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Prayers and Meditations — §586

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 586 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

أَيْ رَبِّ قَدْ تَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ كما أَمَرْتَنِي فِي كِتابِكَ وَأَقْبَلْتُ إِلى أُفُقِ عِنايَتِكَ بِما أَذِنْتَ لِيْ فِي أَلْواحِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْ لا تَطْرُدَنِي عَنْ بابِ فَضْلِكَ وَتَكْتُبَ لِي أَجْرَ مَنْ فازَ بِلِقائِكَ وَقَامَ عَلَى خِدْمَتِكَ وَأَخَذَتْهُ رَشَحاتُ بَحْرِ أَلْطافِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَإِشْراقاتُ شَمْسِ مَواهِبِكَ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I have, O my Lord, turned unto Thee according to what Thou hast commanded me in Thy Book, and have set my face towards the horizon of Thy loving-kindness even as Thou hast permitted me in Thy Tablets. Cast me not out of the door of Thy grace, I beseech Thee, and write down for me the recompense destined for him who hath entered Thy presence, and hath risen to serve Thee, and hath been carried away by the drops sprinkled upon him from the Ocean of Thy favors in Thy days, and by the splendors of the Daystar of Thy gifts that have been shed upon him at the revelation of the light of Thy countenance.

Translation Notes

أَيْ
ʾ-y-y → “O”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

رَبِّ
r-b-b → “my Lord”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

قَدْ
q-d → “We have been”

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

تَوَجَّهْتُ
w-j-h → “turned”

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

إِلَيْكَ
ʾ-l-y → “towards” Distinctive

literal: one; a single

كما
k-m → “loss” Distinctive

literal: as; like; how much; lane; street; quarter; abode

أَمَرْتَنِي
ʾ-m-r → “Thou hast commanded me” Distinctive

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

فِي
f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

كِتابِكَ
k-t-b → “Thy Book”

literal: book; scripture; writing

وَأَقْبَلْتُ
q-b-l → “have set” Distinctive

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

أُفُقِ
ʾ-f-q → “horizon”

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

عِنايَتِكَ
ʿ-n-y → “Thy loving-kindness”

literal: to concern; to mean; to turn away from; bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention; meaning; significance; inner sense

بِما
m-ʾ → “that” Distinctive

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

أَذِنْتَ
ʾ-dh-n → “ear” Distinctive

literal: ear; permission; permission/leave

لِيْ
ʿ-l-y → “in”

literal: for us; to us

أَلْواحِكَ،
l-w-ḥ → “Tablets”

literal: description; tablet; manifesto

أَسْئَلُكَ
s-ʾ-l → “I beseech Thee”

literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

بِأَنْ
ʾ-n-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

لا
l-ʾ → “not”

literal: no; not; negation particle

تَطْرُدَنِي
ṭ-r-d → “Cast me”

literal: cast out; driven away; expelled

عَنْ
ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

بابِ
b-w-b → “door”

literal: door; gate; chapter; way; manner

فَضْلِكَ
f-ḍ-l → “Thy grace”

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

أَجْرَ
ʾ-j-r → “recompense”

literal: wage; recompense; reward; wage, reward, recompense

مَنْ
m-n → “him” Distinctive

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

فازَ
f-w-z → “hath entered” Distinctive

literal: to attain; to gain; to succeed; to win

بِلِقائِكَ
l-q-y → “Thy presence”

literal: opposite; facing; in front of; towards

وَقَامَ
q-w-m → “hath risen” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

عَلَى
ʿ-l-w → “to”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

خِدْمَتِكَ
kh-d-m → “serve Thee”

literal: service; servitude; to serve

وَأَخَذَتْهُ
ʾ-kh-dh → “laid hold”

literal: to take; to seize; to affect; to grasp

رَشَحاتُ
r-sh-ḥ → “drops”

literal: emanations; outpourings; effusions

بَحْرِ
b-ḥ-r → “Ocean”

literal: sea; ocean

أَلْطافِكَ
l-ṭ-f → “Thy favors”

literal: kindness; grace; gentleness; benevolence

أَيَّامِكَ
y-w-m → “Thy days”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

وَإِشْراقاتُ
sh-r-q → “splendors”

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

شَمْسِ
sh-m-s → “Daystar”

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

مَواهِبِكَ
w-h-b → “Thy gifts”

literal: gift; grant; bestowal

عِنْدَ
ʿ-n-d → “at” Distinctive

literal: obstinacy; opposition; enmity

ظُهُورِ
ẓ-h-r → “revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

أَنْوارِ
n-w-r → “light”

literal: light; illumination

إِنَّكَ
ʾ-n-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

أَنْتَ
ʾ-n-t

literal: you (masculine singular)

المُقْتَدِرُ
q-d-r

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

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