What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a prayer by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. The original text has not been published; a typescript of it was shared with me by Marc Soudon, who received it from the Bahá’í World Center.
This prayer written for Madeleine Sacy. Her husband was Gabriel Sacy (20 November 1858 – 21 March 1903), an Egyptian Catholic and Martinist who seems to have become a Baháʼí around the turn of the twentieth century, apparently under the guidance of Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, who was also living in Egypt at the time. Sacy spoke seven languages, studied at the Syrian Protestant College (now the American University of Beirut), and worked as the head of the personnel office at the Ministry of Finance in Cairo. E.G. Browne writes that Sacy “had become a fervent Baháʼí with a very remarkable faculty for interpreting the prophecies of the Old and New Testaments, especially those of the Book of Daniel and Revelation, in support of the Bábí and Bahá’í claims” (Materials for the Study of the Bábí Religion, pp. 185–86).
To the handmaiden of God, the wife of the respected Jibrán Effendí Ṣáṣí [Gabriel Sacy]
Say: O my God, O my God! I am one of thy handmaidens, lowly before the door of Thy singleness and fervently imploring the heaven of Thy mercy to make me a sign of Thy oneness and an evidence of Thy transcendent holiness. Grant me, O Lord, such felicity that thereby my breast may be dilated, mine eye gladdened, and my heart made to rejoice. Make it a source of help in mine affairs and strength unto my back, and through it do Thou ease my hardship, that I may sing Thy praise and extol Thy sanctity with my face radiant, my heart joyful, my tongue eloquent, my soul attracted, and my self steadfast in thanksgiving unto thee, O my Lord, the All-Merciful! Cause me, moreover, to bow myself in humble prayer and supplication as one well-assured, well-pleased, and well-pleasing before the threshold of Thy divinity. Verily, Thou art the Giver, the Provider, the Generous, the All-Merciful.
A typescript of the original Arabic text of this prayer appears below (all punctuation and short vowel marks mine).
Adib Masumian 