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Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 229-230
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CXLI: "I give Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast..."
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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