nder Thy faithful servants victorious. Thou dost
fashion the created things through the power of Thy decree as Thou
pleasest. Thou art in truth the Sovereign, the Creator, the All-Wise.

Say: God is indeed the Maker of all things. He giveth sustenance in plenty
to whomsoever He willeth. He is the Creator, the Source of all beings, the
Fashioner, the Almighty, the Maker, the All-Wise. He is the Bearer of the
most excellent titles throughout the heavens and the earth and whatever
lieth between them. All do His bidding, and all the dwellers of earth and
heaven celebrate His praise, and unto Him shall all return.

--The Bab

"O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have..."

O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself from my kindred
and have sought through Thee to become independent of all that dwell on
earth and ever ready to receive that which is praiseworthy in Thy sight.
Bestow on me such good as will make me independent of aught else but Thee,
and grant me an ampler share of Thy boundless favors. Verily, Thou art the
Lord of grace abounding.

--The Bab

"Lord! Pitiful are we, grant us Thy favor; poor,..."

Lord! Pitiful are we, grant us Thy favor; poor, bestow upon us a share
from the ocean of Thy wealth; needy, do Thou satisfy us; abased, give us
Thy glory. The fowls of the air and the beasts of the field receive their
meat each day from Thee, and all beings partake of Thy care and
loving-kindness.

Deprive not this feeble one of Thy wondrous grace and vouchsafe by Thy
might unto this helpless soul Thy bounty.

Give us our daily bread, and grant Thine increase in the necessities of
life, that we may be dependent on none other but Thee, may commune wholly
with Thee, may walk in Thy ways and declare Thy mysteries. Thou art the
Almighty and the Loving and the Provider of all mankind.

--'Abdu'l-Baha

"O Thou kind Lord! We are servants of Thy..."

O Thou kind Lord! We are servants of Thy Threshold, taking shelter at Thy
holy Door. We seek no refuge save only this strong pillar, turn nowhere
for a haven but unto Thy safekeeping. Protect us, bless us, support us,
make us such that we shall love but Thy good pleasure, utter only Thy
praise, follow only the pathway of truth, that we may become rich enough
to dispense with all save Thee, and receive our gifts from the sea of Thy
beneficence, that we may ever strive to exalt Thy Cause and to spread Thy
sweet savors far and wide, that we m