A prayer by Ṣubḥ-i-Azal to remove distress

 

From autograph manuscript in his own hand; Source: MS., Cyprus, private hands.

 

 

O God! Lord! O Victorious! O Giver of ease! O Cause of causes and Unlocker of the gates! O One sustaining whosoever It wills without measure! Open to us a gate from Thy mercy and remove from us our distress by Thy Grandeur,  and sustain us howsoever Thy willeth, for I desire the acme of Thy Power! So apportion for us what Thou hast determined for us and bless us by what Thou lovest from among the Names of Thy Divine Lordship! O God! O Aid! O One in whose hands is all things! 202* (my trans.)

 

*The abjad numerical value of ‘Lord’ (rabb  ربّ).