Prayers and Meditations — §50
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 50 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِذَيْلِ عِنايَتِكَ، يا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ مَلَكُوتُ الأَسْمآءِ فَارْحَمْنِي وَمَنْ مَعِي بِبَدائِعِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَقُوَّتِكَ، ثُمَّ احْفَظْنا يا إِلهِي مِنْ شَرِّ أَعْدائِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْنا ناصِرِينَ لِدِينِكَ وَحافِظِينَ لأَمْرِكَ وَناطِقِينَ بِثَنائِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ فِيْ عُلُوِّ تَوْحِيدِكَ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ بِمِثْلِ ما قَدْ كُنْتَ، لا يَعْزُبُ عَنْ عِلْمِكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَلا يُعْجِزُكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُعْتَمَدُ المُتَعالِي الْعَزِيزُ الْمَحْبُوبُ، وَالْحَمْدُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Have mercy upon me and upon all them that are in my company, through the wonders of Thy grace and power. Shield us, then, O my God, from the mischief of Thine enemies, and assist us to help Thy Faith, and to protect Thy Cause, and to celebrate Thy glory. Thou art, verily, He Who from everlasting hath inhabited the inaccessible heights of His unity, and will continue to remain the same for ever and ever. Nothing whatsoever escapeth Thy knowledge, nor is there anything that can frustrate Thee. No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the Ever-Faithful, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.
Translation Notes
عِنايَتِكَ،
literal: to concern; to mean; to turn away from; bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention; meaning; significance; inner sense
لأَمْرِكَ
literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order
بِثَنائِكَ،
literal: praise; commendation; eulogy; glorification; praise, commendation, eulogy
تَوْحِيدِكَ
literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God
شَيْءٍ
literal: thing; something; to will; to wish; to desire; to open; to unfold; to reveal
يُعْجِزُكَ
literal: to be unable; to fail; to be exhausted; impotence; أعجاز (roots of trees/extremities) is Pattern II plural, distinct from ‘inability’ forms
