y, the Best Beloved.
All praise be unto Thee, O Lord! We shall seek Thy grace on the appointed
Day and shall put our whole reliance in Thee, Who art our Lord. Glorified
art Thou, O God! Grant us that which is good and seemly that we may be
able to dispense with everything but Thee. Verily Thou art the Lord of all
worlds.
O God! Recompense those who endure patiently in Thy days and strengthen
their hearts to walk undeviatingly in the path of Truth. Grant then, O
Lord, such goodly gifts as would enable them to gain admittance into Thy
blissful Paradise. Exalted art Thou, O Lord God. Let Thy heavenly
blessings descend upon homes whose inmates have believed in Thee. Verily,
unsurpassed art Thou in sending down divine blessings. Send forth, O God,
such hosts as would render Thy faithful servants victorious. Thou dost
fashion the created things through the power of Thy decree as Thou
pleasest. Thou art in truth the Sovereign, the Creator, the All-Wise.
Say: God is indeed the Maker of all things. He giveth sustenance in plenty
to whomsoever He willeth. He is the Creator, the Source of all beings, the
Fashioner, the Almighty, the Maker, the All-Wise. He is the Bearer of the
most excellent titles throughout the heavens and the earth and whatever
lieth between them. All do His bidding, and all the dwellers of earth and
heaven celebrate His praise, and unto Him shall all return.
"Through Thy revelation, O my God, Thou hast enabled ..."
Through Thy revelation, O my God, Thou hast enabled me to know Thee, and
through the radiance of Thine effulgent splendour Thou hast inspired me
with Thy remembrance. Thou art the One nearest to me with naught else
between Thee and me, and Thou art the One Whose power nothing whatsoever
can frustrate. Far be it then from Thine Essence that the mightiest birds
of the souls of men or of human imaginings should ever scale its heights,
and too exalted is Thy holy Being for the loftiest sentiments of men of
understanding to attain unto Thee. From everlasting no one hath
comprehended Thine Own Self, and unto everlasting Thou shalt remain what
Thou hast been since time immemorial with no one else besides Thee.
Magnified be Thy Name, Thou art the Best Beloved Who hast enabled me to
know Thee and Thou art that All-Renowned One Who hast graciously favoured
me with Thy love. Thou art the Ancient of Days Whom none can ever describe
through the evidences of Thy glory and majesty, and Thou art t
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