BB00070: Prayer for 19 letters

Part 1: “First Prayer…”

First Prayer

In the Name of the Glorious, the Compassionate! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I testify, and all things testify, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou hast existed and wilt continue to exist forevermore. This, O my God, is the Day of the letter Ba. I bear witness that Thou art the Sovereign of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou givest sovereignty to whom Thou willest and takest it away from whom Thou willest. Thou givest life to whom Thou willest and causeth to die whom Thou willest. In Thy grasp are all things, for Thou art, in truth, the Omnipotent, the All-Powerful.

Second Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I bear witness, and all things bear witness, on this Day when the letter Sin is with Thee, that Thou art the Lord of the heavens and of the earth and of whatsoever lieth between them. There is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou art the First, and before Thee there was no thing. Thou art verily the Sovereign of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou givest dominion to whom Thou willest and takest it away from whom Thou willest. Thou createst whom Thou willest and providest for whom Thou willest. In Thy hand is the empire of creation and command, and Thou art, verily, powerful over all things.

Third Prayer

In the Name of God, the Almighty, the All-Praised! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I bear witness, and all things bear witness, at this time when the letter Mim is with Thee, that Thou wert before all beginning at the summit of beginning, and wilt be after all ending at the pinnacle of ending. From time immemorial, O my God, the cause of Thy bounty hath been Thy bounty, and will ever remain, through Thy names, the cause of Thy grace Thy grace. Thou art He Who through Thy primacy hath power over all things, and through Thy finality art supreme over all things. I bear witness before Thee that Thou art the All-Powerful One of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou givest power to whom Thou willest and takest it away from whom Thou willest. Thou raisest up whom Thou willest and resurrectest whom Thou willest. In Thy grasp are those in the kingdom of creation and command, and Thou art, verily, the All-Knowing.

Fourth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Inaccessible! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I bear witness, and all things bear witness, at this time when the letter Alif is with Thee, whereby Thy Self and those endued with knowledge from Thee have testified that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou hast created creation by Thy command, and ordained all things by Thy will, and bestowed all things by Thy desire. Thou art the Sovereign Who dieth not, and the Monarch from Whose grasp of power nothing escapeth. Thou art verily the Mighty One of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou givest might to whom Thou willest and takest it away from whom Thou willest. Thou exaltest whom Thou willest and abasest whom Thou willest. In Thy hand are those in the realm of command and creation, and Thou art, in truth, the All-Knowing, the Inaccessible.

Fifth Prayer

In the Name of God, the King, the All-Encompassing! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I bear witness, and all things bear witness, at this time when the letter Lam is with Thee, as did the ancients testify to Thy Being, that Thou art the Self-Sufficient, as all things are Thine alone with no partner beside Thee. Thou art the Subduer Who cannot be subdued, and the Manifest Who cannot be manifested. All that hath appeared is but creation before Thee, and all that hath been established is as nothing in Thy presence. Thou art the One described through Thy primacy, and known through Thy finality, for Thou art described by Thy Self and known by Thy Self. Verily Thou art the Magnificent One of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou givest magnificence to whom Thou willest and dost withhold from whomsoever Thou willest, and dost bestow upon whomsoever Thou willest, and art gracious unto whomsoever Thou willest. Within Thy grasp is the kingdom of all things, and Thou art verily the All-Bountiful, the Generous One. He is the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Sixth Prayer

He is God, the Self-Subsisting! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I testify, together with all things in that circle where Thou hast stationed, at Thy presence, the letter Lam, even as testified the ancients to Thy Being, that Thou art the Self-Sufficient beside Whom there is none else, and Thou art the Sovereign beside Whom there is no sovereign, inasmuch as Thou didst begin all things through Thy Will and didst create all things through Thy Purpose. Verily Thy Being encompasseth all things and Thy Essence transcendeth all things. Thou hast ever, O my God, described Thy Self by Thy Self, and wilt ever, O my Desire, attribute Thy Essence to Thy Essence. All that the knowers know returneth to the ocean of Thy Will, and all that the describers describe entereth into the depths of Thy Purpose.

