Baha'i Blog's "Studio Sessions" is an initiative where we invite Baha'is from around the world into a studio to share the Baha'i Writings put to music.

You can also watch the "Studio Sessions" video series on Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLePDtgwcyKAScvchcLzY-XZTmP2tdN-EY

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Baha'i Songs

Baha'i Blog's "Studio Sessions" is a series of videos on Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel where we invite Baha'is and their friends from around the world into a studio to record and share a song or two based on the Baha'i Writings which they've put to music.

In this Baha'i Blog Studio Session, we're in Sydney, Australia, with sisters Shireen and Carmel Zein who sing "What a Power is Love", based on an excerpt from a talk given by Abdu'l-Baha.

We hope you enjoy this new series, and please subscribe to Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel to get updates on new Baha'i-inspired videos like this one and more.

Below is the quotation on its own, and then followed by the quotation with the chords:

"What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.
Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.
In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love."
                                           -Abdu'l-Baha

We want these songs to serve as a resource for you and your community, so you can find the song lyrics (or the Baha'i Writings used) and the chords to the song in the text below, and also below the video on our YouTube Channel. 

Plucking pattern : 
G (on the E string 3rd fret. G then 2nd Fret, F#)  
C (on the A string 2nd Fret, B and 3rd Fret. C) 
Then backwards. C B G

G			     C		G			C
What a power is love, It is the most wonderful 
   G				C				G			C		G                       
The greatest of all living powers is love

A7			D               	A7				D					Am
Love give life to the lifeless, Love lights the flame in the heart that is cold 
Am			     D
Love gives hope to the hopeless 

         G                    C                      
And gladdens the heart

G            C 			G
Of the sorrowful 

G				C					G			C
In the world of existence there is indeed. No greater power 

					G                       C
Than the power of love 

G				  C				G			   C
When the heard of man is aglow, With the flame of love he is ready, 
G		     C				G		C
To sacrifice all, even his life. 

A7			D               	A7				D					Am
Love give life to the lifeless, Love lights the flame in the heart that is cold 
Am			     D
Love gives hope to the hopeless 

         G                    C                      
And gladdens the heart

G            C 			G				C		G
Of the sorrowful

"What a Power is Love" by Shireen & Carmel Zein

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we're in the Gold Coast, Australia with brothers Denzil and Ephrim Aumua who sing “He May Soar”, based on a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha.

You can also watch the video of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mcYJMMtdqY

This song was filmed and recorded at Louie Shelton’s home studio in the Gold Coast, Australia, July 2015.

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below, followed by the chords:

"O Thou kind Lord!  Grant that this youth may attain unto that which is the highest aspiration of the holy ones.  Endow him with the wings of Thy strengthening grace—wings of detachment and divine aid—that he may soar thereby into the atmosphere of Thy tender mercy, be able to partake of Thy celestial bestowals, may become a sign of divine guidance and a standard of the Concourse on high.  Thou art the Potent, the Powerful, the Seeing, the Hearing."  - ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

VERSE:
E6, D6/E, D6A, x 3
E6, D6/E, D6A, A/B

CHORUS:
E6, Ama7, A/B, E6 x 4

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"He May Soar" by Denzil & Ephrim

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we're in the Gold Coast, Australia with brothers Denzil and Ephrim Aumua who sing “The Fire”, based on an excerpt from a tablet by Abdu’l-Baha.

You can also watch the video of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwcKoFt5uIQ

This song was filmed and recorded at Louie Shelton’s home studio in the Gold Coast, Australia, July 2015.

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below, followed by the quote with the chords:

“O thou lamp who art enkindled with the fire of the Love of God!
Verily, I read thy recent letter which showed thy strong love, thy being ablaze with the fire of the love of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Praised, and the penetration of the Spirit of Truth in thy limbs, nerves, veins, arteries, bones, blood and flesh, until it hath taken the reins of power from thy hands and moveth thee as it willeth, causeth thee to speak in what it willeth and attracteth thee as it willeth. This is becoming of whatever heart is replenished with the spirit of the love of God. Thou shalt surely behold wondrous traces and shalt discover the signs of thy Mighty Lord.”  
                                    -Abdu’l-Baha

Em9(omit 5)   Dadd11(omit f)/G   F#madd11(#5)  A7    (repeat)
O thou lamp who art enkindled with the fire of the Love of God!
Verily, I read thy recent letter which showed thy strong love 
Thy being ablaze with the fire of the love of thy Lord 
The Mighty, the Praised, and the penetration of the Spirit of Truth 
Ooooh, of Truth

