Prayers by revealer
Prayers revealed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
‘Abdu’l-Bahá (1844–1921), the eldest son of Bahá’u’lláh, was appointed by Him as the Centre of His Covenant and the authorized interpreter of His teachings.
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Tablets and Collections
- O thou who circlest in adoration about the Spot round which circle the Concourse on high!
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Thou unseen Friend! O Desire of all in this world and the world to come! O Thou compassionate Beloved!
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Lord of the Kingdom! Deliver us from this world of vain illusions, and lead us unto the realm of the infinite.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Thou peerless and loving Lord! Though capacity and worthiness are lacking, and it is infinitely hard to withstand tribulations
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- O Thou kind Lord! These souls are Thy friends who are gathered together and are carried away by Thy love.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Divine Providence! Perplexing difficulties have arisen and formidable obstacles have appeared.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O God of Mercy! O Thou Omnipotent One! I am but a feeble servant, weak and helpless, but I have been nurtured within the shelter of Thy grace and favour
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Divine Providence! Awaken me and make me conscious. Cause me to be detached from all else save Thee, and captivate me by the love of Thy beauty.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- He is God. O God, my God! I have set my face towards Thee, and supplicate the outpourings of the ocean of Thy healing.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Lord! Grant me a measure of Thy grace and loving-kindness, Thy care and protection, Thy shelter and bounty
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Thou Provider, O Thou Forgiver! A noble soul hath ascended unto the Kingdom of reality
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- He is God. O Thou forgiving Lord! These servants were noble souls, and these radiant hearts were made illumined
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Divine Providence! Immerse the father and mother of this servant of Thy Threshold in the ocean of Thy forgiveness
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Thou kind Lord! Sanctify my heart from all attachment, and gladden my soul with tidings of joy.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Lord! What an outpouring of bounty Thou hast vouchsafed, and what a flood of abounding grace Thou has granted!
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Thou Omnipotent Lord! We are all held within the mighty grasp of Thy power.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful! Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds!
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Lord, our God! We are helpless; Thou art the Lord of strength and power. We are wretched; Thou art the Almighty, the All-Glorious.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- He is God. O Thou kind and beloved Lord! These friends are exhilarated with the wine of the Covenant and are wanderers in the wilderness of Thy love.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- He is the All-Glorious. O my Lord, my King, my Ruler, and my Sovereign!
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O my kind Lord, O Thou the desire of my heart and soul! Bestow upon Thy friends Thy loving-kindness, and grant them Thine unfailing mercy.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- He is the All-Glorious, the Most Effulgent. O Divine Providence, O forgiving Lord! How can I ever befittingly sing Thy praise or sufficiently worship and glorify Thee?
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Divine Providence, Thou art the Ever-Forgiving!
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Thou incomparable God! We are Thy humble servants, and Thou art the All-Glorious. We are sinners, and Thou art the Ever-Forgiving.
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- He is God. O God, my God! With utter lowliness and fervour, humility and devotion, I implore Thee with my tongue and my heart, with my spirit and my soul, and with my mind and my conscience
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- O Lord so rich in bounty, so replete with grace,Whose knowledge doth mine inmost heart and soul embrace!
26 Newly Translated Baha’i Prayers · Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá — newly translated by the Bahá’í World Centre, March 2021
- Tablet of Visitation by Abdu’l-Baha
Special Tablets
Obligatory Prayer
- PRAYER IS INDISPENSABLE
Obligatory Baha’i Daily Prayers
Holy Days and Seasons
- Martyrs and their Families
Occasional Prayers
- Pacific Prayer
Occasional Prayers
Hours of the Day
- Midnight Prayer
Prayer for Midnight
- O my Lord! I have drawn nigh unto Thee, in the depths of this darksome night, confiding in Thee
Prayers for Evening
- Midnight Prayer
Prayers for Evening
Community and Service
- Whenever ye enter the council-chamber, recite this prayer with a heart throbbing with the love of God
Prayer for the Spiritual Assembly
- O Thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee. These hearts are radiant with Thy love.
