Prefer your brother

If Thou Lovest Me

Baha’i Blog 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 Perth, Australia with Alia Golestani, Jamal Fanaian and Sama Tahooni who sing “Parent Prayer” based on the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha.

This song was filmed and recorded in Perth, Australia in December 2023. 

This song was composed by Alia Golestani and Jamal Fanaian.

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O Lord! In this Most Great Dispensation Thou dost accept the intercession of children in behalf of their parents. This is one of the special infinite bestowals of this Dispensation. Therefore, O Thou kind Lord, accept the request of this Thy servant at the threshold of Thy singleness and submerge his father in the ocean of Thy grace, because this son hath arisen to render Thee service and is exerting effort at all times in the pathway of Thy love. Verily, Thou art the Giver, the Forgiver and the Kind!


CHORDS:

Em, C, F, G

[Em]            [C]                             [F]                          [F]
O Lord! In this Most Great, Most Great, 

[Em]            [C]                             [F]                           [F]
O Lord! In this Most Great, Dispensation, 

[Em]                      [C]                                  [F]           [F]
Thou dost accept the intercession, of children in behalf of 

           [Em]                                                                          [C] 
their parents, on behalf of their parents, on behalf of their 

[F].              [F]
parents. 

[F]           [G]                                           [Em]     [Em]                                          [F]
Therefore, O Thou kind Lord, accept the request of 

[F]           [G]                                           [Em]     [Em]                                        
Therefore, O Thou kind Lord, this Thy servant 

          [F]                                [G]                             [Em]        [Em]
Submerge his father in the ocean of Thy grace,

[repeat]

[F]           [G]                                           [Em]     [Em]                                          [F]
Therefore, O Thou kind Lord, accept the request of 

[F]           [G]                                           [Em]     [Em]                                        
Therefore, O Thou kind Lord, this Thy servant 

[Em]                   [C]                                 [F]                          [F]
This son hath arisen to render Thee service 

                                 [Em]              [C]                                       [F]                          [F]
and is exerting effort at all times in the pathway of Thy love. 

[F]           [G]                                           [Em]     [Em]                                          [F]
Therefore, O Thou kind Lord, accept the request of 

[F]           [G]                                           [Em]     [Em]                                        
Therefore, O Thou kind Lord, this Thy servant 

          [F]                                [G]                             [Em]        [Em]
Submerge his father in the ocean of Thy grace,

[repeat]

[F]           [G]                                           [Em]     [Em]                                          [F]
Therefore, O Thou kind Lord, accept the request of 

[F]           [G]                                           [Em]     [Em]                                        
Therefore, O Thou kind Lord, this Thy servant 

You can also watch the video recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RQhI4BqM64

Check out https://www.bahaiblog.net/​​​​​​ for more great Baha'i-inspired content, and watch the Studio Sessions video series on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLePDtgwcyKAScvchcLzY-XZTmP2tdN-EY

"Parent prayer" by Alia, Jamal & Sama

Say: o brethren

Power over all things

Hallelujah [Original by Leonard Cohen]

"He must never seek to exalt himself above anyone, must wash away from the tablet of his heart every trace of pride and vainglory, must cling unto patience and resignation, observe silence, and refrain from idle talk. For the tongue is a smoldering fire, and excess of speech a deadly poison. Material fire consumeth the body, whereas the fire of the tongue devoureth both heart and soul. The force of the former lasteth but for a time, whilst the effects of the latter endure a century." - Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán

Released: June 10, 2015 
Words: Bahá’u’lláh 
Music Composition: Josh Toloui-Wallace 
Production: Josh Toloui-Wallace 
Photo: Jonathan Hancock

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