A6add11  A/B  Gma7  G/A (repeat) 
The fire, the fire
The fire of the love of thy Lord  
The fire, the fire (the Mighty, the Praised) 
The fire of the love of thy Lord (and the penetration of the Spirit)

Em9(omit 5)   Dadd11(omit f)/G   F#madd11(#5)  A7  (repeat)
Of Truth
Ooooh, of Truth

Em9(omit 5)   Dadd11(omit f)/G   F#madd11(#5)  A7    (repeat)
In thy limbs, nerves, veins, arteries, bones, blood and flesh 
Until the reins of power have been taken from thy hands and 
Moveth thee as it willeth, causeth thee to speak in what it willeth 
And attracteth thee as it willeth 
This is becoming of whatever heart is replenished 
With the spirit of the love of God thou shalt surely behold 
Wondrous traces and shalt discover the signs 
Of thy Mighty Lord

"The Fire" by Denzil & Ephrim Aumua

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha'i Blog Studio Session, we're in the Gold Coast, Australia with sisters Devina and Raneesha Saberi who sing "Shine Ye", based on an excerpt from a tablet by Abdu'l-Baha.

Here is the quote below followed by the quote with the chords:

"Shine ye like unto the sun and roar and move like unto the sea; impart life to mountain and desert like unto clouds, and similar to the vernal breeze, bestow freshness, grace and elegance on the trees of human temples."  -Abdu'l-Baha


(Capo 3)

Em         Bm/D       Cmaj7      G  (repeat) 
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea
The sea, the sea,
the sea 

Impart life to mountain 
and desert like unto clouds, 
and similar to the vernal breeze, bestow 
freshness, grace and elegance 

Em    Bm6/D     Em/C#     Em/C     Em/B      Em/A      G 
Ooooooh
Em    Bm6/D     Em/C#     Em/C     Em/B      Em/A      G 
Ooooooh

Em         Bm/D       Cmaj7      G  (repeat) 
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea

Bestow freshness, grace and elegance on the
trees of human temples
Bestow freshness
on the trees of human temples

Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea
Shine ye like unto the sun 
and roar and move like unto the sea

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This song was filmed and recorded at Louie Shelton's home studio in the Gold Coast, Australia, July 2015.

"Shine Ye" by Devina & Raneesha Saberi

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we're in Los Angeles, USA with The Licata Brothers who sing "Is There Any Remover", from the Writings of the Bab and Baha'u'llah.

You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here:

https://youtu.be/nSfoJpumnjk

This song was filmed and recorded in Los Angeles, USA, August 2015.

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below, followed by a link to the chords:

Is there any Remover of difficulties save God?  Say: Praised be God!  He is God!  All are His servants, and all abide by His bidding!

The Báb

"Dominion is God’s, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation”

Baha'u'llah 
Chords: https://www.scribd.com/doc/278000363/Is-There-Any-Remover-by-The-Licata-Brothers 

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"Is There Any Remover" by The Licata Brothers

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we do something a little different. We're in Los Angeles, USA with Tom Francis who sings a cover of the song “Mona With the Children”,  originally by Doug Cameron.

The song is a protest song based on the true story of an Iranian Baha’i girl named Mona Mahmudnizhad, who, in 1983, at the age of 16, together with nine other Baha’i women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran, because she was a Baha’i. 

You can also watch the video of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzAbMDmvMLQ

This song was filmed and recorded in Los Angeles, USA, August 2015.

You can also check out Baha'i Blog's interview with Tom Francis here: 

http://bahaiblog.net/site/2014/12/interview-tom-francis/

Here are the lyrics to the song:

A 16 year old girl living in a land so cruel, she said this where I've got to be.
Taken in the night, her heart full of light, she said this where I've got to be.
How can I tell you, how could she be so young to know the truth in all her dreams.
She stands before them to hear them say, save your life and throw your faith away.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
All around the world we'll go dancing.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
Every precious moment you'll be dancing
Every precious moment we'll be free.
I can see her in my heart when the whole world is falling apart she said, this where I've got to be.
Captive in the light, a love that burns so bright, this where I've got to be.
When they asked her, what could she say, she said
You can't break my heart, you can't take my faith away
When they told her the price she'll have to pay
She said take my life, take it all the way, all the way.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
All around the world I see you dancing.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
Every precious moment you'll be dancing
Every precious moment you'll be free.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
All around the world our souls go dancing.
Mona With the Children you gave your life
All around the world we’ll go dancing
All around the world we’ll be free.
Mona With the Children send your love
All around the world souls are dancing.
Mona With the Children, send your love to me
All around the world I see you dancing, so pretty dancing.
Mona With the Children Mona send your love
All around the world we’ll go dancing.
Mona With the Children send your love to me
Every precious day, I’ll be dancing, I’ll be dancing.

