Prayers and Meditations — §208

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 208 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

َوْقًا لِجَمالكَ وَصَعِدَ إِلَيْكَ خالِصًا عَمَّا سِواكَ أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْأَلُكَ بِهذِهِ النَّارِ المُشْتَعِلَةِ المُلْتَهِبَةِ فِي الآفاقِ بِأَنْ تَخْرُقَ حُجُباتِ الَّتِيْ مَنَعَتْنِي عَنِ الحُضُورِ تَلْقاءَ عَرْشِ عَظَمَتِكَ وَالوُقُوفِ لَدَى بابِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ قَدِّرْ لِي كُلَّ خَيْرٍ نَزَّلْتَهُ فِي كِتابِكَ وَلا تُبْعِدْنِي عَنْ جِوارِ رَحْمَتِكَ إِنَّكَ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by this Fire which blazeth and rageth in the world of creation, to rend asunder the veils that have hindered me from appearing before the throne of Thy majesty, and from standing at the door of Thy gate. Do Thou ordain for me, O my Lord, every good thing Thou didst send down in Thy Book, and suffer me not to be far removed from the shelter of Thy mercy.

Translation Notes

َوْقًا

literal: longing; yearning; longing, yearning

لِجَمالكَ

literal: beauty; comeliness

وَصَعِدَ

literal: ascent; ascension; rising; elevation

إِلَيْكَ

literal: one; a single

خالِصًا

literal: sincere; devoted; pure one

سِواكَ

s-w-y → “by this” Distinctive

literal: other than; besides; except; equal; alike

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)

أَسْأَلُكَ

s-ʾ-l → “I beseech Thee”

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

بِهذِهِ

literal: this; this (masculine); this (feminine)

النَّارِ

n-ʾ-r → “Fire”

literal: light; illumination

المُشْتَعِلَةِ

sh-ʿ-l → “kindled”

literal: to kindle, burn, be inflamed; to blaze

المُلْتَهِبَةِ

l-h-b → “undying”

literal: flame; to blaze, burn

فِي

f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

الآفاقِ

ʾ-f-q → “the world of creation”

literal: horizon, direction, region; horizon; sun

بِأَنْ

ʾ-n-n → “to” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تَخْرُقَ

kh-r-q → “rend asunder”

literal: tear; pierce; tear/rend

حُجُباتِ

ḥ-j-b → “veils”

literal: states; conditions; circumstances; situations; affairs

الَّتِيْ

ʾ-l-l → “that” Distinctive

literal: who; which/that; which

مَنَعَتْنِي

m-n-ʿ → “have hindered me”

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

عَنِ

ʿ-n → “from”

literal: with them; in their company

الحُضُورِ

ḥ-ḍ-r → “His Majesty” Distinctive

literal: presence; majesty; His/Your Excellency

تَلْقاءَ

l-q-y → “before”

literal: opposite; facing; in front of; towards

عَرْشِ

ʿ-r-sh → “throne”

literal: of the Throne; companion of the Throne

عَظَمَتِكَ

ʿ-ẓ-m → “of Thy majesty”

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

وَالوُقُوفِ

w-q-f → “hesitated” Distinctive

literal: aware; standing; stopping

لَدَى

l-d-y → “at”

literal: with; in the presence of; from; by

بابِكَ،

b-w-b → “door of Thy”

literal: door; gate; opening; chapter; way

قَدِّرْ

q-d-r → “Do Thou ordain”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

لِي

ʿ-l-y → “upon”

literal: for us; to us

كُلَّ

k-l-l → “every”

literal: all; every; all, every

خَيْرٍ

kh-y-r → “good thing”

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

نَزَّلْتَهُ

n-z-l → “Thou didst send down” Distinctive

literal: to descend, to be revealed

كِتابِكَ

k-t-b → “Thy Book”

literal: book; scripture; writing

وَلا

w-l-y → “Lord” Distinctive

literal: no; not; negation particle

تُبْعِدْنِي

b-ʿ-d → “to be far removed”

literal: after; distance; far

جِوارِ

j-w-r → “shelter”

literal: to neighbor; to adjoin; to dwell near

رَحْمَتِكَ

r-ḥ-m → “of Thy mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

إِنَّكَ

literal: that; those; he; she; it

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