to turn aside from the path of Thy pleasure, to supply him with the good
things Thou dost possess, and to raise him up to such heights that he will
regard the world even as a shadow that vanisheth swifter than the
twinkling of an eye.

Keep him safe also, O my God, by the power of Thine immeasurable majesty,
from all that Thou abhorrest. Thou art, verily, his Lord and the Lord of
all worlds.





XIII: “LAUDED BE THY NAME, O MY GOD! THOU BEHOLDEST...”


Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest how the tempestuous winds of
tests have caused the steadfast in faith to tremble, and how the breath of
trials hath stirred up those whose hearts had been firmly established,
except such as have partaken of the Wine that is life indeed from the
hands of the Manifestation of Thy name, the Most Merciful. These are the
ones whom no word except Thy most exalted word can move, whom nothing
whatever save the sweet smelling fragrance of the robe of Thy remembrance
can enrapture, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names and the Maker of
earth and heaven!

I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the beloved Companion of Bahá, by Thy name,
the All-Glorious, to keep safe these Thy servants under the shadow of the
wings of Thine all-encompassing mercy, that the darts of the evil
suggestions of the wicked doers among Thy creatures, who have disbelieved