..a humble attempt to highlight some of the spiritual gems contained in prayers revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

December 5, 2011

Some of the attributes of God and His exalted station

Insights from this prayer by the Báb
  • God’s “grace encompasseth all”
  • “From everlasting” God has been “the Source of indomitable strength and shall remain so unto everlasting”
  • To God belongs “All the kingdoms of heaven and earth and whatever is between them”.
  • To God belongs “All the treasures of earth and heaven and everything between them”
  • God holds “in His grasp the keys of heaven and earth and of everything between them”
  • In truth, God “keepeth watch over all things”
  • God is:
    • “the Powerful, the Almighty”
    • “the Lord of might and power”
    • “the Supreme Protector”
    • “a witness over all things”
    • “the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatever lieth between them”
    • “the Lord of Reckoning for all that dwell in the heavens and on earth and whatever lieth between them”
    • “swift to reckon”
    • “Immeasurably exalted”
  • In the “kingdoms of Revelation and Creation and whatever lieth between them” all “glory and majesty” belong to God
  • God creates “whatsoever He willeth by His Word of command ‘Be’, and it is.”
  • “the source of dominion” is in the hand of God
  • The “power of authority” always belongs to God.
  • Through the “potency” of His command, God “maketh victorious whomsoever He pleaseth”.
  • God sets “the measure assigned to all who are in the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them”.
  • God bestows “gifts” through “the power of His command” and at “His Own pleasure”.
  • “Through the power of His hosts of heaven and earth and whatever lieth between them”, God protects “whomsoever among His servants He willeth”