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every soul may lay down its burden of sin. Guard them then from the aggressor, from him
who hath become a shameless and blasphemous doer of wrong.

Verily, Thy lovers thirst, O my Lord; lead them to the wellspring of bounty and grace. Verily,
they hunger; send down unto them Thy heavenly table. Verily, they are naked; robe them in
the garments of learning and knowledge.

Heroes are they, O my Lord, lead them to the field of battle. Guides are they, make them to
speak out with arguments and proofs. Ministering servants are they, cause them to pass round
the cup that brimmeth with the wine of certitude. O my God, make them to be songsters that
carol in fair gardens, make them lions that couch in the thickets, whales that plunge in the
vasty deep.

Verily, Thou art He of abounding grace. There is none other God save Thee, the Mighty, the
Powerful, the Ever-Bestowing.

Abdul-Bah

PRAYERS FOR TEACHING FROM THE TABLETS OF THE DIVINE


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REVEALED TO THE BAHS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA: O Thou
incomparable God! O Thou Lord of...

O Thou incomparable God! O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! These souls are Thy heavenly
army. Assist them and, with the cohorts of the Supreme Concourse, make them victorious, so
that each one of them may become like unto a regiment and conquer these countries through
the love of God and the illumination of divine teachings.

O God! Be Thou their supporter and their helper, and in the wilderness, the mountain, the
valley, the forests, the prairies and the seas, be Thou their confidantso that they may cry
out through the power of the Kingdom and the breath of the Holy Spirit.

Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty and the Omnipotent, and Thou art the Wise, the
Hearing and the Seeing.

Abdul-Bah

REVEALED TO THE BAHS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA: O God, my


God! Thou seest me enraptured...

Whoever sets out on a teaching journey to any place, let him recite this prayer day and night
during his travels in foreign lands.

O God, my God! Thou seest me enraptured and attracted toward Thy glorious kingdom,
enkindled with the fire of Thy love amongst mankind, a herald of Thy kingdom in these vast
and spacious lands, severed from aught else save Thee, relying on Thee, abandoning rest and
comfort, remote from my native home, a wanderer in these regions, a stranger fallen upon the
ground, humble before Thine exalted Threshold, submissive toward the heaven of Thine
omnipotent glory, supplicating Thee in the dead of night and at the break of dawn, entreating

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