jesty and power. Thou didst
establish His covenant with every one who hath been created in the
kingdoms of earth and heaven and in the realms of revelation and of
creation. Thou didst raise Him up to such heights that the wrongs
inflicted by the oppressors have been powerless to deter Him from
revealing Thy sovereignty, and the ascendancy of the wayward hath failed
to prevent Him from demonstrating Thy power and from exalting Thy Cause.

So highly didst Thou exalt Him that He openly delivered unto the kings Thy
messages and commandments, and hath never for one moment sought His own
protection, but striven to protect Thy servants from whatever might
withhold them from approaching the kingdom of Thy nearness, and from
setting their faces towards the horizon of Thy good-pleasure.

Thou seest, O my God, how, notwithstanding the swords that are drawn
against Him, He calleth the nations unto Thee, and though Himself a
prisoner summoneth them to turn in the direction of Thy gifts and
bounties. With every fresh tribulation He manifested a fuller measure of
Thy Cause, and exalted more highly Thy word.

I testify that through Him the Pen of the Most High was set in motion, and
with His remembrance the Scriptures in the kingdom of names were
embellished. Through Him Thy fragrances were wafted, and the sweet smell
of Thy raiment was shed abroad amongst all the dwellers of the earth and
the inmates of heaven. Thou seest and knowest full well, O my God, how He
hath been made to dwell within the most desolate of cities, so that He may
build up the hearts of Thy servants, and hath been willing to suffer the
most grievous abasement, that Thy creatures may be exalted.

I pray Thee, O Thou Who causest the dawn to appear, by Thy Name through
Which Thou hast subjected the winds, and sent down Thy Tablets, that Thou
wilt grant that we may draw near unto what Thou didst destine for us by
Thy favor and bounty, and to be far removed from whatsoever may be
repugnant unto Thee. Give us, then, to drink from the hands of Thy grace
every day and every moment of our lives of the waters that are life
indeed, O Thou Who art the Most Merciful! Make us, then, to be of them who
helped Thee when fallen into the hands of those Thine enemies who are
numbered with the rebellious among Thy creatures and the wicked amidst Thy
people. Write down, then, for us the recompense ordained for him that hath
attained Thy presence, and gazed on Thy beauty, and supply u