Prayers and Meditations — §741
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 741 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِ وَجْهِكَ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلى أُفُقِ رِضآئِكَ وَتَقَرَّبُوا إِلى بَحْرِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَنَطَقُوا فِي أَيَّامِهِمْ بِذِكْرِكَ وَاشْتَعَلُوا بِنارِ حُبِّكَ، قَدِّرِ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي لَهُمْ قَبْلَ صُعُودِهِمْ وَبَعْدَهُ ما يَنْبَغِي لِعُلُوِّ كَرَمِكَ وَسُمُوِّ عِنايَتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْكِنِ الَّذِيْنَ صَعِدُوا إِلَيْكَ فِي الرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلى فِي ظِلِّ خِبآءِ مَجْدِكَ وَسُرادِقِ عِزِّكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ رَشِّحْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بَحْرِ عَفْوِكَ ما يَجْعَلُهُمْ مُسْتَحِقِّينَ لإِبْقآئِهِمْ بِدَوامِ المُلْكَ فِي مَلَكُوتِكَ الأَعْلى وَجَبَرُوتِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, however, O Thou Who art the Enlightener of the world and the Lord of the nations, at this very moment when, with the hands of hope, I have clung to the hem of the raiment of Thy mercy and Thy bounty, to forgive Thy servants who have soared in the atmosphere of Thy nearness, and set their faces towards the splendors of the light of Thy countenance, and turned unto the horizon of Thy good pleasure, and approached the ocean of Thy mercy, and all their lives long have spoken forth Thy praise, and have been inflamed with the fire of their love for Thee. Do Thou ordain for them, O Lord my God, both before and after their death, what becometh the loftiness of Thy bounty and the excellence of Thy loving-kindness.
Translation Notes
رِضآئِكَ
literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment
بِذِكْرِكَ
literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations
يَنْبَغِي
literal: it is proper; it is fitting; it is necessary; it behooves
كَرَمِكَ
literal: Carmel (Mount Carmel); vineyard, fruitful field; honor; generosity; nobility
أَسْكِنِ
literal: foundation; basis; groundwork; founder; establisher; to found; to establish; we have founded
عَلَيْهِمْ
literal: exalted; highest; supreme; most high; upon you; on; over; Ali (name); upon
