Prayers and Meditations — §751
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 751 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فِي كِتابِكَ العَظِيمِ وَقُلْتَ يا مَلأَ البَيانِ اتَّقُوا الرَّحْمنَ وَلا تَكْفُرُوا بِالَّذِيْ جَعَلْتُ البَيانَ وَرَقَةً مِنْ أَوْراقِ جَنَّتِهِ، وَإِنَّهُ كانَ هَدِيَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِيْ إِلَيْهِ إِنْ فازَ بِالقَبُولِ إِنَّهُ لَهُو الفَضَّالُ وَإِنْ طُرِدَ وَما فازَ إِنَّهُ لَهُو الحاكِمُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art the One, O my God and my Ruler, Who hast sent down Thy Book that Thou mayest manifest my Cause, and glorify my Word. Through it Thou didst enter into a Covenant, concerning me, with all that hath been created in Thy realm. Thou seest, O Beloved of the world, how the rebellious among Thy creatures have made of that Covenant a bulwark for themselves, and through it have withdrawn from Thy Beauty, and repudiated Thy signs.
Translation Notes
تَكْفُرُوا
literal: to disbelieve, reject; unbelief, ingratitude; to deny, to disbelieve, to reject
مِنْ
literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)
وَإِنَّهُ
literal: deviation; divergence; straying from the path; to be weak, to flag, to show reluctance
