Prayers and Meditations — §84
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 84 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
دِكَ وَأَحاطَتْ أَهْلَ مَمْلَكَتِكَ، يا إِلهِي لَمَّا أَظْهَرْتَ فَضْلَكَ لا تَمْنَعْ عِبادَكَ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَيْهِ، لا تَنْظُرْ يا إِلهِي إِلى مَقاماتِهِمْ وَشُئُوناتِهِمْ وَأَعْمالِهِمْ فَانْظُرْ إِلى عَظَمَتِكَ وَمَواهِبِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ، وَعِزَّتِكَ لَوْ تَنْظُرُ بِعَيْنِ العَدْلِ كُلٌّ يَسْتَحِقُّونَ غَضَبَكَ وَسِياطَ قَهْرِكَ، خُذْ يا إِلهِي أَيادِيَ الخَلْقِ بِأَيادِي فَضْلِكَ ثُمَّ عَرِّفْهُمْ ما هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ عَمَّا خُلِقَ فِيْ مَلَكُوتِ الإِنْشاءِ، نَشْهَدُ يا إِلهِي بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Since Thou hast revealed Thy grace, O my God, deter not Thy servants from directing their eyes towards it. Consider not, O my God, their estate, and their concerns and their works. Consider the greatness of Thy glory, and the plenteousness of Thy gifts, and the power of Thy might, and the excellence of Thy favors. I swear by Thy glory! Wert Thou to look upon them with the eye of justice, all would deserve Thy wrath and the rod of Thine anger. Hold Thou Thy creatures, O my God, with the hands of Thy grace, and make Thou known unto them what is best for them of all the things that have been created in the kingdom of Thine invention.
Translation Notes
أَهْلَ
literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin
أَظْهَرْتَ
literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest
وَشُئُوناتِهِمْ
literal: affair; concern; matter; aspect; quality; state; affairs; matters; conditions; circumstances; affair, matter, station, rank, dignity; station; rank; importance; matter, affair, concern, dignity, rank
وَأَلْطافِكَ،
literal: kindness; grace; gentleness; benevolence
الإِنْشاءِ،
literal: creation; bringing into existence; establishment; God willing; if God wishes; please God
