Prayers and Meditations — §652

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 652 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

قَلْبًا طاهِرًا فَاخْلُقْ فِيَّ يا إِلهِيْ، سِرًّا ساكنًا جَدِّدْ فِيَّ يا مُنائِي، وَبِرُوحِ القُوَّةِ ثَبِّتْنِيْ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ يا مَحْبُوبِي، وَبِنُورِ العَظَمَةِ فَأَشْهِدْنِيْ عَلَى صِراطِكَ يا رَجائِي، وَبِسُلْطَانِ الرِّفْعَةِ إِلى سَمآءِ قُدْسِكَ عَرِّجْنِيْ يا أَوَّلِي، وَبِأَرْياحِ الصَّمَدِيَّةِ فَأَبْهِجْنِي يا آخِرِي، وَبِنَغَماتِ الأَزَلِيَّةِ فَاسْتَرِحْنِي يا مُؤْنِسِي، وَبِغَنآءِ طَلْعَتِكَ القَدِيمَةِ نَجِّنِي عَنْ دُونِكَ يا سَيِّدِيْ، وَبِظُهُورِ كيْنُونَتِكَ الدَّائِمَةِ بَشِّرْنِيْ يا ظاهِرُ فَوقَ ظاهِرِيْ وَالباطِنُ دُونَ باطِنِيْ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope! Through the spirit of power confirm Thou me in Thy Cause, O my Best-Beloved, and by the light of Thy glory reveal unto me Thy path, O Thou the Goal of my desire! Through the power of Thy transcendent might lift me up unto the heaven of Thy holiness, O Source of my being, and by the breezes of Thine eternity gladden me, O Thou Who art my God! Let Thine everlasting melodies breathe tranquility on me, O my Companion, and let the riches of Thine ancient countenance deliver me from all except Thee, O my Master, and let the tidings of the revelation of Thine incorruptible Essence bring me joy, O Thou Who art the most manifest of the manifest and the most hidden of the hidden!

Translation Notes

قَلْبًا

q-l-b → “heart”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

طاهِرًا

ṭ-h-r → “pure”

literal: to purify; to cleanse

فَاخْلُقْ

kh-l-q → “Thy creatures” Distinctive

literal: robe; garment of honor; investiture

فِيَّ

f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

يا

y-ʾ → “O ye”

literal: O; or

إِلهِيْ،

ʾ-l-h → “O my God”

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

سِرًّا

s-r-r → “mysteries” Distinctive

literal: to proclaim openly; manifest; public

ساكنًا

s-k-n → “inmates” Distinctive

literal: stillness, rest, quietude, tranquility

جَدِّدْ

j-d-d → “renew”

literal: new, novel, renewed; novelty, innovation

مُنائِي،

m-n-y → “\‘Wish ye, then” Distinctive

literal: call; voice; proclamation; forty; forty years

وَبِرُوحِ

r-w-ḥ → “spirit”

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

القُوَّةِ

q-w-y → “power”

literal: power; strength; force

ثَبِّتْنِيْ

th-b-t → “confirm”

literal: firm; steadfast; established; fixed

عَلَى

ʿ-l-w → “in Thy” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

أَمْرِكَ

ʾ-m-r → “Cause”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

مَحْبُوبِي،

ḥ-b-b → “O my Best-Beloved”

literal: love; affection

وَبِنُورِ

n-w-r → “light”

literal: light; illumination

العَظَمَةِ

ʿ-ẓ-m → “glory”

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

فَأَشْهِدْنِيْ

sh-h-d → “reveal”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

صِراطِكَ

ṣ-r-ṭ → “path”

literal: path, way, straight path

رَجائِي،

r-j-w → “in the hope” Distinctive

literal: hope; expectation

وَبِسُلْطَانِ

s-l-ṭ → “power”

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

الرِّفْعَةِ

r-f-ʿ → “raised”

literal: to be raised, elevated, exalted, lifted up

إِلى

ʾ-l-y → “towards”

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

سَمآءِ

s-m-w → “heaven”

literal: heaven; sky

قُدْسِكَ

q-d-s → “holiness”

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

عَرِّجْنِيْ

ʿ-r-j → “lift me up”

literal: ascension; ascend; ascents

أَوَّلِي،

ʾ-w-l → “first” Distinctive

literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of

الصَّمَدِيَّةِ

ṣ-m-d → “eternity” Distinctive

literal: eternal, self-sufficient, divine, the Eternal

فَأَبْهِجْنِي

b-h-j → “rejoice” Distinctive

literal: rejoice; rejoicing; gladness

آخِرِي،

ʾ-kh-r

literal: the hereafter, the next life, the world to come; last, latter; the next life, the hereafter; delay; postponement

وَبِنَغَماتِ

n-gh-m → “melodies”

literal: melody; melodies; song

الأَزَلِيَّةِ

ʾ-z-l → “everlasting”

literal: eternity; pre-eternity; without beginning; eternal; everlasting; from eternity

فَاسْتَرِحْنِي

r-y-ḥ → “winds” Distinctive

literal: winds; wind; fragrance

مُؤْنِسِي،

ʾ-n-s → “O my Companion”

literal: familiar; intimate; companionship; to be acquainted with; companion; intimate friend; to be intimate with; to keep company; to console

وَبِغَنآءِ

gh-n-y → “riches”

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

طَلْعَتِكَ

ṭ-l-ʿ → “countenance”

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

القَدِيمَةِ

q-d-m → “ancient”

literal: ancientness; antiquity; foot; to come forward

نَجِّنِي

n-j-w → “deliver”

literal: salvation; prayer; salvation/deliverance

عَنْ

ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

دُونِكَ

d-w-n → “all except Thee”

literal: below; lower than; beneath

سَيِّدِيْ،

s-y-d → “O my Master”

literal: master; lord; chief; my master

وَبِظُهُورِ

ẓ-h-r → “revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

كيْنُونَتِكَ

k-w-n → “Essence”

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

الدَّائِمَةِ

d-y-m → “incorruptible”

literal: always; continually; perpetually; constantly

بَشِّرْنِيْ

b-sh-r → “announce” Distinctive

literal: human; glad-tidings; herald

فَوقَ

f-w-q → “above”

literal: above; over; beyond

وَالباطِنُ

b-ṭ-n → “most hidden”

literal: inner; hidden; inward; esoteric

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