Prayer in Times of Stress

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s prayerfulness aided Him to sustain an equanimity even in times of deep sorrow and dire anguish. His ‘love for God was the ground and cause of an equanimity which no circumstance could shake and of an inner happiness which no adversity affected …’ To be sure, in times of severe stress—when Bahá’u’lláh was away in the wilderness of Sulaymáníyyih and again when the Master Himself was in grave danger in ‘Akká due to false accusations brought against Him—‘Abdu’l-Bahá was known to pray, and perhaps also to chant, throughout an entire night. The death of His beloved Father, Bahá’u’lláh, made Him momentarily almost lifeless—but He rallied and was sustained by His abiding love of God. Indeed it is reported that the Master ‘often prayed that His conditions might become more severe in order that His strength to meet them might be increased.’

Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 146

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: prayer).

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