He is God, exalted is He, the Lord of wisdom and utterance.
Say: I yield Thee thanks, O my God, and my Master, and my
Mainstay, for having aided me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy signs, the
Dayspring of Thy testimonies, and the Fountainhead of Thy laws and
commandments, Him unto Whom Thou didst reveal the Qur’án, and through Whom Thou
didst distinguish truth from falsehood and light from darkness. I beseech Thee,
O Thou Who art the Lord of all created things and the Educator of all beings,
by the billows of the Ocean of Thy favour and the effulgent splendours of the
Day-Star of Thy bounty that have been shed upon Thy people, to ordain for this
servant of Thine that which will exalt him by Thy name amidst Thy creatures.
Write down, then, for me what Thou hast written down for Thy chosen ones and
Thy loved ones. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee, and in Thy grasp are
the reins of all who are in heaven and on earth.
I praise Thee and thank Thee, moreover, for the blessing
Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy will and the firmament of Thy
purpose. I beseech Thee, by Thy most mighty signs and by Thy most great, most
holy, and most exalted Cause, to bless his arrival unto us. Do Thou ordain for
him what will cause every heart to be gladdened and every eye to be solaced.
Verily Thou art God. There is none other God but Thee, the omnipotent
Protector, the Self-Subsisting. [1]
- Bahá’u’lláh (Additional Prayers Revealed by
Bahá’u’lláh; Baha’i Reference Library of the Baha’i World Center)
[1] Revealed for the recipient on the occasion of the birth
of his son.
