BAHA'I PRAYERS
Assistance
Lord! Pitiful are
we, grant us Thy favor; poor, bestow upon us a share from the
ocean of Thy wealth; needy, do Thou satisfy us; abased, give us
Thy glory. The fowls of the air and the beasts of the field receive
their meat each day from Thee and all beings partake of Thy care
and loving-kindness.
Deprived not this
feeble one of Thy wondrous grace and vouchsafe by Thy might unto
this helpless soul Thy bounty.
Give us our daily
bread and grant Thine increase in the necessities of life; that
we may be dependent on none other but Thee, may commune wholly
with Thee, may walk in Thy ways and declare Thy mysteries. Thou
art the Almighty and Loving and the Provider of all mankind.
~ 'Abdu'l-Baha
Children
O God, guide me,
protect me, illuine the lamp of my heart and make me a brilliant
star. Thou art the Mighty and Powerful.
~ 'Abdu'l-Baha
O God! Educate these
children. These children are the plants of Thine orchard, the
flowers of Thy meadow, the roses of Thy garden. Let Thy rain fall
upon them; let the Sun of Reality shine upon them with Thy love.
Let Thy breeze refresh them in order that they may be trained,
grow and develop and appear in the utmost beauty. Thou art the
Giver! Thou art the Compassionate!
~ 'Abdu'l-Baha
For The Departed
O my God! O Thou
forgiver of sins! Bestower of gifts! Dispeller of afflictions!
Verily, I beseech
Thee to forgive the sins of such as have abandoned the physical
garment and have ascended to the spiritual world.
O my Lord! Purify
them from trespasses, dispel their sorrows, and change their darkness
into light. Cause them to enter the garden of happiness, cleanse
them with the most pure water, and grant them to behold Thy splendor
on the loftiest mount.
~ 'Abdu'l-Baha
Forgiveness
Thou seest me, O
my Lord Jesus, with my face turned toward the heaven of Thy bounty
and the ocean of Thy favor, withdrawn from all else beside Thee.
I ask of Thee, by the splendor of the Sun of Thy Revelation, and
the effulgences of the Orb of Thy grace which shineth from the
horizon of Thy Name, the Ever-Forgiving, to grant me Thy pardon
and to have mercy upon me. Write down, then, for me with Thy pen
of glory that which will exalt me through Thy Name in the world
of creation. Aid me, O my Lord, to set myself toward Thee, and
to hearken unto the voice of Thy loved ones, whom the powers of
the earth have failed to weaken, and the dominion of the nations
has been powerless to withhold from Thee, and who, advancing toward
Thee, have said: "God is our Lord, the Lord of all who are
in heaven and all who are on earth!"
~ Baha'u'llah
O Lord Jesus! O
Thou hope of people! Thou art the shelter of all these Thy servants.
Thou knowest the secrets and mysteries. We are all sinners and
Thou art the shelter of sinners, the Merciful. O Lord! look not
at our shortcomings. Deal with us according to Thy grace and bestowal.
Our shortcomings are many but the ocean of Thy forgiveness is
boundless. Therefore confirm and strength us. Assist us in that
which will make us acceptable at Thy threshold. Illumine the hearts,
make the eyes seeing render the ears attentive, resuscitate the
dead and heal the sick. Render the poor rich and the fugitive
confident. Accept us in Thy kingdom. Illumine us with the light
of kindness. Thou art the Generous! Thou art the Clement! Thou
art the Kind!
~ 'Abdu'l-Baha
Healing
Thy Name is my healing,
O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee
is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me
is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to
come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise
~ Baha'u'llah
Mankind
My God, Whom I worship
and adore! I bear witness unto Thy unity and Thy oneness, and
acknowledge Thy gifts, both in the past and in the present. Thou
art the All-Bountiful, the overflowing showers of Whose mercy
have rained down upon high and low alike, and the splendors of
Whose grace have been shed over both the obedient and the rebellious.
O God of mercy,
before Whose door the quintessence of mercy hath bowed down, and
round the sanctuary of Whose Cause loving-kindness, in its inmost
spirit, hath circled, we beseech Thee, entreating Thine ancient
grace, and seeking Thy present favor, that Thou mayest have mercy
upon all who are the manifestation of the world of being, and
to deny them not the outpourings of Thy grace in Thy days.
