圣辅

光明与荣耀、祝福与赞礼归于你们，圣辅。你们使果敢刚毅之光普照，使真理得以奠立，并让上天，那强而有力者、强大者、无拘无束者行使祂抉择的权力；你们使恩典之海洋澎湃，使上天——人类之主——仁慈恩宠的芬芳散放开来。我们恳求上天——崇高的祂——以祂天兵之力卫护他们，以祂统治的权力保护他们，并以祂其征服万物不屈不挠的威力协助他们。上天拥有一切的主权，祂是天堂的创造者和万名之国的君主。 

——巴哈欧拉

Light and glory, greeting and praise be upon the Hands of His Cause, through whom the light of fortitude hath shone forth and the truth hath been established that the authority to choose rests with God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Unconstrained, through whom the ocean of bounty hath surged and the fragrance of the gracious favors of God, the Lord of mankind, hath been diffused.  We beseech Him—exalted is He—to shield them through the power of His hosts, to protect them through the potency of His dominion, and to aid them through His indomitable strength which prevaileth over all created things.  Sovereignty is God's, the Creator of the heavens and the Lord of the Kingdom of Names.

Bahá’u’lláh

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巴哈欧拉给“信仰之摇篮”的巴哈伊所启示的祷文：

我的上天啊！殷切地期待着祢的心，燃烧着渴望之火；热爱祢的人们的眼睛，因远离祢的殿堂而痛哭难禁；把希望寄托在祢身上的人们的哀号之声，响遍了祢统治之王国。

我的上天啊，祢以祢统御的力量，保护着他们免于各走极端。 然而，这些燃烧的灵魂和歎息之心，将沉溺在他们自己的眼泪之中。而那迸涌而出的眼泪，将被他们自己的心之火和灵魂的热度所蒸发。我以为，他们有如祢用雪和火创生出来的天使，祢难道要让这些期待如此强烈的人们，无法抵达祢的尊前？或将这些热诚如此炽烈的灵魂，挡拒在祢慈悲的门外？我的上天啊！祢选民们的心，已准备让一切的希望幻灭，何处是祢恩惠的和风？他们受敌人四面八方逼迫，何处是祢在祢的书简中承诺了的胜利之旗帜？

祢的荣耀是我的见证！每日初曙醒转之际，等待着他们的总是一杯苦茶，只因他们相信于祢，并确认于祢的征兆。虽然我坚定地相信，祢对予他们，有一份比他们对自己更大的同情；虽然我确认，祢使他们受尽苦难，除了让他们宣布祢的圣道，再无其他的用意，这是为了让他们得以升登祢不朽的天堂，来到祢神圣的殿堂，然而，祢也十分清楚，他们之中有些是很脆弱的，而且，祢知道，他们在苦难中失去了耐性。

我的上天啊，我请求祢，以祢增加的恩惠，协助他们，使他们在祢的爱里忍受艰难，同时，请求祢使他们看到，祢在祢绝无错失的保护之门槛后面，已命定予他们的种种益处，以致他们得以快步向前，去迎接这些在祢的道上已命定予他们的事物，并使他们因为祢的爱，而争相奔赴考验。又或者，请祢亮出祢优越的旗帜，让他们在祢的敌对者面前取得胜利，以致祢的威权，得以在祢领域内所有居众面前显现；祢的威力得以在祢的创造物前显露，祢有能力做祢喜欢做的任何事。除了祢，那全能者、全智者，别无上天。

我的上天啊，使那些信仰予祢，协助祢的圣道的仆役们坚定不移；使他们得以在祢关怀和保护的坚强据点内，安然渡过各种难关。祢不仅关怀和保护他们的今生，也关怀和保护他们的来世。诚然，祢依照自己的意愿来统治，除了祢，那从来的宽恕者、极致的慷慨者，别无上天。

——巴哈欧拉

Prayer of Baha’u'llah for the Baha’is of Cradle of the Faith 

The hearts that yearn after Thee, O my God, are burnt up with the fire of their longing for Thee, and the eyes of them that love Thee weep sore by reason of their crushing separation from Thy court, and the voice of the lamentation of such as have set their hopes on Thee hath gone forth throughout Thy dominions.

Thou hast Thyself, O my God, protected them, by Thy sovereign might, from both extremities. But for the burning of their souls and the sighing of their hearts, they would be drowned in the midst of their tears, and but for the flood of their tears they would be burnt up by the fire of their hearts and the heat of their souls.  Methinks, they are like the angels which Thou hast created of snow and of fire.  Wilt Thou, despite such vehement longing, O my God, debar them from Thy presence, or drive them away, notwithstanding such fervor, from the door of Thy mercy? All hope is ready to be extinguished in the hearts of Thy chosen ones, O my God!  Where are the breezes of Thy grace?  They are hemmed in on all sides by their enemies; where are the ensigns of Thy triumph which Thou didst promise in Thy Tablets?

Thy glory is my witness!  At each daybreak they who love Thee wake to find the cup of woe set before their faces, because they have believed in Thee and acknowledged Thy signs.  Though I firmly believe that Thou hast a greater compassion on them than they have on their own selves, though I recognize that Thou hast afflicted them for no other purpose except to proclaim Thy Cause, and to enable them to ascend into the heaven of Thine eternity and the precincts of Thy court, yet Thou knowest full well the frailty of some of them, and art aware of their impatience in their sufferings.

Help them through Thy strengthening grace, I beseech Thee, O my God, to suffer patiently in their love for Thee, and unveil to their eyes what Thou hast decreed for them behind the Tabernacle of Thine unfailing protection, so that they may rush forward to meet what is preordained for them in Thy path, and may vie in hasting after tribulation in their love towards Thee.  And if not, do Thou, then, reveal the standards of Thine ascendancy, and make them to be victorious over Thine adversaries, that Thy sovereignty may be manifested unto all the dwellers of Thy realm, and the power of Thy might demonstrated amidst Thy creatures.  Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest.  No God is there but Thee, the Omniscient, the All-Wise.

Make steadfast Thou, O my God, Thy servant who hath believed in Thee to help Thy Cause, and keep him safe from all dangers in the stronghold of Thy care and Thy protection, both in this life and in the life which is to come.  Thou, verily, rulest as Thou pleasest.  No God is there save Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

Baha’u'llah

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