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prayer for Urgent Help Click here for a prayer to assist with difficult decisions Click here for A Tablet of the Greatest Name  Mornings... I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God, and it becometh him that seeketh that shelter to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy protection and the Stronghold of Thy defense. Illumine my inner being, O my Lord, with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, even as Thou didst illumine my outer being with the morning light of Thy favor. |
 Overcoming Difficulties: Baha'u'llah revealed prayers for the removal of difficulties. He told Abdu'llah Pasha, who had great difficulty in putting his trust in God, to repeat 19 times everyday the following 2 verses. 'Go and tell the Vali from Us,' He told 'Abdu'llah Pasha, 'to put his trust wholly in God, and repeat every day, nineteen times, these two verses: God will suffice him" and God will send him relief."' ~H.M. Balyuzi, Baha'u'llah - The King of Glory, p. 138 |
Evenings... O seeker of Truth! If thou desirest that God may open thine eye, thou must supplicate unto God, pray to and commune with Him at midnight, saying: O Lord, I have turned my face unto Thy kingdom of oneness and am immersed in the sea of Thy mercy. O Lord, enlighten my sight by beholding Thy lights in this dark night, and make me happy by the wine of Thy love in this wonderful age. O Lord, make me hear Thy call, and open before my face the doors of Thy heaven, so that I may see the light of Thy glory and become attracted to Thy beauty. Verily, Thou art the Giver, the Generous, the Merciful, the Forgiving. |
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and the house, and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God hath been made, and His praise glorified. ~Baha'u'llah, Compilations, Baha'i Prayers |
 I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. |
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. |
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"It is seemly that the servant should, after each prayer, supplicate God to bestow mercy and forgiveness upon his parents. Thereupon God's call will be raised: 'Thousand upon thousand of what thou hast asked for thy parents shall be thy recompense!' Blessed is he who remembereth his parents when communing with God. There is, verily, no God but Him, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved." ~ The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Báb pg. 94 |
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 splendors on the loftiest mount. ~ Abdu'l-Baha, Compilations, Baha'i Prayers pg. 44 |
O Thou beloved of my heart and soul! I have no refuge save thee. I raise no voice at dawn except in Thy commemoration and praise. Thy love encompasseth me and Thy Grace is perfect. My hope is in Thee. Oh God, give me a new life at every instant and bestow upon me the breaths of the Holy Spirit at every moment, in order that I may remain steadfast in Thy love; attain unto great felicity, perceive the manifest light and be in the state of utmost tranquillity and submissiveness. Verily, Thou art the Giver, the Forgiver, the Compassionate. ~Abdu'l-Baha, This prayer is believed to have been given to Edward "Saffa" Kinney by 'Abdu'l-Baha. The research department of the Universal House of Justice states that the original of the prayer does not bear the name of the recipient, though it is likely it was revealed for a western believer because the Master signed it in the roman alphabet. The original was published in Persian in "Muntakhabat-i-matatib", vol. 2, page 16, number 24. The translation below (should read "above") is an authorized translation. This prayer can therefore be considered and used as authentic and authoritative. |
Bestow on me, O my Lord, Thy gracious bounty and benevolent gifts and grant me that which beseemeth the sublimity of Thy glory. Aid me, O my Lord, to achieve a singular victory. Open Thou the door of unfailing success before me and grant that the things Thou hast promised may be close at hand. Thou art in truth potent over all things. Refresh my heart, O my God, with the living waters of Thy love and give me a draught, O my Master, from the chalice of Thy tender mercy. Let me abide, O my Lord, within the habitation of Thy glory, and suffer me, O my God, to emerge from the darkness in which Thy divine obscurity is shrouded. Enable me to partake of every good Thou hast vouchsafed unto Him Who is the Point and unto such as are the exponents of His Cause, and ordain for me that which beseemeth Thee and well becometh Thy station. Do Thou graciously forgive me for the things that I have wrought in Thy holy presence, and look not upon me with the glance of justice, but rather deliver me through Thy grace, treat me with Thy mercy and deal with me according to Thy bountiful favours, as is worthy of Thy glory. Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Glorious, the Bestower of favours and gifts, the Lord of grace abounding. Verily no God is there but Thee. Thou art the All-Possessing, the Most High. ~The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Báb pg. 206 |
The following prayer was revealed by Baha'u'llah for Jinab-i-Samandar, the father of Hand of the Cause Mr. Taraz'u'llah Samandari, to assist him in making a difficult decision. This prayer, too, was to be recited 19 times, followed by meditation on the problem, the formulation of a solution, and the implementation of the conceived solution. ~ UHJ Ltr 2001-08-29 to an NSA detached from everything save Thee, and clinging to Thee. Guide me then, in my doings, in a manner which profiteth me for the Glory of Thy Cause and the loftiness of the state of Thy servants. |
 On the appearance of fearful natural events, call ye to mind the might and majesty of your Lord, He who heareth and seeth all, and say, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation." This special prayer is to be said in times of natural phenomena which cause fear, such as earthquakes and typhoons. ~ Baha'ha'ullah, Kitab-i-Aqdas, p.23, 11 |
