Prayers and Meditations — §257
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 257 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “and the son”
SE expanded to “have held fast”
SE expanded to “Thy loving providence”
SE rendered عُطُوفَتِكَ، (ʿuṭúfatika،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), جَعَلْتَهُ (jaʿaltah) as “Thy loving providence, I entreat, by Thy, Most Great, Thou hast appointed”
SE expanded to “Thou hast appointed”
SE expanded to “Thine infallible Proof”
SE rendered مِيزانَ (mízán), الأُمَمِ (al-ʾumam), وَبُرْهانَكَ (waburhának), الأَقْوَمَ (al-ʾaqwam), تَدَعَنِي (tadaʿaní) as “unerring Balance, the nations, Thine infallible Proof, forsake me”
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
SE expanded to “my corrupt desires”
SE expanded to “my corrupt desires”
SE expanded to “Do Thou preserve me”
SE expanded to “beneath the shadow”
SE rendered فَاحْفَظْنِي (fáḥfaẓní), ظِلِّ (ẓill), عِصْمَتِكَ (ʿiṣmatik), الكبْری، (al-kbrí،), أَنْطِقْنِيْ (ʾanṭiqní), بِثَنآءِ (bithanáʾ) as “Do Thou preserve me, beneath the shadow, Thy Supreme Sinlessness, enable me to, magnify Thine”
SE expanded to “enable me to”
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “celebrate”, “glory” (22 occurrences)
SE rendered بِثَنآءِ (bithanáʾ), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), مَلإِ (malʾ), الإِنشآءِ (an-nsháʾ), تَجْعَلْنِي (tajʿalní), مَحْرُومًا (maḥrúman) as “magnify Thine, own Self, Thy creatures, deprive me not”
literal: creation; creation, origination; creation/origination
SE expanded to “deprive me not”
This form usually rendered as “sweet”, “breezes”, “fragrances” (84 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “deprive”, “perceived” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “power of Thy grace”
SE expanded to “all created things”
SE expanded to “the entire creation”
SE expanded to “holdeth in His grasp”
SE expanded to “what Thou willest”
This form usually rendered as “rulest”, “ordainest”, “shouldst” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “whatsoever Thou desirest”
SE expanded to “power of Thy might”
This form usually rendered as “obstacle”, “veil”, “interfere” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “None can resist”
SE expanded to “the Most Bountiful”