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“O SON OF BEAUTY!
By My spirit and by My favor!  By My mercy and by My beauty!  All that I have revealed unto thee with the tongue of power, and have written for thee with the pen of might, hath been in accordance with thy capacity and understanding, not with My state and the melody of My voice.”
—Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words

Prayers on the English language Bahá’í Prayers web site originate from the sources listed below.  We gratefully acknowledge the publishers for permission to quote from these works.

Bahá’í Prayers, 2002 edition, Copyright 1954, © 1982, 1985, 1991, 2002 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, reprinted with permission of the Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United States.  Prayers and quotations with no other source cited originate in either this small volume, or the Malaysian edition.  The classification of prayers on the site (“Healing”, etc.) generally match those of this book.

Bahá’í Prayers, a much-traveled copy published by the Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Malaysia.

Additional prayers are from the 1971 edition of Prayers and Meditations of Bahá’u’lláh, © Copyright, 1938, by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.  Prayers in this volume are numbered using Roman Numerals, and these are cited for reference where used.

The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys by Bahá’u’lláh, Copyright © 1991 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.

The Hidden Words by Bahá’u’lláh, Copyright © 1990 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, Copyright © 1978, 1988 by the Universal House of Justice, 1988 pocket edition.

Selections from the Writings of The Báb, published by the Bahá’í World Center, Copyright © 1976 The Universal House of Justice, 1978 edition.

Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Copyright © 1997 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.  Originally published by the Bahá’í World Center, Haifa, Israel © 1978 The Universal House of Justice.

Mahumud's Diary, The Diary of Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani chronicling ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's Journey to America, Translated by Mohi Sobhani with the assistance of Shirley Macias.  Published by George Ronald Publisher Ltd 1998.

Promulgation of Universal Peace Copyright © by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.

The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, Selection of Extracts and Prayers from the Bahá’í Writings Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, Copyright © 2000 Bahá’í Publications Australia.

Copies of the above works may be purchased from the Bahá’í Distribution Service.

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