Mona's first Baha'i Prayer in Farsi

Ever since Mona has learned how to say Baha'i Prayers in English, I've been wanting and meaning to teach her some Baha'i Prayers in French, Farsi and Arabic.
So far Mona knows 5 Baha'i prayers in English and 2 Baha'i prayers in French (she can sing and read the English ones, but for some reasons, she can only sing the French ones... lol).

I decided that now was a good time to incorporate the Baha'i Prayers in Farsi (Persian). But since I only know one very small prayer in Farsi, which my husband taught me while we were dating, I needed to learn some more before teaching them to Mona.

So last week, when we were at my mother in law's house, I recorded Mona's grandma saying a very small Baha'i Prayer in Farsi for children. She said it very phonetically so that we can both learn it easily. And we have been watching her video everyday since then.
And of course when Mona saw that I was recording a video of her grandma saying a prayer, she wanted to be in the video too. So with her khaleh (auntie) Roya, we recorded a second video, this time with Mona repeating the words after her khaleh.

It's a very small Baha'i Prayer for children from 'Abdu'l-Baha and here is the video of Mona with her beautiful khaleh Roya teaching her how to say the prayer in Farsi:


And the English translation of the Baha'i prayer for children is:

"He is God! O God, my God!
Bestow upon me a pure heart, like unto a pearl."

-'Abdu'l-Baha




And then, I asked Khaleh Roya to chant the 'Difficulties' Prayer by the Bab in Arabic, so I can record it and try and attempt to learn it myself...
I really love the way khaleh Roya chants this prayer, she chants prayer so beautifully.
And again, Mona wanted to be in the video.... so she sat in front of khaleh Roya and tried to sing along with her, pretending she knew the words to this Arabic prayer... lol.. it was quite cute to watch actually...



And here is the English translation of the 'Difficulties' prayer by The Bab:

"Is there any Remover of difficulties save God?
Say: Praised be God! He is God!
All are His servants, and all abide by His bidding!"

-The Bab


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1 comment:

mehran saky said...

Thank you for sharing the video. I'll play it for my twin boys and they can see that other Baha'i kids recite the same prayer as well.

Best,
Mehran Saky, :):)