Thou art He, O my God, through Whose names the sick are
healed and the ailing are restored, and the thirsty are given drink, and the
sore-vexed are tranquillized, and the wayward are guided, and the abased are
exalted, and the poor are enriched, and the ignorant are enlightened, and the
gloomy are illumined, and the sorrowful are cheered, and the chilled are
warmed, and the downtrodden are raised up. Through Thy name, O my God, all
created things were stirred up, and the heavens were spread, and the earth was
established, and the clouds were raised and made to rain upon the earth. This,
verily, is a token of Thy grace unto all Thy creatures.
I implore Thee, therefore, by Thy name through which Thou
didst manifest Thy Godhead, and didst exalt Thy Cause above all creation, and
by each of Thy most excellent titles and most august attributes, and by all the
virtues wherewith Thy transcendent and most exalted Being is extolled, to send
down this night from the clouds of Thy mercy the rains of Thy healing upon this
suckling, whom Thou hast related unto Thine all-glorious Self in the kingdom of
Thy creation. Clothe him, then, O my God, by Thy grace, with the robe of
well-being and health, and guard him, O my Beloved, from every affliction and disorder,
and from whatever is obnoxious unto Thee. Thy might, verily, is equal to all
things. Thou, in truth, art the Most Powerful, the Self-Subsisting. Send down,
moreover, upon him, O my God, the good of this world and of the next, and the
good of the former and latter generations. Thy might and Thy wisdom are,
verily, equal unto this.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
