Prayers and Meditations — §252
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 252 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وُجُوهُ أَهْلِ مَلأِ الأَعْلی، أَسْئَلُكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ بِأَنْ تَحْفَظَ أَحِبَّتَكَ مِنْ أَعْدائِكَ ثُمَّ أَثْبِتْهُمْ عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ فَاحْفَظْ أَرْجُلَهُمْ عَنِ الزَّلَلِ وَقُلُوبَهُمْ عَنِ الحُجُباتِ وَعُيُونَهُمْ عَنِ الإِغْضاءِ وَاجْتَذِبْهُمْ بِنَغَماتِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ يَنْقَطِعُنَّ عمَّا سِواكَ وَيُقْلَبُنَّ إِلَيكَ وَيَنْطِقُنَّ فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ، لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي بِما عَرَّفْتَنا نَفْسَكَ العَلِيَّ الأَبْهی، نَحْنُ بِفَضْلِكَ نَكُونُ مُتَمَسِّكًا بِكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَمَّا سِواكَ وَعَلِمْنا بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ مَحْبُوبُ العالَمِينَ وَفاطِرُ السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرَضِينَ وَالحَمْدُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names, to guard Thy loved ones against Thine enemies, and to strengthen them in their love for Thee and in fulfilling Thy pleasure. Do Thou protect them, that their footsteps may slip not, that their hearts may not be shut out as by a veil from Thee, and that their eyes may be restrained from beholding anything that is not of Thee. Cause them to be so enraptured by the sweetness of Thy divine melodies that they will rid themselves of all attachment to any one except Thee, and will turn wholly towards Thee, and extol Thee under all conditions, saying: “Praised be Thou, O Lord our God, inasmuch as Thou hast enabled us to recognize Thy most exalted and all-glorious Self. We will, by Thy mercy, cleave to Thee, and will detach ourselves from any one but Thee. We have realized that Thou art the Beloved of the worlds and the Creator of earth and heaven!”
Translation Notes
وَرِضائِكَ
literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment
وَعُيُونَهُمْ
literal: eye; fountain; spring; essence; to appoint; to designate; to specify; to determine
شَأْنٍ
literal: affair; concern; matter; aspect; quality; state; affairs; matters; conditions; circumstances; affair, matter, station, rank, dignity; station; rank; importance; matter, affair, concern, dignity, rank
يَنْقَطِعُنَّ
literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain
الأَبْهی،
literal: splendor; glory; magnificence; Bahá (Proper Name in Bahá’í texts)
