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Prayers and Meditations — §597

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 597 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

َّذِيْ بِهِ تَضَوَّعَتْ نَفَحاتُ قَمِيصِ وَصْلِكَ وَمَرَّتْ عَلَى هَياكلِ الوُجُودِ أَرْياحُ جُودِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ مُؤَيَّدًا لِخِدْمَةِ أَمْرِكَ وَمُوَفَّقًا عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ، ثُمَّ احْفَظْنِي يا إِلهِي بِذِراعَيْ قُدْرَتِكَ وَقَدِّرْ لِي ما يَنْبَغِي لِجُودِكَ فِي كُلِّ عَالَمٍ مِنْ عَوالِمِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ تَرَانِي مُقْبِلاً إِلى بَحْرِ فَضْ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I implore Thee, by Thy Name through which the fragrance of the raiment of Thy presence was wafted, and the gentle winds of Thy bountiful grace passed over all created things, to graciously assist me, at all times and under all conditions, to serve Thy Cause, and to enable me to remember Thee and to extol Thy virtues. Let, then, Thine almighty arms enfold me, O my God, and ordain for me what beseemeth Thy bounty in every world of Thy worlds.

Translation Notes

َّذِيْ
dh-w-y → “and” Distinctive

literal: possessor; possessor of; possessor/owner

بِهِ
b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

تَضَوَّعَتْ
ḍ-w-ʿ → “wafted”

literal: emitting fragrance; diffusing; exuding

نَفَحاتُ
n-f-ḥ → “fragrance”

literal: breeze; fragrance; whiff; breath; emanation

قَمِيصِ
q-m-ṣ → “raiment”

literal: garment; shirt; tunic

وَصْلِكَ
w-ṣ-l → “presence”

literal: reunion; union; meeting; connection

وَمَرَّتْ
m-r-r → “passed”

literal: to pass; to pass by; to go

عَلَى
ʿ-l-w → “over” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

هَياكلِ
h-y-k-l → “form” Distinctive

literal: temple; structure; form; body

الوُجُودِ
w-j-d

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

أَرْياحُ
r-w-ḥ → “winds”

literal: to throw; to cast; Aramaic/Persian proper name reference; to throw, cast, shoot; to pelt; to shoot

جُودِكَ
j-w-d → “grace” Distinctive

literal: generosity; bounty; liberality

وَفَضْلِكَ
f-ḍ-l

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

بِأَنْ
ʾ-n-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تَجْعَلَنِي
j-ʿ-l → “make” Distinctive

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

فِي
f-y → “at” Distinctive

literal: in; in-it; in it

كُلِّ
k-l-l → “all times”

literal: for us; to us

الأَحْوالِ
ḥ-w-l → “and under all conditions”

literal: states; conditions; circumstances; situations; affairs

مُؤَيَّدًا
ʾ-y-d

literal: to support, assist, strengthen, confirm; to support; to assist; to strengthen; to aid; confirmation; support; strengthening

لِخِدْمَةِ
kh-d-m → “serve”

literal: service; servitude; to serve

أَمْرِكَ
ʾ-m-r → “Cause”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

وَمُوَفَّقًا
w-f-q → “enable”

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

ذِكْرِكَ
dh-k-r → “remember” Distinctive

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

وَثَنائِكَ،
th-n-y → “extol” Distinctive

literal: praise; commendation; eulogy; glorification; praise, commendation, eulogy

ثُمَّ
th-m-m → “then”

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

احْفَظْنِي
ḥ-f-ẓ → “protect” Distinctive

literal: guardian; preserver; keeper

يا
y-ʾ

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

إِلهِي
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

بِذِراعَيْ
dh-r-ʿ → “arm”

literal: to place, leave; to set

قُدْرَتِكَ
q-d-r → “almighty”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

لِي
ʿ-l-y → “upon”

literal: upon; on; exalted

ما
m-ʾ → “that”

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

يَنْبَغِي
n-b-gh → “beseemeth”

literal: it is proper; it is fitting; it is necessary; it behooves

عَالَمٍ
ʿ-l-m → “world”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

مِنْ
m-n → “of”

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

أَيْ
ʾ-y-y → “O”

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

رَبِّ
r-b-b → “my”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

تَرَانِي
r-ʾ-y

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

مُقْبِلاً
q-b-l

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

إِلى
ʾ-l-y

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

بَحْرِ
b-ḥ-r

literal: sea; ocean

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