Prayers and Meditations — §335

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 335 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

يا مَنْ ذِكْرُكَ أَنِيسُ قُلُوبِ المُشْتاقِينَ وَاسْمُكَ حَبِيبُ أَفئِدَةِ المُخْلِصِينَ وَثَنائُكَ مَحْبُوبُ المُقَرَّبِينَ وَوَجْهُكَ مَقْصَدُ العارِفِينَ وَدائُكَ شِفآءُ صُدُورِ المُقْبِلِينَ وَبَلائُكَ غايَةُ مُرادِ المُنْقَطِعِينَ، سُبْحانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ يا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ مَلَكُوتُ مُلْكَ السَّمَواتِ و

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O Thou Whose remembrance is the delight of the souls of all them that yearn after Thee, Whose name is the exultation of the hearts of all who are wholly devoted to Thy will, Whose praise is cherished by such as have drawn nigh unto Thy court, Whose face is the ardent desire of all them that have recognized Thy truth, Whose trial is the healer of the sicknesses of them who have embraced Thy Cause, Whose calamity is the highest aspiration of such as are rid of all attachment to any one but Thyself!

Translation Notes

يا

y-ʾ

literal: O; or

مَنْ

m-n → “from”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

ذِكْرُكَ

dh-k-r → “Whose remembrance”

literal: remembrance; mention; memory

أَنِيسُ

ʾ-n-s → “OF MAN” Distinctive

literal: man; companion; human

قُلُوبِ

q-l-b → “souls” Distinctive

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

المُشْتاقِينَ

sh-w-q → “yearn after Thee” Distinctive

literal: to encourage; to incite; yearning; enthusiasm

وَاسْمُكَ

s-m-w → “Whose name” Distinctive

literal: heaven; sky

حَبِيبُ

ḥ-b-b → “love”

literal: love; affection

أَفئِدَةِ

f-ʾ-d → “hearts”

literal: heart, innermost soul, mind; heart; inner consciousness; mind; one who benefits; advantageous

المُخْلِصِينَ

kh-l-ṣ → “wholly”

literal: sincere; devoted; pure one

وَثَنائُكَ

th-n-y → “Whose praise”

literal: praise; commendation; eulogy; glorification; praise, commendation, eulogy

المُقَرَّبِينَ

q-r-b → “nigh” Distinctive

literal: place of sacrifice; altar

وَوَجْهُكَ

w-j-h → “Whose face” Distinctive

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

مَقْصَدُ

q-ṣ-d → “ardent desire” Distinctive

literal: intention; purpose; aim; goal; to seek; to direct oneself

العارِفِينَ

ʿ-r-f → “have recognized Thy truth” Distinctive

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

وَدائُكَ

d-w-y → “hundred” Distinctive

literal: two-hundred; blood-money; medicine/remedy

شِفآءُ

sh-f-y → “Thy healing” Distinctive

literal: healing; cure; recovery

صُدُورِ

ṣ-d-r → “breasts”

literal: to issue, emanate, proceed; issued, emanating

المُقْبِلِينَ

q-b-l

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

وَبَلائُكَ

b-l-w → “Whose calamity”

literal: affliction; trial; calamity; trial, tribulation, affliction, calamity; yes; indeed; verily

غايَةُ

gh-w-y → “Desire”

literal: verse; sign; miracle; proof; sign, verse, miracle, token, indication; ayah; he; him; it

مُرادِ

r-w-d → “will” Distinctive

literal: to will; to intend; to wish; will, volition, intention, desire

المُنْقَطِعِينَ،

q-ṭ-ʿ → “rid of all attachment”

literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain

سُبْحانَكَ

s-b-ḥ

literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted

بِيَدِكَ

y-d-y

literal: it is necessary; it behooves; one must

مَلَكُوتُ

m-l-k

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty

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