Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God, inasmuch as Thou hast
inclined mine ear to Thy voice, and called me to Thyself, and opened mine eyes
to gaze on Thy beauty, and illumined my heart with Thy knowledge, and
sanctified my breast from the doubts of the infidels in Thy days. I am the one,
O my God, who lay fast asleep on his couch, when lo, the messengers of Thy
manifold mercies were sent down upon me by Thee, and the gentle winds of Thy
loving-kindness blew over me, and roused me up, and caused me to set my face
towards the sanctuary of Thy knowledge, and to fix mine eyes upon the splendors
of the light of Thy face.
I am but a poor creature, O my Lord! Behold me clinging to
the hem of Thy riches. I have fled from darkness and from waywardness unto the
brightness of the light of Thy countenance. Were I—and to this Thy glory
beareth me witness—to render thanksgiving unto Thee, through the whole
continuance of Thy kingdom and the duration of the heaven of Thine omnipotence,
I would still have failed to repay Thy manifold bestowals.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
