June 18, 2023 will mark 40 years since 10 Baha’i women were hanged in Shiraz. Their only ‘crime’ was their refusal to renounce their beliefs in a faith that promotes the principles of gender equality, unity, justice, and truthfulness. This collection highlights Baha’i Blog content relating to the ongoing persecution of Baha’is in Iran.
Baha’i Blog’s “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 Phoenix, USA with Safaa Hansen who sings “Grace” based on a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha.
This song was filmed and recorded in Phoenix, USA, December 2017.
Lyrics & Quote
O Lord, my God! Give me Thy grace to serve Thy loved ones, strengthen me in my servitude to Thee, illumine my brow with the light of adoration in Thy court of holiness, and of prayer to Thy kingdom of grandeur. Help me to be selfless at the heavenly entrance of Thy gate, and aid me to be detached from all things within Thy holy precincts. Lord! Give me to drink from the chalice of selflessness; with its robe clothe me, and in its ocean immerse me. Make me as dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones, and grant that I may offer up my soul for the earth ennobled by the footsteps of Thy chosen ones in Thy path, O Lord of Glory in the Highest.
Abdu’l-Baha
Chords
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7
Make me (as) dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones,
Amin7 Dmin7 Emin7
Make me (as) dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones,
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7 G
and grant that I may offer up my soul
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7
Make me (as) dust in the path(way), O [my] Lord
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7
Give me Thy grace to serve Thy loved ones,
Amin7 Dmin7 Emin7
Give me Thy grace to serve Thy loved ones,
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7 G
[and] strengthen me in my servitude to Thee
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7
Give me Thy grace to serve,
O [my] Lord
Dmin7 Emin7
illumine my brow
Dmin7 Emin7 G G7
with the light of adoration
Dmin7 Emin7
illumine my brow
Dmin7 G G7
with the light
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7
Make me (as) dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones,
Amin7 Dmin7 Emin7
Make me (as) dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones,
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7 G
and grant that I may offer up my soul
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7
Make me (as) dust in the path(way), O [my] Lord
Dmin7 Emin7
Help me to be...
Dmin7 Emin7
Aid me to be...
Dmin7 Emin7
Help me to be...
Dmin7 Emin7
Aid me to be...
A Dmin7 Amin7
dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones,
Amin7 Dmin7 Emin7
Make me (as) dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones,
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7 G
and grant that I may offer up my soul
Amin7 Dmin7 Amin7
Make me (as) dust in the path(way), O [my] Lord
You can also listen to and download the audio version of this song from Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page here:
Randomly bursting into song is a daily occurrence for Jordan, something which his friends find both hilarious and terrifying, however, for their own survival, they have grown accustomed to acts of randomness. Growing up in both the Czech Republic and Australia, and looking like he’s from neither, Jordan took to creating Youtube videos from a young age, the intention of his content is to make people happy and hopefully spread some positivity juice. He is now studying Media in Melbourne Australia, and singing for his classmates. (he really does not sing that much)
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