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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.

Bahullh

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
mornings light to dawn in the hearts of the righteous.

Thou art, verily, the Generous, the Forgiving.

Abdul-Bah

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
Company on high. Verily, Thou art the Strong, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Subduing,
the Ever-Giving. Verily, Thou art the Generous, the Gentle, the Tender, the Most Bountiful.

Abdul-Bah

Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in...

Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, humbling myself before Thy
commandments, submitting to Thy sovereignty, trembling at the might of Thy dominion,
fleeing from Thy wrath, entreating Thy grace, relying upon Thy forgiveness, shaking with
awe at Thy fury. I implore Thee with a throbbing heart, with streaming tears and a yearning
soul, and in complete detachment from all things, to make Thy lovers as rays of light across
Thy realms, and to aid Thy chosen servants to exalt Thy Word, that their faces may turn
beauteous and bright with splendor, that their hearts may be filled with mysteries, and that

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