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“O MY God! I have failed to know Thee as is worthy of …” |
O MY God! I have failed to know Thee as is worthy of
Thy glory, and I have failed to fear Thee as befitteth my
station. How can I make mention of Thee when I am in
this condition, and how can I set my face towards Thee
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when I have fallen short of my duty in worshipping Thee?
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Thou didst not call me into being to demonstrate the
potency of Thy might which is unmistakably manifest and
evident; for Thou art God Who everlastingly existed when
there was naught. Rather Thou didst create us through Thy
transcendent power that a bare mention may be graciously
made of us before the resplendent manifestation of Thy
Remembrance.
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I have no knowledge of Thee, O my God, but that
which Thou hast taught me whereby I might recognize
Thy Self—a knowledge which reflecteth only my failure
and sinfulness. Here am I then, O my God, wholly consecrated
unto Thee, willing to do what Thou desirest.
Humbly I cast myself before the revelations of Thy mercy,
confessing that Thou art God, no God is there but Thee, and
that Thou art incomparable, hast no partner and naught is
there like Thee. Unto this Thou Thyself bearest witness, as
well becometh Thy glory.
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