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Prayers and Meditations — §732

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 732 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

ِكَ وَوَاحِدٌ فِي أَمْرِكَ وَواحِدٌ فِي ظُهُورِكَ طُوبى لِمَنِ انْقَطَعَ فِي حُبِّكَ عَنْ سَوائِكَ وَسَرُعَ إِلى أُفُقِ ظُهُورِكَ وَفَازَ بِهذِهِ الكَأْسِ الَّتِيْ جَعَلَتِ البُحُورَ كُلَّها دُونَ مَقامِها، أَسْئَلُكَ يا إِلهِي بِقُوَّتِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ وَسُلْطانِكَ الَّذِيْ أَحاطَ مَنْ فِي سَمآئِكَ وَأَرْضِكَ بِأَنْ تُعَرِّفَ العِبادَ هذا السَّبِيلَ المُبِينَ وَهذا الصِّراطَ المُسْتَقِيمَ ليَعْتَرِفُوا بِوَحْدانِيَّتِكَ وَف

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And since it hath been demonstrated that Thy most august Self is immeasurably exalted above all that hath been created in the world of being, and is far above the reach and ken of the apprehension of Thy chosen Ones and Thy loved Ones, the splendors of the light of Thy unity are therefore manifested, and it becometh evident unto every one, whether free or bond, that Thou art One in Thine own Self, one in Thy Cause, and one in Thy Revelation. Great is the blessedness of the man who, in his love towards Thee, hath rid himself of all attachment from every one except Thyself, and hastened unto the horizon of Thy Revelation, and attained unto this Cup which Thou hast caused to excel all the seas of the earth.

Translation Notes

وَوَاحِدٌ
w-ḥ-d → “One in Thine own Self”

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

فِي
f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

أَمْرِكَ
ʾ-m-r → “Thy Cause”

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

ظُهُورِكَ
ẓ-h-r → “Thy Revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

طُوبى
ṭ-w-b → “Great is the blessedness”

literal: happiness; blessedness; felicity

لِمَنِ
m-n → “of the man who”

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

انْقَطَعَ
q-ṭ-ʿ

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

حُبِّكَ
ḥ-b-b → “love towards Thee”

literal: love; affection

عَنْ
ʿ-n → “from every one except Thyself”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

سَوائِكَ
s-w-y → “from every one except Thyself”

literal: level; equal; straight; upon a throne; resting upon; toward; to; direction of; other than; besides; except

وَسَرُعَ
s-r-ʿ → “and hastened”

literal: speed; swiftness; haste

إِلى
ʾ-l-y → “towards”

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

أُفُقِ
ʾ-f-q → “horizon”

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

وَفَازَ
f-w-z → “and attained”

literal: to attain; to gain; to succeed; to win

بِهذِهِ
h-dh-ʾ → “unto this”

literal: this; that

الكَأْسِ
k-ʾ-s → “Cup”

literal: cup; chalice; goblet

الَّتِيْ
ʾ-l-l → “which Thou”

literal: who; which/that; which

جَعَلَتِ
j-ʿ-l → “hast caused to excel” Distinctive

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

البُحُورَ
b-ḥ-r → “all the seas”

literal: sea; ocean

كُلَّها
k-l-l → “all”

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

دُونَ
d-w-n

literal: below; lower than; beneath

مَقامِها،
q-w-m → “people” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

أَسْئَلُكَ
s-ʾ-l

literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

يا
y-ʾ

literal: O; or

إِلهِي
ʾ-l-h

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

بِقُوَّتِكَ
q-w-y

literal: strength; power; might; piety; fear of God; godliness

وَقُدْرَتِكَ
q-d-r

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

وَسُلْطانِكَ
s-l-ṭ

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

الَّذِيْ
l-dh-y

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

أَحاطَ
ḥ-w-ṭ

literal: to encompass, surround, envelop, embrace

سَمآئِكَ
s-m-w

literal: name; heaven; names

وَأَرْضِكَ
ʾ-r-ḍ

literal: earth; land; ground; country

بِأَنْ
ʾ-n-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تُعَرِّفَ
ʿ-r-f

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

العِبادَ
ʿ-b-d

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

السَّبِيلَ
s-b-l

literal: captive; prisoner; captivity; to journey; to move; course

المُبِينَ
b-y-n

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

الصِّراطَ
ṣ-r-ṭ

literal: path, way, straight path

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