Selections From the Writings of the BábBab, ʻAli Muhammad Shirazi
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Selections From the Writings of the Báb
Bab, ʻAli Muhammad Shirazi
Babism; Bahai Faith
Thy goodly gifts are unceasingly showered upon such as cherish Thy love
and the wondrous tokens of Thy heavenly bounties are amply bestowed on
those who recognize Thy divine Unity. We commit unto Thy care whatsoever
Thou hast destined for us, and implore Thee to grant us all the good that
Thy knowledge embraceth.
Protect me, O my Lord, from every evil that Thine omniscience perceiveth,
inasmuch as there is no power nor strength but in Thee, no triumph is
forthcoming save from Thy presence, and it is Thine alone to command.
Whatever God hath willed hath been, and that which He hath not willed
shall not be.
There is no power nor strength except in God, the Most Exalted, the Most
Mighty.
“O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain ...”
O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain admittance into the
Paradise of Thy Faith, so that no created being may remain beyond the
bounds of Thy good-pleasure.
From time immemorial Thou hast been potent to do what pleaseth Thee and
transcendent above whatsoever Thou desirest.
“Vouchsafe unto me, O my God, the full measure of ...”
Vouchsafe unto me, O my God, the full measure of Thy love and Thy
good-pleasure, and through the attractions of Thy resplendent light
enrapture our hearts, O Thou Who art the Supreme Evidence and the
All-Glorified. Send down upon me, as a token of Thy grace, Thy vitalizing
breezes, throughout the day-time and in the night season, O Lord of
bounty.
No deed have I done, O my God, to merit beholding Thy face, and I know of
a certainty that were I to live as long as the world lasts I would fail to
accomplish any deed such as to deserve this favour, inasmuch as the
station of a servant shall ever fall short of access to Thy holy
precincts, unless Thy bounty should reach me and Thy tender mercy pervade
me and Thy loving-kindness encompass me.
All praise be unto Thee, O Thou besides Whom there is none other God.
Graciously enable me to ascend unto Thee, to be granted the honour of
dwelling in Thy nearness and to have communion with Thee alone. No God is
there but Thee.
Indeed shouldst Thou desire to confer blessing upon a servant Thou wouldst
blot out from the realm of his heart every mention or disposition except
Thine Own mention; and shouldst Thou ordain evil for a servant by reason
of that which his hands have unjustly wrought before Thy face, Thou
wouldst test him with the benefits of this world and of the next that he
might become preoccupied therewith and forget Thy remembrance.
“Glory be unto Thee, O Lord, Thou Who hast brought ...”
Glory be unto Thee, O Lord, Thou Who hast brought into being all created
things, through the power of Thy behest.
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