Obligatory Prayers

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Aid and Assistance

O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration... My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire!

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Children

O Lord, my God! This is a child... - Infants - Praised be Thou, O Lord my God!

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The Departed

Prayer for the Dead Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! He is God, exalted is He...

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Detachment

Suffer me, O my God... Glorified art Thou, O my God! Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Many a chilled heart, O my God... I know not, O my God... Praise be unto Thee, O my God!

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Divine Springtime

Glory to Thee, O my God! Magnified, O Lord my God, be Thy Name...

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Evening

O God, my Master, the Goal of my desire! How can I choose to sleep, O God...

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Firmness in the Covenant

Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity... He is the Mighty, the Pardoner, the Compassionate!

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Forgiveness

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee... I am he, O my Lord, that hath set his face... Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned... Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every time... Lauded be Thy name, O my God...

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Gatherings

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!

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Healing

O God my God! I beg of Thee... Thy name is my healing, O my God... Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore... Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! - For Women - Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beg... - For Infants - Thou art He, O my God... - Long Healing Prayer - He is the Healer...

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Humanity

My God, Whom I worship and adore!

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Manifestation of God

Thy unity is inscrutable, O my God... Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God... Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time... Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore... Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I testify...

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Marriage

He is the Bestower, the Bounteous!

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Morning

O my God and my Master! I have wakened in Thy shelter... I have risen this morning... I give praise to Thee, O my God...

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Nearness to God

Glory be to Thee, O my God! - Joy and Ecstasy - O Thou the Lord of the visible... All-praise be to Thee, O Lord...

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Paradise

Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! Faded now is all that erstwhile flourished... Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!

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Praise and Gratitude

All praise, O my God, be to Thee... In the Name of God, the Most High! Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God! Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Praised be Thou, O Lord my God!

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Prison

Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest me... Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest... Thou beholdest, O my God, the Day-Star... Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest me... Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee... Thou beholdest, O my God, Thy servant... Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou seest me... Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God!

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Protection

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! O God, my God! I have set out... In His Name, the Exalted...

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Sacrifice

Magnified be Thy name, O God... Glorified be Thou, O my God! Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God!

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Service

O God, and the God of all Names... I give praise to Thee...

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Spiritual Growth

From the sweet-scented streams... Create in me a pure heart... He is the Gracious, the All-Bountiful! O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food... Lauded be Thy Name, O Lord my God! O my God, the God of bounty and mercy! He is the prayer-hearing, prayer-answering God! Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee, O my God...

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Steadfastness

I magnify Thy Name, O my God... Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! O Thou Whose nearness is my wish... O God, my God! I have turned in repentence... Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!

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Teaching

Magnified be Thy name... Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of the world... O God, Who art the Author... Say: Magnified be Thy Name...

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Tests and Difficulties

O Thou Whose tests are a healing medicine... Glory to Thee, O my God! Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Dispel my grief by Thy bounty... Lauded and glorified art Thou, O my God!

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Trials

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Lauded be Thy name, O my God! All praise be to Thee, O my God! Unto Thee be praise... Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! O God, my God! Be Thou not far from me...

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Triumph of the Cause

Thou seest, O my God... Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Suffer me not, O God, my God... Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God!

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Unity

O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts...

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Women

O Thou Whose face is the object... Glory be to Thee, O my God! Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Behold Thou mine eye... O Thou, at Whose dreadful majesty... Glory to Thee, O my God! Thou seest, O my God... O God! The trials Thou sendest... Magnified art Thou, O Lord my God! Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Magnified be Thy name, O Thou in Whose grasp...

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The Fast

This is, O my God, the first of the days... In the Name of Him Who hath been promised... I beseech Thee, O my God... Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! These are, O my God, the days... Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! We have observed... Praised be Thou, O God, my God! O my God and my Master! Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God!

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Huqúqu'lláh

Magnified art Thou, O Lord... Glorified art Thou, O my compassionate Lord!

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Occasional Prayers

Intercalary Days Naw-Rúz Hands of the Cause

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Special Tablets

Tablet of Ahmad Fire Tablet Tablet of the Holy Mariner Tablet of Visitation of Bahá'u'lláh

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