Prayers
Protection
He is the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting. Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I call upon Thee at this time when the accents of the dove of...
Bahá'u'lláhHe is God, exalted is He, the Lord of wisdom and utterance. Say: I yield Thee thanks, O my God, and my Master, and my Mainstay, for having...
Bahá'u'lláhO God, my God! I yield Thee thanks at all times and render Thee praise under all conditions. In prosperity, all praise is Thine, O Lord of...
Bahá'u'lláhPraise be to Thee, O my God! Thou didst call me, and I answered Thee. Thou didst summon me, and I hastened unto Thee, entering beneath the...
Bahá'u'lláhPraise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Name in the Tabernacle of effulgent splendour, and by Thy Most...
Bahá'u'lláhIt is the concern of the True One to reveal, and the concern of men to spread what hath been revealed. He will, verily, promulgate His...
Bahá'u'lláhO Thou Who holdest within Thy grasp the Kingdom of names and the Empire of all things, Thou seest how I have become a stranger from my land...
Bahá'u'lláhIn regard to his affairs, let him repeat nineteen times: “Thou seest me, O my God, detached from all save Thee and cleaving unto Thee....
Bahá'u'lláhO Thou unseen Friend! O Desire of all in this world and the world to come! O Thou compassionate Beloved! These helpless souls are...
'Abdu'l-BaháO Thou peerless and loving Lord! Though capacity and worthiness are lacking, and it is infinitely hard to withstand tribulations, yet...
'Abdu'l-BaháO God of Mercy! O Thou Omnipotent One! I am but a feeble servant, weak and helpless, but I have been nurtured within the shelter of Thy...
'Abdu'l-BaháO Lord! What an outpouring of bounty Thou hast vouchsafed, and what a flood of abounding grace Thou has granted! Thou didst make all the...
'Abdu'l-BaháO Thou Omnipotent Lord! We are all held within the mighty grasp of Thy power. Thou art our Supporter and our Helper. Grant us Thy tender...
'Abdu'l-BaháO Thou incomparable God! We are Thy humble servants, and Thou art the All-Glorious. We are sinners, and Thou art the Ever-Forgiving. We are...
'Abdu'l-BaháHe is the All-Glorious. O ye two closely knit and enlightened birds! Praise ye God that in the divine garden, upon the tree of hope, ye...
'Abdu'l-BaháIn His Name, the Exalted, the All-Highest, the Most Sublime! Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! O Thou Who art my God, and my Master, and...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O Thou in Whose hands is the kingdom of all names, and in the grasp of Whose might are all that are in heaven and all...
Bahá'u'lláhPraise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest and knowest that I have called upon Thy servants to turn nowhere except in the direction of...
Bahá'u'lláhPraised be Thou, O Lord my God! This is Thy servant who hath quaffed from the hands of Thy grace the wine of Thy tender mercy, and tasted...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which the Hour hath struck, and the Resurrection came to pass, and...
Bahá'u'lláhIn the Name of God, the Lord of overpowering majesty, the All-Compelling. Hallowed be the Lord in Whose hand is the source of dominion. He...
The BábOrdain for me, O my Lord, and for those who believe in Thee that which is deemed best for us in Thine estimation, as set forth in the...
The BábGlory be to Thee, O God! Thou art the God Who hath existed before all things, Who will exist after all things and will last beyond all...
The BábO Thou kind and loving Providence! The east is astir and the west surgeth even as the eternal billows of the sea. The gentle breezes of...
'Abdu'l-BaháO God, my God! Shield Thy trusted servants from the evils of self and passion, protect them with the watchful eye of Thy loving-kindness...
'Abdu'l-BaháO my Lord! Thou knowest that the people are encircled with pain and calamities and are environed with hardships and trouble. Every trial...
'Abdu'l-BaháO Thou Who art the Lord of all names and Fashioner of the heavens! Deliver Thy loved ones from the prison of their foes. Thou, verily, art...
Bahá'u'lláhHe is God!
'Abdu'l-BaháO my God! Verily, the tabernacle of justice hath been pitched in the east and the west of this Holy Land. We yield Thee praise and...
