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O God, I ask Thee by the meaning of all that by which Thou art called
upon
by those who govern with Thy authority: those who are entrusted with
Thy
mystery, welcome Thy command, extol Thy power, and proclaim Thy
majesty.
I ask Thee by Thy will which speaks within them, for Thou hast
appointed
them mines for Thy words, and pillars of the profession of Thy Unity,
Thy
signs and Thy stations, which are never interrupted in any place.
Through
them knows he who knows Thee. There is no difference between Thee and
them,
save that they are Thy servants and Thy creation, their doing and
undoing is
in Thy hand, their origin is from Thee and their return is to Thee.
They are
aides, witnesses, testers, defenders, protectors and searchers.
With them Thou filled Thy heaven and Thy earth until it became
manifest that
there is no god but Thou.
So I ask Thee by (all of) that, and by the positions of Thy mercy's
might
and by Thy Stations and Marks that Thou bless Muhammad and His
household and
increase me in faith and steadfastness.
O Inward in His outwardness and Outward in His inwardness and
hiddenness! O
Separator of light and darkness ! O described by other than (His)
Essence
and well-known in other than (His) likeness! Delimitator of every
delimited
thing ! Witness of all that is witnessed! Bringer into existence of
every
existent! Counter of everything counted! Depriver of all that is
deprived!
There is none worshipped but Thou, Possessor of Grandeur and
Generosity! O
He who is not conditioned by "how" or determined by "where"! O veiled
from
every eye! O Everlasting! O eternally Self-subsistent and Knower of
all that
is known! Bless Muhammad and his household and Thy elect servants, Thy
mankind in veils, Thy angels brought nigh, and the untold multitudes
(of
angels) set in ranks and encircling (the Throne).
And bless us in this our venerated and honored month and the sacred
months
that follow it In it bestow blessings upon us copiously, make large
our
portions, and fulfill for us (our) oaths, by Thy most tremendous, most
tremendous, greatest and noblest Name, which Thou placed upon the day,
and
it brightened, and upon the night, and it darkened.
And forgive us that of ourselves which Thou knowest and we know not,
preserve us from sins with the best of preservations, suffice us with
the
sufficiencies of Thy determination, favor us with Thy fair regard,
leave us
not to other than Thee, hold us not back from Thy goodness, bless us
in the
lifespans Thou hast written for us, set aright for us the inmost
center of
our hearts, give us protection from Thee, cause us to act with the
fairest
of faith, and bring us to the month of fasting and the days and years
that
come after it, O Lord of Majesty and Splendor! |
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