Prayers and Meditations — §69
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 69 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَنَا الَّذِيْ انْقَطَعْتُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلى بَوَارِقِ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ وَقَطَعْتُ حَبْلَ النِّسْبَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ ذِيْ نِسْبَةٍ وَتَمَسَّكْتُ بحَبْلِ حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الَّذِيْ قَبِلْتُ حُبَّكَ وَضُرَّ العالَمِينَ، وَفَدَيْتُ نَفْسِي حُبًّا لأَحِبَّائِكَ لِيَصْعَدُنَّ إِلى سَمواتِ قُرْبِكَ وَعِرْفانِكَ وَيَطِيرُنَّ فِيْ هَوَآءِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath forsaken his all and set his face towards the splendors of the glory of Thy countenance, who hath severed every tie and clung to the cord of Thy love and of Thy good-pleasure. I am he, O my God, who hath embraced Thy love and accepted all the adversities which the world can inflict, who hath offered up himself as a ransom for the sake of Thy loved ones, that they may ascend into the heavens of Thy knowledge and be drawn nearer unto Thee, and may soar in the atmosphere of Thy love and Thy good-pleasure.
Translation Notes
انْقَطَعْتُ
literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain
وَرِضائِكَ،
literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment
وَفَدَيْتُ
literal: to sacrifice; to ransom; to redeem; to sacrifice oneself for
