of the
downtrodden, by Thy Most Great Name which Thou hast made the Dawning-Place
of Thy most excellent names and the Dayspring of Thy most exalted
attributes, to remove the veils that have come in between Thee and Thy
creatures and debarred them from turning unto the horizon of Thy
Revelation. Cause them, then, O My God, by Thy most exalted Word, to turn
from the left hand of oblivion and delusion unto the right hand of
knowledge and certitude, that they may know what Thou hast purposed for
them through Thy bounty and grace, and may set their faces towards Him Who
is the Manifestation of Thy Cause and the Revealer of Thy signs.

201 O My God! Thou art the All-Bountiful, Whose grace is infinite.
Withhold not Thy servants from the most mighty Ocean, which Thou hast made
the repository of the pearls of Thy knowledge and Thy wisdom, and turn
them not away from Thy gate, which Thou hast opened wide before all who
are in Thy heaven and all who are on Thy earth. O Lord! Leave them not to
themselves, for they understand not and flee from that which is better for
them than all that Thou hast created upon Thine earth. Cast upon them, O
My God, the glances of the eye of Thy favour and bounty, and deliver them
from self and passion, that they may draw nigh unto Thy most exalted
Horizon, taste the sweetness of Thy remembrance, and delight in that bread
which Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy Will and the firmament of
Thy grace. From everlasting Thy bounty hath embraced the entire creation
and Thy mercy hath surpassed all things. No God is there but Thee, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.

202 Glorified art Thou, O Lord My God! Thou well knowest that Mine heart
hath melted in Thy Cause, and that My blood so boileth in My veins with
the fire of Thy love that every drop of it proclaimeth with its inner
tongue: "Grant that I may be spilt upon the ground for Thy sake, O my
Lord, the Most High, that from it there may spring forth that which Thou
hast purposed in Thy Tablets and hast hidden from the eyes of all, except
such servants as have tasted of the crystal stream of knowledge from the
hands of Thy grace and quaffed the soft-flowing waters of understanding
from the cup of Thy bestowal."

203 Thou knowest, O My God, that in all Mine affairs I have sought only to
obey Thy bidding, that in Mine every utterance I have wished only to extol
Thy praise, and that in whatsoever hath proceeded from My Pen I have
purposed o