This prayer by Abdul-Baha is one of my favourites. It also happens to be the very first prayer I learned as a child.
I had for a long time wanted to put those beautiful words of Abdul-Baha to music and I got the chance recently when I was back in my home town and had some leisure time on my hands. So one afternoon I picked my guitar and started strumming some chords purely on a whim and soon the melody for the song took shape.
A quick recording of the song was made with just the guitar for accompaniment. The final mix had to wait as I had to leave town to attend the Regional Conference held in KL.
Once the final mix was ready I sent the mp3 file of the song to my sister who played it to my nephews. It received an enthusiastic response from my youngest nephew who is just beginning to talk. It was reported to me that he started clapping his hands and was trying to sing along when the song was played to him!
This prayer of Abdul-Baha’s also happens to be my nephew's first prayer and whenever he is asked to recite it he responds by clasping his hands together and saying ‘O God’. It’ll take him a little while more to learn to say the rest of the words but I think it is a great start!
Here’s the music video for the song:
I had for a long time wanted to put those beautiful words of Abdul-Baha to music and I got the chance recently when I was back in my home town and had some leisure time on my hands. So one afternoon I picked my guitar and started strumming some chords purely on a whim and soon the melody for the song took shape.
A quick recording of the song was made with just the guitar for accompaniment. The final mix had to wait as I had to leave town to attend the Regional Conference held in KL.
Once the final mix was ready I sent the mp3 file of the song to my sister who played it to my nephews. It received an enthusiastic response from my youngest nephew who is just beginning to talk. It was reported to me that he started clapping his hands and was trying to sing along when the song was played to him!
This prayer of Abdul-Baha’s also happens to be my nephew's first prayer and whenever he is asked to recite it he responds by clasping his hands together and saying ‘O God’. It’ll take him a little while more to learn to say the rest of the words but I think it is a great start!
Here’s the music video for the song:
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