Prayers and Meditations — §138
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 138 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِراقِ، أَشْهَدُ يا إِلهِي بِهِ احْتَرَقَتْ أَحْجابُ البَشَرِ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلى المَنْظَرِ الأَكْبَرِ، أَسْئَلُكَ يا مالِكَ القَدَرِ بِأَنْ لا تَجْعَلَنِي مَحْرُوْمًا عَنْ نَفَحاتِ أَيَّامِكَ الَّتِيْ فِيها فاحَتْ فَوْحاتُ قَمِيصِ رَحْمانِيَّتِكَ وَلا تَمْنَعَنِي عَنْ بَحْرِكَ الأَعْظَمِ الَّذِيْ كُلُّ قَطْرَةٍ مِنْهُ تُنادِي وَتَقُولُ طُوبى لِم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the Supreme Ordainer, not to suffer me to be deprived of the breezes which are wafted in Thy days, the days whereon the sweet smell of the raiment of Thy mercy hath been shed abroad. Neither do Thou keep me back from Thy most great Ocean, every drop of which crieth out and saith: “Great is the blessedness that awaiteth him who hath been awakened from his sleep by the breath of God which, from the source of His mercy, hath blown over all such of His creatures as have set themselves towards Him!”
Translation Notes
تُنادِي
literal: call; voice; cry; summons; to call; to proclaim; to cry out; to summon
