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

November 10, 2013

Appreciating the conditions of a human being, the loftiness and vastness of God’s riches and favors, and the Intermediary role of God’s Manifestation

  • God’s “true lovers” became “so enraptured by …[His] sweet utterance that they hastened unto the Pinnacle of Glory, the site of the most glorious martyrdom”
  • There are “mysteries which lie enshrined in…[God’s] knowledge"
  • There are “pearls… treasured in the ocean of…[God’s] bounty"
  • Attributes describing the condition of a human being:
    • “essence of sinfulness”
    • “feeble one”
    • “poor creature”
    • “sins”
    • “trespasses”
    • to “have committed that which Thou didst forbid me to do”
    • to “have put away what Thou didst order me to observe”
  • Metaphors describing God’s attributes:
    • “the ocean of Thy favour”
    • “the kingdom of Thy divine power”
    • “the day-star of Thy wealth”
    • “the revelations of Thy bounty”
    • “Thy door which Thou hast opened wide to all that dwell in Thy heaven and on Thine earth.”
    • “the Court of Thy holiness”
    • “the Tabernacle of Thy majesty”
  • I pray to God by “Him Who is the sovereign Lord of Names” to:
    • “write down for me with the Pen of…[His] bounty that which will enable me to draw nigh unto…[Him] and will purge me from my trespasses which have intervened between me and…[His] forgiveness and…[His] pardon.”