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“GLORY be unto Thee, O Lord! Although Thou mayest …” |
GLORY be unto Thee, O Lord! Although Thou mayest
cause a person to be destitute of all earthly possessions, and
from the beginning of his life until his ascension unto Thee
he may be reduced to poverty through the operation of Thy
decree, yet wert Thou to have brought him forth from the
Tree of Thy love, such a bounty would indeed be far
better for him than all the things Thou hast created in
heaven and earth and whatsoever lieth between them; inasmuch
as he will inherit the heavenly home, through the
revelation of Thy favours, and will partake of the goodly
gifts Thou hast provided therein; for the things which are
with Thee are inexhaustible. This indeed is Thy blessing
which according to the good-pleasure of Thy Will Thou
dost bestow on those who tread the path of Thy love.
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How numerous the souls who in former times were put
to death for Thy sake, and in whose names all men now
pride themselves; and how vast the number of those whom
Thou didst enable to acquire earthly fortunes, and who
amassed them while they were deprived of Thy Truth, and
who in this day have passed into oblivion. Theirs is a
grievous chastisement and a dire punishment.
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O Lord! Provide for the speedy growth of the Tree of
Thy divine Unity; water it then, O Lord, with the flowing
waters of Thy good-pleasure, and cause it, before the
revelations of Thy divine assurance, to yield such fruits as
Thou desirest for Thy glorification and exaltation, Thy
praise and thanksgiving, and to magnify Thy Name, to
laud the oneness of Thine Essence and to offer adoration
unto Thee, inasmuch as all this lieth within Thy grasp and
in that of none other.
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Thy goodly gifts are unceasingly showered upon such as
cherish Thy love and the wondrous tokens of Thy heavenly
bounties are amply bestowed on those who recognize Thy
divine Unity. We commit unto Thy care whatsoever Thou
hast destined for us, and implore Thee to grant us all the
good that Thy knowledge embraceth.
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Protect me, O my Lord, from every evil that Thine
omniscience perceiveth, inasmuch as there is no power nor
strength but in Thee, no triumph is forthcoming save from
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Thy presence, and it is Thine alone to command. Whatever
God hath willed hath been, and that which He hath
not willed shall not be.
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