Praise Be Unto Thee, O My God! I Am One Of Thy

Sources: Prayers And Meditations

Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I am one of Thy servants, who hath believed

on Thee and on Thy signs. Thou seest how I have set myself towards the

door of Thy mercy, and turned my face in the direction of Thy

loving-kindness. I beseech Thee, by Thy most excellent titles and Thy most

exalted attributes, to open to my face the portals of Thy bestowals. Aid

me, then, to do that which is good, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all
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I am poor, O my Lord, and Thou art the Rich. I have set my face towards

Thee, and detached myself from all but Thee. Deprive me not, I implore

Thee, of the breezes of Thy tender mercy, and withhold not from me what

Thou didst ordain for the chosen among Thy servants.



Remove the veil from mine eyes, O my Lord, that I may recognize what Thou

hast desired for Thy creatures, and discover, in all the manifestations of

Thy handiwork, the revelations of Thine almighty power. Enrapture my soul,

O my Lord, with Thy most mighty signs, and draw me out of the depths of my

corrupt and evil desires. Write down, then, for me the good of this world

and of the world to come. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. No God

is there but Thee, the All-Glorious, Whose help is sought by all men.



I yield Thee thanks, O my Lord, that Thou hast wakened me from my sleep,

and stirred me up, and created in me the desire to perceive what most of

Thy servants have failed to apprehend. Make me able, therefore, O my Lord,

to behold, for love of Thee and for the sake of Thy pleasure, whatsoever

Thou hast desired. Thou art He to the power of Whose might and sovereignty

all things testify.



There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Beneficent.