Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I know not what the
water is with which Thou hast created me, or what the fire Thou hast kindled
within me, or the clay wherewith Thou hast kneaded me. The restlessness of
every sea hath been stilled, but not the restlessness of this Ocean which
moveth at the bidding of the winds of Thy will. The flame of every fire hath
been extinguished except the Flame which the hands of Thine omnipotence have
kindled, and whose radiance Thou hast, by the power of Thy name, shed abroad
before all that are in Thy heaven and all that are on Thy earth. As the tribulations
deepen, it waxeth hotter and hotter.
Behold, then, O my God, how Thy Light hath been compassed
with the onrushing winds of Thy decree, how the tempests that blow and beat
upon it from every side have added to its brightness and increased its splendor.
For all this let Thee be praised.
I implore Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, and Thy most ancient
sovereignty, to look upon Thy loved ones whose hearts have been sorely shaken
by reason of the troubles that have touched Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine
own Self. Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Thou art, verily, the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
- Baha’u’llah
(‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