"Mona With the Children" by Tom Francis (Cover)

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we're in Los Angeles, USA with The Licata Brothers who sing "O Thou Divine Providence", based on the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha.

You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here:

https://youtu.be/FGvIZME7tp4

This song was filmed and recorded in Los Angeles, USA, August 2015.


Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below, followed by the quote with the chords:

"...O Thou divine Providence, preserve and protect us!  O Thou Who art our Shield, save us and defend us!  Keep us beneath Thy Shelter, and by Thy Help save us from all ills.  Thou art, indeed, the True Protector, the Unseen Guardian, the Celestial Preserver, and the Heavenly Loving Lord."     - Abdu’l-Baha

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E              A              E                        A          E          C#m               A 
O Thou divine Providence, preserve and protect us!  O Thou Who art 
                   C#m                 A           C#m            A                                          
our Shield, save us and defend us!  Keep us beneath Thy Shelter, and by                                          
                                          B     E       A      E-Esus4-E  A         E    E7 C#m
Thy Help save us from all ills.  Thou art, indeed, the True Protector, the 
               A           C#m                   A            C#m      A                                        
Unseen Guardian, the Celestial Preserver, and the Heavenly Loving 
B  E
Lord.

"O Thou Divine Providence" by The Licata Brothers

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we're in Toronto, Canada with Calla who sings “No One But Thee”, from the Writings of the Bab. 

You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here:

https://youtu.be/UqgAPRCjykk

This song was filmed and recorded in Toronto, Canada, August 2015.

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:

"O My God! There is no one but Thee to allay the anguish of my soul, and Thou art my highest aspiration, O my God. My heart is wedded to none save Thee and such as Thou dost love. I solemnly declare that my life and death are both for Thee..." - The Bab 

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G#m 
Oh my God 
 B
there is no one but Thee 
E      B  D#m
to allay the anguish of my soul ooh 
G#m      B
Thou art my highest aspiration 
  E  B
Oh my God, Oh my God 
D#m
Oooh
B      D#m 
my heart is wedded to none save Thee 
C#m      G#m
and such as Thou dost love 
  F#  B
I solemnly declare 
  D#m     C#m  
my life and death are both for Thee 
  G#m F#m 
ooh  ooh oooh
B    D#m 
my heart is wedded to none save Thee 
C#m      G#m
and such as Thou dost love 
  F#  B
I solemnly declare
  D#m     C#m 
my life and death are both for Thee
  G#m F#  B
ooh  ooh they are for You 
  D#m E
they are for You, for You
G#m 
Oh my God 
  B
there is no one but Thee 
E      B  D#m
to allay the anguish of my soul ooh 
G#m      B
Thou art my highest aspiration 
  E  B
Oh my God, Oh my God 
D#m
Oooh

"No One But Thee" by Calla Kinglit

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we're in Brisbane, Australia with a nice group of youth who call themselves 'JYSEP Goodna' who sing “At All Times”, from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha.

You can also watch the video of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=Gp_7x8_g_-U&video_referrer=watch

This song was filmed and recorded in Brisbane, Australia, February 2016.

Here is the quote below followed by the quote with the chords:

"At all times do I speak of you and call you to mind. I pray unto the Lord, and with tears I implore Him to rain down all these blessings upon you, and gladden your hearts, and make blissful your souls, and grant you exceeding joy and heavenly delights..." - Abdu'l-Baha

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Chords: D Bm G D

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"At All Times" by JYSEP Goodna

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we're in Essen, Germany with Corinne Mazloum and Riaz Khabirpour who sing "I Loved Thy Creation" from the Writings of Baha'u'llah. 

You can also watch the video of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIXLbqtCSR4

This song was filmed and recorded in Essen, Germany, July 2016.


Here is the quotation used for the lyrics followed by the chords:

"O SON OF MAN! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life." - Baha'u'llah

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CHORDS:

Capo in II:
Cmaj7  Cmaj7/A   Cmaj7/G  Cmaj/F  Cmaj/A  Cmaj/G 
Cmaj7  Cmaj/E  Cmaj/F  Cmaj/A  Cmaj/G   
Cmaj7 Cmaj7/A  Cmaj7/G Cmaj7/F  
Cmaj7  Cmaj/E  Cmaj/F  Cmaj/A  Cmaj/G 

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"I Loved Thy Creation" by Corinne & Riaz

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we're in Toronto, Canada with Clara Haskell who sings “Glory Glory” from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha.

