The Long Healing Prayer

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• He is the Healer, the Sufficer, the Helper, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.
• I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One!
• I call on Thee O Sovereign, O Upraiser, O Judge!
• I call on Thee O Peerless One, O Eternal One, O Single One!
• I call on Thee O Most Praised One, O Holy One, O Helping One!
• I call on Thee O Omniscient, O Most Wise, O Most Great One!
• I call on Thee O Clement One, O Majestic One, O Ordaining One!
• I call on Thee O Beloved One, O Cherished One, O Enraptured One!
• I call on Thee O Mightiest One, O Sustaining One, O Potent One!
• I call on Thee O Ruling One, O Self-Subsisting, O All-Knowing One!
• I call on Thee O Spirit, O Light, O Most Manifest One!
• I call on Thee O Thou Frequented by all, O Thou Known to all, O Thou Hidden from all!
• I call on Thee O Concealed One, O Triumphant One, O Bestowing One!
• I call on Thee O Almighty, O Succoring One, O Concealing One!
• I call on Thee O Fashioner, O Satisfier, O Uprooter!
• I call on Thee O Rising One, O Gathering One, O Exalting One!
• I call on Thee O Perfecting One, O Unfettered One, O Bountiful One!
• I call on Thee O Beneficent One, O Withholding One, O Creating One!
• I call on Thee O Most Sublime One, O Beauteous One, O Bounteous One!
• I call on Thee O Just One, O Gracious One, O Generous One!
• I call on Thee O All-Compelling, O Ever-Abiding, O Most Knowing One!
• I call on Thee O Magnificent One, O Ancient of Days, O Magnanimous One!
• I call on Thee O Well-guarded One, O Lord of Joy, O Desired One!
• I call on Thee O Thou Kind to all, O Thou Compassionate with all, O Most Benevolent One!
• I call on Thee O Haven for all, O Shelter to all, O All-Preserving One!
• I call on Thee O Thou Succorer of all, O Thou Invoked by all, O Quickening One!
• I call on Thee O Unfolder, O Ravager, O Most Clement One!
• I call on Thee O Thou my Soul, O Thou my Beloved, O Thou my Faith!
• I call on Thee O Quencher of thirsts, O Transcendent Lord, O Most Precious One!
• I call on Thee O Greatest Remembrance, O Noblest Name, O Most Ancient Way!
• I call on Thee O Most Lauded, O Most Holy, O Sanctified One!
• I call on Thee O Unfastener, O Counselor, O Deliverer!
• I call on Thee O Friend, O Physician, O Captivating One!
• I call on Thee O Glory, O Beauty, O Bountiful One!
• I call on Thee O the Most Trusted, O the Best Lover, O Lord of the Dawn!
• I call on Thee O Enkindler, O Brightener, O Bringer of Delight!
• I call on Thee O Lord of Bounty, O Most Compassionate, O Most Merciful One!
• I call on Thee O Constant One, O Life-giving One, O Source of all Being!
• I call on Thee O Thou Who penetratest all things, O All-Seeing God, O Lord of Utterance!
• I call on Thee O Manifest yet Hidden, O Unseen yet Renowned, O Onlooker sought by all!
• I call on Thee O Thou Who slayest the Lovers, O God of Grace to the wicked!
• 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!
• Sanctified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy generosity, whereby the portals of Thy bounty and grace were opened wide, whereby the Temple of Thy Holiness was established upon the throne of eternity; and by Thy mercy whereby Thou didst invite all created things unto the table of Thy bounties and bestowals; and by Thy grace whereby Thou didst respond, in Thine own Self with Thy word “Yea!” on behalf of all in heaven and earth, at the hour when Thy sovereignty and Thy grandeur stood revealed, at the dawn-time when the might of Thy dominion was made manifest. And again do I beseech Thee, by these most beauteous names, by these most noble and sublime attributes, and by Thy most Exalted Remembrance, and by Thy pure and spotless Beauty, and by Thy hidden Light in the most hidden pavilion, and by Thy Name, cloaked with the garment of affliction every morn and eve, to 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, from every tribulation and distress, from every loathsome affliction and sorrow, and guide Thou by it whosoever desireth to enter upon the paths of Thy guidance, and the ways of Thy forgiveness and grace.
• Thou art verily the Powerful, the All-Sufficing, the Healing, the Protector, the Giving, the Compassionate, the All-Generous, the All-Merciful.

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