__NOTOC__ ''Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi'' or the ''Long Healing Prayer'' (also known as ''Lawh-i-Shifá'' and ''Lawh al-Shafá al-Tawíl'') is a prayer written in Arabic by

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, founder of the

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, in the 'Akká period. The authorized English translation was done in 1980 by Habib Taherzadeh and a Committee at the

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. The main part of the prayer consists of numerous rhythmic invocations of

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, each ending with the phrase ''"Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One."'' The prayer ends with a supplication for healing and protection, and includes the phrase ''"protect the bearer of this blessed Tablet, and whoso reciteth it, and whoso cometh upon it, and whoso passeth around the house wherein it is. Heal Thou, then, by it every sick, diseased and poor one"'', which gives this prayer its

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ic nature.

In music

Norwegian composer

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composed a piece of choral music for the Bergen International Music Festival in May 1996, in which the ''Long Healing Prayer'' was sung, first in the original Arabic and then in English.

Other Baháʼí healing prayers

Baháʼu'lláh wrote several other healing prayers, including a prayer for women, one for infants, and a well-known short prayer starting with the phrase ''"Thy Name is my healing"'', which is part of Baháʼu'lláh's '' Lawh-i-Tibb'' (''Tablet to a Physician''). There is also a prayer for protection from "calamity and pestilence" (

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).Bahá'u'lláh.
Prayer for protection
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References

Bibliography

External links

* Pschaida, Daniel (2020).
Baha'u'llah's Long Healing Prayer: Parallel Translation
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Sung version of the Long Healing Prayer
(archived, 2016)
BWNS: Praying for the sick – can science prove it helps?
(2008) Works by Baháʼu'lláh Bahá'í prayer Talismans Religion and health {{Baháʼí-stub

In music

Other Baháʼí healing prayers

See also

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