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 “In the Name of God, the Forgiver! Although this evil state in which I am, O my God, maketh me deserving of Thy wrath and punishment, Thy good-pleasure and Thy bounties demand Thy forgiveness to encompass Thy servants and Thy good favour to reach them. I ask  of Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made the King of all names to protect me by Thy power and Thine Omnipotence from all calamity and all that is repugnant to Thee and all that is contrary to Thy Will. Thou art Supreme over all things."

Translation by H. M.Balyuzi. H.M. Balyuzi, “Bahá’u’lláh -- The King of Glory” " 

FROM JAMES WILLIAMS: 

Baha'u'llah revealed the prayer above at His time in the ‘Ákká Prison. At that time, life was indeed very hard in the barracks of ‘Ákká particularly when the exiles fell victim to maladies such as malaria and dysentery (intestine infectious disease) that the autumn brought in its wake.

 Three of exiles died because of diseases. Áqá Abu’l-Qasim-i-Sultanabadi was the first to go, and then Ustad Baqir and his brother Ustad Isma‘il-i-Khayyat who died the same night, in the words of Baha’u’llah, ‘locked in each other’s arms’. Áqá Husayn-i-Ashchi (Bahá’u’lláh’s Chef) recorded a powerful prayer revealed by Bahá'u'lláh subsequent to the death of three companions, which the exiles recited for their protection. Below is the text of this prayer. After reciting this prayer although illness was still rife, there were no more fatalities.

This prayer is indeed powerful and would protect friends in these days of Coronavirus outbreak. 

 “The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár is the dawning-place of lights and the gathering place of the righteous. Whenever a company of noble souls assemble in a heavenly gathering there and offer supplications, intone divine verses, and chant prayers with wondrous melodies, the inmates of the Concourse on high hearken and call out, crying, “Happy are we; let all the world rejoice!” for, praise be unto God, souls from among the angels of the Kingdom of Glory have arisen in the nether world to commune with their Lord and intone the verses of Divine Unity in a gathering of holiness. What bounty is there greater than this?” '

‘Abdu’l-Bahá “Do not call it a meeting. Call it a confluence of holy souls; a convocation of those who love the Lord; a retreat for the people of the All-Merciful; a palace-hall for all who sing His praise. For the members of that gathering are each one a lighted taper, and that council a mansion of the moon and stars.” 

 Quotes from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá,

 in original tablets translated from Persian: 

Please be sure to review the explanation of the intention of this Virtual  Mashriqu’l-Adhkár  written by Kathleen Cross by clicking on the link below.