throne
of Thy oneness, amid the blaze of the beauty of Thy countenance,
cause me to abide, for fear and trembling have violently crushed
me. Beneath the ocean of Thy forgiveness, faced with the
restlessness of the leviathan of glory, immerse me, for my sins
have utterly doomed me.
CXLVI
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beg of Thee by Thy Name
through which He Who is Thy Beauty hath been stablished upon the
throne of Thy Cause, and by Thy Name through which Thou changest
all things, and gatherest together all things, and callest to
account all things, and rewardest all things, and preservest all
things, and sustainest all things--I beg of Thee to guard this
handmaiden who hath fled for refuge to Thee, and hath sought the
shelter of Him in Whom Thou Thyself art manifest, and hath put
her whole trust and confidence in Thee.
She is sick, O my God, and hath entered beneath the shadow of
the Tree of Thy healing; afflicted, and hath fled to the City of
Thy protection; diseased, and hath sought the Fountain-Head of
Thy favors; sorely vexed, and hath hasted to attain the
Well-Spring of Thy tranquillity; burdened with sin, and hath set
her face toward the court of Thy forgiveness.
Attire her, by Thy sovereignty and Thy loving-kindness, O my God
and my Beloved, with the raiment of Thy balm and Thy healing,
and make her quaff of the cup of Thy mercy and Thy favors.
Protect her, moreover, from every affliction and ailment, from
all pain and sickness, and from whatsoever may be abhorrent unto
Thee.
Thou, in truth, art immensely exalted above all else except
Thyself. Thou art, verily, the Healer, the All-Sufficing, the
Preserver, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
CXLVII
Thou art He, O my God, through Whose names the sick are healed
and the ailing are restored, and the thirsty are given drink,
and the sore-vexed are tranquillized, and the wayward are
guided, and the abased are exalted, and the poor are enriched,
and the ignorant are enlightened, and the gloomy are illumined,
and the sorrowful are cheered, and the chilled are warmed, and
the downtrodden are raised up. Through Thy name, O my God, all
created things were stirred up, and the heavens were spread, and
the earth was established, and the clouds were raised and made
to rain upon the earth. This, verily, is a token of Thy grace
unto all Thy creatures.
I implore Thee, therefore, by Thy name through which Thou didst
manifest Thy Godhead, and didst exalt Thy Cause above all
creation, and by each of Thy most excellent titles and most
august attributes, and by all the virtues wherewith Thy
transcendent and most exalted Being is extolled, to send down
this night from the clouds of Thy mercy the rains of Thy healing
upon this suckling, whom Thou hast related unto Thine
all-glorious Self in the kingdom of Thy creation. Clothe him,
then, O my God, by Thy grace, with the robe of well-being and
health, and guard him, O my Beloved, from every affliction and
disorder, and from whatever is obnoxious unto Thee. Thy might,
verily, is equal to all things. Thou, in truth, art the Most
Powerful, the Self-Subsisting. Send down, moreover, upon him, O
my God, the good of this world and of the next, and the good of
the former and latter generations. Thy might and Thy wisdom are,
verily, equal unto this. |
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