All are but poor
and needy, and thou, verily, art the All-Possessing, the All-Subduing,
the All-Powerful!
~ Baha'u'llah
Morning
I have risen this
morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left my home trusting wholly
in Thee, and committing myself to THy care. Send down, then, upon
me, out of the heaven of Thy mercy, a blessing from Thy side,
and enable me to return home in safety even as Thou didst enable
me to set out under Thy protection with my thoughts fixed steadfastly
upon THee.
There is none other
God but THee, the One, the Incomparable, the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise.
~ Baha'u'llah
Praise and Gratitude
All Praise, O my
God, but to Thee Who art the Source of all glory and majesty,
of greatness and honor, of sovereignty and dominion, of loftiness
and grace, of awe and power. Whomsoever Thou willest Thou causest
to draw night unto the Most Great Ocean, and on whomsoever Thou
willest Thou desirest Thou conferrest the honor of recognizing
Thy Most Ancient Name. Of all who are in heaven and on earth,
none can withstand the operation of Thy sovereign Will. From all
eternity Thou didst rule the entire creation, and Thou wilt continue
for evermore to exercise Thy dominion over all created things.
There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted,
the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.
Illumine, O Lord,
the faces of Thy servants, that they may behold Thee, and cleanse
their hearts that they may turn unto the court of Thy heavenly
favors, and recognize Him WHo is the Manifestation of Thy Self
and the Day-Spring of Thine Essence. Verily, Thou art the Lord
of all worlds. There is no God but Thee, the Unconstrained, the
All-Subduing.
~ Baha'u'llah
Protection
O God! my God! Sheild
Thy trusted servants from the evils of self and passion, protect
them with the watchful eye of Thy loving-kindness from all rancor,
hate and envy, shelter them in the impregnable stronghold of Thy
care and, safe from the darts of doubtfulness, make them the manifestations
of Thy glorious signs. Illumine their faces with the effulgent
rays shed from the Day-Spring of Thy divine Unity gladden their
hearts with the verses revealed from Thy holy Kingdom, strengthen
their loins by Thine all-swaing power that cometh from Thy realm
of glory. Thou art the All-Bountiful the Protector, the Alimighty,
the Gracious!
~ 'Abdu'l-Baha
Spiritual Qualities
Create in me a pure
heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O
my Hope! Through the spirit of power confirm Thou me in Thy Cause,
O my Best-Beloved, and by the light of Thy glory reveal unto me
Thy path, O thou the Goal of my desire! Through the power of Thy
transcendent might life me up unto the heaven of Thy holiness,
O Source of my being, and by the breezes of Thine eternity gladden
me, O Thou Who art my God! Let Thine everlasting melodies breathe
tranquillity on me, O my Companion, and let the riches of Thine
ancient countenance deliver me from all except Thee, O my Master,
and let the tidings of the revelation of Thine incorruptible Essence
bring me joy, O Thou Who art the most manifest of the manifest
and the most hidden of the hidden!
~ Baha'u'llah
Oh my God, the God
of bounty and mercy! Thou art that King by Whose commanding word
the whole creation hath been called into being; and Thou art that
All-Bountiful One the doings of Whose servants have never hindered
Him from showing forth His grace, nor have they frustrated the
revelations of His bounty.
Suffer this servant,
I beseech Thee, to attain unto that which is the cause of his
salvation in every world of Thy worlds. Thou art, verily, the
Almighty, the Most Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
~ Baha'u'llah
O God, refresh and
gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I lay
all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge. I
will no longer be sorrowful and grieved, I will be a happy and
joyful being. O God, I will no longer be full of anxiety, nor
will I let trouble harass me. I will not dwell on the unpleasant
things of life.
O God, Thou art
more friend to me than I am to myself I dedicate myself to Thee,
O Lord.
~ 'Abdu'l-Baha
Steadfastness
Glorified be Thy
Name, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy power that hath encompassed
all things, and by Thy sovereignty that hath transcended the entire
creation, and by Thy Word which was hidden in Thy wisdom and whereby
Thou didst create Thy heaven and Thy earth, both to enable us
to be steadfast in our love for Thee and in our obedience to Thy
pleasure, and to fix our gaze upon Thy face, and celebrate Thy
glory. Empower us, then, O my God, to spread abroad Thy signs
amoung Thy creatures, and to guard Thy Faith in Thy realm. Thou
hast ever existed independently of the mention of any of Thy creatures,
and wilt remain as Thou hast been for ever and ever.
