e remembrance of Thee in Thy
days. Blessed is he that hath tasted of the sweetness of Thy remembrance
and praise. Nothing, not even the arising of all the peoples of the whole
world to assail him, can hinder such a man from directing his steps
towards the paths of Thy pleasure and the ways of Thy Cause.

Look, then, O Thou Who art the Well-Beloved of Baha, upon the tears he
sheddeth before Thee, and behold the sighs which he uttereth, O Thou Who
art his heart's Desire! I swear by Thy might, and Thy majesty and Thy
glory! Were I to inherit from Thee all the delights of Paradise, and to
keep them in my possession as long as Thine own Being endureth, and were I
to become, for less than a moment, careless of the remembrance of Thee, I
would, of a certainty, cast them away from me and cease to consider them.
I am the one, O my God, who for love of Thee hath forsaken the world and
all its benefits, and willingly accepted every tribulation for the sake of
Thy remembrance.

I entreat Thee, O Thou Who art my Companion and my Best-Beloved, to lift
the veil that hath come in between Thee and Thy servants, that they may
recognize Thee with Thine own eye and rid themselves of all attachment to
any one but Thee. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving, the
Most Compassionate. No God is there beside Thee, the Most Exalted, the
Self-Sufficing, the Self-Exalting, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.

Praise be unto Thee, for Thou art, in truth, the Lord of earth and heaven.

CXXI: "PRAISE BE TO THEE, O LORD MY GOD! I AM THE ONE..."

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath sought the good
pleasure of Thy will, and directed his steps towards the seat of Thy
gracious favors. I am he who hath forsaken his all, who hath fled to Thee
for shelter, who hath set his face towards the tabernacle of Thy
revelation and the adored sanctuary of Thy glory. I beseech Thee, O my
Lord, by Thy call whereby they who recognized Thy unity have sought the
shadow of Thy most gracious providence, and the sincere have fled far from
themselves unto Thy name, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, through
which Thy verses were sent down, and Thy word fulfilled, and Thy proof
manifested, and the sun of Thy beauty risen, and Thy testimony
established, and Thy signs uncovered,--I beseech Thee to grant that I may
be numbered with them that have quaffed the wine that is life indeed from
the hands of Thy gracious providence, and have rid t