Prayers and Meditations — §66

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 66 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

الفَقِيرُ فَأَظْهِرْ لِي ظُهُوراتِ غَنائِكَ، هَلْ يَنْبَغِي لِشَأْنِكَ بِأَنْ تَطْرُدَ الآمِلِينَ عَنْ فِنآءِ بابِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ، وَهَلْ يَلِيقُ لِسُلْطانِكَ بِأَنْ تَمْنَعَ المُشْتاقِينَ عَن كَعْبَةِ وَصْلِكَ وَلِقائِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لَيْسَ هذا ظَنِّي بِكَ لأَنِّي أَيْقَنْتُ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْكَرِيمُ ذُو الفَضْلِ العَمِيمِ، أَيْ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I am he who is sore athirst, O my Lord! Give me to drink of the living waters of Thy grace. I am but a poor creature; reveal unto me the tokens of Thy riches. Doth it beseem Thee to cast out of the door of Thy grace and bounty such as have set their hopes on Thee, and can it befit Thy sovereignty to hinder them that yearn after Thee from attaining the adored sanctuary of Thy presence and from beholding Thy face? By Thy glory! Such is not my belief in Thee, for I am persuaded that Thou art the God of bounteousness, Whose grace hath encompassed all things.

Translation Notes

الفَقِيرُ

f-q-r → “a poor creature”

literal: poor; needy; the poor one; pauper

فَأَظْهِرْ

ẓ-h-r → “reveal”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

لِي

ʿ-l-y → “unto me” Distinctive

literal: for us; to us

غَنائِكَ،

gh-n-y → “of Thy riches”

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

هَلْ

h-l → “people” Distinctive

literal: interrogative particle; whether; is it that

يَنْبَغِي

n-b-gh

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

لِشَأْنِكَ

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

بِأَنْ

ʾ-n-n → “to” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تَطْرُدَ

ṭ-r-d → “cast out”

literal: expel; drive away; expelled

الآمِلِينَ

ʾ-m-l → “have set their hopes on Thee” Distinctive

literal: hope; hoping; contemplation

عَنْ

ʿ-n → “of”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from