At this moment it behooveth us to turn unto the Desired One, and cleave
unto these most sublime words: "O God, my God! Thou hast lighted the lamp
of Thy Cause with the oil of wisdom; protect it from contrary winds. The
lamp is Thine, and the glass is Thine, and all things in the heavens and
on earth are in the grasp of Thy power. Bestow justice upon the rulers,
and fairness upon the divines. Thou art the All-Powerful, Who, through the
motion of Thy Pen, hast aided Thine irresistible Cause, and guided aright
Thy loved ones. Thou art the Possessor of power, and the King of might. No
God is there but Thee, the Strong, the Unconstrained." Say thou also: "O
God, my God! I yield Thee thanks inasmuch as Thou hast made me to drink of
Thy Sealed Wine from the hand of the bounty of Thy Name, the
Self-Subsisting. I entreat Thee by the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy
Revelation, and by the potency of Thy Most Sublime Word, and by the might
of Thy Most Exalted Pen, through Whose movement the realities of all
created things have been enraptured, to aid His Majesty the _Sh_áh to
render Thy Cause victorious, and to turn towards the horizon of Thy
Revelation, and to set his face in the direction of the lights of Thy
countenance. Assist him, O my Lord, to draw nigh unto Thee. Help him,
then, with the hosts of the heavens and of earth. I implore Thee, O Thou
Who art the Lord of all Names and the Maker of the heavens, by the light
of Thy Cause, and by the fire of the Lote-Tree of Thy loving-kindness, to
help His Majesty to reveal Thy Cause amidst Thy creatures. Open, then,
before his face the doors of Thy grace, and Thy mercy, and Thy bounty.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee by Thy word: ‘Be, and it is.’"
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