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Prayers and Meditations — §673

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 673 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي تَرَاني مُقْبِلاً إِلَيْكَ وَمُتَوَجِّهًا إِلى شَطْرِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ سَقَيْتَ المُوَحِّدِينَ خَمْرَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَالمُقَرَّبِينَ كَوْثَرَ عِنايَتِكَ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِيْ بِكُلِّي مُنْقَطِعًا عَنِ الأَوْهامِ وَمُقْبِلاً إِلى شَطْرِ فَضْلِكَ يا مَوْلَى الأَنامِ، يا إِلهِي أَيِّدْنِي فِي أَيَّامِ ظُهُورِ مَظْهَرِ أَمْرِكَ وَمَطْلَعِ وَحْ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest how I have turned myself toward Thee, and set my face in the direction of Thy grace and Thy gifts. I implore Thee, by Thy name through which Thou didst enable all them that have recognized Thy unity to partake of the wine of Thy mercy, and all such as have drawn nigh unto Thee to quaff the living waters of Thy loving-kindness, to rid me entirely of all vain imaginings, and to incline me in the direction of Thy grace, O Thou Who art the Lord of all men!

Translation Notes

سُبْحَانَكَ
s-b-ḥ → “Lauded”

literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted; dawn; daybreak; morning

اللَّهُمَّ
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

يا
y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; or

تَرَاني
r-ʾ-y → “Thou seest”

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

مُقْبِلاً
q-b-l → “I have turned myself” Distinctive

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

إِلَيْكَ
ʾ-l-y → “towards” Distinctive

literal: one; a single

وَمُتَوَجِّهًا
w-j-h → “and set my face” Distinctive

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

شَطْرِ
sh-ṭ-r → “direction”

literal: side, direction; half; to split

فَضْلِكَ
f-ḍ-l → “of Thy grace”

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

وَأَلْطافِكَ،
l-ṭ-f → “and Thy gifts” Distinctive

literal: kindness; grace; gentleness; benevolence

أَسْئَلُكَ
s-ʾ-l → “I implore Thee”

literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

بِاسْمِكَ
s-m-w → “by Thy name”

literal: to name, to nominate, to designate, to appoint; name; noun; to name, to appoint, to designate

الَّذِيْ
l-dh-y → “through which”

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

بِهِ
b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

سَقَيْتَ
s-q-y → “partake” Distinctive

literal: gave to drink; give-drink; give drink, water

المُوَحِّدِينَ
w-ḥ-d → “unity”

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

خَمْرَ
kh-m-r → “to partake of the wine”

literal: wine; intoxicating drink

رَحْمَتِكَ
r-ḥ-m → “of Thy mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

وَالمُقَرَّبِينَ
q-r-b → “nigh” Distinctive

literal: stability; firmness; establishment

كَوْثَرَ
k-w-th-r → “to quaff the living waters”

literal: abundance; river of paradise; the Kawthar

عِنايَتِكَ
ʿ-n-y → “of Thy loving-kindness”

literal: to concern; to mean; to turn away from; bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention; meaning; significance; inner sense

بِأَنْ
ʾ-n-n → “to” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تَجْعَلَنِيْ
j-ʿ-l → “make” Distinctive

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

بِكُلِّي
k-l-l → “all”

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

مُنْقَطِعًا
q-ṭ-ʿ

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

عَنِ
ʿ-n → “of”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

الأَوْهامِ
w-h-m → “all vain imaginings”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

مَوْلَى
w-l-y → “Lord”

literal: friend; lord; guardian

الأَنامِ،
ʾ-n-m → “the peoples of the”

literal: people; mankind; human beings

أَيِّدْنِي
ʾ-y-d

literal: support; strengthen; aid

فِي
f-y

literal: in; in-it; in it

أَيَّامِ
y-w-m

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

ظُهُورِ
ẓ-h-r

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation

أَمْرِكَ
ʾ-m-r

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

وَمَطْلَعِ
ṭ-l-ʿ

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

وَحْ
w-ḥ-y

literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration

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