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guided aright Thy loved ones. Thou art the Possessor
of power, and the King of might. No God is there
but Thee, the Strong, the Unconstrained." Say thou
also: "O God, my God! I yield Thee thanks inasmuch
as Thou hast made me to drink of Thy Sealed Wine
from the hand of the bounty of Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting.
I entreat Thee by the splendors of the
Dayspring of Thy Revelation, and by the potency
of Thy Most Sublime Word, and by the might of
Thy Most Exalted Pen, through Whose movement
the realities of all created things have been enraptured,
to aid His Majesty the Sháh to render Thy
Cause victorious, and to turn towards the horizon of
Thy Revelation, and to set his face in the direction
of the lights of Thy countenance. Assist him, O my
Lord, to draw nigh unto Thee. Help him, then, with
the hosts of the heavens and of earth. I implore
Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all Names and
the Maker of the heavens, by the light of Thy Cause,
and by the fire of the Lote-Tree of Thy loving-kindness,
to help His Majesty to reveal Thy Cause amidst
Thy creatures. Open, then, before his face the doors
of Thy grace, and Thy mercy, and Thy bounty.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee by Thy
word: `Be, and it is.'"
O Shaykh! We had seized the reins of authority
by the power of God and His Divine might, as He
alone can seize, Who is the Mighty, the Strong. None
had the power to stir up mischief or sedition. Now,
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