Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Well-Spring of Blessings: To The Bab

Well-Spring of Blessings:
To The Bab

"It is seemly that the servant should, after each prayer, supplicate God to bestow mercy and forgiveness upon his parents. Thereupon God’s call will be raised: ‘Thousand upon thousand of what thou hast asked for thy parents shall be thy recompense!’ Blessed is he who remembereth his parents when communing with God. There is, verily, no God but Him, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved."

The Bab1

This is the well-spring of blessing,
asking the Lord's forgiveness
for your progenitors.

Parents,
ancestors,
without them
there would be no one
to worship the Creator.

Whether
your parents
are living or dead,
ask God's forgiveness
and mercy
upon their souls.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 119 of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab.

Footnotes
1  Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 94.