Prayers and Meditations — §594

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 594 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهَ الأَسْماءِ وَفاطِرَ السَّماءِ أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي بِهِ ظَهَرَ مَطْلَعُ قُوَّتِكَ وَمَشْرِقُ اقْتِدارِكَ وَجَرَى كُلُّ جِسْمٍ وَحَيَّ كُلُّ جَسَدٍ وَثَبَتَ كُلُّ رُوحٍ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مُنْقَطِعًا إِلَيْكَ وَخادِمًا لأَمْرِكَ وَمُرِيدًا ما أَرَدْتَهُ بِسُلْطانِكَ وَعامِلاً ما يُحِبُّهُ رِضائُكَ، ثُمَّ أَسْئَلُكَ يا إِلهِي بِأَنْ تُقَدِّرَ لِي

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O God, and the God of all Names, and Maker of the heavens! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which He Who is the Dayspring of Thy might and the Dawning-Place of Thy power hath been manifested, through which every solid thing hath been made to flow, and every dead corpse hath been quickened, and every moving spirit confirmed—I entreat Thee to enable me to rid myself of all attachment to any one but Thee, and to serve Thy Cause, and to wish what Thou didst wish through the power of Thy sovereignty, and to perform what is the good pleasure of Thy will.

Translation Notes

اللَّهُمَّ

ʾ-l-h → “O”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

يا

literal: O; or

إِلهَ

ʾ-l-h → “God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

الأَسْماءِ

s-m-w → “all Names”

literal: heaven; sky

وَفاطِرَ

f-ṭ-r → “Maker”

literal: creator; the one who splits/creates

أَسْئَلُكَ

s-ʾ-l → “I entreat” Distinctive

literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

الَّذِي

l-dh-y → “through which”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

بِهِ

b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

ظَهَرَ

ẓ-h-r → “hath been manifested”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

مَطْلَعُ

ṭ-l-ʿ → “Dayspring”

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

قُوَّتِكَ

q-w-y → “Thy might”

literal: strength; power; might

وَمَشْرِقُ

sh-r-q → “Dawning-Place” Distinctive

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

اقْتِدارِكَ

q-d-r → “Thy power”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

وَجَرَى

j-r-y → “hath been made to flow” Distinctive

literal: trade; commerce; business; to flow; to run; to be in effect; flowing

كُلُّ

k-l-l → “every”

literal: for us; to us

جِسْمٍ

j-s-m → “My body”

literal: body; physical form; substance

وَحَيَّ

w-ḥ-y → “Revelation”

literal: revelation; inspiration; divine communication

جَسَدٍ

j-s-d → “bodies” Distinctive

literal: body; corpse; physical form

وَثَبَتَ

th-b-t → “and every moving spirit confirmed—I” Distinctive

literal: firm; steadfast; established; fixed

رُوحٍ

literal: to go; to depart; to rest; spirit; soul

بِأَنْ

ʾ-n-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تَجْعَلَنِي

literal: to make; to cause; to render; to appoint

مُنْقَطِعًا

q-ṭ-ʿ → “rid myself of all attachment”

literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain

إِلَيْكَ

ʾ-l-y → “towards” Distinctive

literal: one; a single

وَخادِمًا

kh-d-m → “to serve”

literal: service; servitude; to serve

لأَمْرِكَ

ʾ-m-r → “Thy Cause”

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

وَمُرِيدًا

r-y-d → “to wish”

literal: to will, to intend, to wish, to desire; to want; to intend; to desire

ما

m-ʾ → “that”

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

بِسُلْطانِكَ

s-l-ṭ → “sovereignty”

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

وَعامِلاً

ʿ-m-l → “deeds” Distinctive

literal: to work; to act; to do; to perform

يُحِبُّهُ

ḥ-b-b → “love”

literal: love; affection

رِضائُكَ،

r-ḍ-y → “Thy pleasure”

literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction

ثُمَّ

th-m-m → “and” Distinctive

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

لِي

ʿ-l-y → “upon”

literal: upon; on; exalted

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