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Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 207-208
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CXXII: "Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest and..."
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Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest and knowest that I have called upon Thy servants to
turn nowhere except in the direction of Thy bestowals,
and have bidden them observe naught save
the things Thou didst prescribe in Thy Perspicuous
Book, the Book which hath been sent down according
to Thine inscrutable decree and irrevocable purpose.
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I can utter no word, O my God, unless I be permitted
by Thee, and can move in no direction until
I obtain Thy sanction. It is Thou, O my God, Who
hast called me into being through the power of Thy
might, and hast endued me with Thy grace to manifest
Thy Cause. Wherefore I have been subjected to
such adversities that my tongue hath been hindered
from extolling Thee and from magnifying Thy
glory.
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All praise be to Thee, O my God, for the things
Thou didst ordain for me through Thy decree and
by the power of Thy sovereignty. I beseech Thee
that Thou wilt fortify both myself and them that
love me in our love for Thee, and wilt keep us firm
in Thy Cause. I swear by Thy might! O my God!
Thy servant's shame is to be shut out as by a veil
from Thee, and his glory is to know Thee. Armed
with the power of Thy name nothing can ever hurt
me, and with Thy love in my heart all the world's
afflictions can in no wise alarm me.
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Send down, therefore, O my Lord, upon me and
upon my loved ones that which will protect us from
the mischief of those that have repudiated Thy truth
and disbelieved in Thy signs.
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Thou art, verily, the All-Glorious, the Most
Bountiful.
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