y draw them nearer unto Thee, and withhold them from all
else save Thee.

I beg of Thee, O Thou King of existence and Protector of the seen and the
unseen, to make whosoever arises to serve Thy Cause as a sea moving by Thy
desire, as one ablaze with the fire of Thy Sacred Tree, shining from the
horizon of the heaven of Thy will. Verily, Thou art the mighty One, Whom
neither the power of all the world nor the strength of nations can weaken.
There is no God but Thee, the One, the Incomparable, the Protector, the
Self-Subsistent.

--Baha'u'llah

"O God, Who art the Author of all Manifestations,..."

O God, Who art the Author of all Manifestations, the Source of all
Sources, the Fountainhead of all Revelations, and the Wellspring of all
Lights! I testify that by Thy Name the heaven of understanding hath been
adorned, and the ocean of utterance hath surged, and the dispensations of
Thy providence have been promulgated unto the followers of all religions.

I beseech Thee so to enrich me as to dispense with all save Thee, and be
made independent of anyone except Thyself. Rain down, then, upon me out of
the clouds of Thy bounty that which shall profit me in every world of Thy
worlds. Assist me, then, through Thy strengthening grace, so to serve Thy
Cause amidst Thy servants that I may show forth what will cause me to be
remembered as long as Thine own kingdom endureth and Thy dominion will
last.

This is Thy servant, O my Lord, who with his whole being hath turned unto
the horizon of Thy bounty, and the ocean of Thy grace, and the heaven of
Thy gifts. Do with me then as becometh Thy majesty, and Thy glory, and Thy
bounteousness, and Thy grace.

Thou, in truth, art the God of strength and power, Who art meet to answer
them that pray Thee. There is no God save Thee, the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise.

--Baha'u'llah

"O my God, aid Thou Thy servant to raise up..."

O my God, aid Thou Thy servant to raise up the Word, and to refute what is
vain and false, to establish the truth, to spread the sacred verses
abroad, reveal the splendors, and make the morning's light to dawn in the
hearts of the righteous.

Thou art, verily, the Generous, the Forgiving.

--'Abdu'l-Baha

"O God, my God! Aid Thou Thy trusted servants..."

O God, my God! Aid Thou Thy trusted servants to have loving and tender
hearts. Help them to spread, amongst all the nations of the earth, the
light of guidance that cometh from the Compa