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Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 314-316
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CLXXXII: "Whoso wisheth to pray, let him wash..."
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Whoso wisheth to pray, let him wash
his hands, and while he washeth, let
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him say:
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Strengthen my hand, O my God, that it may take
hold of Thy Book with such steadfastness that the
hosts of the world shall have no power over it. Guard
it, then, from meddling with whatsoever doth not belong
unto it. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the
Most Powerful.
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And while washing his face, let him
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say:
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I have turned my face unto Thee, O my Lord!
Illumine it with the light of Thy countenance. Protect
it, then, from turning to anyone but Thee.
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Then let him stand up, and facing the
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Qiblih (Point of Adoration, i.e., Bahjí,
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Akká), let him say:
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God testifieth that there is none other God but
Him. His are the kingdoms of Revelation and of creation.
He, in truth, hath manifested Him Who is the
Day-Spring of Revelation, Who conversed on Sinai,
through Whom the Supreme Horizon hath been made
to shine, and the Lote-Tree beyond which there is
no passing hath spoken, and through Whom the call
hath been proclaimed unto all who are in heaven and
on earth: "Lo, the All-Possessing is come. Earth and
heaven, glory and dominion are God's, the Lord of
all men, and the Possessor of the Throne on high and
of earth below!"
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Let him, then, bend down, with hands
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resting on the knees, and say:
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Exalted art Thou above my praise and the praise
of anyone beside me, above my description and the
description of all who are in heaven and all who are
on earth!
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Then, standing with open hands, palms
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upward toward the face, let him say:
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Disappoint not, O my God, him that hath, with
beseeching fingers, clung to the hem of Thy mercy
and Thy grace, O Thou Who of those who show
mercy art the Most Merciful!
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Let him, then, be seated and say:
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I bear witness to Thy unity and Thy oneness, and
that Thou art God, and that there is none other God
beside Thee. Thou hast, verily, revealed Thy Cause,
fulfilled Thy Covenant, and opened wide the door
of Thy grace to all that dwell in heaven and on earth.
Blessing and peace, salutation and glory, rest upon
Thy loved ones, whom the changes and chances of
the world have not deterred from turning unto Thee,
and who have given their all, in the hope of obtaining
that which is with Thee. Thou art, in truth, the
Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.
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(If anyone choose to recite instead of
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the long verse these words: "God testifieth
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that there is none other God but
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Him, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting,"
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it would be sufficient. And
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likewise, it would suffice were he, while
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seated, to choose to recite these words:
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"I bear witness to Thy unity and Thy
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oneness, and that Thou art God, and
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that there is none other God beside
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Thee.")
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Medium obligatory prayer, to be recited
daily, in the morning, at noon,
and in the evening.
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