Prayers and Meditations — §752

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 752 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

بِالحَقِّ وَالمَحْمُودُ فِي أَفْعالِهِ وَالمُطَاعُ فِي أَوامِرِهِ لَيْسَ لأحَدٍ أَنْ يَعْتَرِضَ عَلَيْهِ، فَيا إِلهِي تَرَى المَظْلُومَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِي الَّذِينَ أَنْكَروا حَقَّكَ وَأَعْرَضُوا عَنْ سُلْطانِكَ، إِنَّ الَّذِيْ تَطُوفُ الحُجَّةُ حَوْلَهُ وَالبُرْهانُ يُنادِيْ بِأَعْلى النِّدآءِ بَيْنَ الإِمْكانِ بِاسْمِهِ وَسُلْطانِهِ قَدْ فَعَلُوا فِي أَيَّامِهِ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Thou art He, O my God, Who hath commanded them in Thy great Book, and said: “Fear ye the Most Merciful, O people of the Bayán, and deny not Him for Whom I have ordained the Bayán to be one of the leaves of His Paradise. I, verily, esteem it as a gift from me unto Him. Were it His pleasure to accept it, He, truly, is the Most Bountiful; and if He cast it away and refuse to consider it, His verdict is just, and He, in very truth, is Praiseworthy in His acts, and meet to be obeyed in His behests. To none is given the right to cavil at Him.”

Translation Notes

بِالحَقِّ

ḥ-q-q → “in very truth”

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

وَالمَحْمُودُ

ḥ-m-d → “Praiseworthy” Distinctive

literal: praise; to praise

فِي

f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

أَفْعالِهِ

f-ʿ-l → “His acts”

literal: to do, act, make; deed, action

وَالمُطَاعُ

ṭ-w-ʿ → “obeyed”

literal: obedient; obedience; to obey

أَوامِرِهِ

ʾ-m-r → “His behests” Distinctive

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

لَيْسَ

l-y-s → “is not”

literal: is not; to be not

لأحَدٍ

ʾ-ḥ-d → “none”

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

أَنْ

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

يَعْتَرِضَ

ʿ-r-ḍ → “cavil” Distinctive

literal: objection, protest, denial; cavil

عَلَيْهِ،

ʿ-l-y → “upon”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

فَيا

y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; or

إِلهِي

ʾ-l-h → “my God”

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

تَرَى

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

المَظْلُومَ

literal: wrongedness, oppression, meekness; state of being wronged or oppressed

بَيْنَ

b-y-n → “unto” Distinctive

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

أَيْدِي

literal: hand; power; action; possession

أَنْكَروا

n-k-r → “deny” Distinctive

literal: denial; rejection; repudiation; wrong; evil; to deny; to reject

عَنْ

ʿ-n → “from me”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

سُلْطانِكَ،

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

الَّذِيْ

l-dh-y → “which”

literal: those who; the ones who (relative pronoun)

تَطُوفُ

literal: flood, deluge, tempest

الحُجَّةُ

literal: path, way; clear path

حَوْلَهُ

ḥ-w-l → “consider” Distinctive

literal: states; conditions; circumstances; situations; affairs

وَالبُرْهانُ

literal: proof, evidence, demonstration, argument

يُنادِيْ

literal: call; voice; cry; summons

بِأَعْلى

literal: highest; most high; supreme

الإِمْكانِ

literal: establishment; confirmation; empowerment; firm settlement; place; possibility; being (negated as ‘non-being’)

بِاسْمِهِ

literal: heaven; sky

قَدْ

q-d

literal: verily; indeed; certainly (particle of emphasis)

أَيَّامِهِ

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

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