and
on earth, by Thy Name through which the cry of every suppliant hath
ascended into the heaven of Thy transcendent holiness, through which every
seeker hath soared to the sublimities of Thy unity and grandeur, through
which the imperfect have been perfected, and the abased exalted, and the
tongue of every stammerer unloosed, and the sick made whole, and whatever
was unworthy of Thy highness and beseemed not Thy greatness and Thy
sovereignty made acceptable unto Thee,--I beseech Thee to aid us by Thine
invisible hosts and by a company of the angels of Thy Cause. Do Thou,
then, accept the works we have performed for love of Thee, and for the
sake of Thy pleasure. Cast us not away, O my God, from the door of Thy
mercy, and break not our hopes in the wonders of Thy grace and favors.

Our limbs, our members, O my Lord, bear witness to Thy unity and oneness.
Send down upon us Thy strength and power, that we may become steadfast in
Thy Faith and may aid Thee among Thy servants. Illumine our eyes, O my
Lord, with the effulgence of Thy beauty, and enlighten our hearts with the
splendors of Thy knowledge and wisdom. Write us up, then, with those who
have fulfilled their pledge to Thy Covenant in Thy days, and who, through
their love for Thee, have detached themselves from the world and all that
is therein.

Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. No God is there beside Thee,
the All-Powerful, the Omniscient, the Supreme Ruler, the Help in Peril,
the Self-Subsisting.

CIV: "O THOU WHOSE NEARNESS IS MY WISH, WHOSE PRESENCE..."

O Thou Whose nearness is my wish, Whose presence is my hope, Whose
remembrance is my desire, Whose court of glory is my goal, Whose abode is
my aim, Whose name is my healing, Whose love is the radiance of my heart,
Whose service is my highest aspiration! I beseech Thee by Thy Name,
through which Thou hast enabled them that have recognized Thee to soar to
the sublimest heights of the knowledge of Thee and empowered such as
devoutly worship Thee to ascend into the precincts of the court of Thy
holy favors, to aid me to turn my face towards Thy face, to fix mine eyes
upon Thee, and to speak of Thy glory.

I am the one, O my Lord, who hath forgotten all else but Thee, and turned
towards the Day-Spring of Thy grace, who hath forsaken all save Thyself in
the hope of drawing nigh unto Thy court. Behold me, then, with mine eyes
lifted up towards the Seat that shineth with the splendors of the li