Rejoice, O maid-servant of God! — for that thou hast known
God and heard His call and art attracted to His breaths! Then prostrate thyself
and kneel down before the gracious Lord, in His great Kingdom, and say:
“My
Lord! My Lord! I praise Thee and I thank Thee for that whereby Thou hast
favored Thine humble maid-servant, Thy slave beseeching and supplicating Thee,
because Thou hast verily guided her unto Thine obvious Kingdom and caused her
to hear Thine exalted Call in the contingent world and to behold Thy Signs
which prove the appearance of Thy victorious reign over all things.
“O
my Lord, I dedicate that which is in my womb unto Thee. Then cause it to be a
praiseworthy child in Thy Kingdom and a fortunate one by Thy favor and Thy
generosity; to develop and to grow up under the charge of Thine education.
Verily Thou art the Gracious! Verily Thou art the Lord of Great Favor!”
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1; ‘Handmaids of God, Bahá'í Prayers for Women,
George Ronald Publisher 1987)
