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Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 175-177
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CV: "Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He..."
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Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the excellence of Whose glory hath exalted them
who are the sources of authority and honor, the
potency of Whose might hath empowered them who
are the fountain-heads of energy and strength, the
dominion of Whose will hath elevated the Exponents
of Thy Cause above all that are in heaven and on
earth, and the life-giving effusions of Whose Pen
have quickened the souls of the denizens of the
kingdom of creation.
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I am he, O my Lord, who, wholly for Thy sake,
hath turned his face unto Thee, and who, while
acknowledging Thy power and Thy sovereignty,
hath directed his steps towards Thy dearly-loved
Sanctuary, and Thine adored and hallowed Court. In
this state I have reached the City (Baghdád) wherein,
in the full glory of Thy names, Thou didst reveal
Thy Self unto all created things. In it I have communed
with Thy loved ones, and from the House
within its walls I have inhaled the breaths of Thy
holiness and perceived the fragrances of Thy fellowship.
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Cast me not from Thy presence, O my Lord,
neither do Thou drive me away from the shores of
Thy love and Thy good-pleasure. For the poor can
find no refuge unless he knocketh at the door of Thy
wealth, and the outcast can find no peace until he be
admitted to the court of Thy favor.
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Magnified be Thy name, O my Lord, for Thou
hast enabled me to recognize the Manifestation of
Thine own Self, and hast caused me to be assured of
the truth of the verses which have descended upon
Thee. Empower me, I implore Thee, to cling steadfastly
unto whatsoever Thou hast bidden me observe.
Help me to guard the pearls of Thy love which, by
Thy decree, Thou hast enshrined within my heart.
Send down, moreover, every moment of my life, O
my God, that which will preserve me from any one
but Thee, and will set my feet firm in Thy Cause.
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Thou art, verily, the God of glory, the God of
power, the God of knowledge and wisdom. No God
is there beside Thee, the Great Giver, the All-Bountiful,
the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving.
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Praised be God, the All-Glorious, the All-Compelling.
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