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Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 161-163
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XCVII: "Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee..."
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Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name that hath caused to surge within every
drop the oceans of Thy loving-kindness and mercy,
and to shine within every atom the luminaries of Thy
bountiful blessings and favors,--I implore Thee to
adorn every soul with the ornament of Thy love, that
none may remain on Thine earth who hath not turned
towards Thee, or hath failed to detach himself from
all except Thy Self.
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Thou hast, verily, O my God, suffered Him Who
is the Manifestation of Thine own Self to be afflicted
with all manner of adversity in order that Thy servants
may ascend unto the pinnacle of Thy gracious
favor, and attain unto that which Thou hast, through
Thy providence and tender mercies, ordained for
them in the Tablets of Thine irrevocable decree. The
glory of Thy might beareth me witness! Were they,
every moment of their lives, to offer up themselves
as a sacrifice in Thy path, they would still have done
but little in comparison with the manifold bestowals
vouchsafed unto them by Thee.
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Grant, therefore, I beseech Thee, that their hearts
may be inclined towards Thee, and that their faces
may be turned in the direction of Thy good-pleasure.
Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God
is there but Thee, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious,
the Ever-Forgiving.
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Deign, then, to accept, O my God, from Thy servant
the things which he hath shown forth in his love
for Thee. Fortify him, then, that he may cling to
Thy most exalted Word, and to unloose his tongue
to celebrate Thy praise, and cause him to be gathered
unto such of Thy people as are nigh unto Thee. Thou
art He within Whose grasp is the empire of all things.
There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Help
in Peril, the All-Glorious, the Unconstrained.
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