Prayers Revealed by `Abdu'l-Bahá
O God, guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and
a brilliant star.
Thou art the Mighty and the Powerful.
O Lord my God! Assist Thy loved ones to be firm in Thy faith, to walk in Thy ways, to be steadfast in Thy Cause. Give them Thy grace to withstand the onslaught of self and passion, to follow the light of divine guidance. Thou art the Powerful, the Gracious, the Self-Subsisting, the Bestower, the Compassionate, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful.
Will & Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá, paragraph 26
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 nogoer 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.
O Lord! O Lord! Praise and thanksgiving be unto Thee for Thou hast guided me to the highway of the Kingdom, suffered me to walk in this straight and far-reaching path, illumined my eye by beholding the lights, made me listen to the melodies of the birds of holiness from the Kingdom of Mysteries and attracted my heart with Thy love among the righteous ones.
O Lord! Confirm me with the Holy Spirit, so that I may call in Thy Name among the nations and give back the glad-tidings to the manifestation of Thy Kingdom amongst mankind.
O Lord! I am weak, strengthen me with Thy power and potency. My tongue falters, suffer me to utter Thy commemoration and praise. I am lonely, endear me through my entrance to thy Kingdom. I am remote, cause me to approach to the threshold of Thy mercifulness.
O Lord! Make me a brilliant lamp, a shining star and a blessed tree, adorned with fruits, its branches overshadowing all these regions! Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful and Unconstrained!
(Signed) `Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas (Translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, March 30, 1919, Washington, D.C.) Printed in the STAR OF THE WEST, Vol 10 # 7 page 126
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