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CII: “Glory to Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all…” |
Glory to Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all
worlds, and the Beloved of all such as have recognized
Thee! Thou seest me sitting under a sword hanging
on a thread, and art well aware that in such a state
I have not fallen short of my duty towards Thy
Cause, nor failed to shed abroad Thy praise, and declare
Thy virtues, and deliver all Thou hadst prescribed
unto me in Thy Tablets. Though the sword
be ready to fall on my head, I call Thy loved ones
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with such a calling that the hearts are carried away
towards the horizon of Thy majesty and grandeur.
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Purge out thoroughly their ears, O my Lord, that
they may hearken unto the sweet melodies that have
ascended from the right hand of the throne of Thy
glory. I swear by Thy might! Were any one to attune
his ears to their harmony he would soar up to the
kingdom of Thy revelation, wherein every created
thing proclaimeth that Thou art God, and that there
is none other God save Thee, the Omnipotent, the
Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Cleanse Thou, O
my God, the eyes of Thy servants, and so transport
them by the sweetness of Thine utterances that
calamities will be powerless to hinder them from
turning unto Thee, and from directing their eyes
towards the horizon of Thy Revelation.
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Darkness hath encompassed every land, O my God,
and caused most of Thy servants to tremble. I beseech
Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, to raise in
every city a new creation that shall turn towards
Thee, and shall remember Thee amidst Thy servants,
and shall unfurl by virtue of their utterances and
wisdom the ensigns of Thy victory, and shall detach
themselves from all created things.
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