Prayers and Meditations — §588
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 588 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَنَا عَبْدُكَ الَّذِيْ تَمَسَّكْتُ بِحَبْلِ أَلْطافِكَ وَتَشَبَّثْتُ بِذَيْلِ إِفْضالِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بَاسْمِكَ الَّذِي سَخَّرْتَ بِهِ الوُجُودَ مِنَ الغَيْبِ وَالشُّهُودِ، وَبِهِ مَرَّتْ نَفْحَةُ الحَيَوانِ عَلَى مَنْ فِي الإِمْكانِ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي قَوِيًّا بِقُوَّتِكَ الَّتِيْ أَحاطَتِ الأَرْضَ وَالسَّماءَ، وَتَحْفَظَنِي عَنْ كُلِّ سَقَمٍ وَبَلآءٍ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ مالِكُ الأَسْمآءِ وَالحاكِمُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy Name, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant who hath laid hold on the cord of Thy tender mercies, and clung to the hem of Thy bounteousness. I entreat Thee by Thy name whereby Thou hast subjected all created things, both visible and invisible, and through which the breath that is life indeed was wafted over the entire creation, to strengthen me by Thy power which hath encompassed the heavens and the earth, and to guard me from all sickness and tribulation. I bear witness that Thou art the Lord of all names, and the Ordainer of all that may please Thee. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
أَلْطافِكَ
literal: kindness; grace; gentleness; benevolence
بَاسْمِكَ
literal: to name, to nominate, to designate, to appoint; name; noun; to name, to appoint, to designate
الغَيْبِ
literal: the unseen; the invisible; the hidden; the unknowable; stranger; foreign; alien; separated
الإِمْكانِ
literal: establishment; confirmation; empowerment; firm settlement; place; possibility; being (negated as ‘non-being’)
تَشآءُ
literal: thing; something; to will; to wish; to desire; to open; to unfold; to reveal
