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I beseech Thee, by the potency of Thy will and the compelling power of Thy purpose, to
make of what Thou didst reveal unto me in my sleep the surest foundation for the mansions
of Thy love that are within the hearts of Thy loved ones, and the best instrument for the
revelation of the tokens of Thy grace and Thy loving-kindness.

Do Thou ordain for me through Thy most exalted Pen, O my Lord, the good of this world and
of the next. I testify that within Thy grasp are held the reins of all things. Thou changest them
as Thou pleasest. No God is there save Thee, the Strong, the Faithful.

Thou art He Who changeth through His bidding abasement into glory, and weakness into
strength, and powerlessness into might, and fear into calm, and doubt into certainty. No God
is there but Thee, the Mighty, the Beneficent.

Thou disappointest no one who hath sought Thee, nor dost Thou keep back from Thee
anyone who hath desired Thee. Ordain Thou for me what becometh the heaven of Thy
generosity, and the ocean of Thy bounty. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.

Bahullh

PRAISE AND GRATITUDE

All praise, O my God, be to Thee Who art the...

All praise, O my God, be to Thee Who art the Source of all glory and majesty, of greatness
and honor, of sovereignty and dominion, of loftiness and grace, of awe and power.
Whomsoever Thou willest Thou causest to draw nigh unto the Most Great Ocean, and on
whomsoever Thou desirest Thou conferrest the honor of recognizing Thy Most Ancient
Name. Of all who are in heaven and on earth, none can withstand the operation of Thy
sovereign Will. From all eternity Thou didst rule the entire creation, and Thou wilt continue
for evermore to exercise Thy dominion over all created things. There is none other God but
Thee, the Almighty, The Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.

Illumine, O Lord, the faces of Thy servants, that they may behold Thee; and cleanse their
hearts that they may turn unto the court of Thy heavenly favors, and recognize Him Who is
the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Dayspring of Thine Essence. Verily, Thou art the Lord
of all worlds. There is no God but Thee, the Unconstrained, the All-Subduing.

Bahullh

In the Name of God, the Most High! Lauded...

In the Name of God, the Most High! Lauded and glorified art Thou, Lord, God Omnipotent!
Thou before Whose wisdom the wise falleth short and faileth, before Whose knowledge the
learned confesseth his ignorance, before Whose might the strong waxeth weak, before Whose
wealth the rich testifieth to his poverty, before Whose light the enlightened is lost in
darkness, toward the shrine of Whose knowledge turneth the essence of all understanding and
around the sanctuary of Whose presence circle the souls of all mankind.

How then can I sing and tell of Thine Essence, which the wisdom of the wise and the learning
of the learned have failed to comprehend, inasmuch as no man can sing that which he
understandeth not, nor recount that unto which he cannot attain, whilst Thou hast been from

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