阿博都-巴哈的访问书简

（这篇书简一般上在阿博都-巴哈的陵墓前朗诵，但也可以私底下吟咏。阿博都-巴哈说： 当一个仆役以谦卑而热烈的心情阅读这篇书简，欢乐和愉悦将君临他的心中，甚至有如面对面与祂相会。）

祂是那完全荣耀者！

我的上天啊，我的上天！我热泪盈眶，谦卑地向祢高举祈求的双手，脸儿埋在祢门槛的尘土里，这是比饱学之士的学问和那些祢的赞美者的颂词还要高超的尘土。请祢和蔼地，以祢慈悲的眼睛，望着祢的仆人，他在祢的门前谦卑而低下，浸淫在祢永远恩惠的海洋里。

主啊！他是祢的一个可怜低下的仆役，被祢陶醉，向祢哀求。他是祢手里的一个俘虏，热切地向祢祷告，信任祢，在祢面前留着热泪，向祢召唤，央求祢说：

主啊！我的上天！请赐以我祢的恩惠，好让我服务祢的仆役们；坚定我在祢的服务上；以祢神圣的殿堂照射出来的崇敬之光，和祢壮丽王国的祷文，照亮我的眉头；协助我在祢天上大门的进口处忘却自我，帮助我在祢神圣的畛域内摆脱一切羁绊。主啊！让我畅饮无我的圣杯，披上无我的衣袍，浸泳在无我的海洋；造就我成为祢钟爱者的道上的一粒尘土，允许我在祢的大道上，为祢的选民的步履踩得神圣的土地献出我的灵魂，最高处的荣耀之主啊！

在黎明，在夜晚，祢的仆役以这祷文向祢呼唤，上天啊！完成他心中的意愿吧；照亮他的心，畅快他的胸臆，点亮他的心灯，使他得以服务祢的道，并服务祢的仆役们。

祢是降赐者、同情者、普施者、亲切者、慈悲者、悲悯者。

——阿博都-巴哈

Tablet of Visitation of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

(This prayer, revealed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, is read at His Shrine.  It is also used in private prayer.)

Whoso reciteth this prayer with lowliness and fervor will bring gladness and joy to the heart of this Servant; it will be even as meeting Him face to face.

He is the All-Glorious!

O God, my God!  Lowly and tearful, I raise my suppliant hands to Thee and cover my face in the dust of that Threshold of Thine, exalted above the knowledge of the learned, and the praise of all that glorify Thee.  Graciously look upon Thy servant, humble and lowly at Thy door, with the glances of the eye of Thy mercy, and immerse him in the Ocean of Thine eternal grace.

Lord!  He is a poor and lowly servant of Thine, enthralled and imploring Thee, captive in Thy hand, praying fervently to Thee, trusting in Thee, in tears before Thy face, calling to Thee and beseeching Thee, saying：

O Lord, my God!  Give me Thy grace to serve Thy loved ones, strengthen me in my servitude to Thee, illumine my brow with the light of adoration in Thy court of holiness, and of prayer to Thy kingdom of grandeur.  Help me to be selfless at the heavenly entrance of Thy gate, and aid me to be detached from all things within Thy holy precincts.  Lord! Give me to drink from the chalice of selflessness; with its robe clothe me, and in its ocean immerse me.  Make me as dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones, and grant that I may offer up my soul for the earth ennobled by the footsteps of Thy chosen ones in Thy path, O Lord of Glory in the Highest.

With this prayer doth Thy servant call Thee, at dawntide and in the night-season.  Fulfill his heart's desire, O Lord!  Illumine his heart, gladden his bosom, kindle his light, that he may serve Thy Cause and Thy servants.

Thou art the Bestower, the Pitiful, the Most Bountiful, the Gracious, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá

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