O God, the Most High! We implore Thee by Thy Name and by Thy
blood spread over the earth to grant our prayers and to enable us to nest under
the shelter of Thy protecting wings and to shower upon us the rain of Thy
generosity and Thy bounty.
Assist and aid us to follow Thy path for love of Thee and
draw us nigh unto the chord of Thy faithfulness and confirm us in Thy love and
in the promulgation of Thy Message.
Preserve us from the darts of them that have denied Thee.
Aid us to follow the pathway of Thy Will and to proclaim the Faith of Thy Best Beloved,
the Most Glorious, He in Whose path thou hast sacrificed Thyself, and for the
sake of Whose love Thou hast wished for martyrdom.
Deliver us, O our Best Beloved, the Exalted, the Most High. Encourage
us and make firm our steps. Forgive us our sins and expiate our trespasses,
unloose our tongues, so that we may lift our voices and from our lips may flow
Thy praise.
Crown our deeds and our labours with the diadem of Thy
grace. Make the end of our lives like unto that which Thou didst bestow on the
faithful among Thy servants.
We supplicate unto Thee to count us among them who have
turned their faces unto Thee and have arisen in Thy service. Intoxicate us with
the glory of Thy presence, and render us immortal in the gardens of Thy
holiness. Grant us the grace and bountiful favours of Thy heavenly Kingdom, O
Thou Saviour of the world.
The servant at His threshold,
Shoghí
(Translated from French which was included in an article by Hand of the Cause Dr. ‘Alí Muhammad Varqá, “Le Style persan du
Gardien”; The Vision of Shoghi Effendi, Proceedings of the Association for
Bahá’í Studies, 9th Annual Conference, November 1984, published in 1993 Journal
of Association for Bahá’í Studies, pp. 209-219)
