One of the most powerful and mystical of all the prayers within the Baha'i Writings, The Shoreless Sea presents you with our version of the Long Healing Prayer, The Sufficing, The Helping, The Abiding.
"...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".
lyrics
I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Sovereign, O Upraiser, O Judge
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Peerless One, O Eternal One, O Single One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Most Praised One, O Holy One, O Helping One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Omniscient, O Most Wise, O Most Great One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Clement One, O Majestic One, Ordaining One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Beloved One, O Cherished One, Enraptured One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Mightiest One, O Sustaining One, O Potent One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Concealed One, Triumphant One, Bestowing One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Almighty, Succoring One, Concealing One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Fashioner, Satisfier, O Uprooter
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Rising One, Gathering One, Exalting One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee Perfecting One, Unfettered One, O Bountiful One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee Beneficent One, Withholding One, Creating One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Most Sublime, Beauteous One, O Bounteous One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Just One, Gracious One, O Generous One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Magnificent One, O Ancient of Days, Magnanimous One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Well-guarded One, O Lord of Joy, O Desired One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Haven for all, Shelter to all, Preserving One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Thou my Soul, Thou my Beloved, Thou my Faith
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Quencher of thirsts, Transcendent Lord, O Most Precious One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Unfastener, O Counselor, Deliverer
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Glory, Beauty, O Bountiful One
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Most Trusted, Best Lover, O Lord of the Dawn
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Lord of Bounty, O Most Compassionate, O Most Merciful
Call on Thee O Constant One, O Life-giving One, O Source of all Being
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee O Thou Who penetratest, All-Seeing God, Lord of Utterance
Call on Thee O Manifest, O Unseen, O Onlooker sought by all
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
I call on Thee Thou Who slayest the Lovers, I call on Thee God of Grace to the wicked
Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
O Sufficer, I call on Thee, O Sufficer!
O Healer, I call on Thee, O Healer!
O Abider, I call on Thee, O Abider!
Thou the Ever-Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!
credits
released March 6, 2023
Amelia Samuel: vocals
Joyce Efia Harmer: vocalsAnthony Harmer: vocals, 6 and 12 strings guitars, bass, santur
Hamish McPharlin: drums
Mehdi Rezvan: darbuka
Frederique Legrand: cello
Words adapted from The Long Healing Prayer by Baha'u'llah
Music written and arranged by The Shoreless Sea
Recorded at Outcast Studios, London
Artwork by Victoria Eyton
