t doubt cannot possibly occur to the minds concerning this clear fact,
as is recorded in detail in the heavenly Books, especially in the
brilliant and holy Tablets. But notwithstanding this fact, if there is
anyone who hesitates therein, do not dispute with him, nay rather prove
this to him with all joy and fragrance, lest he may be obstinately
compelled to rebellion.

"O my God! O my God!..."

O my God! O my God!

Praise be unto Thee! for Thou hast created me of the most excellent
fabric, in the most honored form, and in the most exalted kind of Thy
creation; didst nurture me from the breast of Thy favor, didst nurse me in
the bosom of Thy mercy, until I grew up under the protection of Thy
divinity, in the cradle of Thy training, and reached full growth through
Thy favor and grace. Then Thou hast made me to experience various
circumstances and suffer countless calamities, afflictions and troubles in
myself and griefs in my soul. Thou hast (finally) guided me to the
fountain of Thy favor and illumined my sight through the light of Thy
guidance, quickened by spirit with Thy fragrances of holiness and moved my
heart with the breeze of the garden of Thy favor. Then I became rejoiced
at the appearance of Thy Beauty, the rising of Thy Lights and the dawning
of the morn of Thy Oneness. Thou hast delivered me from the depths of
sorrows, saved me from the darkness of griefs and dilated my breast by
showing unto me Thy greatest Signs in the Day of Resurrection. O my Lord!
Engage me in Thy love, [enable me] to cut myself from aught else save
Thee, to be consumed with the love of Thy Beauty, to burn with the fire of
love for Thy Face, so that I may be entirely drawn unto Thee and become
enkindled by the fire ablaze in the Sinaiatic Tree. O my Lord! Verily,
with Thee I am free from all else, while turning unto Thy Glorious
Kingdom. Deliver me from every gloomy sorrow; shelter me under the
protection of Thy greatest favor; save me from my attachment to this
inferior world. O my Lord! Verily, I am humble; elevate me through Thy
greatest bounty! I am poor; enrich me by Thine abundant treasury! I am
ill; heal me by Thy precious antidote and make me as a sign of Thy favor
among Thy maid-servants! Verily, Thou art powerful to do that which Thou
willest! Verily, Thou art Potent and Mighty!

"O my Lord! O my Lord!..."

O my Lord! O my Lord!

Verily, I am one of Thy maid-servants, supplicating humbly before the Door
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