Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest how the tempestuous winds of
tests have caused the steadfast in faith to tremble, and how the breath of
trials hath stirred up those whose hearts had been firmly established,
except such as have partaken of the Wine that is life indeed from the
hands of the Manifestation of Thy name, the Most Merciful. These are the
ones whom no word except Thy most exalted word can move, whom nothing
whatever save the sweet smelling fragrance of the robe of Thy remembrance
can enrapture, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names and the Maker of
earth and heaven!
I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the beloved Companion of Baha, by Thy name,
the All-Glorious, to keep safe these Thy servants under the shadow of the
wings of Thine all-encompassing mercy, that the darts of the evil
suggestions of the wicked doers among Thy creatures, who have disbelieved
in Thy signs, may be kept back from them. No one on earth, O my Lord, can
withstand Thy power, and none in all the kingdom of Thy names is able to
frustrate Thy purpose. Show forth, then, the power of Thy sovereignty and
of Thy dominion, and teach Thy loved ones what beseemeth them in Thy days.
Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the
Most Great.