I may be entirely content with that which Thou didst
desire, and be wholly satisfied with what Thou didst destine for me by Thy
bounteousness and favor. Potent art Thou to do as Thou willest. Thou, in
very truth, art the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.

Happy is the man who hath recognized Thee, and discovered the sweetness of
Thy fragrance, and set himself towards Thy kingdom, and tasted of the
things that have been perfected therein by Thy grace and favor. Great is
the blessedness of him who hath acknowledged Thy most excellent majesty,
and whom the veils that have shut out the nations from Thee have not
hindered from directing his eyes towards Thee, O Thou Who art the King of
eternity and the Quickener of every moldering bone! Blessed, also, is he
that hath inhaled Thy sweet savors, and been carried away by Thine
utterances in Thy days. Blessed, moreover, be the man that hath turned
unto Thee, and woe betide him that hath turned his back upon Thee.

Praised be Thou, the Lord of the worlds!

XXXIX: "O THOU WHO DEALEST EQUITABLY WITH ALL WHO ARE..."

O Thou Who dealest equitably with all who are in heaven and on earth, and
rulest over the kingdom of Thy creation and of Thy Revelation! I testify
that every man of equity hath recognized his unfairness in the face of the
revelation of the splendors of the Day-Star of Thy Justice, and the ablest
of pens hath confessed its impotence before the movement of Thy most
exalted Pen.

By Thy life, O Thou the Possessor of all names! The minds of the
profoundest thinkers are sore perplexed as they contemplate the ocean of
Thy knowledge, and the heaven of Thy wisdom, and the Luminary of Thy
grace. How can he who is but a creation of Thy will claim to know what is
with Thee, or to conceive Thy nature?

Praise, immeasurable praise be to Thee! I swear by Thy glory! My inner and
outer tongue, openly and secretly, testify that Thou hast been exalted
above the reach and ken of Thy creatures, above the utterance of Thy
servants, above the testimonies of Thy dear ones and Thy chosen ones, and
the apprehension of Thy Prophets and of Thy Messengers.

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Name which Thou hast made to be the
Day-Spring of Thy Revelation and the Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration,
to ordain for this wronged One and for them that are dear to Thee what
becometh Thy loftiness. Thou, in very truth, art the All-Bountiful, the
All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.