Prayers and Meditations — §435

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 435 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

نْ يَمِينِ عَرْشِ عَظَمَتِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا إِلهِي لَوْ يَسْمَعُها أَحَدٌ ما قَدَّرْتَهُ فِيها حَقَّ الإِصْغَاءِ لَيَطِيرُ إِلى مَلَكُوتِ أَمْرِكَ الَّذِيْ يَنْطِقُ فِيهِ كُلُّ ما خُلِقَ فِيهِ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُهَيْمِنُ القَيُّومُ، يا إِلهِي طَهِّرْ أَبْصَارَ عِبادِكَ ثُمَّ اجْتَذِبْهُمْ بِآياتِكَ عَلی شَأْنٍ لا يَمْنَعُهُمُ البَلايا عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَيْكَ وَعَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلى أُفُقِ أَمْرِكَ، يا إِلهِي قَدْ أَحَاطَتِ الظُّلْمَةُ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Purge out thoroughly their ears, O my Lord, that they may hearken unto the sweet melodies that have ascended from the right hand of the throne of Thy glory. I swear by Thy might! Were any one to attune his ears to their harmony he would soar up to the kingdom of Thy revelation, wherein every created thing proclaimeth that Thou art God, and that there is none other God save Thee, the Omnipotent, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Cleanse Thou, O my God, the eyes of Thy servants, and so transport them by the sweetness of Thine utterances that calamities will be powerless to hinder them from turning unto Thee, and from directing their eyes towards the horizon of Thy Revelation.

Translation Notes

يَمِينِ

y-m-n → “right hand”

literal: right hand; oath; right side

عَرْشِ

ʿ-r-sh → “throne”

literal: of the Throne; companion of the Throne

عَظَمَتِكَ،

ʿ-ẓ-m → “glory” Distinctive

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

فَوَعِزَّتِكَ

ʿ-z-z → “I swear by Thy might”

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

يا

y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; or

إِلهِي

ʾ-l-h → “my Lord” Distinctive

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

لَوْ

l-w → “If”

literal: if; would that; O that

يَسْمَعُها

s-m-ʿ → “attune his ears”

literal: heard, hearkened to, acceptable, worthy of attention

أَحَدٌ

ʾ-ḥ-d → “any one”

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

ما

m-ʾ

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

فِيها

f-y

literal: in it; in them

حَقَّ

ḥ-q-q

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

الإِصْغَاءِ

ṣ-gh-w → “hearken”

literal: to listen, hear; to give ear

لَيَطِيرُ

ṭ-y-r → “soar up”

literal: bird; birds; flying creature; flying; flight

إِلى

ʾ-l-y → “to”

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

مَلَكُوتِ

m-l-k → “kingdom”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty

أَمْرِكَ

ʾ-m-r → “Thy revelation” Distinctive

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

الَّذِيْ

l-dh-y → “which”

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

يَنْطِقُ

n-ṭ-q → “proclaimeth”

literal: to speak; to utter; to pronounce; to articulate

كُلُّ

k-l-l → “every”

literal: for us; to us

خُلِقَ

kh-l-q → “created”

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

بِأَنَّكَ

ʾ-n-n → “that” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

أَنْتَ

ʾ-n-t → “Thou”

literal: you (masculine singular)

لا

l-ʾ → “or”

literal: no; not; negation particle

إِلهَ

ʾ-l-h → “God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

إِلاَّ

ʾ-kh-r → “end”

literal: end; hereafter; other

المُقْتَدِرُ

q-d-r → “Omnipotent” Distinctive

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

المُهَيْمِنُ

h-m-n → “Help in Peril”

literal: the Protector; the Overseer; the Guardian

القَيُّومُ،

q-w-m → “Self-Subsisting”

literal: rising; standing; resurrection; uprising; establishment

طَهِّرْ

ṭ-h-r → “Cleanse”

literal: to purify; to cleanse

أَبْصَارَ

b-ṣ-r → “eyes”

literal: sight; insight; eyes

عِبادِكَ

ʿ-b-d → “Thy servants”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

ثُمَّ

th-m-m → “and” Distinctive

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

اجْتَذِبْهُمْ

j-dh-b → “attract” Distinctive

literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw

بِآياتِكَ

ʾ-y-y → “sweetness of Thine utterances”

literal: verse; sign; miracle; proof

عَلی

ʿ-l-w

literal: highest; most high; supreme

شَأْنٍ

sh-ʾ-n → “that they”

literal: affair; concern; matter; aspect; quality; state; affairs; matters; conditions; circumstances; affair, matter, station, rank, dignity; station; rank; importance; matter, affair, concern, dignity, rank

يَمْنَعُهُمُ

m-n-ʿ → “hinder”

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

البَلايا

b-l-w → “tribulations”

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

عَنِ

ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

التَّوَجُّهِ

w-j-h → “turning”

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

النَّظَرِ

n-ẓ-r → “directing their eyes” Distinctive

literal: sight; view; spectacle; appearance

أُفُقِ

ʾ-f-q → “horizon”

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

قَدْ

q-d

literal: verily; indeed; certainly (particle of emphasis)

أَحَاطَتِ

ḥ-w-ṭ

literal: to encompass, surround, envelop, embrace

الظُّلْمَةُ

ẓ-l-m

literal: wrongedness, oppression, meekness; state of being wronged or oppressed

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