Thou Beholdest, O My God, The Day-star Of Thy

Sources: Prayers And Meditations

Thou beholdest, O my God, the Day-Star of Thy Word shining above the

horizon of Thy prison-city, inasmuch as within its walls He who is the

Manifestation of Thy Self and the Day-Spring of the light of Thy unity

hath raised His voice and uttered Thy praise. The fragrances of Thy love

have thereby been wafted over Thy cities and have encompassed all the

dwellers of Thy realm.



Since Thou hast revealed Thy gr ce, O my God, deter not Thy servants from

directing their eyes towards it. Consider not, O my God, their estate, and

their concerns and their works. Consider the greatness of Thy glory, and

the plenteousness of Thy gifts, and the power of Thy might, and the

excellence of Thy favors. I swear by Thy glory! Wert Thou to look upon

them with the eye of justice, all would deserve Thy wrath and the rod of

Thine anger. Hold Thou Thy creatures, O my God, with the hands of Thy

grace, and make Thou known unto them what is best for them of all the

things that have been created in the kingdom of Thine invention.



We testify, O my God, that Thou art God, and that there is no God besides

Thee. From eternity Thou hast existed with none to equal or rival Thee,

and wilt abide for ever the same. I beseech Thee, by the eyes which see

Thee stablished upon the throne of unity and the seat of oneness, to aid

all them that love Thee by Thy Most Great Name, and to lift them up into

such heights that they will testify with their own beings and with their

tongues that Thou art God alone, the Incomparable, the One, the

Ever-Abiding. Thou hast had at no time any peer or partner. Thou, in

truth, art the All-Glorious, the Almighty, Whose help is implored by all

men.