Thou art the One loved through Thy outward manifestation and desired through Thy inward reality. There is no God but Thee, and verily Thou art the Ancient of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou dost bestow sovereignty upon whomsoever Thou willest and dost withdraw sovereignty from whomsoever Thou willest. Thou dost exalt whomsoever Thou willest and dost abase whomsoever Thou willest. Within Thy grasp are all who dwell in the dominion of all things, and Thou art verily the All-Powerful, the Sovereign One.

Seventh Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Hidden! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I testify, together with all things in that circle where Thou hast stationed, at Thy presence, the letter Ha, even as testified the angels and those endued with knowledge from Thy presence, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou hast been the Beloved through Thine Essence, and wilt ever remain, O my Desire, the One sought after through Thy sovereignty. No thing can describe Thee as Thou truly art in Thine Essence, nor can any thing know Thee as Thou truly art in Thy Divinity, nor can any thing praise Thee as Thou truly art in Thy Sanctity.

For Thou, O my God, hast made me the Dayspring of Thy holiness, the Setting-place of Thy self-subsistence, the Rising-point of Thy pristine nature, the Source of Thine eternity, and the Manifestation of Thine everlastingness. I testify that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, and verily Thou art the Eternal One of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou dost bestow eternity upon whomsoever Thou willest and dost withdraw eternity from whomsoever Thou willest, and dost advance whomsoever Thou willest. Within Thy grasp are all who dwell in the kingdom of all things, and Thou art verily the All-Possessing, the All-Encompassing, the All-Knowing, the Sovereign One.

Eighth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Powerful! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I testify, together with all things in that circle where Thou hast stationed the letter Alif, even as testified the Messengers to Thy Being, that Thou art God, the Single, the One, the Unique, the Independent, the Living, the Inaccessible. Thou hast taken unto Thyself neither minister nor partner. All knowers are bereft of mentioning any sign from among the signs of Thy countenance, and all who would remember Thee are turned back from describing any trait from among the traits of Thy face. Verily Thou, O my God, art the One described by the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou dost bestow pre-existence upon whomsoever Thou willest, and dost begin the Cause with whomsoever Thou willest, and dost return the Cause to whomsoever Thou willest. Within Thy grasp is the kingdom of all things, and Thou art verily the Powerful, the Mighty, the Omnipotent.

Ninth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Most Holy! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I testify, together with all things in that circle where Thou hast stationed, at Thy presence, the letter Lam, even as testified the righteous ones unto Thee that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone with no partner. All do praise Thee according to the truth of Thine Essence, and give thanks to Thee according to the measure of Thy Reality, and remember Thee according to the truth of Thy Self. And verily Thou dost remember whomsoever Thou willest. Glory be to Thee! As Thou hast said—and Thy word is the truth—“Remember Me, and I will remember you” and “Be thankful to Me, and I will be thankful to you.”

Thou art the Sovereign Who cannot be overcome and the King Who dieth not. Verily Thy word is truth and Thy will is justice. There is no God but Thee. Thou art the One Who remembereth in the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou givest remembrance unto whomsoever Thou willest, and takest it away from whomsoever Thou willest. Thou showest kindness unto whomsoever Thou willest, and bestowest bounty upon whomsoever Thou willest. In Thy hand is the dominion of command and creation, and Thou art, in truth, the Supreme Rememberer.

Tenth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I bear witness before Thee, and all things in the circle which is with Thee as the letter Alif bear witness, even as the sincere ones have testified, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. Thou hast ever existed through the existence of Thine Essence, and wilt ever endure through the perpetuity of Thy Will, and art eternal through the glory of Thy Purpose, and everlasting through the beauty of Thy Decree and Judgment. There is no God but Thee. Thou art praised in Thy deeds and thanked in Thy works. If Thou shouldst chastise me, Thou art the Merciful; and if Thou shouldst forsake me, Thou art not unjust.

