July 25
O my
God! I beseech Thee by Thy Beauty Whom Thou hast revealed and made manifest in
truth, He Whom Thou hast sent to all the inhabitants of the world. Among the
Highest Concourse Thou hast called Him the Most Great Announcement, and among
the people of the world Thou named Him 'Ali[the Báb]. I beseech Thee moreover
by His next appearance in the vesture of Abha, to deprive me not of the
fragrances of the glory of Thy mercy and suffer me not to be far from the shore
of the bounty of Thy nearness and beneficence. Thou verily rulest over all
things. (Baha’u’llah, provisional translation, approved by the Universal House
of Justice for inclusion in the book ‘Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees’)