You can also watch the video of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YshcrmvIG6w

This song was filmed and recorded in Toronto, Canada, October 2016.

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:

"Keep all my words of prayer and praise confined to one refrain; make all my life but servitude to TheeThat is, let them concentrate all their thoughts, all their words, on teaching the Cause of God and spreading the Faith of God, and inspiring all to characterize themselves with the characteristics of God; on loving mankind; on being pure and holy in all things, and spotless in their public and private life; on being upright and detached, and fervent, and afire. All is to be yielded up, save only the remembrance of God; all is to be dispraised, except His praise. Today, to this melody of the Company on high, the world will leap and dance: ‘Glory be to my Lord, the All-Glorious!"
- Abdu'l-Baha

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CHORDS:

Keep all my words of prayer and praise confined to one refrain; make all my life but servitude to Thee. Glory be to my Lord, the All-Glorious!
C, unknown, Am, F, G, C, unknown, Am

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"Glory Glory" by  Clara Haskell

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Vancouver, Canada with Sahar Zandieh and Hoda Toloui-Wallace who sing “Find Me” based on the Writings of Baha'u'llah.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY_McHozqFk
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Vancouver, Canada, January 2017.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"Pass by whatever exists in this world and find Me. I am the Sun of Perception and the Ocean of Science. I revive the withered ones and quicken the dead. I am that Light which illumines the path of Insight. I am the Falcon of the Hand of the Almighty; I bear healing in My wings and teach the knowledge of soaring to the Heaven of Truth."
- Baha'u'llah
 
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Repeat: 
Am F Am E
Am F Am E Am

Pass by whatever exists in this world and find Me
I am the Sun of Perception and the Ocean of Science
I revive the withered ones and quicken the dead
I am that Light which illumines the path of Insight
I am the Falcon of the Hand of the Almighty; 
I bear healing in My wings and teach the knowledge of soaring to the Heaven of Truth

"Find Me" by Sahar & Hoda

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in the United Kingdom with the friends in Bristol who sing “Thy Presence” from the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OmTIRxQ9UQ
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Bristol, UK, May 2018.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the chords and lyrics:
 
"O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Maker of the heavens! I beseech Thee by them Who are the Daysprings of Thine invisible Essence, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, to make of my prayer a fire that will burn away the veils which have shut me out from Thy beauty, and a light that will lead me unto the ocean of Thy Presence."
- Baha’u’llah
 
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Capo 5
Repeat: Am Em

I beseech Thee to make my prayer a fire that will burn away the veils that have shut me out from Thy beauty. And the light that will lead me to the Ocean of Thy Presence. Allah-u-Abha

"Thy Presence" by the Friends in Bristol

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Bristol, in the United Kingdom with Poppy Villierezz who sings “Waters” from the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozROlhpdM3s
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Bristol, in the United Kingdom, May 2018.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"Cleanse me with the waters of Thy mercy, O my Lord, and make me wholly Thine, and cause me to approach the Tabernacle of Thy Cause and the adored Sanctuary of Thy Presence.  Ordain, then, for me all the things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among Thy handmaidens, and rain down upon me that which will illuminate my face and enlighten my heart."
- Baha’u’llah
 
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Capo 5

Repeat: FMaj7 C Am Em

Cleanse me, Cleanse me, With the waters of Thy Mercy (X2) Oh my Lord (x 8)
Make me wholly, Make me wholly Thine (X2) O my Lord (x 8)
Rain down rain down rain down, Upon me, That which will illuminate My face and enlighten my heart
O my Lord (x6)

"Waters" by Poppy Villierezz

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in New York, USA with Nadia Affolter, Zaynab Affolter, Fritz Affolter and Earl Henrikson, who sing "Love Is Not..." from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha.

You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jFOJ4-zKgc

This song was filmed and recorded in New York, USA, August, 2018.

