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In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate
1. O He who gives to a servant who asks from
Him, takes him to his wish when he expectantly hopes for what is with Him,
brings him near and close when he approaches Him, covers over his sin and
cloaks it when he shows it openly, and satisfies and suffices him when he
has confidence in Him!
2. My God, who is the one who has come before
Thee seeking hospitality, and whom Thou hast not received hospitably? Who
is the one who has dismounted at Thy door hoping for magnanimity, and to
whom Thou hast not shown it? Is it good that I come back from Thy door,
turned away in disappointment, while I know of no patron qualified by
beneficence but Thee? How should I have hope in other than Thee, when the
good - all of it - is in Thy hand? How should I expect from others, when
Thine are the creation and the command? Should I cut off my hope for Thee,
when Thou hast shown me of Thy bounty that for which I have not asked?
Wouldst Thou make me have need for my like? But I hold fast to Thy cord! O
He through whose mercy the strivers reach felicity and through whose
vengeance the seekers of forgiveness are not made wretched! How should I
forget Thee, while Thou never ceasest remembering me? How should I be
diverted from Thee while Thou art my constant watcher?
3. My God, I have fastened my hand to the skirt
of Thy generosity, I have stretched forth my expectation toward reaching
Thy gifts, so render me pure through the purest profession of Thy Unity,
and appoint me one of Thy choice servants! O He who is the asylum of every
fleer, the hope of every seeker! O Best Object of hope! O Most Generous
Object of supplication! O He who does not reject His asker or disappoint
the expectant! O He whose door is open to His supplicators and whose veil
is lifted for those who hope in Him! I ask Thee by Thy generosity to show
kindness toward me through Thy gifts, with that which will gladden my eye,
through hope in Thee, with that which will give serenity to my soul, and
through certainty with that which will make easy for me the afflictions of
this world and lift from my insight the veils of blindness! By Thy mercy,
O Most Merciful of the merciful!
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