Withdraw me from all else save Thee. Attract me through Thy
fragrances of holiness. Cause me to be associated in Thy Kingdom with
those who are severed from all else save Thee, who long to serve Thy
sacred threshold and who stand to work in Thy Cause. Enable me to be one
of Thy maidservants who have attained to Thy good pleasure. Verily, Thou
art the Gracious, the Generous.
--'Abdu'l-Baha
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
"Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Graciously..."
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Graciously grant that this infant be fed
from the breast of Thy tender mercy and loving providence and be nourished
with the fruit of Thy celestial trees. Suffer him not to be committed to
the care of anyone save Thee, inasmuch as Thou, Thyself, through the
potency of Thy sovereign will and power, didst create and call him into
being. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
Lauded art Thou, O my Best Beloved, waft over him the sweet savors of Thy
transcendent bounty and the fragrances of Thy holy bestowals. Enable him
then to seek shelter beneath the shadow of Thy most exalted Name, O Thou
Who holdest in Thy grasp the kingdom of names and attributes.
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