own for the transgressions of such as
transgress against Thee, for through them the breath of Thy grace and the
fragrance of Thy loving-kindness are made known and diffused amongst men.
May my inmost being be offered up for the sins of them that have sinned
against Thee, for it is as a result of such sins that the Day Star of Thy
manifold favors revealeth itself above the horizon of Thy bounty, and the
clouds of Thy never-failing providence rain down their gifts upon the
realities of all created things.

I am he, O my Lord, that hath confessed to Thee the multitude of his evil
doings, that hath acknowledged what no man hath acknowledged. I have made
haste to attain unto the ocean of Thy forgiveness, and have sought shelter
beneath the shadow of Thy most gracious favor. Grant, I beseech Thee, O
Thou Who art the Everlasting King and the Sovereign Protector of all men,
that I may be enabled to manifest that which shall cause the hearts and
souls of men to soar in the limitless immensity of Thy love, and to
commune with Thy Spirit. Strengthen me through the power of Thy
sovereignty, that I may turn all created things towards the Day Spring of
Thy Manifestation and the Source of Thy Revelation. Aid me, O my Lord, to
surrender myself wholly to Thy Will, and to arise and serve Thee, for I
cherish this earthly life for no other purpose than to compass the
Tabernacle of Thy Revelation and the Seat of Thy Glory. Thou seest me, O
my God, detached from all else but Thee, and humble and subservient to Thy
Will. Deal with me as it beseemeth Thee, and as it befitteth Thy highness
and great glory.

O 'Ali! The bounty of Him Who is the Lord of all worlds hath been, and is
still being, vouchsafed unto thee. Arm thyself with His strength and
power, and arise to aid His Cause and to magnify His holy name. Let not
thine ignorance in human learning and thy inability to read or write
grieve thine heart. The doors of His manifold grace are within the mighty
grasp of the power of the one true God. He hath opened, and will continue
to open, them in the face of all them that serve Him. I fain would hope
that this breeze of Divine sweetness will, at all times, continue to be
wafted from the meadow of thine heart upon the whole world, in such wise
that its effects may be manifested in every land. He it is that hath power
over all things. He, verily, is the Most Powerful, the All-Glorious, the
Almighty.

CXLIII: BLESSED ART THOU, O MY SERV