Assistance
Children
Departed
Detachment from the Material World
Forgiveness
Gratitude
Happiness
Healing
Mankind
Unity
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Bahá'í Prayers
The Bahá'í Faith has revealed many prayers for all occasions. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
tells us, There is nothing sweeter in the world than the existence of
prayer. The most bless condition is the condition of prayer and
supplication. Prayer is conversation with God. The greatest attainment or
sweetest state is none other than conversation with God. It creates
spirituality, creates mindfulness and celestial feelings, begets new
attractions of the Kingdom and engenders the susceptibilities of the
higher intelligence.
Here are a few prayers for common concerns.
Assistance
My God, my Adored One, my King, my desire! What tongue can voice my thanks
to Thee? I was heedless, Thou didst awaken me. I had turned back from
Thee, Thou didst graciously aid me to turn towards Thee. I was as one
dead, Thou didst quicken me with the water of life. I was withered, Thou
didst revive me with the heavenly stream of Thine utterance which hath
flowed forth from the Pen of the All-Merciful.
O Divine Providence! All existence is begotten by Thy bounty; deprive it
not of the waters of Thy generosity, neither do Thou withhold it from the
ocean of Thy mercy. I beseech Thee to aid and assist me at all times and
under all conditions, and seek from the heaven of Thy grace Thine ancient
favor. Thou art, in truth, the Lord of bounty, and the Sovereign of the
kingdom of eternity. Bahá'u'lláh
Is there any remover of difficulties, save God? Say: Praise be God! He is
God! All are His servants, and all abide by His bidding. The Báb
Say: God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the heavens
or in the earth but God sufficeth. Verily, He is in Himself the Knower,
the Sustainer, the Omnipotent. The Báb
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Children
O God, guide me, protect me. Make of me a brilliant lamp and a shining
star. Thou art the Mighty and the Powerful. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
O God! Educate these children. These children are the plants of Thine
orchard, the flowers 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-Bahá
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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
splendors on the loftiest mount. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá.
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Detachment from the Material World
O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge, and toward all Thy signs I set my
heart. O Lord! Whether traveling or at home, and in my occupation or in my
work, I place my whole trust in Thee. Grant me then Thy sufficing help so
as to make me independent of all things, O Thou Who art unsurpassed in Thy
mercy!
Bestow upon me my portion, O Lord, as Thou pleasest, and cause me to be
satisfied with whatsoever thou hast ordained for me. Thine is the absolute
authority to command. The Báb
O God, my God! Thou art my Hope and my Beloved, my highest Aim and Desire!
With great humbleness and entire devotion I pray to Thee to make me a
minaret of Thy love in Thy land, a lamp of Thy knowledge among Thy
creatures, and a banner of divine bounty in Thy dominion.
Number me with such of Thy servants as have detached themselves from
everything but Thee, have sanctified themselves from the transitory things
of this world, and have freed themselves from the promptings of the
voicers of idle fancies.
Let my heart be dilated with joy through the spirit of confirmation from
Thy kingdom, and brighten my eyes by beholding the hosts of divine
assistance descending successively upon me from the kingdom of Thine
omnipotent glory.
Thou art, in truth, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Powerful.
‘Abdu'l-Bahá
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Forgiveness
Praise be unto Thee, O Lord. Forgive us our sins, have mercy upon us and
enable us to return unto Thee. Suffer us not to rely on aught else besides
Thee, and vouchsafe unto us, through Thy bounty, that which Thou lovest
and desirest and well beseemeth Thee. Exalt the station of them that have
truly believed, and forgive them with Thy gracious forgiveness. Verily,
Thou art the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. The Báb
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Gratitude
O compassionate God! Thanks be to Thee for Thou hast awakened and made me
conscious. Thou hast given me a seeing eye and favored me with a hearing
ear, hast led me to Thy kingdom and guided me to Thy path. Thou hast shown
me the right way and caused me to enter the ark of deliverance. O God!
Keep me steadfast and make me firm and staunch. Protect me from violent
tests, and preserve and shelter me in the strongly fortified fortress of
Thy Covenant and Testament. Thou art the Powerful. Thou art the Seeing.
Thou art the Hearing.
O Thou the Compassionate God. Bestow upon me a heart which, like unto
glass, may be illumined with the light of Thy love, and confer upon me
thoughts which may change this world into a rose garden through the
outpourings of heavenly grace.
Thou art the Compassionate, the Merciful. Thou art the Great Beneficent
God. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá
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Happiness
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-Bahá
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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.
Bahá'u'lláh
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Mankind
O Thou kind Lord! Thou hast created all humanity from the same stock. Thou
hast decreed that all shall belong to the same household. In Thy Holy
Presence they are all Thy servants, and all mankind are sheltered beneath
Thy Tabernacle; all have gathered together at Thy 102 Table of Bounty; all
are illumined through the light of Thy Providence.
O God! Thou art kind to all, Thou hast provided for all, dost shelter all,
conferrest life upon all. Thou hast endowed each and all with talents and
faculties, and all are submerged in the Ocean of Thy Mercy.
O Thou kind Lord! Unite all. Let the religions agree and make the nations
one, so that they may see each other as one family and the whole earth as
one home. May they all live together in perfect harmony.
O God! Raise aloft the banner of the oneness of mankind.
O God! Establish the Most Great Peace.
Cement Thou, O God, the hearts together.
O Thou kind Father, God! Gladden our hearts through the fragrance of Thy
love. Brighten our eyes through the Light of Thy Guidance. Delight our
ears with the melody of Thy Word, and shelter us all in the Stronghold of
Thy Providence.
Thou art the Mighty and Powerful, Thou art the Forgiving and Thou art the
One Who overlooketh the shortcomings of all mankind. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá
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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 Thy knowledge, and cheer their hearts by Thy love. Verily, Thou
art their Helper and their Lord. Bahá'u'lláh
O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee and supplicate before Thy
threshold, asking Thee that all Thy mercies may descend upon these souls.
Specialize them for Thy favor and Thy truth.
O Lord! Unite and bind together the hearts, join in accord all the souls,
and exhilarate the spirits through the signs of Thy sanctity and oneness.
O Lord! Make these faces radiant through the light of Thy oneness.
Strengthen the loins of Thy servants in the service of Thy kingdom.
O Lord, Thou possessor of infinite mercy! O Lord of forgiveness and
pardon! Forgive our sins, pardon our shortcomings, and cause us to turn to
the kingdom of Thy clemency, invoking the kingdom of might and power,
humble at Thy shrine and submissive before the glory of Thine evidences.
O Lord God! Make us as waves of the sea, as flowers of the garden, united,
agreed through the bounties of Thy love. O Lord! Dilate the breasts
through the signs of Thy oneness, and make all mankind as stars shining
from the same height of glory, as perfect fruits growing upon Thy tree of
life.
Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Self-Subsistent, the Giver, the
Forgiving, the Pardoner, the Omniscient, the One Creator. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá
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