Prayers and Meditations — §485

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 485 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

وَسَيِّدِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِالكَلِمَةِ الَّتِيْ بِها طَارَ المُوَحِّدُونَ فِي هَوآءِ عِرفانِكَ وَعَرَجَ المُخْلِصُونَ إِلى سَمآءِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ بِأَنْ تُلْهِمَ أَحِبَّتَكَ ما تَطْمَئِنُّ بِهِ قُلُوبُهُمْ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْهُمْ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا يَمْنَعُهُمْ شَيْءٌ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَيْكَ،

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I implore Thee, O my God and my Master, by Thy word through which they who have believed in Thy unity have soared up into the atmosphere of Thy knowledge, and they who are devoted to Thee have ascended into the heaven of Thy oneness, to inspire Thy loved ones with that which will assure their hearts in Thy Cause. Endue them with such steadfastness that nothing whatsoever will hinder them from turning towards Thee.

Translation Notes

وَسَيِّدِي

s-w-d → “Master”

literal: master; lord; chief; my master

أَسْئَلُكَ

s-ʾ-l → “implore”

literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

بِالكَلِمَةِ

k-l-m → “word”

literal: words; utterances; locutions; word; utterance; speech; sayings; verses

الَّتِيْ

ʾ-l-l

literal: who; which/that; which

بِها

b-h-w → “All-Glorious” Distinctive

literal: by it; by him; with it

طَارَ

ṭ-y-r → “soared”

literal: the letter Ṭá; refers to Ṭihrán (also spelled Ṭehran)

المُوَحِّدُونَ

w-ḥ-d → “unity”

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

فِي

f-y

literal: in; in-it; in it

هَوآءِ

h-w-y → “atmosphere”

literal: air; atmosphere; void

عِرفانِكَ

ʿ-r-f → “knowledge”

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

وَعَرَجَ

ʿ-r-j → “ascended”

literal: to ascend, climb, mount

المُخْلِصُونَ

kh-l-ṣ → “they who are devoted” Distinctive

literal: sincere; devoted; pure one

إِلى

ʾ-l-y → “towards”

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

سَمآءِ

s-m-w → “heaven”

literal: heaven; sky

أَحَدِيَّتِكَ

ʾ-ḥ-d → “oneness”

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

بِأَنْ

ʾ-n-n → “to” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تُلْهِمَ

l-هـ-m → “inspire”

literal: inspire; inspiration

أَحِبَّتَكَ

ḥ-b-b → “Thy loved ones”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

ما

m-ʾ → “that”

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

تَطْمَئِنُّ

ṭ-m-n → “confidence” Distinctive

literal: be tranquil; be at peace; be composed; be assured

بِهِ

b-h

literal: to; with it; with

قُلُوبُهُمْ

q-l-b → “hearts”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

عَلَى

ʿ-l-w → “in” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

أَمْرِكَ،

ʾ-m-r → “Cause”

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

ثُمَّ

th-m-m

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

اسْتَقِمْهُمْ

q-w-m → “Endue them with”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

شَأْنٍ

sh-ʾ-n

literal: affair; matter; station; rank; importance

لا

l-ʾ

literal: no; not; negation particle

يَمْنَعُهُمْ

m-n-ʿ → “hinder”

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

شَيْءٌ

sh-y-ʾ → “nothing whatsoever”

literal: thing; something; to will; to wish; to desire; to open; to unfold; to reveal

عَنِ

ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

التَّوَجُّهِ

w-j-h → “turning”

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

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