| 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?312
How should I expect from
others,
when
Thine are the creation and the command?313
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! |