At all times doth ‘Abdu’l-Bahá supplicate and with tears
entreat the Almighty at the sacred Threshold, and crieth out:
O Thou kind Lord! We are servants of
Thy Threshold, taking shelter at Thy holy Door. We seek no refuge save only
this strong pillar, turn nowhere for a haven but unto Thy safekeeping. Protect
us, bless us, support us, make us such that we shall love but Thy good
pleasure, utter only Thy praise, follow only the pathway of truth, that we may
become rich enough to dispense with all save Thee, and
receive our gifts from the sea of Thy beneficence, that we may ever strive to
exalt Thy Cause and to spread Thy sweet savours far and wide, that we may
become oblivious of self and occupied only with Thee, and disown all else and
be caught up in Thee.
O Thou Provider, O Thou Forgiver! Grant
us Thy grace and loving-kindness, Thy gifts and Thy bestowals, and sustain us,
that we may attain our goal. Thou art the Powerful, the Able, the Knower, the
Seer; and verily Thou art the Generous, and verily Thou art the All-Merciful,
and verily Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, He to Whom repentance is due, He Who
forgiveth even the most grievous of sins.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
