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He is God!
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O God, my God! These are servants attracted
in Thy days by the fragrances of Thy holiness,
enkindled with the flame burning in Thy
holy tree, responding to Thy voice, uttering Thy
praise, awakened by Thy breeze, stirred by Thy
sweet savors, beholding Thy signs, understanding
Thy Revelation and assured of Thy loving-kindness.
Their eyes, O Lord, are fixed upon Thy
kingdom of effulgent glory and their faces turned
toward Thy dominion on high, their hearts beating
with the love of Thy radiant and glorious
beauty, their souls consumed with the flame of
Thy love, O Lord of this world and the world
hereafter, their lives seething with the ardor of
their longing for Thee, and their tears poured forth
for Thy sake.
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Shield them within the stronghold of Thy protection
and safety, preserve them in Thy watchful
care, look upon them with the eyes of Thy
providence and mercy, make them the signs of
Thy divine unity that are manifest throughout all
regions, the standards of Thy might that wave
above Thy mansions of grandeur, the shining
lamps that burn with the oil of Thy wisdom in
the globes of Thy guidance, the birds of the garden
of Thy knowledge that warble upon the topmost
boughs in Thy sheltering paradise, and the
leviathans of the ocean of Thy bounty that plunge
by Thy supreme mercy in the fathomless deeps.
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O Lord, my God! Lowly are these servants of
Thine, exalt them in Thy kingdom on high; feeble,
strengthen them by Thy supreme power;
abased, bestow upon them Thy glory in Thine all-highest
realm; poor, enrich them in Thy great
dominion. Do Thou then ordain for them all the
good Thou hast destined in Thy worlds, visible
and invisible, prosper them in this world below,
gladden their hearts with Thine inspiration, O
Lord of all beings! Illumine their hearts with Thy
joyful tidings diffused from Thine all-glorious
Station, make firm their steps in Thy Most-Great
Covenant and strengthen their loins in Thy firm
Testament, by Thy bounty and promised grace,
O Gracious and Merciful One! Thou art, verily,
the Gracious, the All-Bountiful.
- `Abdu'l-Bahá
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