there beside Thee, the Almighty, the Ever-Faithful, the Most Exalted, the
All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.

Lauded and glorified art Thou, in Whose hand is the empire of all things!





XVII: “MAGNIFIED BE THY NAME, O GOD, THE LORD OF...”


Magnified be Thy name, O God, the Lord of heaven! Attire my head with the
crown of martyrdom, even as Thou didst attire my body with the ornament of
tribulation before all that dwell in Thy land. Grant, moreover, that they
whose hearts yearn over Thee may draw nigh unto the horizon of Thy grace,
above which the Day-Star of Thy beauty sheddeth its radiance. Ordain,
also, for them what will make them rich enough to dispense with aught else
except Thee, and rid them of all attachment to such as have repudiated Thy
signs.

There is none other God but Thee, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting.





XVIII: “PRAISED BE THOU, O MY GOD! HOW CAN I THANK...”