Baha'i Prayers
A Selection of Prayers from the Baha'i Writings
Prayers Revealed by Baha'u'llah
Prayers for Blessings
Prayers for Children & Infants
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Graciously grant that this infant...
O God, my God! I yield Thee thanks for having guided me unto Thy straight Path...
Prayers for the Departed
O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who hath believed in Thee...
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Abase not him whom Thou hast exalted...
He is God, exalted is He, the Lord of loving-kindness and bounty!...
Prayers for Detachment
Suffer me, O my God, to draw nigh unto Thee, and to abide within the precincts of Thy court...
Glorified art Thou, O my God! I yield Thee thanks that Thou hast made known unto me Him...
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I entreat Thee by the fragrances of the Raiment of Thy grace...
Many a chilled heart, O my God, hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy Cause...
I know not, O my God, what the Fire is which Thou didst kindle in Thy land...
Prayers for Expectant Mothers
Prayers for Protection
Prayers for Spiritual Growth
Special Prayers
Prayers Revealed by The Bab
Lauded be Thy Name, O Lord our God! Thou art in truth the Knower of things unseen...
O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself from my kindred...
O Lord! Thou art the Remover of every anguish and the Dispeller of every affliction...
Is there any Remover of difficulties save God? Say: Praised be God!...
I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God! Let no harm beset me in times of tests...
Prayers for Protection
Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Baha
Remove not, O Lord, the festal board that hath been spread in Thy Name...
O Thou kind Lord! We are servants of Thy Threshold, taking shelter at Thy holy Door...
He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O God, my God! Thou seest me, Thou knowest me...
O Lord, my God and my Haven in my distress! My Shield and my Shelter in my woes!...
O my Lord, my Beloved, my Desire! Befriend me in my loneliness and accompany me in my exile...
Prayers for Children & Infants
O Thou peerless Lord! Let this suckling babe...
O God! Rear this little babe in the bosom of Thy love...
O God! Educate these children. These children are the plants of Thine orchard...
O Thou kind Lord! These lovely children are the handiwork of the fingers of Thy might...
O Lord! Make these children excellent plants. Let them grow and develop in the Garden...
He is God! O God my God! Bestow upon me a pure heart, like unto a pearl.
O God, guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star...
O my Lord! O my Lord! I am a child of tender years. Nourish me from the breast of Thy mercy...
O Peerless Lord! Be Thou a shelter for this poor child and a kind and forgiving Master...
Prayers for The Departed
O my God! O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts, dispeller of afflictions!...
O my God! O my God! Verily, Thy servant, humble before the majesty of Thy divine supremacy...
O Thou forgiving Lord! Although some souls have spent the days of their lives in ignorance...
Death of newborn child > O Lord! Thou didst bestow and Thou didst summon back unto Thyself...