O Thou Who holdest within Thy grasp the Kingdom of names and
the Empire of all things, Thou seest how I have become a stranger from my land
on account of my love for Thee. I beg of Thee, by the beauty of Thy
countenance, to make my remoteness from home a means whereby Thy servants may
be drawn nigh unto the Fountain-head of Thy Cause and the Dayspring of Thy
Revelation. O God, I call on Thee with a tongue that hath spoken no word of
disobedience against Thee, imploring Thee, by Thy sovereignty and might, to
keep me safe in the shelter of Thy mercy and to grant me strength to serve Thee
and to serve my father and mother. Thou, verily, art the Almighty, the Help in
Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Additional Prayers Revealed by
Baha’u’llah’, compiled by the Baha’i World Centre; Online Baha’i Reference
Library)
