Whenever ye enter the council-chamber, recite this prayer with a heart
throbbing with the love of God and a tongue purified from all but His
remembrance, that the All-Powerful may graciously aid you to achieve supreme
victory:
O God, my God! We are servants of Thine that have turned with devotion to
Thy Holy Face, that have detached ourselves from all besides Thee in this
glorious Day. We have gathered in this Spiritual Assembly, united in our views
and thoughts, with our purposes harmonized to exalt Thy Word amidst mankind. O
Lord, our God! Make us the signs of Thy Divine Guidance, the Standards of Thine
exalted Faith amongst men, servants to Thy mighty Covenant, O Thou our Lord
Most High, manifestations of Thy Divine Unity in Thine Abhá Kingdom, and
resplendent stars shining upon all regions. Lord! Aid us to become seas surging
with the billows of Thy wondrous Grace, streams flowing from Thine all-glorious
Heights, goodly fruits upon the Tree of Thy heavenly Cause, trees waving
through the breezes of Thy Bounty in Thy celestial Vineyard. O God! Make our
souls dependent upon the Verses of Thy Divine Unity, our hearts cheered with
the outpourings of Thy Grace, that we may unite even as the waves of one sea
and become merged together as the rays of Thine effulgent Light; that our
thoughts, our views, our feelings may become as one reality, manifesting the
spirit of union throughout the world. Thou art the Gracious, the Bountiful, the
Bestower, the Almighty, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections
from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