In Thee I have placed
my whole confidence, unto Thee I have turned my face, to the cord
of Thy loving providence I have clung, and toward the shadow of
Thy mercy I have hastened. Cast me not as one disappointed out
of Thy door, O my God, and withold not from me Thy grace, for
Thee alone do I seek. No God is there beside Thee, the Ever-Forgiving,
the Most Bountiful.
Praise be to Thee,
O Thou Who art the Beloved of them that have known Thee!
~ Baha'u'llah
Teaching
O God, Who art the
Author of All Manifestations, the Source of all Sources, the Fountain-Head
of all Revelations, and the Well-Spring of all Lights! I testify
that by Thy Name the heaven of understanding hath been adorned,
and the ocean of utterance hath surged, and the dispensation of
Thy providence have been promulgated unto the followers of all
religions.
I beseech Thee so
to enrich me as to dispense with all save Thee, and be made independent
of any one except Thyself. Rain down, then, upon me out of the
clouds of Thy bounty that which shall profit me in every world
of Thy worlds. Assist me, then, through Thy strengthening grace,
so to serve Thy Cause amidst Thy servants that I may show forth
what will cause me to be remembered as long as Thine own Kingdom
endureth and Thy dominion will last.
This is Thy servant,
O my Lord, who with his whole being hath turned unto the horizon
of Thy bounty, and the ocean of Thy grace, and the heaven of Thy
gifts. Do with me then as becometh Thy majesty, and Thy glory,
and Thy bounteousness, and Thy grace.
Thou, in truth,
art the God of strength and power, Who art meet to answer them
that pray Thee. There is no God save Thee, the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise.
~ Baha'u'llah
Tests and Difficulties
Is there any Remover
of difficulties save God? Say: Praised be God! He is God! All
are His servants, and all abide by His bidding!
~ The Bab
O Lord Jesus, my
God and my Haven in my distress! My Sheild and my Shelter in my
woes! My Asylum and Refuge in time of need and in my loneliness
My Companion! In my anguish my Solace, and in my solitude a loving
Friend! The Remover of the pangs of my sorrows and the Pardoner
of my sins!
Wholly unto Thee
do I turn, fervently imploring Thee with all my heart, my mind
and my tongue, to sheild me from all that runs counter to Thy
will, in this, the cycle of Thy divine unity, and to cleanse me
of all defilement that will hinder me from seeking, stainless
and unsullied, the shade of the Tree of Thy Grace.
Have mercy, O Lord,
on the feeble, make whole the sick, and quench the burning thirst.
Gladden the bosom
wherein the fire of Thy love doth smolder and set it aglow with
the flame of Thy celestial love and spirit.
Robe the tabernacles
of divine unity with the vesture of holiness and set upon my head
the crown of Thy favor.
Illumine my face
with the radiance of the Orb of Thy bounty and graciously aid
me in ministering at Thy Holy Threshold.
Make my heart overflow
with love for Thy creatures and grant that I may become the sign
of Thy mercy, the token of Thy grace, the promoter of concord
amongst Thy loved ones, devoted unto Thee, uttering Thy commemoration
and forgetful of self but ever mindful of what is Thine.
O God! My God! Stay
not from me the gentle gales of Thy pardon and grace, and deprive
me not of the well-springs of Thine aid and favor.
'Neath the shade
of Thy protecting wings let me nestled, and cast upon me the glance
of Thine all-protecting eye.
Loose my tongue
to laud Thy Name amidst Thy people, that my voice may be raised
in great assemblies, and from my lips may stream the flood of
Thy praise.
Thou art, in all
truth, the Gracious, the Glorified, the Mighty, the Omnipotent!
~ 'Abdu'l-Baha
Unity
O my God! O my God!
Unite the hearts of Thy servants, and reveal to them Thy great
purpose. May they follow Thy commandments and abide in Thy law.
Help them, O God, in their endeavor, and grant them strength to
serve Thee. O God! leave them not to themselves, but guide their
steps by the light of knowledge, and cheer their hearts by Thy
love. Verily, Thou art their Helper and their Lord.
~ Baha'u'llah
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