Prayers and Meditations — §74
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 74 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِهَياكِلِ قُدْسِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَمَظَاهِرِ عِزِّ فَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ وَمَطالِعِ وَحْيِكَ وَإِلْهامِكَ بِأَنْ لا تَمْنَعَ عِبادَكَ مِنْ هذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِيْ انْشَعَبَتْ مِنَ البَحْرِ الأَعْظَمِ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ وَإِرَادَتِكَ، ثُمَّ قَدِّرْ لَهُمْ ما قَدَّرْتَهُ لأَصْفِيائِكَ وَخِيْرَةِ خَلْقِكَ الَّذِينَ ما حَرَّكَتْهُمْ عَواصِفُ الافْتِتانِ عَنِ الاسْتِقامَةِ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ وَما مَنَعَتْهُمْ قَوَاصِفُ الامْتِحانِ عَنْ إَعْلآءِ كَلِمَتِكَ العُلْيا الَّتِيْ بِها انْفَطَرَتْ سَمواتُ الظُّنُونِ وَالأَوْهامِ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَزِيزُ العَلاّم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Them Who are the Tabernacles of Thy Divine holiness, Who are the Manifestations of Thy transcendent unity and the Daysprings of Thine inspiration and revelation, to grant that Thy servants may not be kept back from this Divine Law which, at Thy will and according to Thy pleasure, hath branched out from Thy most great Ocean. Do Thou, then, ordain for them that which Thou didst ordain for Thy chosen ones and for the righteous among Thy creatures, whose constancy in Thy Cause the tempests of trials have failed to shake, and whom the tumults of tests have been powerless to hinder from magnifying Thy most exalted Word—the Word through Which the heavens of men’s idle fancies and vain imaginations have been split asunder. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing.
Translation Notes
وَمَظَاهِرِ
literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation
لأَصْفِيائِكَ
literal: pure one; chosen one; selected one; elite; purity; clarity; sincerity; pure; sincere
وَخِيْرَةِ
literal: goodwill; benevolence; kindness; good; goodness; benefit; better; best
