er that
Thy servants may ascend unto the pinnacle of Thy gracious favor, and
attain unto that which Thou hast, through Thy providence and tender
mercies, ordained for them in the Tablets of Thine irrevocable decree. The
glory of Thy might beareth me witness! Were they, every moment of their
lives, to offer up themselves as a sacrifice in Thy path, they would still
have done but little in comparison with the manifold bestowals vouchsafed
unto them by Thee.

Grant, therefore, I beseech Thee, that their hearts may be inclined
towards Thee, and that their faces may be turned in the direction of Thy
good-pleasure. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there
but Thee, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.

Deign, then, to accept, O my God, from Thy servant the things which he
hath shown forth in his love for Thee. Fortify him, then, that he may
cling to Thy most exalted Word, and to unloose his tongue to celebrate Thy
praise, and cause him to be gathered unto such of Thy people as are nigh
unto Thee. Thou art He within Whose grasp is the empire of all things.
There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the
All-Glorious, the Unconstrained.

XCVIII: "MAGNIFIED BE THY NAME, O THOU IN WHOSE GRASP..."

Magnified be Thy name, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of the souls of
all them that have recognized Thee, and in Whose right hand are the
destinies of all that are in heaven and all that are on earth! Thou doest,
through the power of Thy might, what Thou willest, and ordainest, by an
act of Thy volition, what Thou pleasest. The will of the most resolute of
men is as nothing when compared with the compelling evidences of Thy will,
and the determination of the most inflexible among Thy creatures is
dissipated before the manifold revelations of Thy purpose.

Thou art He Who, through a word of Thy mouth, hath so enravished the
hearts of Thy chosen ones that they have, in their love for Thee, detached
themselves from all except Thyself, and laid down their lives and
sacrificed their souls in Thy path, and borne, for Thy sake, what none of
Thy creatures hath borne.

I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! I have turned my face towards the
habitation of Thy mercy, and have sought the wonders of Thy manifold
favors, inasmuch as all the members of my body proclaim Thee to be the
All-Bounteous, He Whose grace is immense.

O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Who