O Bahá'u'lláh! Assist these noble maidservants; make these
worldly daughters heavenly; inspire their hearts and gladden their souls.
O Bahá'u'lláh! Make these bodies as light-giving candles,
these beings the envy of flower gardens and fill their souls with a melody
which will enrapture the Supreme Concourse and make them dance for joy. Make
each of them a brilliant star so that the world of existence may be illumined
with their light.
O Bahá'u'lláh! Give them heavenly power, bestow on them the
inspiration of the Kingdom and vouchsafe to them divine assistance so that they
may be enabled to render service unto Thee.
Thou are the Compassionate, the Merciful and the Lord of
Bounty and Favor.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Revealed at the weekly meeting of the Bahá'í
women at the home of Mrs. Krug, November 12: New York; recorded by Mahmud
Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
