“…Raise thou thy hands in gratitude to the Threshold of the Lord and say: O dear Bahá, may my life be offered up for Thee!…”

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a prayer of ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, the original text of which is published in Majmúʻiy-i-Munáját-há: Ḥaḍrat-i-ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, pp. 32122 (selection no. 289). 

He is the All-Glorious

O servant of God! Raise thou thy hands in gratitude to the Threshold of the peerless Lord and say:

O dear Bahá, may my life be offered up for Thee! O my precious Beloved, O my delightful Friend! Bestow Thou a measure of bounty, that with a radiant face and a conscience like unto a rosy meadow, I may be guided to Thy Most Glorious Kingdom—that I may strive to serve Thy Cause, lay down my life on Thy Path, and become dust in the way of Thy loved ones. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the Most Compassionate.

A complete typescript of the original Persian text of this prayer appears below.

هو الابهی

ای بندۀ حق، دست شکرانه به درگاه خداوند يگانه بلند نما و بگو ای بها جان جانم به فدايت ای دلبر نازنينم ای يار دلنشينم عنايتی فرما که در ملکوت ابهايت با رخی روشن و وجدانی چون گلزار و چمن راه يابم و در خدمت امرت کوشم و جان در رهت افشانم و خاک ره احبّايت گردم انّکَ انتَ الکريم الرّحيم.

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