Prayers and Meditations — §782

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 782 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

أَعْمالَناَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَعِنايَتِكَ وَلَوْ أَنَّها لا تَلِيقُ لِعُلُوِّ شَأْنِكَ وَسُمُوِّ قَدْرِكَ يا حَبِيْبَ قُلُوبِ المُشْتاقِيْنَ وَطَبِيْبَ أَفْئِدَةِ الْعارِفِينَ، فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنا مِنْ سَماءِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَسَحابِ إِفْضَالِكَ ما يُطَهِّرُنا عَنْ شَائِبَةِ النَّفْسِ وَالهَوى وَيُقَرِّبُنا إِلى مَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ الْعَلِيِّ الأَبْهى وَإِنَّكَ رَبُّ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُوْلى وَإِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ، صَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي عَلَى النُّقْطَةِ الأُوْلى الَّذِيْ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Deign, O my God, I implore Thee, by Thy Self and by them, to accept, through Thy grace and Thy loving-kindness, the works we have performed, however much they fall short of the loftiness of Thy state and the sublimity of Thy station, O Thou Who art most dear to the hearts that long for Thee, and the Healer of the souls that have recognized Thee! Rain down, therefore, upon us from the heaven of Thy mercy and the clouds of Thy gracious providence that which will cleanse us from the faintest trace of evil and corrupt desires, and will draw us nearer unto Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy most exalted and all-glorious Self. Thou art, verily, the Lord of this world and of the next, and art powerful to do all things.

Translation Notes

أَعْمالَناَ

ʿ-m-l → “works we have performed”

literal: to work; to act; to do; to perform

بِفَضْلِكَ

f-ḍ-l → “through Thy grace”

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

وَعِنايَتِكَ

ʿ-n-y → “Thy loving-kindness”

literal: to concern; to mean; to turn away from; bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention; meaning; significance; inner sense

وَلَوْ

l-w → “If”

literal: were it not for; if not for; save for

أَنَّها

null

literal: that, it; to be; indeed

لا

l-ʾ

literal: no; not; negation particle

تَلِيقُ

l-y-q

literal: worthy; befit; befits

لِعُلُوِّ

ʿ-l-w → “loftiness”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

شَأْنِكَ

sh-ʾ-n → “in such wise” Distinctive

literal: affair; concern; matter; aspect; quality; state; affairs; matters; conditions; circumstances; affair, matter, station, rank, dignity; station; rank; importance; matter, affair, concern, dignity, rank

وَسُمُوِّ

s-m-w → “sublimity”

literal: heaven; sky

قَدْرِكَ

q-d-r → “power” Distinctive

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

يا

y-ʾ → “O ye”

literal: O; or

حَبِيْبَ

ḥ-b-b → “most dear” Distinctive

literal: love; affection

قُلُوبِ

q-l-b → “hearts”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

المُشْتاقِيْنَ

sh-w-q → “that long for Thee”

literal: to encourage; to incite; yearning; enthusiasm

وَطَبِيْبَ

ṭ-b-b → “physicians”

literal: physician, doctor; one who practices medicine

أَفْئِدَةِ

f-ʾ-d → “souls”

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

الْعارِفِينَ،

ʿ-r-f → “that have recognized Thee” Distinctive

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

فَأَنْزِلْ

n-z-l → “Rain down” Distinctive

literal: to descend, to be revealed

عَلَيْنا

ʿ-l-y → “upon us”

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

مِنْ

m-n → “from”

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

رَحْمَتِكَ

r-ḥ-m → “Thy mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

وَسَحابِ

s-ḥ-b → “clouds”

literal: cloud; clouds

ما

m-ʾ → “that”

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

يُطَهِّرُنا

ṭ-h-r → “will cleanse”

literal: purify; pure; purified

عَنْ

ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

شَائِبَةِ

sh-w-b → “faintest trace”

literal: impurity; trace, blemish; trace

النَّفْسِ

n-f-s → “evil” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; psyche

وَالهَوى

h-w-y → “and corrupt desires”

literal: desire; vain desire; inclination; passion; whim; realm; region

وَيُقَرِّبُنا

q-r-b → “will draw us nearer”

literal: place of sacrifice; altar

إِلى

ʾ-l-y → “towards”

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

مَظْهَرِ

ẓ-h-r → “Manifestation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

الأَبْهى

b-h-w → “and all-glorious”

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

وَإِنَّكَ

ʾ-n-n → “that” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

رَبُّ

r-b-b → “Lord”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

الآخِرَةِ

ʾ-kh-r → “of the next”

literal: the hereafter, the next life, the world to come; last, latter; the next life, the hereafter; delay; postponement

وَالأُوْلى

ʾ-w-l → “of this world”

literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of

كُلِّ

k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

شَيْءٍ

sh-y-ʾ → “things”

literal: thing; something; to will; to wish; to desire; to open; to unfold; to reveal

صَلِّ

ṣ-l-w

literal: root, origin, principle, foundation

اللَّهُمَّ

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

النُّقْطَةِ

n-q-ṭ

literal: point; dot; spot; region; area

الَّذِيْ

l-dh-y

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

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