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Prayers and Meditations — §176

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 176 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

عِنْدِكَ وَاخْتارُوا ما نُزِّلَ لَهُمْ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ تَرَى أَنَّهُمْ أَقَرُّوا وَاعْتَرَفُوا بِكُلِّ ما أَنزَلْتَهُ فِيْ أَلْواحِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَشْرِبْهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ عَطائِكَ كَوْثَرَ بَقائِكَ ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ لَهُمْ أَجْرَ مَنِ انْغَمَسَ فِيْ بَحْرِ لِقائِكَ وَفازَ بِرَحِيقِ وِصالِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ يا مالِكَ المُلُوكِ وَراحِمَ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Thou seest, O my Lord, how they have recognized and confessed whatsoever Thou hast revealed in Thy Scriptures. Give them to drink, O my Lord, from the hands of Thy graciousness the waters of Thine eternity. Write down, then, for them the recompense ordained for him that hath immersed himself in the ocean of Thy presence, and attained unto the choice wine of Thy meeting.

Translation Notes

عِنْدِكَ
ʿ-n-d

literal: obstinacy; opposition; enmity

وَاخْتارُوا
kh-y-r

literal: goodwill; benevolence; kindness; good; goodness; benefit; better; best

ما
m-ʾ → “that”

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

نُزِّلَ
n-z-l → “hast revealed” Distinctive

literal: to descend, to be revealed

لَهُمْ
l-h-m → “inspiration” Distinctive

literal: inspiration; divine inspiration; revelation

مِنْ
m-n → “from”

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

لَدُنْكَ،
l-d-n

literal: from; on the part of; from before; near

أَيْ
ʾ-y-y → “signs” Distinctive

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

رَبِّ
r-b-b → “O my Lord”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

تَرَى
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

أَنَّهُمْ
ʾ-n-n → “how they”

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

أَقَرُّوا
q-r-r → “have recognized”

literal: stability; firmness; establishment

وَاعْتَرَفُوا
ʿ-r-f → “and confessed”

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

بِكُلِّ
k-l-l

literal: all; every; whole; entirety; entire; completely

فِيْ
f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

أَلْواحِكَ،
l-w-ḥ → “Thy Scriptures” Distinctive

literal: description; tablet; manifesto

أَشْرِبْهُمْ
sh-r-b → “Give them to drink”

literal: to drink; to imbibe

يَدِ
y-d-y → “hands”

literal: hand; power; strength; (plural) hands; agents; helpers; to assist, to support, to aid, to strengthen

عَطائِكَ
ʿ-ṭ-w → “bounty”

literal: the letter Ṭá; refers to Ṭihrán (also spelled Ṭehran)

كَوْثَرَ
k-w-th-r → “waters”

literal: abundance; river of paradise; the Kawthar

بَقائِكَ
b-q-y → “of Thine eternity”

literal: remaining; everlasting; eternal; immortal; permanence; duration; continuance

ثُمَّ
th-m-m → “then”

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

اكْتُبْ
k-t-b → “Write down”

literal: book; scripture; writing

أَجْرَ
ʾ-j-r → “recompense”

literal: wage; recompense; reward

انْغَمَسَ
gh-m-s → “immerse”

literal: immerse; submerged; immersed

بَحْرِ
b-ḥ-r → “ocean”

literal: sea; ocean

لِقائِكَ
l-q-y → “of Thy presence”

literal: opposite; facing; in front of; towards

وَفازَ
f-w-z → “and attained”

literal: to attain; to gain; to succeed; to win

بِرَحِيقِ
r-ḥ-q → “unto the choice wine”

literal: wine; pure drink; choice beverage (metaphorical for divine knowledge and love)

وِصالِكَ،
w-ṣ-l → “and” Distinctive

literal: reunion; union; meeting; connection

أَسْئَلُكَ
s-ʾ-l

literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

يا
y-ʾ

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

مالِكَ
m-l-k

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership

وَراحِمَ
r-ḥ-m

literal: mercy; merciful; the Merciful

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