INDEX
My Change of Life.
Bahá'í Introduction
Bahá'í History
Bahá'í Principles.
Bahá'í Writings
Bahá'í Symbols
The Báb.
Bahá'u'lláh
`Abdu'l-Bahá
Shoghi Effendi
Universal House Of Justice
Bahá'í Links
My Thanks To
Below are a selection of Bahá'í writings which have captured me
in my readings of the many prayers and words of Bahá'u'lláh, `Abdul-Bahá,
and the Báb. May they inspire the inner strength, warmth and inspiration
that takes over me when I read them.
This list will progressively grow as I read more and more of the
beautiful writings.
[ O Son of Dust! ][
A Prayer for Night ]
[Obligatory Prayer ]
[O Companion of My Throne!]
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O My God, my master, the Goal of my desire; this, thy servant, seeketh
to sleep in the shelter of Thy mercy, and to repose beneath the canopy
of Thy grace, imploring Thy care and Thy protection.
I beg of Thee, O my Lord, by Thine eye that sleepeth not, to guard mine
eyes from beholding aught beside Thee. Strengthen, then, their vision
that they may discern Thy signs, and behold the Horizon of Thy Revelation.
Thou art He before the revelations of Whose omnipotence the quintessence
of power hath trembled.
No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Subduing, the
Unconditioned.
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I bear witness, O my God, that Thou has created me to know Thee and to
worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy
might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth.
There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
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O Son of Dust!
Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold My beauty; stop thine ears, that thou mayest hearken
unto the sweet melody of My voice; empty thyself of all learning, that thou mayest partake of My
knowledge; and sanctify thyself from riches, that thou mayest obtain a lasting share from the ocean
of My eternal wealth. blind thine eyes, that is to all save My word; empty thyself of all learning
save the knowledge of Me; that with a clear vision, a pure heart and an attentive ear thou mayest
enter the court of My holiness. Baha'u'llah (The Hidden Words - Part II from the Persian)
A Prayer for Night
Baha'u'llah
Short Obligatory Prayer (to be said between noon and sunset)
O Companion Of My Throne!
Hear no evil, and see no evil, abase not thyself, neither sigh nor weep. Speak no evil, that thou
mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may
not appear great; and wish not the abasement of anyone, that thine own abasement be not exposed.
Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleeting moment, with thy mind stainless, thy
heart unsullied, thy thoughts pure, and thy nature sanctified, so that, free and content thou mayest
put away this mortal frame, and repair unto the mystic paradise and abide in the eternal kingdom
for evermore. Baha'u'llah (The Hidden Words - Part II from the Persian)
SYMBOLSWritten by Adam Jowett