I give praise to Thee, O my God, that the fragrance of Thy
loving-kindness hath enraptured me, and the gentle winds of Thy mercy have
inclined me in the direction of Thy bountiful favors. Make me to quaff, O my
Lord, from the fingers of Thy bounteousness the living waters which have
enabled every one that hath partaken of them to rid himself of all attachment
to any one save Thee, and to soar into the atmosphere of detachment from all
Thy creatures, and to fix his gaze upon Thy loving providence and Thy manifold
gifts.
Make me ready, in all circumstances, O my Lord, to serve
Thee and to set myself towards the adored sanctuary of Thy Revelation and of
Thy Beauty. If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb in the
meadows of Thy grace, that the gentle winds of Thy will may stir me up and bend
me into conformity with Thy pleasure, in such wise that my movement and my
stillness may be wholly directed by Thee.
- Baha'u'llah (‘Prayers and
Meditations by Baha'u'llah’)
