O Lord, my God and my
Haven in my distress! My Shield and my Shelter in my woes! My
Asylum and Refuge in time of need and in my loneliness my
Companion! In my anguish my Solace, and in my solitude a
loving Friend! The Remover of the pangs of my sorrows and the
Pardoner of my sins!
Wholly
unto Thee do I turn, fervently imploring Thee with all my
heart, my mind and my tongue, to shield me from all that runs
counter to Thy will in this, the cycle of Thy divine unity,
and to cleanse me of all defilement that will hinder me from
seeking, stainless and unsullied, the shade of the tree of Thy
grace.
Have
mercy, O Lord, on the feeble, make whole the sick, and quench
the burning thirst.
Gladden
the bosom wherein the fire of Thy love doth smolder, and set
it aglow with the flame of Thy celestial love and spirit.
Robe
the tabernacles of divine unity with the vesture of holiness,
and set upon my head the crown of Thy favor.
Illumine
my face with the radiance of the orb of Thy bounty, and
graciously aid me in ministering at Thy holy threshold.
Make
my heart overflow with love for Thy creatures and grant that I
may become the sign of Thy mercy, the token of Thy grace, the
promoter of concord amongst Thy loved ones, devoted unto Thee,
uttering Thy commemoration and forgetful of self but ever
mindful of what is Thine.
O
God, my God! Stay not from me the gentle gales of Thy pardon
and grace, and deprive me not of the wellsprings of Thine aid
and favour.
`Neath
the shade of Thy protecting wings let me nestle, and cast upon
me the glance of Thine all-protecting eye.
Loose
my tongue to laud Thy name amidst Thy people, that my voice
may be raised in great assemblies and from my lips may stream
the flood of Thy praise.
Thou
art, in all truth, the Gracious, the Glorified, the Mighty,
the Omnipotent.
-
`Abdu'l-Bahá
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