aze
with the drops sprinkled by the ocean of Thy love, and yet the people
still seek to quench Thy fire. Nay--and to this Thine own Self beareth me
witness--they are all weakness, and Thou, verily, art the All-Powerful; and
they are but paupers and Thou, in truth, art the All-Possessing; and they
are impotent and Thou art, truly, the Almighty. Naught can ever frustrate
Thy purpose, neither can the dissensions of the world harm Thee. Through
the breaths of Thine utterance the heaven of understanding hath been
adorned, and by the effusions of Thy pen every moldering bone hath been
quickened. Grieve not at what hath befallen Thee, neither do Thou lay hold
on them for the things they have committed in Thy days. Do Thou be
forbearing toward them. Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Compassionate."

XXXIII: "PRAISE BE UNTO THEE, O MY GOD! THOU ART HE..."

Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou art He Who by a word of His mouth hath
revolutionized the entire creation, and by a stroke of His pen hath
divided Thy servants one from another. I bear witness, O my God, that
through a word spoken by Thee in this Revelation all created things were
made to expire, and through yet another word all such as Thou didst wish
were, by Thy grace and bounty, endued with new life.

I render Thee thanks, therefore, and extol Thee, in the name of all them
that are dear to Thee, for that Thou hast caused them to be born again, by
reason of the living waters which have flowed down out of the mouth of Thy
will. Since Thou didst quicken them by Thy bounteousness, O my God, make
them steadfastly inclined, through Thy graciousness, towards Thy will; and
since Thou didst suffer them to enter into the Tabernacle of Thy Cause,
grant by Thy grace that they may not be kept back from Thee.

Unlock, then, to their hearts, O my God, the portals of Thy knowledge,
that they may recognize Thee as One Who is far above the reach and ken of
the understanding of Thy creatures, and immeasurably exalted above the
strivings of Thy people to hint at Thy nature, and may not follow every
clamorous impostor that presumeth to speak in Thy name. Enable them,
moreover, O my Lord, to cleave so tenaciously to Thy Cause that they may
remain unmoved by the perplexing suggestions of them who, prompted by
their desires, utter what hath been forbidden unto them in Thy Tablets and
Thy Scriptures.

Thou art well aware, O my Lord, that I hear the howling of the wolves
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