savors of Thine inspiration, through which they who adore Thy unity have
soared on the wings of desire towards Thee, and they who are devoted to
Thee have reached unto Him Who is the Dawning-Place of the Day-Star of Thy
creation.

Cleave asunder, O my Lord, the veils that shut them out from Thee, that
they may behold Thee shining above the horizon of Thy oneness and shedding
Thy radiance from the dawning-place of Thy sovereignty. By Thy glory! Were
they to discover the sweetness of Thy remembrance and apprehend the
excellence of the things that are sent down upon them from the right hand
of the throne of Thy majesty, they would cast away all that they possess,
and would rush forth into the wilderness of their longing after Thee, that
the glance of Thy loving-kindness may be directed towards them and the
radiance of the Day-Star of Thy beauty may be shed upon them.

Let their hearts, O my Lord, be carried away by Thy remembrance, and their
souls enriched by Thy riches, and their wills strengthened to proclaim Thy
Cause amidst Thy creatures. Thou art, verily, the Great Giver, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.

CXIX: "LAUDED BE THY NAME, O MY GOD! THOU SEEST HOW..."

Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou seest how I have been sorely vexed
among Thy servants, and beholdest the things that have befallen me in Thy
path. Thou knowest full well that I have not spoken a word but by Thy
leave, that my lips have never been opened except at Thy bidding and in
accordance with Thy pleasure, that every breath I have breathed hath been
animated with Thy praise and Thy remembrance, that I have summoned all men
to naught else except that whereunto Thy chosen ones have through all
eternity been summoned, and that I have bidden them observe only the
things that would draw them nearer unto the Day-Spring of Thy
loving-kindness, and the Dawning-Place of Thy favors, and the Horizon of
Thy riches, and the Manifestation of Thine inspiration and Thy revelation.

Thou art well aware, O my God, that I have not failed in my duty towards
Thy Cause. At all times and under all conditions I have wafted, in every
direction, the breezes of Thine inspiration, and shed abroad the sweet
smell of the raiment of Thy mercy, that haply Thy servants may discover
its fragrance, and through it be enabled to turn towards Thee.

I implore Thee, O my God, by the Lights of Thy unity and the Repositories
of Thy revelation, to send down from the cl