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The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
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Pages 101-102
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PRAYER FOR THE DEAD
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O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy
servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs,
and set his face towards Thee, wholly detached from all
except Thee. Thou art, verily, of those who show mercy
the most merciful.
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Deal with him, O Thou Who forgivest the sins of
men and concealest their faults, as beseemeth the
heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy grace.
Grant him admission within the precincts of Thy
transcendent mercy that was before the foundation of
earth and heaven. There is no God but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving,
the Most Generous.
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Let him, then, repeat six times the greeting "Alláh-u-Abhá",
and then repeat nineteen times each of the
following verses:
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We all, verily, worship God.
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We all, verily, bow down before God.
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We all, verily, are devoted unto God.
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We all, verily, give praise unto God.
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We all, verily, yield thanks unto God.
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We all, verily, are patient in God.
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(If the dead be a woman, let him say: This is Thy
handmaiden and the daughter of Thy handmaiden,
etc...)
(Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh, CLXVII)
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