Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath sought the good
pleasure of Thy will, and directed his steps towards the seat of Thy
gracious favors. I am he who hath forsaken his all, who hath fled to Thee
for shelter, who hath set his face towards the tabernacle of Thy
revelation and the adored sanctuary of Thy glory. I beseech Thee, O my
Lord, by Thy call whereby they who recognized Thy unity have sought the
shadow of Thy most gracious providence, and the sincere have fled far from
themselves unto Thy name, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, through
which Thy verses were sent down, and Thy word fulfilled, and Thy proof
manifested, and the sun of Thy beauty risen, and Thy testimony
established, and Thy signs uncovered,--I beseech Thee to grant that I may
be numbered with them that have quaffed the wine that is life indeed from
the hands of Thy gracious providence, and have rid themselves, in Thy
path, of all attachment to Thy creatures, and been so inebriated with Thy
manifold wisdom that they hastened to the field of sacrifice with Thy
praise on their lips and Thy remembrance in their hearts. Send down, also,
upon me, O my God, that which will wash me from anything that is not of
Thee, and deliver me from Thine enemies who have disbelieved in Thy signs.
Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there beside Thee, the
Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.