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In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify, and all things testify, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone with no partner. Thine is the kingdom and the dominion, Thine is the might and the power, Thine is the strength and the divinity, Thine is the force and the grandeur, Thine is the sovereignty and the human realm. Verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the King Who passeth not away, the Sovereign Who changeth not, the Single One from Whose grasp nothing escapeth, whether in the heavens or on earth or between them. Thou createst what Thou willest by Thy command. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things.

Thou hast ever been, O my God, praised in the eternity of eternities, and worshipped in every condition without limitation or decline. Thou hast exalted Thyself through the sovereignty of Thy Self-Subsistence above all created things, and elevated Thyself through the dominion of Thy compelling power above all who dwell in the kingdoms of earth and heaven. Thine is the creation and the command, from before and after. There is no God but Thee, the King, the Mighty, the Most Exalted.

Thou art He before Whom prostrateth whatsoever is in the kingdoms of earth and heaven, and glorifieth Thee whatsoever is in the kingdoms of origination and creation. Thou seest and art not seen, and verily Thou art in the Most Exalted Horizon. Thine are the most excellent names and the most sublime examples, and what Thou hast sent down of Thy verses of the Throne and Thy most great manifestations. Thou art He Who begetteth not, nor wast begotten, and there is none like unto Thee, nor any equal, nor any measure, nor any similitude to be struck.

Thou art the One existing before all things, bringing all things into being after all things, and transcending all things. All prostrate themselves before Thee and worship Thee and profess Thy unity and sanctify Thee and glorify Thee and magnify Thee. There is no God but Thee. Thou distinguisheth between all things by Thy judgment and sendeth down from the treasuries of Thy command what Thou lovest. Thy richness hath ever preceded all Thy creation and Thy independence hath ever risen above all Thy servants.

Therefore, O God, send down upon Thy praiser and glorifier that which befitteth the sublimity of Thy holiness and the exaltation of Thy glory. Verily, Thou art He Whom no thing can know according to the truth of Thy Being, nor can any thing describe Thee according to the reality of Thy Essence, nor can any thing sanctify Thee according to the truth of Thy Identity, nor can any thing glorify Thee according to the truth of Thine Eternity. The creation is Thy creation, and whatsoever is in the heavens and earth and between them standeth by Thy command. Every thing, within the bounds of its existence and the limits of its constraint, loveth to glorify Thee and ascend unto Thee through what Thou hast ordained for it from the heights of Thy bounty and the sublimity of Thy grace.

O Thou Whose mercy is all-embracing, Whose gift is all-surrounding, Whose love is all-reaching, and Whose Word is […] upon the Point of Thy love, then upon the Letter […] before […], then upon the Signs of the letters of Thy sovereignty and the Manifestations of the examples of Thy Lordship! Thou knowest all things and nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or between them, and verily Thou dost encompass all things.