Glory be to Thee! There is no God but Thee. I know Thee, yet cannot truly know Thee; I describe Thee, yet cannot truly describe Thee. Glory be to Thee! There is no God but Thee, and Thou art the Glory of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou bestowest beauty upon whomsoever Thou willest, and takest it away from whomsoever Thou willest. Thou clothest with majesty whomsoever Thou willest, and adornest whomsoever Thou willest. In Thy hand are all who dwell in the dominion of command and creation, and Thou art, in truth, powerful over all things and all-encompassing.

Eleventh Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Praised, the Gracious! In His Name, the Gracious One! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I bear witness before Thee, and all things in the circle which is with Thee as the letter Mim bear witness, even as they who are detached from all save Thee have testified, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. Thou hast ever been, O my God, established in Thy Cause, and wilt ever remain, O my Desire, supreme over Thy creation. All are Thy servants and prostrate themselves before Thy face. Thou didst say, and Thy word is the truth: “I have not created creation except that they may worship Me.” Thou knowest, O my God, what the people have wrought against Thy chosen ones, and what Thy servants have done against those with whom Thou art well-pleased.

By Thy right, O my God, I have witnessed what the ancients witnessed, and what the sincere ones have not seen. Thou art the Helper of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou givest victory unto whomsoever Thou willest, and takest it away from whomsoever Thou willest. Thou helpest whomsoever Thou willest, and forsakest whomsoever Thou willest. In Thy hand is the kingdom of all things, and Thou art, in truth, powerful over whatsoever Thou willest.

Twelfth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Glorious! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I bear witness before Thee, and all things in the circle which is with Thee as the letter Nun bear witness, even as they who are attracted to Thy countenance have testified, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. Thou hast ever been resplendent in the glory of Thy Lordship, and wilt ever be obeyed in the beauty of Thy Divinity. There is no God but Thee. Glory be to Thee, O God, and praise be to Thee! I seek Thy forgiveness in all things, whether I have referred to Thee before or shall refer to Thee hereafter. Thou art the Forgiver of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou grantest forgiveness unto whomsoever Thou willest, and takest it away from whomsoever Thou willest. Thou forgivest whomsoever Thou willest, and seizest whomsoever Thou willest. In Thy hand is the dominion of all things, and Thou art, in truth, powerful and mighty over all things.

Part 2: “Thirteenth Prayer…”

Thirteenth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Holy! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I bear witness before Thee, and all things in the circle which is with Thee as the letter Ayn bear witness, even as the believers have testified unto Thee, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, Thou hast ever been sanctified from peers, and wilt ever remain, O my Desire, holy from all likeness. Thou art He Who hath originated all things through Thy Command, and brought all things into being through Thy wisdom. I beseech Thee, O my God, by the essence of all things, that Thou protect those who are in the Bayan and guide them upon the path before Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest in truth, through Thy grace, Thy generosity, Thy bounty and Thy favor. Verily Thy grace encompasseth all and Thy bounty is manifest. There is no God but Thee. Thou art the Protector of the heavens and earth and all that lieth between them. Thou wilt protect whomsoever Thou willest and wilt assist the Cause through Thy bounty upon whomsoever Thou willest. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou willest. Within Thy grasp are all who dwell in the dominion of command and creation. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing.

Fourteenth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Divine! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I and all things in the circle of that which was with Thee as the letter Alif bear witness, even as those who came before bore witness unto Thee, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. Thou art powerful over Thy creation and dominant over Thy servants. O my God, Thou hast ever been as Thou wert; the cycles change Thee not, nor do the courses of months alter Thee. There is no God but Thee. Thou art the Bestower in the heavens and earth and all that lieth between them. Thou bestowest authority upon whom Thou willest and withholdest it from whom Thou willest. Thou ordainest through Thy command what Thou willest and decreest through Thy bounty what Thou willest. Within Thy grasp are all who dwell in the dominion of command and creation. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Mighty.

Fifteenth Prayer

He is God, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I and all things in the circle of that which was with Thee as the letter Lam bear witness, even as all things have borne witness unto Thee from before that which hath no before unto after that which hath no after, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. Thine is the bounty and the glory, and Thine the grandeur and the majesty. Thou art He Who through Thy firstness art supreme over all things and through Thy lastness art powerful over all things. Thou hast ever been in the glory of eternity and wilt ever be in the exaltation of infinitude. Glorified art Thou, O my God!

