|
BAHÁ'Í PRAYERS
|
Pages 224-228
|
|
"The praise which hath dawned from Thy most..."
| |
1 |
(This Tablet is read at the Shrines of Bahá'u'lláh and
the Báb. It is also frequently used in commemorating
Their anniversaries.)
| |
2 |
The praise which hath dawned from Thy most
august Self, and the glory which hath
shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty, rest
upon Thee, O Thou Who art the Manifestation
of Grandeur, and the King of Eternity, and the
Lord of all who are in heaven and on earth! I testify
that through Thee the sovereignty of God and His
dominion, and the majesty of God and His grandeur,
were revealed, and the Daystars of ancient
splendor have shed their radiance in the heaven of
Thine irrevocable decree, and the Beauty of the
Unseen hath shone forth above the horizon of creation.
I testify, moreover, that with but a movement
of Thy Pen Thine injuction "Be Thou"
hath been enforced, and God's hidden Secret hath
been divulged, and all created things have been
called into being, and all the Revelations have been
sent down.
| |
3 |
I bear witness, moreover, that through Thy
beauty the beauty of the Adored One hath been
unveiled, and through Thy face the face of the
Desired One hath shone forth, and that through
a word from Thee Thou hast decided between all
created things, caused them who are devoted to
Thee to ascend unto the summit of glory, and the
infidels to fall into the lowest abyss.
| |
4 |
I bear witness that he who hath known Thee
hath known God, and he who hath attained unto
Thy presence hath attained unto the presence of
God. Great, therefore, is the blessedness of him
who hath believed in Thee, and in Thy signs, and
hath humbled himself before Thy sovereignty,
and hath been honored with meeting Thee, and
hath attained the good pleasure of Thy will, and
circled around Thee, and stood before Thy throne.
Woe betide him that hath transgressed against
Thee, and hath denied Thee, and repudiated Thy
signs, and gainsaid Thy sovereignty, and risen up
against Thee, and waxed proud before Thy face,
and hath disputed Thy testimonies, and fled from
Thy rule and Thy dominion, and been numbered
with the infidels whose names have been inscribed
by the fingers of Thy behest upon Thy holy Tablets.
| |
5 |
Waft, then, unto me, O my God and my Beloved,
from the right hand of Thy mercy and Thy
loving-kindness, the holy breaths of Thy favors,
that they may draw me away from myself and
from the world unto the courts of Thy nearness
and Thy presence. Potent art Thou to do what
pleaseth Thee. Thou, truly, hast been supreme
over all things.
| |
6 |
The remembrance of God and His praise, and
the glory of God and His splendor, rest upon
Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty! I bear witness
that the eye of creation hath never gazed upon
one wronged like Thee. Thou wast immersed all
the days of Thy life beneath an ocean of tribulations.
At one time Thou wast in chains and fetters;
at another Thou wast threatened by the sword of
Thine enemies. Yet despite all this, Thou didst
enjoin upon all men to observe what had been
prescribed unto Thee by Him Who is the All-Knowing,
the All-Wise.
| |
7 |
May my spirit be a sacrifice to the wrongs Thou
didst suffer, and my soul be a ransom for the adversities
Thou didst sustain. I beseech God, by
Thee and by them whose faces have been illumined
with the splendors of the light of Thy countenance,
and who, for love of Thee, have observed
all whereunto they were bidden, to remove the
veils that have come in between Thee and Thy
creatures, and to supply me with the good of this
world and the world to come. Thou art, in truth,
the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious,
the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
| |
8 |
Bless Thou, O Lord my Lord, the Divine Lote-Tree
and its leaves, and its boughs, and its
branches, and its stems, and its offshoots, as long
as Thy most excellent titles will endure and Thy
most august attributes will last. Protect it, then,
from the mischief of the aggressor and the hosts
of tyranny. Thou art, in truth, the Almighty, the
Most Powerful. Bless Thou, also, O Lord my
God, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens who
have attained unto Thee, Thou, truly, art the All-Bountiful,
Whose grace is infinite. No God is
there save Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Generous.
- Bahá'u'lláh
| |
|
|