Prayers and Meditations — §614
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 614 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ئِكَ، لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي عَلَى ما أَصْبَحْنا مُسْتَضِيْئًا بِنُورِ عِرْفانِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا ما يَجْعَلُنا غَنِيًّا عَمَّا سِواكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَنْ دُونِكَ، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِيْ وَلأحِبَّتِيْ وَذَوِيْ قَرابَتِيْ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثى خَيْرَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولی، ثُمَّ اعْصِمْنا يا مَحْبُوبَ الإِبْداعِ وَمَقْصُودَ الاخْتِراعِ بِعِصْمَتِكَ الكُبْرى مِنَ الَّذِينَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ مَظاهِرَ الخَنَّاسِ وَيُوَسْوِسُونَ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُهَيْمِنُ القَيُّومُ، صَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي عَلَى مَنْ جَعَلْتَهُ قَيُّومًا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be unto Thee, O my God, that we have wakened to the splendors of the light of Thy knowledge. Send down, then, upon us, O my Lord, what will enable us to dispense with anyone but Thee, and will rid us of all attachment to aught except Thyself. Write down, moreover, for me, and for such as are dear to me, and for my kindred, man and woman alike, the good of this world and the world to come. Keep us safe, then, through Thine unfailing protection, O Thou the Beloved of the entire creation and the Desire of the whole universe, from them whom Thou hast made to be the manifestations of the Evil Whisperer, who whisper in men’s breasts. Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Translation Notes
وَمُنْقَطِعًا
literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain
الآخِرَةِ
literal: the hereafter, the next life, the world to come; last, latter; the next life, the hereafter; delay; postponement
وَالأُولی،
literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of
المُهَيْمِنُ
literal: the Protector; the Overseer; the Guardian; inspiration; revelation; intuition
