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XCIII: “Glory to Thee, O my God! One of Thy handmaidens,…” |
Glory to Thee, O my God! One of Thy handmaidens,
who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs,
hath entered beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy
oneness. Give her to quaff, O my God, by Thy Name,
the Manifest and the Hidden, of Thy choice sealed
Wine that it may take her away from her own self,
and make her to be entirely devoted to Thy remembrance,
and wholly detached from any one beside
Thee.
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Now that Thou hast revealed unto her the knowledge
of Thee, O my Lord, deny her not, by Thy
bounty, Thy grace; and now that Thou hast called
her unto Thyself, drive her not away from Thee,
through Thy favor. Supply her, then, with that
which excelleth all that can be found on Thine earth.
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Thou art, verily, the Most Bountiful, Whose grace
is immense.
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Wert Thou to bestow on one of Thy creatures
what would equal the kingdoms of earth and heaven,
it would still not diminish by even as much as an
atom the immensity of Thy dominion. Far greater art
Thou than the Great One men are wont to call Thee,
for such a title is but one of Thy names all of which
were created by a mere indication of Thy will.
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