Prayers and Meditations — §309
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 309 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَطَلَبًا لِرِضائِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاخْذُلْ أَعْدَائَكَ وَخُذْهُمْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارِكَ، ثُمَّ أَرْسِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ نَفَحَاتِ قَهْرِكَ وَأَذِقْهُمْ يا إِلهِي سَطْوَتَكَ وَانْتِقامَكَ لأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِالَّذِيْ آمَنُوا بَعْدَ الَّذِيْ جَائَهُمْ بِآياتِكَ وَبَيِّنَاتِكَ وَظُهُوراتِ قُدْرَتِكَ وَشُئُوناتِ اقْتِدارِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْمَعْ أَحِبَّائَكَ فِي ظِلِّ سِدْرَةِ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَمَطْلَعِ أَنْوارِ عِزِّ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ، وَإنَّكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Abase Thou, O my Lord, Thine enemies, and lay hold on them with Thy power and might, and let them be stricken by the blast of Thy wrath. Make them taste, O my God, of Thine awful majesty and vengeance, for they have repudiated the truth of the One in Whom they had believed, Who came unto them with Thy signs and Thy clear tokens and the evidences of Thy power and the manifold revelations of Thy might. Gather, then, together Thy loved ones beneath the shadow of the Tree of Thy oneness, and of the Manifestation of the effulgent light of Thy unity.
Translation Notes
لِرِضائِكَ،
literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment
وَانْتِقامَكَ
literal: removal; transition; displacement; migration; transfer; change
آمَنُوا
literal: to believe; to have faith; to be secure; trust; trustworthiness; covenant; deposit; believer, faithful
وَبَيِّنَاتِكَ
literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment
وَظُهُوراتِ
literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation
وَمَطْلَعِ
literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation
وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ،
literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God
