Insights from this prayer by Baha'u'llah
(a) Attributes of those who sincerely believe in God
- Such believers confess God’s “sovereignty” and “dominion”
- Their “discerning eye” perceives the “greatness” of God’s “majesty and the compelling power” of His “might”.
- They “enjoy near access” to God to such a degree that the “winds of tests” are “powerless to “hold” them back “from setting their faces towards the horizon” of His “glory”;
- They are so “wholly devoted” to God’s “will” that “the tempests of trials” will “fail to draw away and hinder” them from “approaching” His “court”.
- It seems as if “the lamp” of God’s “love is burning” in the “hearts” of such believers and that “the light” of His “tenderness is lit within their breasts”.
- “Adversities” appear “incapable of estranging them” from God’s “Cause”, and “the vicissitudes of fortune can never cause them to stray” from His “pleasure”.
(b) God’s blessings on those who sincerely believe in Him
In return, God will “keep” such believers “safe from the
mischief” of His “adversaries”, and will “nourish their souls” with what He has
“ordained” for His “loved ones” -- those “on whom shall come no fear and who
shall not be put to grief”.