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Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 118-119
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LXXII: "Lauded be Thy name, O Thou in Whose hands is..."
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Lauded be Thy name, O Thou in Whose hands is the kingdom of all names, and in the grasp of Whose
might are all that are in heaven and all that are on
earth! I entreat Thee, by Him Who is Thy Most
Effulgent Name Whom Thou hast made a target for
the darts of Thy decree in Thy path, O Thou the
King of eternity, to rend asunder the veils that have
shut off Thy creatures from the horizon of Thy glory,
that haply they may turn their faces in the direction
of Thy mercy, and draw nigh unto the Day-Spring
of Thy loving-kindness.
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Leave not Thy servants to themselves, O my Lord!
Draw them through the influence of Thine utterances
unto the Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration, and to
the Fountain of Thy Revelation, and to the Treasury
of Thy wisdom. Thou art He to Whose strength and
power all things have testified, Whose Purpose nothing
whatsoever of all that hath been created in Thy
heaven and on Thy earth hath been able to frustrate.
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Render, then, victorious, O my God, Thy servants
who have set their faces towards Thee, and directed
their steps to the seat of Thy grace. Send down, then,
upon them what will keep them safe from the danger
of turning to any one but Thee, and from fixing
their eyes upon aught else except Thyself.
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Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and to
rule as Thou pleasest. There is no God but Thee, the
God of glory and wisdom.
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