How the Master Held His Hands in Prayer
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá prayed not folding His hands in the conventional manner, but holding them extended and slightly bent with concaved palms toward His breast, as though already gathering in the blessings for which He prayed.
Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 37.
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