ngth and Thine omnipotence, over
Thine enemies.

Aware as I am, O my God, that Thou hast decreed for them that which
excelleth whatsoever is in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, I still cherish
the desire that Thou mayest behold them in Thy days exalted and honored by
Thy creatures. Supreme art Thou over Thy creation. All are held within Thy
grasp, and lie prisoned in the hollow of Thy hand. No God is there but
Thee, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

CXIII: "MAGNIFIED BE THY NAME, O MY GOD! I TESTIFY THAT..."

Magnified be Thy name, O my God! I testify that if Thy servants were to
turn towards Thee with the eyes Thou didst create in them and with the
ears wherewith Thou didst endow them, they would all be carried away by a
single word sent down from the right hand of the throne of Thy majesty.
That word alone would suffice to brighten their faces, and to assure their
hearts, and to cause their souls to soar up to the atmosphere of Thy great
glory, and to ascend into the heaven of Thy sovereignty.

I pray Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Ruler of both
earth and heaven, to grant that all who are dear to Thee may each become a
cup of Thy mercy in Thy days, that they may quicken the hearts of Thy
servants. Empower them also, O my God, to be as the rain that poureth down
from the clouds of Thy grace, and as the winds that waft the vernal
fragrances of Thy loving-kindness, that through them the soil of the
hearts of Thy creatures may be clad with verdure, and may bring forth the
things that will shed their fragrance over all Thy dominion, so that every
one may perceive the sweet smell of the Robe of Thy Revelation. Potent art
Thou to do what Thou willest.

The power of Thy might beareth me witness! Whoso hath drunk of the cup
which the hand of Thy mercy hath borne round will strip himself of all
things except Thee, and will be able, through a word of his mouth, to
enrapture the souls of such of Thy servants as have slumbered on the bed
of forgetfulness and negligence, and to cause them to turn their faces
toward Thy most Great Sign, and seek from Thee naught else except Thyself,
and ask of Thee only what Thou hast determined for them by the pen of Thy
judgment and hast prescribed in the Tablet of Thy decree.

Send down, then, O my God, through Thy Most Great Name, upon Thy loved
ones what will, under all conditions, draw them nearer unto Thee. Thou
art, verily, the Almighty, the All