hem the
fury of Thy wrath and the ascendancy of Thy power, and will enable them to
recognize the weight of Thy might and the greatness of Thy strength. If
Thou refusest, O my God, to aid them that love Thee, assist Thou, then,
Thine own Self and Him Who is Thy Remembrance.

I entreat Thee by Thy name, that hath caused the ocean of Thy wrath to
surge, to chastise them who have repudiated Thy truth and disowned Thine
utterances. Abase them, then, by Thy might and power, and exalt such as
have, wholly for Thy sake, set their faces towards Thee, that through them
the ensigns of Thy glorification may be unfurled among all nations, and
Thy tokens be spread abroad among all peoples, and that all may testify
that Thou art God, that there is none other God beside Thee, the God of
power, of majesty and glory.

LXXXIV: "MAGNIFIED ART THOU, O LORD MY GOD! I ASK THEE..."

Magnified art Thou, O Lord my God! I ask Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast
set up above all other names, through which the veil of heaven hath been
split asunder and the Day-Star of Thy beauty hath risen above the horizon,
shining with the brightness of Thy Name, the Exalted, the Most High, to
succor me with Thy wondrous help and to preserve me in the shelter of Thy
care and protection.

I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! Unto Thee have I turned, and in
Thee have I placed my trust. Grant that I may be so confirmed in my love
for Thee, and in fulfilling that which is well-pleasing unto Thee, that
neither the defection of the infidels among Thy people, nor the clamor of
the hypocrites among Thy creatures, may avail to keep me back from Thee.

Purge Thou mine ear, O my Lord, that I may hearken unto the verses sent
down unto Thee, and illuminate my heart with the light of Thy knowledge,
and loose my tongue that it may make mention of Thee and sing Thy praise.
By Thy might, O my God! My soul is wedded to none beside Thee, and my
heart seeketh none except Thine own Self.

No God is there beside Thee, the All-Glorious, the Great Giver, the
Forgiving, the Compassionate.

LXXXV: "THESE ARE, O MY GOD, THE DAYS WHEREON THOU DIDST..."

These are, O my God, the days whereon Thou didst enjoin Thy servants to
observe the fast. With it Thou didst adorn the preamble of the Book of Thy
Laws revealed unto Thy creatures, and didst deck forth the Repositories of
Thy commandments in the sight of all who are in Thy heaven and all who are
on Thy earth. Thou