Thou art aware, O My God, that since
the day Thou didst call Me into being out of the water of Thy love till I
reached fifteen years of age I lived in the land which witnessed
My birth [Shíráz]. Then Thou didst enable Me to go to the seaport [Búshihr]
where for five years I was engaged in trading with the goodly gifts of Thy
realm and was occupied in that with which Thou hast favoured Me through the
wondrous essence of Thy loving-kindness. I proceeded therefrom to the Holy Land
[Karbilá] where I sojourned for one year. Then I returned to the place of My
birth. There I experienced the revelation of Thy sublime bestowals and the
evidences of Thy boundless grace. I yield Thee praise for all Thy goodly gifts
and I render Thee thanksgiving for all Thy bounties.
- The Báb (‘Selections from
the Writings of the Báb’)