Thou art sanctified from the mention of peers, and holy from the description of likenesses, and magnified, magnified beyond the comprehension of imaginings, and elevated beyond being known through visions. There is no God but Thee. Thou art the Manifester of the heavens and earth and all that lieth between them. Thou givest manifestation unto whom Thou willest and withholdest manifestation from whom Thou willest, and Thou ordainest whom Thou willest and magnifiest whom Thou willest. Within Thy grasp are all who dwell in the dominion of all things, and verily Thou art powerful over all things.

Sixteenth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Generous! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I and all things in the circle of that which was with Thee as the letter Alif bear witness, even as Thy chosen ones have testified unto Thyself, that Thou art God, the Ever-Living, the Everlasting, the Abiding, the Powerful, the Supreme, the Mighty, the Noble, the Kind, the Luminous, the Great, Whom nothing whatsoever in the heavens and earth can frustrate, from Whom nothing in the celestial sphere and divine throne can escape, and from Whom nothing is hidden in the kingdom of command and creation. Thou art the Knower of the heavens and earth and all that lieth between them. Thou givest knowledge unto whom Thou willest and withholdest knowledge from whom Thou willest, and Thou exaltest whom Thou willest and abaseth whom Thou willest. Within the grasp of Thy power are all who dwell in the dominion of command and creation. Verily Thou art powerful and knowing.

Seventeenth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Kind! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I and all things in the circle of that which was with Thee have testified to Thy Being—that verily Thou art God, the Living One, Whom nothing in the heavens or earth or whatsoever is between them can suffice, and Thou sufficest all things through Thy bounty, preservest all things through Thy grace, showest mercy unto all things through Thy favor, art kind unto all things through Thy generosity, and bestowest upon all things through Thy beneficence. Thou art the Beneficent through Thy power, Thou art the Ever-Living through Thy divinity, Thou art the All-Bountiful through Thy glory, and Thou art the Beauteous through Thy sovereignty. Never hath the cause of Thy beneficence, O my God, been other than Thy beneficence, and never will the cause of Thy favors, O my Lord, be other than Thy favors. Verily, Thou art the Beautifier of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou givest beauty unto whomsoever Thou willest, Thou causest to ascend by Thy command whomsoever Thou willest, and Thou causest to descend through Thy justice whomsoever Thou willest. Within Thy grasp of power lieth the essence of all things, and verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Bountiful.

Eighteenth Prayer

In the Name of the All-Compassing King! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear Thee witness—and with me beareth witness every thing within the precinct where I was with Thee, the Letter Dal—that Thy good-pleasure hath testified to Thy Ipseity: that Thou art the Being “before the before” of aught that is, and Thou art the Existence “after the after” of aught that may be. Thou hast ever been known through the manifestations of Thy Ipseity, and Thou wilt forever be described by the concealments of Thy Lordship. For, O my God, no thing hath known Thee, nor doth any thing know Thee. The knowers are abased from comprehending a single sign of Thy Divinity; the wayfarers are humbled from attaining even one mode of the firmaments of Thy Lordship.

I implore Thy forgiveness, O my God, with the tongue of all things, before the Countenance of Thy Selfhood; for Thou art He Who forgiveth whomsoever Thou wilt by Thy bounty, and showest mercy upon whomsoever Thou wilt by Thy grace. I entreat Thee—and with me all things entreat—that by Thy munificence and favour Thou wilt forgive those who are in the Bayan, and that Thou wilt bring them into the presence of Him Whom Thou hast made manifest on the Day of Resurrection—prostrate before Thy Self, standing by Thy command, humble at Thy Threshold, and lowly before Thy Presence. Verily, Thou art the Judge of the heavens and the earth and of whatsoever lieth between them. Thou bestowest authority upon whom Thou wilt and takest away authority from whom Thou wilt; Thou forgivest whom Thou wilt and enrichest whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand is the kingdom of all things, and Thou art indeed Beautiful and Mighty.

