ce them with a new spirit; illumine their eyes
by enabling them to behold Thy wondrous evidences in the gloom of night;
destine for them all good that aboundeth in Thy Kingdom of eternal
mysteries; make them as brilliant stars shining over all regions,
luxuriant trees laden with fruit and branches moving in the breezes of
dawn.

Verily, Thou are the Bountiful, the Mighty, the Omnipotent, the
Unconstrained. There is none other God but Thee, the God of love and
tender mercy, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.

--'Abdu'l-Baha

MOTHER TEMPLE OF THE WEST

"O God, my God! I implore Thee with a throbbing..."

O God, my God! I implore Thee with a throbbing heart and streaming tears
to aid whosoever expendeth his energy for the erection of this House, and
the construction of this Building wherein Thy name is mentioned every morn
and every eve.

O God! Send down Thy divine increase on whosoever endeavoreth to serve
this edifice and exerteth himself to raise it amongst the kindreds and
religions of the world. Confirm him in every good deed in promoting the
welfare of mankind. Open Thou the doors of wealth and abundance unto him
and make him an heir to the treasures of the Kingdom, which perish not.
Make him a sign of Thy bestowals among the peoples and reinforce him by
the sea of Thy generosity and bounty, surging with waves of Thy grace and
favor. Verily, Thou art the Generous, the Merciful and the Bountiful.

--'Abdu'l-Baha

FOOTNOTES

1 Allah-u-Abha

2 Qur'an 3:67.

3 Qur'an 56:62.

4 Qur'an 51:56.

5 Qur'an 55:19-22.

6 Qur'an 6:103.

7 The original of this prayer for protection is written in the Bab's
own hand, in the form of a pentacle.

8 Qur'an 24:35.

9 cf. Qur'an 28:29.

10 Qur'an 76:5.

11 The Bab

12 The Days of Ha, Intercalary Days.

***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BAHA'I PRAYERS: A SELECTION OF PRAYERS REVEALED BY BAHA'U'LLAH, THE BAB, AND 'ABDU'L-BAHA***

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