Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious, and clinging to the hem of the
robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.

I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Name through which Thou hast hearkened
unto the call of Thy lovers, and the sighs of them that long for Thee, and
the cry of them that enjoy near access to Thee, and the groaning of them
that are devoted to Thee, and through which Thou hast fulfilled the wishes
of them that have set their hopes on Thee, and hast granted them their
desires, through Thy grace and Thy favors, and by Thy Name through which
the ocean of forgiveness surged before Thy face, and the clouds of Thy
generosity rained upon Thy servants, to write down for every one who hath
turned unto Thee, and observed the fast prescribed by Thee, the recompense
decreed for such as speak not except by Thy leave, and who forsook all
that they possessed in Thy path and for love of Thee.

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thyself, and by Thy signs, and Thy clear
tokens, and the shining light of the Day-Star of Thy Beauty, and Thy
Branches, to cancel the trespasses of those who have held fast to Thy
laws, and have observed what Thou hast prescribed unto them in Thy Book.
Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name, the Most Holy, the Most
Luminous, the Most Mighty, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most
Glorious, and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in
this world and in the world to come.

CLXXVIII: "PRAISED BE THOU, O LORD MY GOD! I SUPPLICATE..."

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I supplicate Thee by Him Whom Thou hast
called into being, Whose Revelation Thou hast ordained to be Thine own
Revelation and His Concealment Thine own Concealment. Through His
Firstness Thou hast confirmed Thine own Firstness, and through His
Lastness Thou hast affirmed Thine own Lastness. Through the power of His
might and the influence of His sovereignty the mighty have apprehended
Thine omnipotence, and through His glory they who are endowed with
authority have acknowledged Thy majesty and greatness. Through His supreme
ascendancy Thy transcendent sovereignty and all-encompassing dominion have
been recognized, and through His will Thine own will hath been revealed.
Through the light of His countenance the splendors of Thine own face have
shone forth, and through His Cause Thine own Cause hath been made
manifest. Through the generative power of His utterance the whole earth
hat