Nineteenth Prayer

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the All-Noble. Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear Thee witness—and with me beareth witness every thing within the precinct where I was with Thee, the Letter Sin—that Thy choosing for Thy very Self hath testified that Thou art God; there is no God but Thee. Never hast Thou ceased to manifest Thyself unto all created things through the signs of Thy creation, and never wilt Thou cease to manifest Thyself unto all beings through the words of Thy invention. Thou art He Who ordaineth whatsoever He willeth through His command and doeth whatsoever He willeth through His decree. Verily, Thou art the Chosen One above Thy servants and the Almighty above Thy creation.

Thou hast never ceased nor wilt Thou ever cease to be powerful over all things and sovereign over all things, while all worship Thy countenance, prostrate themselves before Thy presence, remember Thy Self, and give thanks for Thy favors. Yet, O my God, Thy Cause is too exalted and glorious for the understanding of any to comprehend. Verily Thou, O my God, knowest what they have done unto Thy servants and witnesseth what hath befallen Thy chosen ones—how they have been made to suffer what they have suffered and have done what they have done. By Thy right, O my God, verily Thou art the Possessor of supreme power and mighty dominion. Thou seizest through Thy justice whomsoever Thou willest and strikest with Thy vengeance whomsoever Thou willest.

Verily, Thou art the Avenger of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou givest power to strike unto whomsoever Thou willest, withdrawest such power from whomsoever Thou willest, seizest through Thy justice whomsoever Thou willest, and thereafter punisheth through Thy wrath whomsoever Thou willest. In the grasp of Thy power are the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between them. There is no God but Thee. Verily, Thou hast ever been Most Mighty, Most August, Most Great.

This supplication is to be recited after each daily prayer, that all may verily be numbered among those who remember in the Mother Book:

He is God, the Mighty, the All-Sustaining. Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Lord! Send Thou Thy blessings upon the Nineteen Letters, through Thy might and the realm of Lahut. Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Lord! Send Thou Thy blessings upon the Nineteen Letters, through Thy dominion and the realm of Malakut. Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Lord! Send Thou Thy blessings upon the Nineteen Letters, through exaltation and the ruby splendor. Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Lord! Send Thou Thy blessings upon the Nineteen Letters, through power of onset and the realm of Jam­lut.

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Lord! Thou art the Sovereign of the heavens and the earth and all that lieth between them; the Possessor of the two kingdoms of the Cloud and the Throne, and the sanctified realms of the Kingdom of Command and of Creation and whatsoever is other than these. There is no God but Thee. Thou bestowest sovereignty upon whom Thou wilt and takest away sovereignty from whom Thou wilt; Thou enrichest whom Thou wilt and impoverishest whom Thou wilt; Thou exaltest whom Thou wilt. By Thy command Thou joinest the night to the day, and by Thy decree Thou joinest the day to the night. By Thy Will Thou bringest forth the living from the dead, and bringest forth the dead from the living. By Thy tenderness Thou makest whom Thou wilt male, and by Thine eternity makest whom Thou wilt female, and by Thy holiness makest whom Thou wilt barren. Verily, Thou art the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. There is no God but Thee; Thou hast ever been the All-Choosing, the All-Powerful, the All-Glorious.

O Light! O Sublime! O Light! O Bounty! O Light! O Noble! O Light! O Shelter! O Light! O Succor! O Light! O Help! O Light! O Exalted! O Light! O August! O Light! O Towering! O Light! O Firm! O Light! O Omnipotent! O Light! O Originator! O Light! O Protector! O Light! O Best of those who open; O Light! O Best of helpers; O Light! O Best of gatherers; O Light! O Best of providers!

I beseech Thee by Thy Light, Thy Splendor, Thy Beauty, and Thy Glory: open for us the doors of Thy grace, and widen our sustenance from before and from after, and at every moment, out of the treasuries of Thy bounty and Thy favor. Verily, Thy mercy hath encompassed whoso is in the heavens and on the earth, and Thou, in very truth, art Powerful over all things.