y designs. No God is there but Thee, the
All-Possessing, the Most Exalted.

Confer Thy blessings, O my Lord, upon the Messengers, the holy ones and
the righteous. Verily, Thou art God, the Peerless, the All-Compelling.

--The Bab

"O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge, and..."

O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge, and toward all Thy signs I set my
heart.

O Lord! Whether traveling or at home, and in my occupation or in my work,
I place my whole trust in Thee.

Grant me then Thy sufficing help so as to make me independent of all
things, O Thou Who art unsurpassed in Thy mercy!

Bestow upon me my portion, O Lord, as Thou pleasest, and cause me to be
satisfied with whatsoever Thou hast ordained for me.

Thine is the absolute authority to command.

--The Bab

"O God, my God! Thou art my Hope and my..."

O God, my God! Thou art my Hope and my Beloved, my highest Aim and Desire!
With great humbleness and entire devotion I pray to Thee to make me a
minaret of Thy love in Thy land, a lamp of Thy knowledge among Thy
creatures, and a banner of divine bounty in Thy dominion.

Number me with such of Thy servants as have detached themselves from
everything but Thee, have sanctified themselves from the transitory things
of this world, and have freed themselves from the promptings of the
voicers of idle fancies.

Let my heart be dilated with joy through the spirit of confirmation from
Thy kingdom, and brighten my eyes by beholding the hosts of divine
assistance descending successively upon me from the kingdom of Thine
omnipotent glory.

Thou art, in truth, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Powerful.

--'Abdu'l-Baha

"O God, my God! Fill up for me the cup of detachment..."

O God, my God! Fill up for me the cup of detachment from all things, and
in the assembly of Thy splendors and bestowals, rejoice me with the wine
of loving Thee. Free me from the assaults of passion and desire, break off
from me the shackles of this nether world, draw me with rapture unto Thy
supernal realm, and refresh me amongst the handmaids with the breathings
of Thy holiness.

O Lord, brighten Thou my face with the lights of Thy bestowals, light Thou
mine eyes with beholding the signs of Thine all-subduing might; delight my
heart with the glory of Thy knowledge that encompasseth all things,
gladden Thou my soul with Thy soul-reviving tidings of great joy, O Thou
King of this world and the Kingdom above, O Thou L