All that I beg of Thee, O my God, is to enable me, ere my
soul departeth from my body, to attain Thy good-pleasure, even were it granted
to me for a moment tinier than the infinitesimal fraction of a mustard seed. For
if it departeth while Thou art pleased with me, then I shall be free from every
concern or anxiety; but if it abandoneth me while Thou art displeased with me,
then, even had I wrought every good deed, none would be of any avail, and had I
earned every honour and glory, none would serve to exalt me.
I earnestly beseech Thee then, O my God, to graciously
bestow Thy good-pleasure upon me when Thou dost cause me to ascend unto Thee
and make me appear before Thy holy presence, inasmuch as Thou hast, from everlasting,
been the God of immense bounty unto the people of Thy realm, and the Lord of
most excellent gifts to all that dwell in the exalted heaven of Thine
omnipotence.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb’)