'Abdu'l-BaháGlorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my dwelling-place, and the prison into which I am cast, and the woes I suffer. By Thy...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest how the tempestuous winds of tests have caused the steadfast in faith to tremble, and how the...
Bahá'u'lláhO Thou Who art the Ruler of earth and heaven and the Author of all names! Thou hearest the voice of my lamentation which from the...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things and art hidden from all things! From every land Thou hearest the lamentations of them...
Bahá'u'lláhPraised be Thou, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have set my face towards Thy Cause, believing in Thy...
Bahá'u'lláhPraised be Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by them who have circled round the throne of Thy will, and soared in the atmosphere of Thy good...
Bahá'u'lláhThou seest Thy dear One, O my God, lying at the mercy of Thine enemies, and hearest the voice of His lamentation from the midst of such of...
Bahá'u'lláhPraise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou art He Who by a word of His mouth hath revolutionized the entire creation, and by a stroke of His pen...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O my God! I am so carried away by the breezes blowing from Thy presence that I have forgotten my self and all that I...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O Thou Who art my God and throbbest within my heart! Thou art well aware and dost witness that whatsoever shameth them...
Bahá'u'lláhUnto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name Who hath been shut up in the prison-town of ‘Akká, and Who—as...
Bahá'u'lláhThou dost witness, O my God, how He Who is Thy splendor calleth Thee to remembrance, notwithstanding the manifold troubles that have...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou dost witness that Thy will hath prevailed over all created things, and Thy mercy hath surpassed all...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who from everlasting hath been clothed with majesty, with authority and power,...
Bahá'u'lláhGlorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou seest me dwelling in this prison-house that lieth behind the seas and the mountains, and knowest...
Bahá'u'lláhFaded now is all that erstwhile flourished in the Paradise of Thy transcendent oneness, O my God! Where are the rain-giving clouds of Thy...
Bahá'u'lláhGlorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Restrainer, to withhold from us the maleficence of Thine adversaries who...
Bahá'u'lláhMagnified be Thy name, O Lord my God, inasmuch as Thou hast inclined mine ear to Thy voice, and called me to Thyself, and opened mine eyes...
Bahá'u'lláhPraised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I am reminded of Thee and muse on Thy virtues, I am seized with such ecstasies and am so...
Bahá'u'lláhI know not, O my God, what the Fire is with which Thou didst light the Lamp of Thy Cause, or what the Glass wherewith Thou didst preserve...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! How great is Thy might and Thy sovereignty; how vast Thy strength and Thy dominion! Thou hast called...
Bahá'u'lláhPraise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name that hath caused to surge within every drop the oceans of Thy loving-kindness...
Bahá'u'lláhPraise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest what the tongue of no one except Thee can utter, and bearest witness unto things which no...
Bahá'u'lláhPraised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the excellence of Whose glory hath exalted them who are the sources of authority and honor, the...
Bahá'u'lláhI beseech Thee, O my Lord, by that Remembrance of Thee through which all things have been raised to life, and through which all faces have...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest how my gaze is fixed toward Thy tender mercies, and how mine eyes are bent upon the...
Bahá'u'lláhThou beholdest, O my God, how bewildered in their drunkenness are Thy servants who have turned back from Thy beauty and caviled at what...
Bahá'u'lláhMy God, my Well-Beloved! No place is there for any one to flee to when once Thy laws have been sent down, and no refuge can be found by any...
Bahá'u'lláhLauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou seest how I have been sorely vexed among Thy servants, and beholdest the things that have befallen me in...
Bahá'u'lláhGlorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast, in Thine all highest Paradise, assigned unto Thy servants such stations that if any one of...
Bahá'u'lláhPraised be Thou, O my God! Thou seest how Thy righteous servants have fallen into the hands of the wicked doers, who have disbelieved in...
Bahá'u'lláhGlory be to Thee, O Thou Who hast, through the movement of Thy most august pen, subdued the concourse of Thy creation, and manifested the...
Bahá'u'lláhGlorified art Thou, O my Lord! Thou beholdest my tribulations and all that hath befallen me at the hands of such of Thy servants as keep...
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