sanctified, be attentive to its meaning, that haply thou mayest inhale the
breath of detachment and have pity upon thyself and upon others:

"My God, the Object of my adoration, the Goal of my desire, the
All-Bountiful, the Most Compassionate! All life is of Thee, and all power
lieth within the grasp of Thine omnipotence. Whosoever Thou exaltest is
raised above the angels, and attaineth the station: ‘Verily, We uplifted
him to a place on high!’; and whosoever Thou dost abase is made lower than
dust, nay, less than nothing. O Divine Providence! Though wicked, sinful,
and intemperate, we still seek from Thee a ‘seat of truth,’ and long to
behold the countenance of the Omnipotent King. It is Thine to command, and
all sovereignty belongeth to Thee, and the realm of might boweth before
Thy behest. Everything Thou doest is pure justice, nay, the very essence
of grace. One gleam from the splendors of Thy Name, the All-Merciful,
sufficeth to banish and blot out every trace of sinfulness from the world,
and a single breath from the breezes of the Day of Thy Revelation is
enough to adorn all mankind with a fresh attire. Vouchsafe Thy strength, O
Almighty One, unto Thy weak creatures, and quicken them who are as dead,
that haply they may find Thee, and may be led unto the ocean of Thy
guidance, and may remain steadfast in Thy Cause. Should the fragrance of
Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers tongues of the world, out
of the East or out of the West, it would, verily, be prized and greatly
cherished. If such tongues, however, be deprived of that fragrance, they
assuredly would be unworthy of any mention, in word or yet in thought. We
beg of Thee, O Providence, to show Thy way unto all men, and to guide them
aright. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful, the
All-Knowing, the All-Seeing."

We beseech God to aid thee to be just and fair-minded, and to acquaint
thee with the things that were hidden from the eyes of men. He, in truth,