O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee and supplicate
before Thy threshold, asking Thee that all Thy mercies may descend upon these
souls. Specialize them for Thy favor and Thy truth.
O Lord! Unite and bind together the hearts, join in accord
all the souls, and exhilarate the spirits through the signs of Thy sanctity and
oneness. O Lord! Make these faces radiant through the light of Thy oneness.
Strengthen the loins of Thy servants in the service of Thy kingdom.
O Lord, Thou possessor of infinite mercy! O Lord of
forgiveness and pardon! Forgive our sins, pardon our shortcomings, and cause us
to turn to the kingdom of Thy clemency, invoking the kingdom of might and
power, humble at Thy shrine and submissive before the glory of Thine evidences.
O Lord God! Make us as waves of the sea, as flowers of the
garden, united, agreed through the bounties of Thy love. O Lord! Dilate the
breasts through the signs of Thy oneness, and make all mankind as stars shining
from the same height of glory, as perfect fruits growing upon Thy tree of life.
Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Self-Subsistent, the
Giver, the Forgiving, the Pardoner, the Omniscient, the One Creator.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Revealed at the end of a talk at All Souls Unitarian Church, New
York, on 14 July, 1912; ‘The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered
by 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912’)
