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Prayers and Meditations — §429

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 429 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

ِ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الأَعْظَمِ الَّذِيْ بِهِ انْقَلَبَتِ الكائِنَاتُ وَاهْتَزَّتِ المَوجُوداتُ، بِأَنْ تُنَزِّلَ مِنْ سَحَابِ رَحْمَتِكَ ما يُطَهِّرُ هؤُلآءِ عَنْ كُلِّ بَلآءٍ وَمَكْرُوهٍ، ثُمَّ أَصْعِدْهُمْ إِلى مَقَامٍ لا يَشْغَلُهُمُ البَلآيا عَنْ بَدَائِعِ ذِكْرِكَ وَلا الرَّزَايا عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلى ساحَةِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا مَحْبُوبَ البَهآءِ وَمَقْصُودَ البَهآءِ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I beseech Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, through which all created things were rent asunder and the whole creation was shaken, to send down from the clouds of Thy mercy that which will purge them from every ordeal and from whatever is hateful to Thee. Raise them up, then, to such heights that no amount of tribulation will keep them back from Thy wondrous remembrance, nor any trouble hinder them from turning toward the court of Thy transcendent oneness.

Translation Notes

أَسْئَلُكَ
s-ʾ-l → “I beseech Thee”

literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

بِاسْمِكَ
s-m-w → “by Thy”

literal: to name, to nominate, to designate, to appoint; name; noun; to name, to appoint, to designate

الأَعْظَمِ
ʿ-ẓ-m → “Most Great”

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

الَّذِيْ
l-dh-y → “through which”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

بِهِ
b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

انْقَلَبَتِ
q-l-b → “hearts” Distinctive

literal: to turn; to overturn; to reverse

الكائِنَاتُ
k-w-n → “all created things”

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

وَاهْتَزَّتِ
h-z-z → “transports” Distinctive

literal: to tremble; to vibrate; to shake

المَوجُوداتُ،
w-j-d → “the whole creation” Distinctive

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

بِأَنْ
ʾ-n-n → “to” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تُنَزِّلَ
n-z-l → “send down”

literal: to descend, to be revealed

مِنْ
m-n → “from”

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

سَحَابِ
s-ḥ-b → “clouds”

literal: cloud; clouds

رَحْمَتِكَ
r-ḥ-m → “of Thy mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

ما
m-ʾ → “that”

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

يُطَهِّرُ
ṭ-h-r → “pure” Distinctive

literal: purify; pure; purified

هؤُلآءِ
h-ʾ-l → “these”

literal: these

عَنْ
ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

كُلِّ
k-l-l → “every”

literal: for us; to us

بَلآءٍ
b-l-w → “tribulations”

literal: trial; affliction; test; calamity; plague

وَمَكْرُوهٍ،
k-r-h → “abhor” Distinctive

literal: dislike; hate; haters/those who hate

ثُمَّ
th-m-m → “then”

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

أَصْعِدْهُمْ
ṣ-ʿ-d → “Raise them up”

literal: ascent; ascension; rising; elevation

إِلى
ʾ-l-y → “to”

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

مَقَامٍ
q-w-m → “such heights” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

لا
l-ʾ → “or”

literal: no; not; negation particle

يَشْغَلُهُمُ
sh-gh-l → “busied” Distinctive

literal: occupied; busy; occupy

بَدَائِعِ
b-d-ʿ → “wondrous”

literal: to create; most wondrous; excel

ذِكْرِكَ
dh-k-r → “remembrance”

literal: remembrance; mention; memory

وَلا
w-l-y → “nor” Distinctive

literal: friend; lord; guardian

الرَّزَايا
r-z-y → “the trials”

literal: calamity; disaster; affliction; misfortune; mystery; secret; hidden thing

التَّوَجُّهِ
w-j-h → “face” Distinctive

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

ساحَةِ
s-w-ḥ → “court”

literal: court; plaza; courtyard; open space; domain; presence

عِزِّ
ʿ-z-z → “of Thy” Distinctive

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

أَحَدِيَّتِكَ،
ʾ-ḥ-d → “transcendent oneness”

literal: oneness; unity; absolute unicity; singleness of divine essence

يا
y-ʾ

literal: O; or

مَحْبُوبَ
ḥ-b-b

literal: love; affection

البَهآءِ
b-h-w

literal: splendor; glory; magnificence; Bahá (Proper Name in Bahá’í texts)

وَمَقْصُودَ
q-ṣ-d

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

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