Prayers and Meditations — §453
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 453 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِمَا أَظْهَرْتَنِيْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَأَلْقَيْتَ عَلَيَّ حُبَّكَ وَعِرْفانَكَ، أَسئَلُكَ بِاسْمِك الَّذِيْ بِهِ ظَهَرَتْ لَئالِئُ الحِكْمَةِ وَالبَيَانِ مِنْ خَزَائِنِ أَفْئِدَةِ المُقَرَّبِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ، وَأَشْرَقَتْ شَمْسُ اسْمِكَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَلَى مَنْ فِي أَرْضِكَ وَسَمَائِكَ، بِأَنْ تَرْزُقَنِي
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I give Thee thanks inasmuch as Thou hast called me into being in Thy days, and infused into me Thy love and Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee, by Thy name whereby the goodly pearls of Thy wisdom and Thine utterance were brought forth out of the treasuries of the hearts of such of Thy servants as are nigh unto Thee, and through which the Daystar of Thy name, the Compassionate, hath shed its radiance upon all that are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, to supply me, by Thy grace and bounty, with Thy wondrous and hidden bounties.
Translation Notes
سُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted; dawn; daybreak; morning
وَأَلْقَيْتَ
literal: to throw, cast; to vomit; to present, put forward; to cast; to send down; to impart
بِاسْمِك
literal: to name, to nominate, to designate, to appoint; name; noun; to name, to appoint, to designate
ظَهَرَتْ
literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest
وَأَشْرَقَتْ
literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination
الرَّحْمَنِ
literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy
