Provisional Translation
- A prayer asking for forgiveness
- For the one who wanted to see his Lord; Mírzá Ibrahim
- And for his wife, a lady who believed in God,
- Who believed in Bahá’u’lláh
- And who passed on to the Realm on High.
- O God, My God,
- Hearts are ablaze with the fire of Thy Love and attraction.
- The flames of yearning have intensified!
- And the wailing of separation hath reached
- The Heaven of Loyalty!
- Holy souls have abandoned their earthly habitation
- And have rushed to be at the side of Thy Mercy
- In the Everlasting Paradise:
- The place where loyalty was attained
- And praises were sung in Thy Celestial Garden,
- Where they have rendered continual thanks
- And have sung continual praise of Thee,
- O Lord of Existence and Bounty.
- One of them, your servant Ibrahim,
- Who placed the Crown of Thy Love on his brow
- Has hurried from the Land of Doubt
- Until he reached the Land of Certitude.
- O Lord,
- Bestow upon him and upon his wife
- Your grace and bounty from the World of Mystery
- And pour upon them everlasting existence,
- O Lord of Attainment,
- And clothe them both
- With the garment of forgiveness,
- O Lord of Mercy,
- Thou are the Forgiver,
- The Generous,
- The All-Powerful,
- The Kind.
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'Abdu’l-Bahá
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