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Selections From the Writings of the Báb
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Pages 193-194
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"THROUGHOUT eternity Thou hast been, O my Lord, ..."
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THROUGHOUT eternity Thou hast been, O my Lord,
and wilt ever remain the One true God, while all else save
Thee are needy and poor. Having clung tenaciously to Thy
Cord, O my God, I have detached myself from all mankind,
and having set my face towards the habitation of Thy
tender mercy, I have turned away from all created things.
Graciously inspire me, O my God, through Thy grace and
bounty, Thy glory and majesty, and Thy dominion and
grandeur, for no one mighty and all-knowing can I find
beside Thee. Protect me, O my God, through the potency
of Thy transcendent and all-sufficing glory and by the hosts
of the heavens and the earth, inasmuch as in no one can I
wholly place my trust but in Thee and no refuge is there
but Thee.
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Thou art God, my Lord, Thou knowest my needs, Thou
seest my state and art well aware of what hath befallen me
by reason of Thy decree, and of the earthly sufferings I have
endured by Thy leave and as a token of Thy bounty and
favour.
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