Thy signs, and refuted
Thy testimony, and turned back from Thy beauty, and resolved to shed Thy
blood. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names, by Thy name
through which Thou hast subdued all created things, to graciously aid Thy
servants and Thy loved ones to cleave steadfastly to Thy Cause. Give them,
then, to drink what will quicken their hearts in Thy days. Enable them,
moreover, O my Lord, to fix their gaze at all times upon Thy pleasure, and
to yield Thee thanks for the evidences of Thine irrevocable decree. For
Thou art, verily, praiseworthy in all that Thou hast done in the past, or
wilt do in the future, and art to be obeyed in whatsoever Thou hast wished
or wilt wish, and to be loved in all that Thou hast desired or wilt
desire. Thou lookest upon them that are dear to Thee with the eyes of Thy
loving-kindness, and sendest down for them only that which will profit
them through Thy grace and Thy gifts.

We entreat Thee, O Thou Who art the Cloud of Bounty and the Succorer of
the distressed, that Thou wilt aid us to remember Thee, and to make known
Thy Cause, and to arise to help Thee. Though all weakness, we yet have
clung to Thy Name, the Most Powerful, the Almighty.

Bless Thou, O my God, them that have stood fast in Thy Cause, and whom the
evil suggestions of the workers of iniquity have failed to deter from
turning towards Thy face, and who have hastened with their whole hearts
toward Thy grace, until they finally quaffed the water that is life indeed
from the hands of Thy bounty.

Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. No God is there save Thee, the Mighty,
the Most Generous.

CL: "I GIVE PRAISE TO THEE, O MY GOD, THAT THE FRAGRANCE..."

I give praise to Thee, O my God, that the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness
hath enraptured me, and the gentle winds of Thy mercy have inclined me in
the direction of Thy bountiful favors. Make me to quaff, O my Lord, from
the fingers of Thy bounteousness the living waters which have enabled
every one that hath partaken of them to rid himself of all attachment to
any one save Thee, and to soar into the atmosphere of detachment from all
Thy creatures, and to fix his gaze upon Thy loving providence and Thy
manifold gifts.

Make me ready, in all circumstances, O my Lord, to serve Thee and to set
myself towards the adored sanctuary of Thy Revelation and of Thy Beauty.
If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb in the meadows of
Thy grace, t