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 in
Thy signs, may be kept back from them. No one on earth, O my Lord, can
withstand Thy power, and none in all the kingdom of Thy names is able to
frustrate Thy purpose. Show forth, then, the power of Thy sovereignty and of
Thy dominion, and teach Thy loved ones what beseemeth them in Thy days.
(Baha’u’llah,
Prayers and Meditations of Baha’u’llah’)
