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Prayers and Meditations — §599

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 599 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

الغَفُورُ الْكَرِيمُ، أَيْ رَبِّ نَوِّرْ بَصَرِيْ بِأَنْوارِ أُفُقِ ظُهُورِكَ وَقَلْبِي بِتَشَعْشُعاتِ شَمْسِ عِلْمِكَ وَحِكْمَتِكَ لأَكُونَ بِكُلِّي مُتَوَجِّهًا إِلى وَجْهِكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَنْ دُونِكَ بِحَيْثُ لا تَمْنَعُنِي الشُّئُوناتُ عَنْ عِرْفانِ مَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ وَمَطْلَعِ آياتِكَ وَمَشْرِقِ وَحْيِكَ وَمَصْدَرِ أَمْرِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Illumine mine eyes, O my Lord, with the splendors of the horizon of Thy Revelation, and brighten my heart with the effulgence of the Daystar of Thy knowledge and wisdom, that I may set myself wholly towards Thy face, and be rid of all attachment to any one except Thee, in such wise that the changes and chances of the world will be powerless to hinder me from recognizing Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine own Self, and the Revealer of Thy signs, and the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, and the Repository of Thy Cause.

Translation Notes

الغَفُورُ
gh-f-r

literal: to forgive; forgiveness

الْكَرِيمُ،
k-r-m

literal: Carmel (Mount Carmel); vineyard, fruitful field; honor; generosity; nobility

أَيْ
ʾ-y-y → “O”

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

رَبِّ
r-b-b → “Lord”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

نَوِّرْ
n-w-r → “Illumine” Distinctive

literal: light; illumination

بَصَرِيْ
b-ṣ-r → “eyes”

literal: sight; insight; discernment; spiritual perception

أُفُقِ
ʾ-f-q → “horizon”

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

ظُهُورِكَ
ẓ-h-r → “Revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

وَقَلْبِي
q-l-b → “heart”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

بِتَشَعْشُعاتِ
sh-ʿ-ʿ → “gleaming” Distinctive

literal: ray; radiance; gleaming

شَمْسِ
sh-m-s → “Daystar”

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

عِلْمِكَ
ʿ-l-m → “knowledge”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

وَحِكْمَتِكَ
ḥ-k-m → “wisdom”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom; firm; solid; strengthened

لأَكُونَ
k-w-n → “that I may” Distinctive

literal: to vex; to harm; to beset

بِكُلِّي
k-l-l → “wholly”

literal: all; every; whole; entirety; entire; completely

مُتَوَجِّهًا
w-j-h → “towards”

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

إِلى
ʾ-l-y

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

وَمُنْقَطِعًا
q-ṭ-ʿ → “be rid of all attachment”

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

عَنْ
ʿ-n → “of”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

دُونِكَ
d-w-n → “except Thee”

literal: below; lower than; beneath

بِحَيْثُ
ḥ-y-th → “in such wise that”

literal: where; in which; inasmuch as; in such wise that; whereby; in that; respect, aspect

لا
l-ʾ

literal: no; not; negation particle

تَمْنَعُنِي
m-n-ʿ → “powerless to hinder” Distinctive

literal: prevent; prevented; prevention

الشُّئُوناتُ
sh-ʾ-n → “in such wise” Distinctive

literal: affair; concern; matter; aspect; quality; state; affairs; matters; conditions; circumstances; affair, matter, station, rank, dignity; station; rank; importance; matter, affair, concern, dignity, rank

عِرْفانِ
ʿ-r-f → “recognizing” Distinctive

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

نَفْسِكَ
n-f-s → “Self”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

وَمَطْلَعِ
ṭ-l-ʿ → “Revealer” Distinctive

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

آياتِكَ
ʾ-y-y → “signs”

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

وَمَشْرِقِ
sh-r-q → “Dayspring”

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

وَحْيِكَ
w-ḥ-y → “Revelation”

literal: revelation; inspiration; divine communication

وَمَصْدَرِ
ṣ-d-r → “breasts” Distinctive

literal: to issue, emanate, proceed; issued, emanating

أَمْرِكَ،
ʾ-m-r → “Cause”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

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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