O Thou kind Lord! We are poor children, needy and
insignificant, yet we are plants which have sprouted by Thy heavenly stream and
saplings bursting into bloom in Thy divine springtime. Make us fresh and
verdant by the outpourings of the clouds of Thy mercy; help us to grow and
develop through the rays of the sun of Thy goodly gifts and cause us to be
refreshed by the quickening breeze wafting from the meadows of Truth. Grant
that we may become flourishing trees laden with fruit in the orchard of
knowledge, brilliant stars shining above the horizon of eternal happiness and
radiant lamps shedding light upon the assemblage of mankind.
O Lord! Should Thy tender care be vouchsafed unto us, each
one of us would, even as an eagle, soar to the pinnacle of knowledge, but were
we left to ourselves we would be consumed away and would fall into loss and
frustration. Whatever we are, from Thee do we proceed and before Thy threshold
do we seek refuge.
Thou art the Bestower, the Bountiful, the All-Loving.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Additional Prayers Revealed by ‘Abdu’l-Baha’; Baha’i World
Center site)
