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the sincere amongst the dwellers of the habitations
of holiness to be consumed. Thou hast given me eyes
to witness Thy signs, and to behold Thy verses, and
to contemplate the revelations of Thine handiwork,
but I have rejected Thy will, and have committed
what hath caused the faithful among Thy creatures
and the detached amidst Thy servants to groan. Thou
hast given me ears that I may incline them unto Thy
praise and Thy celebration, and unto that which Thou
didst send down from the heaven of Thy bounty and
the firmament of Thy will. And yet, alas, alas, I
have forsaken Thy Cause, and have commanded Thy
servants to blaspheme against Thy trusted ones and
Thy loved ones, and have acted, before the throne of
Thy justice, in such wise that those that have recognized
Thy unity and are wholly devoted to Thee
among the dwellers of Thy realm mourned with a
sore lamentation. I know not, O my God, which
among my evildoings to mention before the billowing
ocean of Thy favor, nor which of my trespasses
to declare when face to face with the splendors of
the suns of Thy goodly gifts and bounties.
"I beseech Thee, this very moment, by the mysteries
of Thy Book, and by the things hid in Thy knowledge,
and by the pearls that lie concealed within the
shells of the ocean of Thy mercy, to reckon me among
such as Thou didst mention in Thy Book and describe
in Thy Tablets. Hast Thou decreed for me, O my
God, any joy after this tribulation, or any relief to
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