s with every
good thing ordained in Thy Book for such of Thy creatures as enjoy near
access to Thee.

Brighten our hearts, O my Lord, with the splendor of Thy knowledge, and
illumine our sight with the light of such eyes as are fixed upon the
horizon of Thy grace and the Day-Spring of Thy glory. Preserve us, then,
by Thy Most Great Name, Which Thou didst cause to overshadow such nations
as lay claim to what Thou hast forbidden in Thy Book. This, verily, is
what Thou didst announce unto us in Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets.

Cause us, then, to be so steadfast in our love towards Thee that we will
turn to none except Thee, and will be reckoned amongst them that are
brought nigh to Thee, and acknowledge Thee as One Who is exalted above
every comparison and is holy beyond all likeness, and will lift up our
voices amongst Thy servants and cry aloud that He is the one God, the
Incomparable, the Ever-Abiding, the Most Powerful, the All-Glorious, the
All-Wise.

Strengthen Thou, O my Lord, the hearts of them that love Thee, that they
may not be affrighted by the hosts of the infidels that are turned back
from Thee, but may follow Thee in whatsoever hath been revealed by Thee.
Aid them, moreover, to remember and to praise Thee, and to teach Thy Cause
with eloquence and wisdom. Thou art He Who hath called Himself the Most
Merciful. Ordain, then, O my God, for me and for whosoever hath sought
Thee what beseemeth the excellence of Thy glory and the greatness of Thy
majesty. No God is there but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Compassionate.

XXXII: "THOU SEEST THY DEAR ONE, O MY GOD, LYING AT..."

Thou seest Thy dear One, O my God, lying at the mercy of Thine enemies,
and hearest the voice of His lamentation from the midst of such of Thy
creatures as have dealt wickedly in Thy sight. He it is, O my Lord,
through Whose name Thou didst beautify Thy Tablets, and for Whose greater
glory Thou didst send down the Bayan, and at Whose separation from Thee
Thou didst weep continually. Look Thou, then, upon His loneliness, O my
God, and behold Him fallen into the hands of them that have disbelieved in
Thy signs, have turned their backs upon Thee, and have forgotten the
wonders of Thy mercy.

He it is, O my God, about Whom Thou hast said: "But for Thee the
Scriptures would have remained unrevealed, and the Prophets unsent." And
no sooner had He, by Thy behest, been manifested and spoken forth Thy
praise, than the wicked doer