kers, foreboders of evil,
however, waxed fiercer in their rancor, rejoiced as I fell a
victim to the most grievous ordeal, bestirred themselves against
me and made merry over the heartrending happenings around me.

I call upon Thee, O Lord my God! with my tongue and with all my
heart, not to require them for their cruelty and their
wrong-doings, their craft and their mischief, for they are foolish
and ignoble and know not what they do. They discern not good from
evil, neither do they distinguish right from wrong, nor justice
from injustice. They follow their own desires and walk in the
footsteps of the most imperfect and foolish amongst them. O my
Lord! Have mercy upon them, shield them from all afflictions in
these troubled times and grant that all trials and hardships may
be the lot of this Thy servant that hath fallen into this darksome
pit. Single me out for every woe and make me a sacrifice for all
Thy loved ones. O Lord, Most High! May my soul, my life, my being,
my spirit, my all be offered up for them. O God, my God! Lowly,
suppliant and fallen upon my face, I beseech Thee with all the
ardor of my invocation to pardon whosoever hath hurt me, forgive
him that hath conspired against me and offended me, and wash away
the misdeeds of them that have wrought injustice upon me.
Vouchsafe unto them Thy goodly gifts, give them joy, relieve them
from sorrow, grant them peace and prosperity, give them Thy bliss
and pour upon them Thy bounty.

Thou art the Powerful, the Gracious, the Help in Peril, the
Self-Subsisting!

The disciples of Christ forgot themselves and all earthy things,
forsook all their cares and belongings, purged themselves of self
and passion and with absolute detachment scattered far and wide
and engaged in calling the peoples of the world to the Divine
Guidance, till at last they made the world another world,
illumined the surface of the earth and even to their last hour
proved self-sacrificing in the pathway of that Beloved One of God.
Finally in various lands they suffered glorious martyrdom. Let
them that are men of action follow in their footsteps!

O God, my God! I call Thee, Thy Prophets and Thy Messengers, Thy
Saints and Thy Holy Ones, to witness that I have declared
conclusively Thy Proofs unto Thy loved ones and set forth clearly
all