Since Thou hast, O my God, stablished Thyself upon the
throne of Thy transcendent unity, and ascended the mercy-seat of Thy oneness,
it befitteth Thee to blot out from the hearts of all beings whatsoever may keep
them back from gaining admittance into the sanctuary of Thy Divine mysteries,
and may shut them out from the tabernacle of Thy Divinity, that all hearts may
mirror Thy beauty, and may reveal Thee, and speak of Thee, and that all created
things may show forth the tokens of Thy most august sovereignty, and shed the
splendours of the light of Thy most holy governance, and that all who are in
heaven and on earth may laud and magnify Thy unity, and give Thee glory, for
having manifested Thy Self unto them through Him Who is the Revealer of Thy
oneness.
Divest, then, Thy servants, O my God, of the garments of
self and desire, or grant that the eyes of Thy people may be lifted up to such
heights that they will discern in their desires naught except the stirring of
the gentle winds of Thine eternal glory, and may recognize in their own selves
nothing but the revelation of Thine own merciful Self, that the earth and all
that is therein may be cleansed of whatever is alien to Thee, or anything that manifesteth
aught save Thy Self. All this can be fulfilled throughout Thy dominion by Thy
word of command, “Be,” and it is! Nay, even swifter than this, and yet the
people understand not.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
