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Prayers and Meditations — §60

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 60 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

نْتَ العَزِيزُ الحَكِيمُ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الفَقِيرُ قَدْ تَشَبَّثْتُ بِذَيْلِ غَنائِكَ وَالمَرِيضُ قَدْ تَمَسَّكْتُ بِعُرْوَةِ شِفائِكَ، خَلِّصْنِيْ مِنْ دآءِ الَّذِيْ أَحَاطَنِي وَغَسِّلْنِي فِيْ بَحْرِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَإِحْسَانِكَ، ثُمَّ أَلْبِسْنِي ثَوْبَ العافِيَةِ بِعَفْوِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي ناظِرًا إِلَيْكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَنْ دُونِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ وَفِّقْنِيْ عَلَى ما أَنْتَ تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَى

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I am but a poor creature, O my Lord; I have clung to the hem of Thy riches. I am sore sick; I have held fast the cord of Thy healing. Deliver me from the ills that have encircled me, and wash me thoroughly with the waters of Thy graciousness and mercy, and attire me with the raiment of wholesomeness, through Thy forgiveness and bounty. Fix, then, mine eyes upon Thee, and rid me of all attachment to aught else except Thyself. Aid me to do what Thou desirest, and to fulfill what Thou pleasest.

Translation Notes

العَزِيزُ
ʿ-z-z

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

الحَكِيمُ،
ḥ-k-m

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom

أَيْ
ʾ-y-y → “signs” Distinctive

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

رَبِّ
r-b-b → “O my Lord”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

أَنَا
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

الفَقِيرُ
f-q-r → “a poor creature”

literal: poor; needy; the poor one; pauper

قَدْ
q-d → “We have been”

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

تَشَبَّثْتُ
sh-b-th → “have clung”

literal: cling; clinging; clinging/holding fast

بِذَيْلِ
dh-y-l → “to the hem”

literal: hem; skirt; tail; border

غَنائِكَ
gh-n-y → “Thy riches”

literal: to be independent of; to be in no need of; to dispense with; rich; wealthy; needless

وَالمَرِيضُ
m-r-ḍ → “ills” Distinctive

literal: illness, disease; sickness

تَمَسَّكْتُ
m-s-k → “fast”

literal: hold fast; clinging; cling

بِعُرْوَةِ
ʿ-r-w → “which is afflicted” Distinctive

literal: handle; rope; firm bond; connection

شِفائِكَ،
sh-f-y → “Thy healing”

literal: healing; healing, cure; healer

خَلِّصْنِيْ
kh-l-ṣ → “wholly” Distinctive

literal: sincere; pure; sincere ones

مِنْ
m-n → “from”

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

دآءِ
d-w-ʾ → “pain”

literal: disease; malady; ailment; ills

الَّذِيْ
l-dh-y → “that” Distinctive

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

أَحَاطَنِي
ḥ-w-ṭ → “have encircled me”

literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed

وَغَسِّلْنِي
gh-s-l → “washed” Distinctive

literal: washed/bathed; washing; wash

فِيْ
f-y → “with”

literal: in; in-it; in it

بَحْرِ
b-ḥ-r → “waters” Distinctive

literal: sea; ocean

رَحْمَتِكَ
r-ḥ-m → “Thy graciousness and mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

وَإِحْسَانِكَ،
ḥ-s-n

literal: goodness; beauty; excellence; good deed

ثُمَّ
th-m-m → “then”

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

أَلْبِسْنِي
l-b-s → “attire me”

literal: garment; clothe; garment, clothing

ثَوْبَ
th-w-b → “raiment”

literal: garment; dress; attire; clothing

العافِيَةِ
ʿ-f-w → “Thy forgiveness” Distinctive

literal: to pardon; to efface; to forgive

وَأَلْطافِكَ
l-ṭ-f → “and bounty” Distinctive

literal: kindness; grace; gentleness; benevolence

اجْعَلْنِي
j-ʿ-l → “make”

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

ناظِرًا
n-ẓ-r → “mine eyes” Distinctive

literal: sight; view; spectacle; appearance

إِلَيْكَ
ʾ-l-y → “towards” Distinctive

literal: one; a single

وَمُنْقَطِعًا
q-ṭ-ʿ → “and rid me”

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

عَنْ
ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

دُونِكَ،
d-w-n → “to aught else except Thyself” Distinctive

literal: below; lower than; beneath

وَفِّقْنِيْ
w-f-q → “Aid me”

literal: accord, agreement, harmony; to agree, accord with

عَلَى
ʿ-l-w → “to do” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

ما
m-ʾ → “that”

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

أَنْتَ
ʾ-n-t → “Thou”

literal: you (masculine singular)

تُحِبُّ
ḥ-b-b → “desirest” Distinctive

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

وَتَرْضَى
r-ḍ-y → “Thy pleasure”

literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction

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