He [‘Abdu’l-Baha] revealed a prayer less than six months before
His ascension in honor of a kinsman of the Báb, and in it wrote: “‘O Lord! My
bones are weakened, and the hoar hairs glisten on My head ... and I have now
reached old age, failing in My powers.’... No strength is there left in Me
wherewith to arise and serve Thy loved ones... O Lord, My Lord! Hasten My
ascension unto Thy sublime Threshold ... and My arrival at the Door of Thy
grace beneath the shadow of Thy most great mercy...”
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God
Passes By’)
