I testify, O my God, that this is the Day whereon Thy
testimony hath been fulfilled, and Thy clear tokens have been manifested, and
Thine utterances have been revealed, and Thy signs have been demonstrated, and
the radiance of Thy countenance hath been diffused, and Thy proof hath been
perfected, and Thine ascendancy hath been established, and Thy mercy hath
overflowed, and the Day-Star of Thy grace hath shone forth with such brilliance
that Thou didst manifest Him Who is the Revealer of Thyself and the Treasury of
Thy wisdom and the Dawning-Place of Thy majesty and power. Thou didst establish
His covenant with every one who hath been created in the kingdoms of earth and
heaven and in the realms of revelation and of creation. Thou didst raise Him up
to such heights that the wrongs inflicted by the oppressors have been powerless
to deter Him from revealing Thy sovereignty, and the ascendancy of the wayward
hath failed to prevent Him from demonstrating Thy power and from exalting Thy
Cause.
So highly didst Thou exalt Him that He openly delivered unto
the kings Thy messages and commandments, and hath never for one moment sought
His own protection, but striven to protect Thy servants from whatever might
withhold them from approaching the kingdom of Thy nearness, and from setting
their faces towards the horizon of Thy good-pleasure.
Thou seest, O my God, how, notwithstanding the swords that
are drawn against Him, He calleth the nations unto Thee, and though Himself a
prisoner summoneth them to turn in the direction of Thy gifts and bounties.
With every fresh tribulation He manifested a fuller measure of Thy Cause, and
exalted more highly Thy word.
I testify that through Him the Pen of the Most High was set
in motion, and with His remembrance the Scriptures in the kingdom of names were
embellished. Through Him Thy fragrances were wafted, and the sweet smell of Thy
raiment was shed abroad amongst all the dwellers of the earth and the inmates
of heaven. Thou seest and knowest full well, O my God, how He hath been made to
dwell within the most desolate of cities, so that He may build up the hearts of
Thy servants, and hath been willing to suffer the most grievous abasement, that
Thy creatures may be exalted.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
