Ever since Christ taught his disciples the divine prayer "Our Father Who are in Heaven Hallowed be Your Name, Your Kingdom Come..." and up to this day, no one was able to come forth with an awsome prayer that the spirit sighs for, and the soul is at ease with like this prayer that whoever listens to, feels complete reverence and overwhelming serenity of the spirit. It is a prayer of simple words, but they do captivate the spirit and withhold all hearts. They are of the unattainable simplicity. This prayer, that millions of Christians kept uttering all along the 2000 years remained as such, until the Establisher of Daheshism came, to put forth to the Daheshists a spiritual prayer of words that enthrall the spirit, dwell within the bosoms, soar to the world of the soul, the world of virtue and purity, the world of eternity and everlastingness.
Prophet." It is the word of Heaven to earth, a believer utters but to see in her the road that leads him to the Almighty Creator, for he sees his soul roaming all the while saying the prayer, in a paradisiacal splendid world, thus he is allayed and overtaken by a feeling of sanctity overwhelming his spirit, hence he is captivated by the splendor of the words of this awesome eternal prayer:
O my Father and Father of all creations,
have mercy upon our inherited weakness.
Strengthen our heart so we believe in Your power and speak of Your miracles.
Confirm in our deep the seeds of love, compassion, mercy,
and loving kindness.
Keep away from us the temptations that want our perdition
and our fall into the darkness of sin.
Lead our footsteps onto the road of righteousness,
light, and certainty.
Keep away from us the lowly thoughts, let them not come near us.
You are the Creator of creations and what they hold, for Your mercy and loving
kindness behold all things: known and unknown.
Have pity upon us O God, and judge us not as we deserve thus
we are damned.
Let not greed lay hold onto us and draw us into horrible drift.
Let content take over our soul so we only ask for food then glorify You.
Keep away from us the evildoers and those deriding the word of God, enlighten
their vision.
Purify the soul of sinners and send them a sparkle from Your divine lights
so they bow down to Your might.
Take us away from horrible ills, and include us all within the hold of Your
caring vigil eye.
O merciful Father!
Everyone who relies upon you and does by Your commands, forsakes himself for
the sake of Your name, despises his earthly desires, renounces worldly matters,
has mercy upon the miserable, preaches by Your miracles, and believes in Your
Beloved Guiding Prophet, will have happiness, Heaven, light, and sublimity.
Over there where lights and splendor are, for he will be eternal with the
eternals, and will enjoy Your glowing lights, forever and ever.
Amen.
The Prayer of Dahesh was published in
Humble
Supplications by Doctor Dahesh. (Arabic version)
Translation from Arabic by Joseph H. Chakkour.
Copyright ©1995, used with permission.
