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All Praise Be To Thee, O Lord, My God! How Mysterious

Sources: Prayers And Meditations

All praise be to Thee, O Lord, my God! How mysterious the Fire which Thou

hast enkindled within my heart! My very limbs testify to the intensity of

its heat, and evince the consuming power of its flame. Should my bodily

tongue ever attempt to describe Thee as the One Whose strength hath ever

excelled the strength of the most mighty amongst men, the tongue of my

heart would address me, saying: These are but words which can only be
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adequate to such things as are of the same likeness and nature as

themselves. But He, of a truth, is infinitely exalted above the mention of

all His creatures.



The power of Thy might beareth me witness, O my Well-Beloved! Every limb

of my body, methinks, is endowed with a tongue that glorifieth Thee and

magnifieth Thy name. Armed with the power of Thy love, the hatred which

moveth them that are against Thee can never alarm me; and with Thy praise

on my lips, the rulings of Thy decree can in no wise fill me with sorrow.

Fortify, therefore, Thy love within my breast, and suffer me to face the

assaults which all the peoples of the earth may launch against me. I swear

by Thee! Every hair of my head proclaimeth: But for the adversities that

befall me in Thy path, how could I ever taste the divine sweetness of Thy

tenderness and love?



Send down, therefore, O my Lord, upon me and upon them that love me, that

which will cause us to become steadfast in Thy Faith. Enable them, then,

to become the Hands of Thy Cause amongst Thy servants, that they may

scatter abroad Thy signs, and show forth Thy sovereignty. There is no God

but Thee, Who art powerful to do whatsoever Thou willest. Thou art, in

truth, the All-Glorious, the All-Praised.



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