Long Obligatory Prayer
| O Thou in separation from Whom hearts and
souls have melted, and by the fire of Whose love the whole
world hath been set aflame! I implore Thee by Thy Name
through which Thou hast subdued the whole creation, not to
withhold from me that which is with Thee, O Thou Who rulest
over all men! Thou seest, O my Lord, this stranger
hastening to his most exalted home beneath the canopy of Thy
majesty and within the precincts of Thy mercy; and this
transgressor seeking the ocean of Thy forgiveness; and this
lowly one the court of Thy glory; and this poor creature the
orient of Thy wealth. Thine is the authority to
command whatsoever Thou willest. I bear witness that
Thou art to be praised in Thy doings, and to be obeyed in
Thy behests, and to remain unconstrained in Thy bidding. |
There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the
All-Bountiful. There is no God but Thee, the Ordainer,
both in the beginning and in the end. O God, my
God! Thy forgiveness hath emboldened me, and Thy mercy
hath strengthened me and Thy call hath awakened me, and Thy
grace hath raised me up and led me unto Thee. Who,
otherwise, am I that I should dare to stand at the gate of
the city of Thy nearness, or set my face toward the lights
that are shining from the heaven of Thy will? Thou
seest, O my Lord, this wretched creature knocking at the
door of Thy grace, and this evanescent soul seeking the
river of everlasting life from the hands of Thy
bounty. Thine is the command at all times, O Thou Who
art the Lord of all names; and mine is resignation and
willing submission to Thy will, O Creator of the heavens! |
| O Lord of all being and Possessor of all
things visible and invisible! Thou dost perceive my
tears and the sighs I utter, and hearest my groaning, and my
wailing, and the lamentation of my heart. By Thy
might! My trespasses have kept me back from drawing
nigh unto Thee; and my sins have held me far from the court
of Thy holiness. Thy love, O my Lord, hath enriched
me, and separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and
remoteness from Thee hath consumed me. I entreat Thee
by Thy footsteps in this wilderness, and by the words “Here
am I. Here am I” which Thy chosen Ones have uttered in this
immensity, and by the breaths of Thy Revelation, and the
gentle winds of the Dawn of thy Manifestation, to ordain
that I may gaze on Thy beauty and observe whatsoever is in
Thy Book. |
O God, my God! My back is bowed by the burden of my sins, and my heedlessness hath destroyed me. Whenever I ponder my evil doings and Thy benevolence, my heart melteth within me, and my blood boileth in my veins. By Thy Beauty, O Thou the Desire of the world! I blush to lift up my face to Thee, and my longing hands are ashamed to stretch forth toward the heaven of Thy bounty. Thou seest, O my God, how my tears prevent me from remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues, O Thou the Lord of the Throne on high and of earth below! I implore Thee by the signs of Thy Kingdom and the mysteries of Thy Dominion to do with Thy loved ones as becometh Thy bounty, O Lord of all being, and is worthy of Thy grace, O King of the seen and the unseen! |
Remarks: 03/19/2015
03/19/2015
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