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Here is the full quotation taken from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha used for the lyrics, followed by the lyrics and chords below:

"...this love is not of the body but completely of the soul. And those souls whose inner being is lit by the love of God are even as spreading rays of light, and they shine out like stars of holiness in a pure and crystalline sky. For true love, real love, is the love for God, and this is sanctified beyond the notions and imaginings of men." 
- Abdu'l-Baha

LYRICS & CHORDS:

Am         F             C            G ; Am         F             C            G

Am                     F                                       C               G       Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (4x)
 
Am                                                  F                                       
And those souls whose inner being is lit 

                    C                            G
by the love of God, by the love of God

                  Am                     F
are even as spreading rays of light 

                     C                            G
by the love of God, by the love of God

Am                     F                                       C               G       Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (4x)
 
            Am          F              C          G
For true love, real love is the love for God (2x)  

    Am          F              C          G
For true love, real love is the love for God (4x)  

    Am                     F                                       C            G       Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (4x)

Am                     F                                       C               G       Am
Love is not of the body but completely of the soul, the soul (2x)

"Love Is Not..." By Nadia, Zaynab, Fritz & Earl

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in London, in the United Kingdom with Danny Djalili who sings “Infinite Bestowals” based on a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNdRABRVhgI
 
This song was filmed and recorded in London, in the United Kingdom, September 2018.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"O Lord! Grant Thine infinite bestowals, and let the light of Thy guidance shine. Illumine the eyes, gladden the hearts with abiding joy. Confer a new spirit upon all people and bestow upon them eternal life. Unlock the gates of true understanding and let the light of faith shine resplendent. Gather all people beneath the shadow of Thy bounty and cause them to unite in harmony, so that they may become as the rays of one sun, as the waves of one ocean, and as the fruit of one tree."
- Abdu’l-Baha
 
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Capo 2

Em, G
O Lord! O Lord! Grant Thine, grant Thine

Bm7, Am7
infinite bestowals, 

X2

Amaj7, C, Bmin7, Am7
and let the light of Thy guidance shine

X2

Cmaj7, D
Illumine the eyes, gladden the hearts,  

Em, A, Em, A
unlock the gates of true understanding.

X3

Cadd9, D
Gather all the people beneath the shadow

Bm7, Am7
of Thy bounty and cause them to unite

X4

"Infinite Bestowals" by Danny Djalili

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Frankfurt, Germany with Naim Zabihi, Naim Schmidt and Negin Zabihi who sing “The Gate of God” based on a quotation by the Bab.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8v7SAG2iGg
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Frankfurt, Germany, December 2018.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"O thou who art the first to believe in Me! Verily I say, I am the Bab, the Gate of God, and thou art the Babu’l-Bab, the gate of that Gate. Eighteen souls must, in the beginning, spontaneously and of their own accord, accept Me and recognise the truth of My Revelation."
- The Bab
 
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Capo 3

Intro: picking around these chords: Em, G, Am, C

Em, G, Am, C
O thou who art the first to believe in Me!

(x4)

Em, G, Am, C
Eighteen souls must, of their own accord, accept Me, accept Me
Em, G, Am, C
and recognise the truth (the truth), the truth of My Revelation.

(x2)

Em, G, D, C
Verily I say, I am the Bab, Verily I say, I am the Gate of God

(x4)

Two voices:

Em, G, D, C
Eighteen souls must, of their own accord, accept Me, accept Me
Verily I say, I am the Bab, Verily I say, I am the Gate of God

(x2)

Em, G, D, C
Verily I say, I am the Bab, Verily I say, I am the Gate of God

(x2)

Outro: picking around these chords: Em, G, Am, C

“The Gate of God” by Naim Z, Naim S & Negin

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Frankfurt, Germany with Naim Zabihi, Naim Schmidt and Negin Zabihi who sing “The Bab” from the Writings of the Bab.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qH6yCWVEBc
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Frankfurt, Germany, December 2018.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"I am the Primal Point from which have been generated all created things. I am the Countenance of God Whose splendour can never be obscured, the Light of God Whose radiance can never fade."
- The Bab
 
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Cadd9, G, Em7, D/F#
I am the Primal Point from which have been

Cadd9, G, Em7, D/F#
generated all created things. 

(x2)

Cadd9, G, Em7, D/F#
I am I am I am the Countenance of God 

Cadd9, G, Em7, D/F#
I am I am I am  the Light of God

(x2)

C, Am, Em, D
Whose splendour can never be obscured

Am, C, G, D
Whose radiance can never fade.

C, Am, Em, D
Whose splendour can never be obscured

Am, C, Em, D
Whose radiance can never fade.

(x1)

Cadd9, G, Em7, D/F#
I am the Primal Point from which have been

Cadd9, G, Em7, D/F#
generated all created things. 

(x2)

Cadd9, G, Em7, D/F#
I am I am I am the Countenance of God 

Cadd9, G, Em7, D/F#
I am I am I am  the Light of God

(x2)

“The Bab” by Naim Z, Naim S & Negin

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