My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire! What tongue can voice my thanks to Thee? I was heedless, Thou didst awaken me. I had turned back from Thee, Thou didst graciously aid me to turn towards Thee. I was as one dead, Thou didst quicken me with the water of life. I was withered, Thou didst revive me with the heavenly stream of Thine utterance which hath flowed forth from the Pen of the All-Merciful.

O Divine Providence! All existence is begotten by Thy bounty; deprive it not of the waters of Thy generosity, neither do Thou withhold it from the ocean of Thy mercy. I beseech Thee to aid and assist me at all times and under all conditions, and seek from the heaven of Thy grace Thine ancient favor. Thou art, in truth, the Lord of bounty, and the Sovereign of the kingdom of eternity.

Bahá’u’lláh

الها معبودا ملکا مقصودا بچه لسان ترا شکر نمایم غافل بودم آگاهم فرمودی معرض بودم بر اقبال تأیید نمودی مرده بودم از آب حیات زندگی بخشیدی پژمرده بودم از کوثر بیان که از قلم رحمن جاری شده تازگی عطا کردی پروردگارا وجود کل از جودت موجود از بحر کرمت محروم مفرما و از دریای رحمتت منع مکن در هر حال توفیق و تأیید میطلبم و از سماء فضل بخشش قدیمت را سائلم توئی مالک عطا و سلطان ملکوت بقا

حضرت بهاءالله

This beloved prayer of gratitude is well-known to Bahá’ís both in English translation and in its original Persian.

Original Sources

  • The original Persian text can be found here
  • The authorized English translation can be found here