f the tree of Thy
oneness. Give her to quaff, O my God, by Thy Name, the Manifest and the
Hidden, of Thy choice sealed Wine that it may take her away from her own
self, and make her to be entirely devoted to Thy remembrance, and wholly
detached from any one beside Thee.

Now that Thou hast revealed unto her the knowledge of Thee, O my Lord,
deny her not, by Thy bounty, Thy grace; and now that Thou hast called her
unto Thyself, drive her not away from Thee, through Thy favor. Supply her,
then, with that which excelleth all that can be found on Thine earth. Thou
art, verily, the Most Bountiful, Whose grace is immense.

Wert Thou to bestow on one of Thy creatures what would equal the kingdoms
of earth and heaven, it would still not diminish by even as much as an
atom the immensity of Thy dominion. Far greater art Thou than the Great
One men are wont to call Thee, for such a title is but one of Thy names
all of which were created by a mere indication of Thy will.

There is no God but Thee, the God of power, the God of glory, the God of
knowledge and wisdom.

XCIV: "THE HEARTS THAT YEARN AFTER THEE, O MY GOD, ARE..."

The hearts that yearn after Thee, O my God, are burnt up with the fire of
their longing for Thee, and the eyes of them that love Thee weep sore by
reason of their crushing separation from Thy court, and the voice of the
lamentation of such as have set their hopes on Thee hath gone forth
throughout Thy dominions.

Thou hast Thyself, O my God, protected them, by Thy sovereign might, from
both extremities. But for the burning of their souls and the sighing of
their hearts, they would be drowned in the midst of their tears, and but
for the flood of their tears they would be burnt up by the fire of their
hearts and the heat of their souls. Methinks, they are like the angels
which Thou hast created of snow and of fire. Wilt Thou, despite such
vehement longing, O my God, debar them from Thy presence, or drive them
away, notwithstanding such fervor, from the door of Thy mercy? All hope is
ready to be extinguished in the hearts of Thy chosen ones, O my God! Where
are the breezes of Thy grace? They are hemmed in on all sides by their
enemies; where are the ensigns of Thy triumph which Thou didst promise in
Thy Tablets?

Thy glory is my witness! At each daybreak they who love Thee wake to find
the cup of woe set before their faces, because they have believed in Thee
and acknowledged Thy signs. Though I fi