ouds of Thy mercy that which
will cleanse the hearts of all such as have turned towards Thee. Blot out,
then, from their hearts all that may induce Thy servants to cavil at Thy
Cause.

Thy will hath overruled my will, O my God, and I have shown forth what
hath grievously vexed me. Have mercy, then, upon me, O Thou Who of all
those who show mercy art the Most Merciful!

Assist Thou Thy servants, O my God, to help Thy Cause, and give them to
drink what will quicken their hearts in Thy realm, lest anything hinder
them from remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues, that they may
quit their homes in Thy name, and summon all the multitudes unto Thee.
Guard their faces, O my God, from turning to any one save Thee, and their
ears from hearkening unto the sayings of all such as have turned away from
Thy beauty and repudiated Thy signs.

Supreme art Thou over all things. There is none other God save Thee, the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

CXX: "GLORIFIED ART THOU, O LORD MY GOD! THOU BEHOLDEST..."

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my low estate and the
habitation wherein I dwell, and bearest witness unto my perplexity, my
crying needs, my troubles, and the afflictions I suffer among Thy servants
who recite Thy verses and repudiate their Revealer, who call on Thy names
and cavil at their Creator, who seek to draw nigh unto Him Who is Thy
Friend and put to death Him Who is the Best-Beloved of the worlds.

Open Thou their eyes, O my God, and My Master, that they may gaze on Thy
beauty, or cause them to return unto the lowest abyss of the fire. Potent
art Thou to do what Thou willest. Thou art, verily, the All-Glorious, the
All-Wise.

The glory of Thy might, O my God, beareth me witness! Every time I attempt
to remember Thee, I find myself overpowered by the sublimity of Thy
station and the immensity of Thy might; and every time I hold my peace,
lo, I am impelled by my love for Thee and by the potency of Thy will, to
unloose my tongue and mention Thee. He who is poor and needy, O my God, is
calling for his Lord, the All-Possessing; and he who is destitute of all
strength remembereth his Master, the All-Powerful. If He deign to accept
His servant's supplication, He is, verily, of unsurpassed bounteousness;
and if He cast him out, He is of those who judge equitably the best. He
indeed is acceptable, O my God, who hath set his face towards Thee, and he
is truly deprived who hath been careless of th