Magnify Thou, O Lord my God, Him Who is the Primal Point,
the Divine Mystery, the Unseen Essence, the Day-Spring of Divinity, and the
Manifestation of Thy Lordship, through Whom all the knowledge of the past and
all the knowledge of the future were made plain, through Whom the pearls of Thy
hidden wisdom were uncovered, and the mystery of Thy treasured name disclosed,
Whom Thou hast appointed as the Announcer of the One through Whose name the
letter B and the letter E have been joined and united, through Whom Thy
majesty, Thy sovereignty and Thy might were made known, through Whom Thy words
have been sent down, and Thy laws set forth with clearness, and Thy signs
spread abroad, and Thy Word established, through Whom the hearts of Thy chosen
ones were laid bare, and all that were in the heavens and all that were on the
earth were gathered together, Whom Thou hast called Ali-Muhammad in the kingdom
of Thy names, and the Spirit of Spirits in the Tablets of Thine irrevocable
decree, Whom Thou hast invested with Thine own title, unto Whose name all other
names have, at Thy bidding and through the power of Thy might, been made to
return, and in Whom Thou hast caused all Thine attributes and titles to attain
their final consummation. To Him also belong such names as lay hid within Thy
stainless tabernacles, in Thine invisible world and Thy sanctified cities.
Magnify Thou, moreover, such as have believed in Him and in His signs and have turned towards Him, from among those that have acknowledged Thy unity in His Latter Manifestation -- a Manifestation whereof He hath made mention in His Tablets, and in His Books, and in His Scriptures, and in all the wondrous verses and gem-like utterances that have descended upon Him. It is this same Manifestation Whose covenant Thou hast bidden Him establish ere He had established His own covenant. He it is Whose praise the Bayan hath celebrated. In it His excellence hath been extolled, and His truth established, and His sovereignty proclaimed, and His Cause perfected. Blessed is the man that hath turned unto Him, and fulfilled the things He hath commanded, O Thou Who art the Lord of the worlds and the Desire of all them that have known Thee!
Praised be Thou, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast aided us to
recognize and love Him. I, therefore, beseech Thee by Him and by Them Who are
the Day-Springs of Thy Divinity, and the Manifestations of Thy Lordship, and
the Treasuries of Thy Revelation, and the Depositories of Thine inspiration, to
enable us to serve and obey Him, and to empower us to become the helpers of His
Cause and the dispersers of His adversaries. Powerful art Thou to do all that
pleaseth Thee. No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the
One Whose help is sought by all men!
- Baha'u'llah
(‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah’)
