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Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 11-12
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IX: "Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I know..."
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Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I know not what the water is with which Thou hast created
me, or what the fire Thou hast kindled within me,
or the clay wherewith Thou hast kneaded me. The
restlessness of every sea hath been stilled, but not
the restlessness of this Ocean which moveth at the
bidding of the winds of Thy will. The flame of every
fire hath been extinguished except the Flame which
the hands of Thine omnipotence have kindled, and
whose radiance Thou hast, by the power of Thy
name, shed abroad before all that are in Thy heaven
and all that are on Thy earth. As the tribulations
deepen, it waxeth hotter and hotter.
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Behold, then, O my God, how Thy Light hath been
compassed with the onrushing winds of Thy decree,
how the tempests that blow and beat upon it from
every side have added to its brightness and increased
its splendor. For all this let Thee be praised.
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I implore Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, and
Thy most ancient sovereignty, to look upon Thy
loved ones whose hearts have been sorely shaken by
reason of the troubles that have touched Him Who
is the Manifestation of Thine own Self. Powerful art
Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Thou art, verily, the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
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