Gleanings — §627

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 627 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

يَا إِلَهَ ٱلْرَّحْمَنِ وَٱلْمُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ٱلْإِمْكَانِ تَرى عِبَادك وَأَرِقَّائَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُوْمُوْنَ فِي ٱلْأَيَّامِ بِأَمْرِك وَإِرَادَتِكَ وَيَقُوْمُوْنَ فِي ٱلْأَسْحَارِ لِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنَائِكَ رَجَاءَ مَا كُنِزَ فِي كَنَائِزِ فَضْلِكَ وَخَزَائِنِ جُوْدِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ. أَسْأَلُكَ يَا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ زِمَامُ ٱلْمُمْكِنَاتِ وَفِي قَبْضَتِكَ مَلَكُوْتُ ٱلْأَسْمَاءِ وَٱلصِّفَاتِ بِأَنْ لَا تَحْرِمَ عِبَادَكَ عَنْ أَمْطَارِ سَحَابِ رَحْمَتِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَلَا تَمْنَعَهُمْ عَنْ رَشَحَاتِ بَحْرِ رِضَائِكَ. أَيْ رَبِّ قَد شَهِدَتِ ٱلْذَّرَّاتُ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَسُلْطَانِكَ وَٱلْآيَاتُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ وَٱقْتِدَارِكَ ف

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Thou seest, O God of Mercy, Thou Whose power pervadeth all created things, these servants of Thine, Thy thralls, who, according to the good-pleasure of Thy Will, observe in the daytime the fast prescribed by Thee, who arise, at the earliest dawn of day, to make mention of Thy Name, and to celebrate Thy praise, in the hope of obtaining their share of the goodly things that are treasured up within the treasuries of Thy grace and bounty. I beseech Thee, O Thou that holdest in Thine hands the reins of the entire creation, in Whose grasp is the whole kingdom of Thy names and of Thine attributes, not to deprive, in Thy Day, Thy servants from the showers pouring from the clouds of Thy mercy, nor to hinder them from taking their portion of the ocean of Thy good-pleasure.

Translation Notes

يَا

y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

إِلَهَ

ʾ-l-h → “God of Mercy”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

ٱلْرَّحْمَنِ

r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

وَٱلْمُقْتَدِرُ

q-d-r → “Whose power pervadeth” Distinctive

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

عَلَى

ʿ-l-w

literal: highest; most high; supreme

ٱلْإِمْكَانِ

m-k-n → “all created things”

literal: establishment; confirmation; empowerment; firm settlement; place; possibility; being (negated as ‘non-being’)

تَرى

r-ʾ-y → “Thou seest”

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

عِبَادك

ʿ-b-d → “these servants”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

وَأَرِقَّائَكَ

r-q-q → “Thy slaves” Distinctive

literal: slave; subtle things, delicate things; fine

ٱلَّذِينَ

l-dh-y → “which” Distinctive

literal: those who; the ones who (relative pronoun)

يَصُوْمُوْنَ

ṣ-w-m → “fast”

literal: fasting; to abstain from food

ٱلْأَيَّامِ

y-w-m → “in the daytime”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

بِأَمْرِك

ʾ-m-r → “prescribed by Thee” Distinctive

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

وَإِرَادَتِكَ

r-w-d → “Will”

literal: to intend; to will; to desire

وَيَقُوْمُوْنَ

q-w-m → “who arise”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

ٱلْأَسْحَارِ

s-ḥ-r → “dawn”

literal: dawn, daybreak; morning hour

لِذِكْرِكَ

dh-k-r → “mention” Distinctive

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

وَثَنَائِكَ

th-n-y → “and to celebrate Thy praise”

literal: praise; commendation; eulogy; glorification; praise, commendation, eulogy

رَجَاءَ

r-j-w → “in the hope”

literal: hope; expectation

مَا

m-ʾ → “that”

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

كُنِزَ

k-n-z → “are treasured” Distinctive

literal: treasure; treasure-trove; hidden store; treasury

فَضْلِكَ

f-ḍ-l → “Thy grace”

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

وَخَزَائِنِ

kh-z-n → “within the treasuries”

literal: to store, to treasure; storehouse, depository, treasury

جُوْدِكَ

j-w-d → “and bounty”

literal: generosity; bounty; liberality

وَكَرَمِكَ.

k-r-m

literal: Carmel (Mount Carmel); vineyard, fruitful field; honor; generosity; nobility

أَسْأَلُكَ

s-ʾ-l → “I beseech Thee”

literal: question; problem; issue; matter; asking; petition; request

مَنْ

m-n → “from”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

بِيَدِكَ

y-d-y → “holdest in Thine hands”

literal: it is necessary; it behooves; one must

زِمَامُ

z-m-m → “reins”

literal: reins; bridle; control; governance

وَفِي

f-y → “in”

literal: faithfulness; loyalty; fulfillment; fidelity; to be faithful; faithful, loyal

قَبْضَتِكَ

q-b-ḍ → “Whose grasp”

literal: grasp; grip; control; seize

مَلَكُوْتُ

m-l-k → “whole kingdom”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty

ٱلْأَسْمَاءِ

s-m-w → “of Thy names”

literal: heaven; sky

وَٱلصِّفَاتِ

w-ṣ-f → “and of Thine attributes”

literal: attribute; quality; characteristic

بِأَنْ

ʾ-n-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

لَا

l-ʾ → “not to”

literal: no; not; negation particle

تَحْرِمَ

ḥ-r-m → “deprive”

literal: sanctity, inviolability, dignity, honor, respect

عَنْ

ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

أَمْطَارِ

m-ṭ-r → “showers”

literal: rain

سَحَابِ

s-ḥ-b → “from the clouds”

literal: cloud; clouds

وَلَا

w-l-y → “nor” Distinctive

literal: friend; lord; guardian

تَمْنَعَهُمْ

m-n-ʿ → “to hinder them”

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

رَشَحَاتِ

r-sh-ḥ → “sprinkling” Distinctive

literal: emanations; outpourings; effusions

بَحْرِ

b-ḥ-r → “of the ocean”

literal: sea; ocean

رِضَائِكَ.

r-ḍ-y → “of Thy good-pleasure”

literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction

أَيْ

ʾ-y-y

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

رَبِّ

r-b-b

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

قَد

q-d

literal: verily; indeed; certainly (particle of emphasis)

شَهِدَتِ

sh-h-d

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

ٱلْذَّرَّاتُ

dh-r-r

literal: self; essence; being

وَسُلْطَانِكَ

s-l-ṭ

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

وَٱلْآيَاتُ

ʾ-y-y

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

بِعَظَمَتِكَ

ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

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