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Prayers and Meditations — §75

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 75 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

ُ، ثُمَّ عَرِّفْ يا إِلهِي عِبادَكَ الشَّمْسَ الَّتِيْ أَشْرَقَتْ عَنْ أُفُقِ قَضائِكَ وَتَقْدِيرِكَ وَلا تَجْعَلْهُمْ مَحْرُومِينَ عَنِ الجَنَّةِ الَّتِيْ خَلَقْتَها بِاسْمِكَ الأَبْهى فِيْ جَبَرُوتِكَ الأَعْلی، ثُمَّ أَسْمِعْهُمْ يا إِلهِي نِدائَكَ الأَحْلى لِيَسْرُعُنَّ كُلٌّ إِلى شَطْرِ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَيَعْتَرِفُنَّ بِوَحْدانِيَّتِكَ يا حَبِيبَ قُلُوبِ المُشْتاقِينَ وَيا مَحْبُوبَ أفْئِدَةِ العارِفِينَ، أَسْئَلُكَ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Enable, then, Thy servants, O my God, to recognize the Daystar that hath shone forth above the horizon of Thine irrevocable decree and purpose, and suffer them not to be deprived of the Paradise which Thou, by Thy name, the All-Glorious, hast called into being in the heavens of Thine exalted omnipotence. Cause them, moreover, O my God, to hearken to Thy most sweet voice, that they may all hasten to recognize Thy unity and acknowledge Thy oneness, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the hearts of all that yearn after Thee, and the Object of the adoration of such as have known Thee!

Translation Notes

ثُمَّ
th-m-m → “then”

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

عَرِّفْ
ʿ-r-f → “knowledge” Distinctive

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

يا
y-ʾ → “O ye”

literal: O; or

إِلهِي
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

عِبادَكَ
ʿ-b-d

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

الشَّمْسَ
sh-m-s → “the Daystar”

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

الَّتِيْ
ʾ-l-l → “that” Distinctive

literal: who; which/that; which

أَشْرَقَتْ
sh-r-q → “hath shone forth”

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

عَنْ
ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

أُفُقِ
ʾ-f-q → “horizon”

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

قَضائِكَ
q-ḍ-y → “irrevocable decree”

literal: requirement; exigency; what demands or calls for

وَتَقْدِيرِكَ
q-d-r → “and purpose” Distinctive

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

وَلا
w-l-y → “and”

literal: no; not; negation particle

تَجْعَلْهُمْ
j-ʿ-l → “suffer them not”

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

مَحْرُومِينَ
ḥ-r-m → “to be deprived”

literal: sanctity, inviolability, dignity, honor, respect

الجَنَّةِ
j-n-n → “the Paradise”

literal: garden; paradise; heaven

خَلَقْتَها
kh-l-q → “hast called into being”

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

بِاسْمِكَ
s-m-w → “by Thy name”

literal: to name, to nominate, to designate, to appoint; name; noun; to name, to appoint, to designate

الأَبْهى
b-h-w → “the All-Glorious”

literal: splendor; glory; magnificence; Bahá (Proper Name in Bahá’í texts)

فِيْ
f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

جَبَرُوتِكَ
j-b-r → “dominion”

literal: compelled; forced; constrained

الأَعْلی،
ʿ-l-w → “exalted”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

أَسْمِعْهُمْ
s-m-ʿ → “to hearken”

literal: heard, hearkened to, acceptable, worthy of attention

نِدائَكَ
n-d-y → “to Thy most sweet voice” Distinctive

literal: call; voice; cry; summons; to call; to proclaim; to cry out; to summon

الأَحْلى
ḥ-l-w

literal: sweetest; most sweet; most pleasant

لِيَسْرُعُنَّ
s-r-ʿ → “that they may all hasten” Distinctive

literal: hasten; hastened; hasten/hurry

كُلٌّ
k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

إِلى
ʾ-l-y → “to”

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

شَطْرِ
sh-ṭ-r → “to”

literal: side, direction; half; to split

فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ
f-r-d → “recognize Thy unity”

literal: unique; singular; incomparable

بِوَحْدانِيَّتِكَ
w-ḥ-d → “Thy oneness” Distinctive

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

حَبِيبَ
ḥ-b-b → “Beloved”

literal: love; affection

قُلُوبِ
q-l-b → “of the hearts”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

المُشْتاقِينَ
sh-w-q → “yearn after Thee” Distinctive

literal: to encourage; to incite; yearning; enthusiasm

أفْئِدَةِ
f-ʾ-d → “of” Distinctive

literal: heart, innermost soul, mind; heart; inner consciousness; mind; one who benefits; advantageous

أَسْئَلُكَ
s-ʾ-l

literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

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