Prayers for America
- Mother Temple of the West
Prayers for America
- O Thou compassionate Lord, Thou Who art generous and able! We are servants of Thine sheltered beneath Thy providence.
Prayers for Humanity
- O Thou kind Lord! O Thou Who art generous and merciful! We are servants of Thy threshold
Prayers for Humanity
- O Thou kind Lord! Thou hast created all humanity from the same stock. Thou hast decreed that all shall belong to the same household.
Prayers for Humanity
- O my Lord, my Defender, my Help in peril! Lowly do I entreat Thee, ailing do I come unto Thee to be healed
Prayers for Humanity
- O God, O Thou Who hast cast Thy splendor over the luminous realities of men
Prayers for Humanity
- O my God, aid Thou Thy servant to raise up the Word, and to refute what is vain and false
Prayers for Teaching
- O God, my God! Aid Thou Thy trusted servants to have loving and tender hearts.
Prayers for Teaching
- Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, humbling myself before Thy commandments
Prayers for Teaching
- Thou knowest, O God, and art my witness that I have no desire in my heart save to attain Thy good pleasure, to be confirmed in servitude unto Thee
Prayers for Teaching
- O Thou incomparable God! O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! These souls are Thy heavenly army.
Prayers for Teaching
- Whoever sets out on a teaching journey to any place, let him recite this prayer day and night during his travels in foreign lands.
Prayers for Teaching
- Let whosoever travels to different parts to teach, peruse over mountain, desert, land and sea this supplication.
Prayers for Teaching
- O God, my God! Thou seest how black darkness is enshrouding all regions, how all countries are burning with the flame of dissension
Prayers for Teaching
- The following supplication is to be read by the teachers and friends daily:
Prayers for Teaching
- Every soul who travels through the cities, villages and hamlets of these States and is engaged in the diffusion of the fragrances of God, should peruse this commune every morning:
Prayers for Teaching
- Let the spreaders of the fragrances of God recite this prayer every morning:
Prayers for Teaching
- The following commune is to be read … every day:
Prayers for Teaching
- Praise be to Thee, O my God! These are Thy servants who are attracted by the fragrances of Thy mercifulness
Prayers for Teaching
- The spreaders of the fragrances of God should recite this prayer every morning:
Prayers for Teaching
- O God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for kindling the fire of divine love in the Holy Tree on the summit of the loftiest mount
Prayers for Triumph of The Cause
- He is God! O Lord, my God, my Well-Beloved! These are servants of Thine that have heard Thy Voice
Prayers for Triumph of The Cause
- O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee and supplicate before Thy threshold
Prayers for Unity
Healing and Hardship
- Lord! Pitiful are we, grant us Thy favor; poor, bestow upon us a share from the ocean of Thy wealth
Prayers for Aid and Assistance
- O Thou kind Lord! We are servants of Thy Threshold, taking shelter at Thy holy Door.
Prayers for Aid and Assistance
- Remove not, O Lord, the festal board that hath been spread in Thy Name, and extinguish not the burning flame that hath been kindled by Thine unquenchable fire.
Prayers for Aid and Assistance
- O Lord! We are weak; strengthen us. O God! We are ignorant; make us knowing. O Lord! We are poor
Prayers for Aid and Assistance
- O Thou who art turning thy face towards God! Close thine eyes to all things else, and open them to the realm of the All-Glorious.
Prayers for Aid and Assistance
- O Thou divine Providence, pitiful are we, grant us Thy succour; homeless wanderers, give us Thy shelter
Prayers for Aid and Assistance
- O Thou forgiving Lord! Thou art the shelter of all these Thy servants. Thou knowest the secrets and art aware of all things.
Prayers for Forgiveness
- O holy Lord! O Lord of loving-kindness! We stray about Thy dwelling, longing to behold Thy beauty
Prayers for Forgiveness
- O Divine Providence! Bestow Thou in all things purity and cleanliness upon the people of Bahá.
