Prayers and Meditations — §756
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 756 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَالَّذِيْ يَنْطِقُ إِنَّهُ لَهُو الكَنْزُ المَخْزُونُ وَالغَيْبُ المَكْنُونُ وَاللَّوْحُ المَحْفوظُ وَالسِّرُّ المَسْتُورُ وَالكِتابُ المَمْهُورُ، وَإِنَّهُ لَهُو المُطاعُ فِي كُلِّ ما حَكَمَ وَأَمَرَ وَأَظْهَرَ وَالمَحْبُوبُ فِيما يَأْمُرُ بِسُلْطانِهِ وَيَحْكُمُ بِقُدْرَتِهِ، مَنْ يَتَوَقَّفُ أَقَلَّ مِنْ آنٍ إِنَّهُ أَنْكَرَ حَقَّكَ وَكُلَّ ما أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كُتُبِكَ وَصُحُفِكَ وَأَرْسَلْتَها مَعَ أَصْفِيآئِكَ وَأَنْبِيآئِكَ وَسُفَرآئِكَ وَأُمَنآئِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ يا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمواتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَفِي قَبْضَتِكَ مَنْ فِي جَبَرُوتِ الأَمْرِ وَالخَلْقِ بِأَنْ لا تَمْنَعَ لِحاظَ أَلْطافِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I testify in my present state, O my Lord, and against the will of him who hath turned his back to Thee (Mírzá Yaḥyá), that Thou art God, and that there is none other God beside Thee. This, verily, is the Day wherewith Thy Scriptures, and Thy Books, and Thy Tablets, have been adorned. And He Who now speaketh is, in truth, the Well-guarded Treasure, and the Hidden Secret, and the Preserved Tablet, and the Impenetrable Mystery, and the Sealed Book. He, truly, is to be obeyed in whatsoever He commandeth, and decreeth, and revealeth, and is to be loved in everything He, through His sovereignty, enjoineth, and, through His power, ordaineth. Whoso will hesitate for less than the twinkling of an eye, hath, verily, denied Thy right, and repudiated all that Thou hast revealed in Thy Books, and in Thy Scriptures, and sent down with Thy chosen Ones, and Thy Prophets, and Thy Messengers, and the Trustees of Thy Revelation.
Translation Notes
الكَنْزُ
literal: treasure; treasure-trove; hidden store; treasury
المَخْزُونُ
literal: to store, to treasure; storehouse, depository, treasury
وَالغَيْبُ
literal: the unseen; the invisible; the hidden; the unknowable; stranger; foreign; alien; separated
وَأَمَرَ
literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order
بِسُلْطانِهِ
literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control
أَنْكَرَ
literal: denial; rejection; repudiation; wrong; evil; to deny; to reject
أَصْفِيآئِكَ
literal: pure one; chosen one; selected one; elite; purity; clarity; sincerity; pure; sincere
وَأُمَنآئِكَ،
literal: to believe; to have faith; to be secure; trust; trustworthiness; covenant; deposit; believer, faithful
