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
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...
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 Youth
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...