Prayers and Meditations — §706

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 706 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

إِلهِي إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِبَحْرِ شِفائِكَ وَإِشْراقاتِ أَنْوارِ نَيِّرِ فَضْلِكَ وَبِالاسْمِ الَّذِيْ سَخَّرْتَ بِهِ عِبادَكَ وَبِنُفُوذِ كَلِمَتِكَ العُلْيا وَاقْتِدارِ قَلَمِكَ الأَعْلى وَبِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ سَبَقَتْ مَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ، أَنْ تُطَهِّرَنِي بِماءِ العَطآءِ مِنْ كُلِّ بلآءٍ وَسَقَمٍ وَضَعْفٍ وَعَجْزٍ،

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O God, my God! I beg of Thee by the ocean of Thy healing, and by the splendors of the Daystar of Thy grace, and by Thy Name through which Thou didst subdue Thy servants, and by the pervasive power of Thy most exalted Word and the potency of Thy most august Pen, and by Thy mercy that hath preceded the creation of all who are in heaven and on earth, to purge me with the waters of Thy bounty from every affliction and disorder, and from all weakness and feebleness.

Translation Notes

إِلهِي

ʾ-l-h → “O God”

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

أَسْئَلُكَ

s-ʾ-l → “I beg of Thee” Distinctive

literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

بِبَحْرِ

b-ḥ-r → “by the ocean”

literal: sea; ocean

شِفائِكَ

sh-f-y → “of Thy healing”

literal: healing; healing, cure; healer

وَإِشْراقاتِ

sh-r-q → “by the splendors”

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

أَنْوارِ

n-w-r → “of” Distinctive

literal: light; illumination

فَضْلِكَ

f-ḍ-l → “of Thy grace”

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

وَبِالاسْمِ

s-m-w → “and 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

سَخَّرْتَ

s-kh-r → “Thou didst subdue” Distinctive

literal: to subdue, subject, render submissive; to harness

بِهِ

b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

عِبادَكَ

ʿ-b-d → “Thy servants”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

وَبِنُفُوذِ

n-f-dh → “irresistible” Distinctive

literal: penetrating, effective; piercing; decisive

كَلِمَتِكَ

k-l-m → “of Thy” Distinctive

literal: words; utterances; locutions; word; utterance; speech; sayings; verses

العُلْيا

ʿ-l-w → “most exalted”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

وَاقْتِدارِ

q-d-r → “power”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

قَلَمِكَ

q-l-m → “of Thy” Distinctive

literal: pen; writing instrument

وَبِرَحْمَتِكَ

r-ḥ-m → “and by Thy mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

الَّتِيْ

ʾ-l-l → “that” Distinctive

literal: who; which/that; which

سَبَقَتْ

s-b-q → “hath preceded”

literal: to precede; to surpass; to excel

مَنْ

m-n → “creation of all”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

فِي

f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

الأَرْضِ

ʾ-r-ḍ → “heaven and on earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

أَنْ

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تُطَهِّرَنِي

ṭ-h-r → “pure” Distinctive

literal: purify; pure; purified

بِماءِ

m-w-h → “with the waters”

literal: water

العَطآءِ

ʿ-ṭ-w → “of Thy bounty”

literal: the letter Ṭá; refers to Ṭihrán (also spelled Ṭehran)

كُلِّ

k-l-l → “every”

literal: for us; to us

بلآءٍ

b-l-w → “affliction and disorder”

literal: trial; affliction; test; calamity; plague

وَسَقَمٍ

literal: sickness; disease; ailment

وَضَعْفٍ

ḍ-ʿ-f → “and from all weakness”

literal: weak; feeble; imperfect

وَعَجْزٍ،

ʿ-j-z → “powerlessness”

literal: to be unable; to fail; to be exhausted; impotence; أعجاز (roots of trees/extremities) is Pattern II plural, distinct from ‘inability’ forms

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