Source (Arabic)
لَمْ يَكنْ مَعَكَ مِنْ شَيءٍ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ بِمِثْلِ ما كُنْتَ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَزِيزُ العَليِمُ، سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِذِكْرِكَ العَلِيِّ الأَعْلَى الَّذِيْ أَظْهَرْتَهُ بِاسْمِكَ الأَبْهى بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الإِنْشآءِ، وَجَعَلْتَ مَشِيَّتَهُ ذاتَ مَشِيَّتِكَ وَنَفْسَهُ مَظْهَرَ نَفْسِكَ وَكَيْنُونَتَهُ مَطْلَعَ عِلْمِكَ وَقَلْبَهُ مَخْزَنَ إِلْهامِكَ وَفُؤادَهُ مَهْبَطَ وَحْيِكَ وَصَدْرَهُ مَشْرِقَ أَسْمائِكَ الحُسْنى وَصَفاتِكَ العُلْيا وَلِسانَهُ مَنْبَعَ كَوْثَرِ ثَنائِكَ وَسَلْسَبِيلِ حِكْمَتِكَ بِأَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنا ما يَجْعَلُنا أَغْنِيآءَ عَنْ دونِكَ وَمُقَدَّسيِنَ عَمَّا سِواكَ وَقاصِدينَ إِلى حَرَمِ رِضائِكَ وَآمِلِينَ ما قَدَّرْتَ لَنا بِتَقْدِيرِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْنا يا إِلهِي مُنْقَطِعِينَ عَنْ أَنْفُسِنا وَمُتَوَسِّلِينَ بِمَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ العَلِيِّ الأَعْلی، ثُمَّ ارْزُقْنا ما هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَنا، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْنا مِنْ عِبادِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَآمَنُوا بِنَفْسِكَ وَاسْتَقَرُّوا عَلَى سُرُرِ الإِيْقانِ عَلَى شَأْنٍ ما مَنَعَتْهُمْ إِشاراتُ الشَّيْطانِ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلى شَطْرِ اسْمِكَ الرَّحْمنِ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Him Who is Thine exalted and supreme Remembrance, Whom Thou hast sent down unto all Thy creatures and invested with Thy name, the All-Glorious, Whose will Thou hast ordained to be Thine own will, Whose self Thou hast decreed to be the revealer of Thine own Self, and His essence the Dayspring of Thy wisdom, and His heart the treasury of Thine inspiration, and His breast the dawning-place of Thy most excellent attributes and most exalted titles, and His tongue the fountainhead of the waters of Thy praise and the wellspring of the soft-flowing streams of Thy wisdom, to send down upon us that which will enable us to dispense with all else except Thee, and will cause us to direct our steps towards the sanctuary of Thy pleasure and to aspire after the things Thou didst ordain for us according to Thine irrevocable decree. Empower us, then, O my God, to forsake ourselves and cleave steadfastly to Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self, the Most Exalted, the Most High. Supply us also with that which is best for us, and write us down with such of Thy servants as have repudiated the Idol (Mírzá Yaḥyá), and firmly believed in Thee, and been so established on the throne of certitude that the whisperings of the Evil One have been powerless to hinder them from turning their faces towards Thy name, the All-Merciful.
