he cruel, destructive and terrible armaments; every region is crying
out with its dumb secret tongue: "Nothing that I possess hath benefitted
me and power and strength are taken away from me!" Verily, O my God, the
lamps of guidance are extinguished; the fire of animosity is enkindled;
wrath and antipathy are spread abroad and provocation and maliciousness
are disseminated upon the face of the earth. Yet I see only Thy wronged
followers who are crying at the tops of their voices and summoning the
people:

"Hasten ye toward affinity!

Hasten ye toward faithfulness!

Hasten ye toward generosity!

Hasten ye toward guidance!

Hasten ye toward union!

Hasten ye to behold the Light of the World!

Hasten ye toward love and prosperity!

Hasten ye toward peace and reconciliation!

Hasten ye toward the law of disarmament!

Hasten ye toward harmony and success!

Hasten ye toward co-operation and mutual help in the path of guidance!"

Verily, these wronged ones do sacrifice themselves with infinite joy and
happiness for the sake of the people, with all their souls and spirits
throughout all regions. Verily, Thou beholdest them weeping at the
misfortunes of every one of Thy creatures and becoming grieved at the
distress of Thy children; they are kind to all the people and pained at
the sight of the calamities of the inhabitants of the world. O my Lord!
make the wings of prosperity to grow upon their shoulders, so that they
may ever soar toward the apex of their aspirations; strengthen their loins
in the service of Thy people, and confirm them in the thralldom and
adoration of the threshold of Thy Holiness.

Verily, Thou art the Merciful! Thou art the Clement, and there is no God
but Thee, the Powerful, the Compassionate, and the Ancient!

"Glory be unto Thee, O my God!..."

Glory be unto Thee, O my God!

Thou seest me rolling my face in the dust of humility and contrition,
supplicating toward the Kingdom of Thy Might, yearning for the
contemplation of Thy Greatness, entreating Thy Grandeur, invoking at the
Threshold of Thy Mercifulness, beseeching the realm of Thy Singleness,
acknowledging my shortcomings, longing for Thy bounty, desiring Thy
concealing veil and expecting the outpouring of the rain of Thy favor upon
all the meadows and mountains!

O my Lord! Verily, Thy power hath enveloped all things, Thy dominion, Thy
glory and Thy sovereignty have become manifest as the manifestation of the
sun in mi