Prayers and Meditations — §758

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 758 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

فَمِ مَشِيَّتِكَ وَظَهَرَتْ أَنْوارُهُ مِنْ مَلَكُوتِ بَيانِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَغْمِسْهُمْ فِي بَحْرِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَنَوِّرْهُمْ بِأَنْوارِ فَجْرِ ظُهُورِكَ، ثُمَّ اغْفِرْ يا إِلهِي آبائَهُمْ وَأُمَّهاتِهِمْ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ وَأَلطافِكَ، ثُمَّ أَرْسِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ عَنْ يَمِينِ جَنَّتِكَ العُلْيا نَفَحَاتِ قَمِيْصِ جَمالِكَ الأَبْهی، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الحاكِمُ الآمِرُ المُعْطِ الغَفُورُ الكَرِيمُ، وَالحَمْدُ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Bless them, O my God, and ascribe unto them such glory as hath shone forth above the horizon of Thy will, and hath shed its splendors from the kingdom of Thine utterance. Immerse them, O my Lord, beneath the ocean of Thy mercy, and illumine them with the dawning light of Thy Revelation. Forgive, then, O my God, their fathers and their mothers, by Thy favor, and Thy bounty, and Thy tender mercies. Send, then, upon them from the right hand of Thy most exalted Paradise the fragrance of the robe of Thine all-glorious Beauty. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Thou, verily, art the Governor, the Ordainer, the All-Bountiful, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

Translation Notes

فَمِ

f-m-m

literal: mouth

مَشِيَّتِكَ

sh-y-ʾ → “will”

literal: thing; something

وَظَهَرَتْ

ẓ-h-r → “hath shone forth”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation

أَنْوارُهُ

n-w-r → “splendors”

literal: light; illumination

مِنْ

m-n → “from”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

مَلَكُوتِ

m-l-k → “kingdom”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty

بَيانِكَ،

b-y-n → “utterance”

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

أَيْ

ʾ-y-y → “signs” Distinctive

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

رَبِّ

r-b-b → “Lord”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

أَغْمِسْهُمْ

gh-m-s → “immerse”

literal: immerse; submerged; immersed

فِي

f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

بَحْرِ

b-ḥ-r → “ocean”

literal: sea; ocean

رَحْمَتِكَ

r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

فَجْرِ

f-j-r

literal: dawn; dayspring; to break (of dawn)

ثُمَّ

th-m-m → “then”

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

اغْفِرْ

gh-f-r → “Forgive”

literal: to forgive; forgiveness

يا

y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

إِلهِي

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

آبائَهُمْ

ʾ-b-w → “fathers”

literal: father; ancestry; forefathers

وَأُمَّهاتِهِمْ

ʾ-m-m → “mothers”

literal: mother; to lead; to head; matter; affair; people; nation; community; female servant; handmaiden; umma

بِجُودِكَ

j-w-d → “bounty”

literal: generosity; bounty; liberality

وَكَرَمِكَ

k-r-m → “favor” Distinctive

literal: Carmel (Mount Carmel); vineyard, fruitful field; honor; generosity; nobility

وَأَلطافِكَ،

l-ṭ-f → “tender mercies” Distinctive

literal: kindness; grace; gentleness; benevolence

أَرْسِلْ

r-s-l → “Send” Distinctive

literal: messenger; send; messengers

عَلَيْهِمْ

ʿ-l-y → “them” Distinctive

literal: exalted; highest; supreme; most high; upon you; on; over; Ali (name); upon

عَنْ

ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

يَمِينِ

y-m-n → “right hand”

literal: right hand; oath; right side

جَنَّتِكَ

j-n-n → “Paradise”

literal: you (singular/plural pronoun)

العُلْيا

ʿ-l-w → “exalted”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

نَفَحَاتِ

n-f-ḥ → “fragrance”

literal: breeze; fragrance; whiff; breath; emanation

قَمِيْصِ

q-m-ṣ → “robe”

literal: garment; shirt; tunic

جَمالِكَ

j-m-l → “Beauty”

literal: beauty; comeliness

الأَبْهی،

b-h-w → “Thine all-glorious”

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

إِنَّكَ

ʾ-n-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

أَنْتَ

ʾ-n-t → “Thou”

literal: you (masculine singular)

المُقْتَدِرُ

q-d-r → “Potent” Distinctive

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

ما

m-ʾ → “that”

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

وَإِنَّكَ

ʾ-n-n → “that” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

الحاكِمُ

ḥ-k-m → “Governor”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom; firm; solid; strengthened

الآمِرُ

ʾ-m-r → “Ordainer” Distinctive

literal: mother; to lead; to head; matter; affair; people; nation; community; female servant; handmaiden; umma

المُعْطِ

ʿ-ṭ-y → “All-Bountiful”

literal: bounty; gift; bestowal; grace; bountifulness

وَالحَمْدُ

ḥ-m-d

literal: praise; to praise

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