d how can I acknowledge
Thy claim, O Thou, before Whom every created thing standeth in awe. The
loftiest station to which human perception can soar and the utmost height
which the minds and souls of men can scale are but signs created through
the potency of Thy command and tokens manifested through the power of Thy
Revelation. Far be it from Thy glory that anyone other than Thee should
make mention of Thee or should attempt to voice Thy praise. The very
essence of every reality beareth witness to its debarment from the
precincts of the court of Thy nearness, and the quintessence of every
being testifieth to its failure to attain Thy holy Presence. Immeasurably
glorified and exalted art Thou! That which alone beseemeth Thee is the
befitting mention made by Thine Own Self, and that only which is worthy of
Thee is the anthem of praise voiced by Thine Own Essence...

Through the revelation of Thy grace, O Lord, Thou didst call Me into being
on a night such as this,(77) and lo, I am now lonely and forsaken in a
mountain. Praise and thanksgiving be unto Thee for whatever conformeth to
Thy pleasure within the empire of heaven and earth. And all sovereignty is
Thine, extending beyond the uttermost range of the kingdoms of Revelation
and Creation.

Thou didst create Me, O Lord, through Thy gracious favour and didst
protect Me through Thy bounty in the darkness of the womb and didst
nourish Me, through Thy loving-kindness, with life-giving blood. After
having fashioned Me in a most comely form, through Thy tender providence,
and having perfected My creation through Thine excellent handiwork and
breathed Thy Spirit into My body through Thine infinite mercy and by the
revelation of Thy transcendent unity, Thou didst cause Me to issue forth
from the world of concealment into the visible world, naked, ignorant of
all things, and powerless to achieve aught. Thou didst then nourish Me
with refreshing milk and didst rear Me in the arms of My parents with
manifest compassion, until Thou didst graciously acquaint Me with the
realities of Thy Revelation and apprised Me of the straight path of Thy
Faith as set forth in Thy Book. And when I attained full maturity Thou
didst cause Me to bear allegiance unto Thine inaccessible Remembrance, and
enabled Me to advance towards the designated station, where Thou didst
educate Me through the subtle operations of Thy handiwork and didst
nurture Me in that land with Thy most gracious gifts. When that