O God, O Thou Who hast cast Thy splendour over the luminous
realities of men, shedding upon them the resplendent lights of knowledge and
guidance, and hast chosen them out of all created things for this supernal
grace, and hast caused them to encompass all things, to understand their inmost
essence, and to disclose their mysteries, bringing them forth out of darkness
into the visible world! "He verily showeth His special mercy to whomsoever
He will."[1] O Lord, help Thou Thy loved ones to acquire knowledge and the
sciences and arts, and to unravel the secrets that are treasured up in the
inmost reality of all created beings. Make them to hear the hidden truths that
are written and embedded in the heart of all that is. Make them to be ensigns
of guidance amongst all creatures, and piercing rays of the mind shedding forth
their light in this, the "first life".[2] Make them to be leaders
unto Thee, guides unto Thy path, runners urging men on to Thy Kingdom.
Thou verily art the Powerful, the Protector, the Potent, the
Defender, the Mighty, the Most Generous.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Education)
[1] Qur'án 56:62
[2] Qur'án 3:67