O God, my God! Thou hast committed into mine hands a trust
from Thee, and hast now according to the good-pleasure of Thy Will called it
back to Thyself. It is not for me, who am a handmaid of Thine, to say, whence
is this to me or wherefore hath it happened, inasmuch as Thou art glorified in
all Thine acts, and art to be obeyed in Thy decree. Thine handmaid, O my Lord,
hath set her hopes on Thy grace and bounty. Grant that she may obtain that
which will draw her nigh unto Thee, and will profit her in every world of
Thine. Thou art the Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. There is none other God but
Thee, the Ordainer, the Ancient of Days.
- Baha’u’llah
(‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
