Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God!
Thou beholdest my dwelling-place, and the prison into which I am cast, and the
woes I suffer. By Thy might! No pen can recount them, nor can any tongue
describe or number them. I know not, O my God, for what purpose Thou hast
abandoned me to Thine adversaries. Thy glory beareth me witness! I sorrow not
for the vexations I endure for love of Thee, nor feel perturbed by the
calamities that overtake me in Thy path. My grief is rather because Thou
delayest to fulfill what Thou hast determined in the Tablets of Thy Revelation,
and ordained in the books of Thy decree and judgment.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers
and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