Prayers for Healing
- Glory be to Thee, O God! Thou art the God Who hath existed before all things, Who will exist after all things and will last beyond all things.
Prayers for Protection
- O my Lord! Thou knowest that the people are encircled with pain and calamities and are environed with hardships and trouble.
Prayers for Protection
- O Thou kind and loving Providence! The east is astir and the west surgeth even as the eternal billows of the sea.
Prayers for Protection
- O my God! O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts, dispeller of afflictions!
Prayers for the Departed
- Oh my God! O my God! Verily, Thy servant, humble before the majesty of Thy divine supremacy, lowly at the door of Thy oneness
Prayers for the Departed
- O Thou forgiving Lord! Although some souls have spent the days of their lives in ignorance
Prayers for the Departed
- O my God, O Forgiver of sins and Dispeller of afflictions! O Thou Who art the Pardoner, the Merciful!
Prayers for the Departed
- O Lord, O Thou Whose mercy hath encompassed all, Whose forgiveness is transcendent, Whose bounty is sublime
Prayers for the Departed
- O Thou Kind Lord! This dearly cherished maidservant was attracted to Thee, and through reflection and discernment longed to attain Thy presence and enter Thy realms.
Prayers for the Departed
Family and Loved Ones
- O God! Educate these children. These children are the plants of Thine orchard
Prayers for Children
- O Thou kind Lord! These lovely children are the handiwork of the fingers of Thy might and the wondrous signs of Thy greatness.
Prayers for Children
- O Lord! Make these children excellent plants. Let them grow and develop in the Garden of Thy Covenant
Prayers for Children
- He is God! O God my God! Bestow upon me a pure heart, like unto a pearl.
Prayers for Children
- O God, guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star.
Prayers for Children
- O my Lord! O my Lord! I am a child of tender years.
Prayers for Children
- O Peerless Lord! Be Thou a shelter for this poor child and a kind and forgiving Master unto this erring and unhappy soul.
Prayers for Children
- O my God! O my God! Thou seest these children who are the twigs of the tree of life, the birds of the meads of salvation
Prayers for Children
- O Lord! I am a child; enable me to grow beneath the shadow of Thy loving-kindness.
Prayers for Children
- O Thou most glorious Lord! Make this little maidservant of Thine blessed and happy
Prayers for Children
- O Thou pure God! I am a little child; grant that the breast of Thy loving-kindness be the breast that I cherish
Prayers for Children
- O Thou peerless Lord! Let this suckling babe be nursed from the breast of Thy loving-kindness
Prayers for Children
- O God! Rear this little babe in the bosom of Thy love, and give it milk from the breast of Thy Providence.
Prayers for Children
- Baha’i Prayer for Marriage – Introduction
Prayers for Marriage
- He is God! O peerless Lord! In Thine almighty wisdom Thou hast enjoined marriage upon the peoples
Prayers for Marriage
- Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Verily, this Thy servant and this Thy maidservant have gathered under the shadow of Thy mercy
Prayers for Marriage
- O my Lord, O my Lord! These two bright orbs are wedded in Thy love, conjoined in servitude to Thy Holy Threshold
Prayers for Marriage
- O Lord! In this Most Great Dispensation Thou dost accept the intercession of children in behalf of their parents.
Prayers for Parents
- O my Lord, my Beloved, my Desire! Befriend me in my loneliness and accompany me in my exile.
Prayers for Women
- Help this daughter of the Kingdom to be exalted in both worlds; cause her to turn away from this mortal world of dust
Prayers for Women
- My Lord! My Lord! I praise Thee and I thank Thee for that whereby Thou hast favored Thine humble maidservant
Prayers for Women
- O Thou kind Lord! From the horizon of detachment Thou hast manifested souls that, even as the shining moon
Prayers for Youth
- O Thou kind Lord! Graciously bestow a pair of heavenly wings unto each of these fledglings
Prayers for Youth
- O Thou kind Lord! Bestow heavenly confirmation upon this daughter of the kingdom
Prayers for Youth
- O Lord! Make this youth radiant, and confer Thy bounty upon this poor creature.
