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Prayer For Peace
Istiqlál (Independence), 15 Mashíyyat (Will) 176 B.E. - Friday, October 11, 2019

Fire of War Prayer

"O God, my God! Thou seest how black darkness is enshrouding all regions, how all countries are burning with the flame of dissension, and the fire of war and carnage is blazing throughout the East and the West. Blood is flowing, corpses bestrew the ground, and severed heads are fallen on the dust of the battlefield."
Abdu’l-Baha123

Prayer for World Peace

The Fire of War prayer
is a prayer for world peace,
a prayer begging God to forgive
humanity's ignorance
and warmongering.

As we move through
the carnage
of our own fears and hatred,
we are so focused
on our own survival
that we don't see the light
rising above the mountains that separate
war from peace,
hate from love,
or disunity from unity.

Look up!
World peace is coming,
the army of light is marching,
and scattering the battalions of darkness.

Footnotes
1  Baha’i Prayers, pp. 180-183.
2  Quoted in "The Resplendent Light of Peace" by Marie Barth https://bahaiteachings.org/resplendent-light-of-peace.
3  A full copy of this prayer can be found online at http://www.bahaiprayers.org/teachingplan4.htm.
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