Is there any man of insight, O my God, that can behold Thee with Thine own
eye, and where is the thirsty one who can direct his face towards the
living waters of Thy love? I am the one, O my God, who hath blotted out
from his heart the remembrance of all except Thee, and hath graven upon it
the mysteries of Thy love. Thine own might beareth me witness! But for
tribulations, how could the assured be distinguished from the doubters
among Thy servants? They who have been inebriated with the wine of Thy
knowledge, these, verily, hasten to meet every manner of adversity in
their longing to pass into Thy presence. I implore Thee, O Beloved of my
heart and the Object of my soul’s adoration, to shield them that love me
from the faintest trace of evil and corrupt desires. Supply them, then,
with the good of this world and of the next.

Thou art, verily, He Whose grace hath guided them aright, He Who hath
declared Himself to be the All-Merciful. No God is there but Thee, the
All-Glorious, the Supreme Helper.





VII: “PRAISE BE TO THEE, O LORD MY GOD! I BESEECH THEE...”


Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by this Revelation
whereby darkness hath been turned into light, through which the Frequented
Fane hath been built, and the Written Tablet revealed, and the Outspread
Roll uncovered, to send down upon me and upon them who are in my company
that which will enable us to soar into the heavens of Thy transcendent
glory, and will wash us from the stain of such doubts as have hindered the