Lord! My cup of woe runneth over, and from all sides blows are fiercely raging upon me. The darts of affliction have compassed me round and the arrows of distress have rained upon me. Thus tribulation overwhelmed me and my strength, because of the onslaught of the foemen, became weakness within me, while I stood alone and forsaken in the midst of my woes. Lord! Have mercy upon me, lift me up unto Thyself and make me to drink from the Chalice of Martyrdom, for the wide world with all its vastness can no longer contain me. Thou art, verily, the Merciful, the Compassionate, the Gracious, the All-Bountiful!
Death - wanting to die
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Will and Testament, p. 23
O Lord! My bones are weakened, and the hoar hairs glisten on My head and I have now reached old age, failing in My powers No strength is there left in Me wherewith to arise and serve Thy loved ones O Lord, My Lord! Hasten My ascension unto Thy sublime Threshold and My arrival at the Door of Thy grace beneath the shadow of Thy most great mercy.
H.M. Balyuzi, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá - The Centre of the Covenant, p. 451-460
