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Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 206-207
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CXXI: "Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one..."
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Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath sought the good pleasure of Thy will, and
directed his steps towards the seat of Thy gracious
favors. I am he who hath forsaken his all, who hath
fled to Thee for shelter, who hath set his face towards
the tabernacle of Thy revelation and the adored sanctuary
of Thy glory. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by
Thy call whereby they who recognized Thy unity
have sought the shadow of Thy most gracious providence,
and the sincere have fled far from themselves
unto Thy name, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious,
through which Thy verses were sent down, and Thy
word fulfilled, and Thy proof manifested, and the
sun of Thy beauty risen, and Thy testimony established,
and Thy signs uncovered,--I beseech Thee to
grant that I may be numbered with them that have
quaffed the wine that is life indeed from the hands
of Thy gracious providence, and have rid themselves,
in Thy path, of all attachment to Thy creatures, and
been so inebriated with Thy manifold wisdom that
they hastened to the field of sacrifice with Thy praise
on their lips and Thy remembrance in their hearts.
Send down, also, upon me, O my God, that which
will wash me from anything that is not of Thee, and
deliver me from Thine enemies who have disbelieved
in Thy signs.
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Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God
is there beside Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
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