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BAHÁ'Í PRAYERS
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Pages 121-122
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"Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time..."
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Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time
I attempt to make mention of Thee, I am
hindered by the sublimity of Thy station and the
overpowering greatness of Thy might. For were
I to praise Thee throughout the length of Thy
dominion and the duration of Thy sovereignty, I
would find that my praise of Thee can befit only
such as are like unto me, who are themselves Thy
creatures, and who have been generated through
the power of Thy decree and been fashioned
through the potency of Thy will. And at whatever
time my pen ascribeth glory to any one of Thy
names, methinks I can hear the voice of its lamentation
in its remoteness from Thee, and can recognize
its cry because of its separation from Thy
Self. I testify that everything other than Thee is
but Thy creation and is held in the hollow of Thy
hand. To have accepted any act or praise from Thy
creatures is but an evidence of the wonders of Thy
grace and bountiful favors, and a manifestation of
Thy generosity and providence.
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I entreat Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Most Great
Name whereby Thou didst separate light from
fire, and truth from denial, to send down upon
me and upon such of my loved ones as are in my
company the good of this world and of the next.
Supply us, then, with Thy wondrous gifts that
are hid from the eyes of men. Thou art, verily, the
Fashioner of all creation. No God is there but
Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most
High.
- Bahá'u'lláh
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