Prayers for Youth
- Praise and glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! This is a choice sapling which Thou hast planted in the meads of Thy love and hast nurtured with the fingers of Thy Lordship.
Prayers for Youth
The Spiritual Life
- O God, my God! Thou art my Hope and my Beloved, my highest Aim and Desire!
Prayers for Detachment
- O God, my God! Fill up for me the cup of detachment from all things, and in the assembly of Thy splendors and bestowals
Prayers for Detachment
- Make firm our steps, O Lord, in Thy path and strengthen Thou our hearts in Thine obedience.
Prayers for Firmness in the Covenant
- O Compassionate God! Thanks be to Thee for Thou hast awakened and made me conscious.
Prayers for Firmness in the Covenant
- O My Lord and my Hope! Help Thou Thy loved ones to be steadfast in Thy mighty Covenant, to remain faithful to Thy manifest Cause
Prayers for Firmness in the Covenant
- O Lord, my God and my Haven in my distress! My Shield and my Shelter in my woes!
Prayers for Nearness to God
- He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O God, my God! Thou seest me, Thou knowest me
Prayers for Nearness to God
- O Divine Providence! Lift to Thy lovers’ lips a cup brimful of anguish. To the yearners on Thy pathway
Prayers for Sacrifice
- O my God! O my God! Glory be unto Thee for that Thou hast confirmed me to the confession of Thy oneness
Prayers for Spiritual Growth
- O my God! O my God! This, Thy servant, hath advanced towards Thee, is passionately wandering in the desert of Thy love
Prayers for Spiritual Growth
- O God, my God! This is Thy radiant servant, Thy spiritual thrall, who hath drawn nigh unto Thee and approached Thy presence.
Prayers for Spiritual Growth
- O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants; they are Thy loyal bondsmen and Thy handmaidens
Prayers for Spiritual Growth
- He is God! O God, my God! These are servants attracted in Thy days by the fragrances of Thy holiness
Prayers for Spiritual Growth
- O Thou Provider! Thou hast breathed over the friends in the West the sweet fragrance of the Holy Spirit
Prayers for Spiritual Growth
- O Lord my God! Assist Thy loved ones to be firm in Thy Faith, to walk in Thy ways, to be steadfast in Thy Cause.
Prayers for Steadfastness
- O Thou, my God! Who guidest the seeker to the pathway that leadeth aright
Prayers for Steadfastness
Devotionals
- O Thou merciful God! O Thou Who art mighty and powerful! O Thou most kind Father!
Prayers for Gatherings
- O Thou kind Lord! These are Thy servants who have gathered in this meeting, have turned unto Thy kingdom and are in need of Thy bestowal and blessing.
Prayers for Gatherings
- O my God! O my God! Verily, these servants are turning to Thee, supplicating Thy kingdom of mercy.
Prayers for Gatherings
- O Thou forgiving God! These servants are turning to Thy kingdom and seeking Thy grace and bounty.
Prayers for Gatherings
- O Divine Providence! This assemblage is composed of Thy friends who are attracted to Thy beauty and are set ablaze by the fire of Thy love.
Prayers for Gatherings
- O Thou loving Provider! These souls have hearkened to the summons of the Kingdom
Prayers for Gatherings
- O God! Dispel all those elements which are the cause of discord, and prepare for us all those things which are the cause of unity and accord!
Prayers for Gatherings
- O Lord! Confirm and aid this assemblage. Confirm these souls through the breaths of Thy Holy Spirit.
Prayers for Gatherings
- O Thou compassionate, almighty One! This assemblage of souls have turned their faces unto Thee in supplication.
Prayers for Gatherings
Most texts here are printed in Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2002). Other revealers: Bahá’u’lláh, The Báb.