Prayers and Meditations — §841
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 841 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يْ جَعَلْتَهُ عِلَّةَ ظُهُوراتِ قُدْسِ صَمَدانِيَّتِكَ وَشُعْلَةَ قُلُوبِ الْمُشْتاقِينَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، بِأَنْ تَخْلُقَ حِينَئِذٍ لِمُخْلِصِيْكَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَمُحِبِّيكَ مِنْ أَحِبَّتِكَ مِنْ جَوْهَرِ الجُودِ وَالعَطآءِ وَساذِجِ الفَضْلِ وَالبَهآءِ رِضْوانَ قُدْسِكَ الأَعْلی، وَتَجْعَلَهُ مُقَدَّسًا عَنْ كُلِّ ما سِواكَ وَمُنَزَّهًا عَنْ دُونِكَ، ثُمَّ اخْلُقْ يا إِلهِي فِيها مِنْ أَنْوارِ عَرْشِكَ مُغَنِّياتٍ مِنْ بَدائِعِ صُنْعِكَ الأَحْلى لِيَذْكُرْنَكَ بِكَلِماتِ الَّتِي جَعَلْتَها مُطَهَّرًا عَمَّا سَمِعَتْها أُذُنُ الخَلِيقَةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ أَرْضِكَ وَسَمائِكَ وَمُقَدَّسًا عَنْ عِرْفانِ بَرِيَّتِكَ، ثُمَّ افْتَحْ أَبْوابَ هذِهِ الجَنَّةِ عَلَى وَجْهِ أَحِبَّائِكَ لَعَلَّ يَدْخُلُونَ فِيْها بِاسْمِكَ وَسَلْطَنَتِكَ، لِيَتِمَّ بِذلِكَ سُلْطانُ مَواهِبِكَ عَلَى أَصفِيائِكَ وَمَلِيْكَ عَطائِكَ عَلَى أُمَنائِكَ، لِيَذْكُرَنَّكَ فِيْها بِنَغَماتِ الَّتِيْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَتَغَنَّيَ بِها أَوْ يَتَكَلَّمَ عَلَيْها حَتَّى لا يَخْطُرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ التَّلَبُّسُ بِأَثْوابِ صَفْوَتِكَ وَالتَّظَهُّرُ بِظُهُوراتِ أَحِبَّتِكَ، وَلِئَلا يَشْتَبِهَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدُ مُحِبِّيكَ عَنْ مُبْغِضِيكَ وَمُخْلِصِيكَ عَنْ مُعانِدِيكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ ما تُرِيْدُ لَقادِرٌ مُقْتَدِرٌ قَدِيْرٌ، س
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Since Thou hast purposed, O my God, to cause all created things to enter into the tabernacle of Thy transcendent grace and favor, and to waft over the entire creation the fragrances of the raiment of Thy glorious unity, and to look upon all things with the eyes of Thy bounty and Thy oneness, I beseech Thee, therefore, by Thy love, which Thou hast made to be the mainspring of the revelations of Thine eternal holiness, and the flame that gloweth within the hearts of such of Thy creatures as yearn towards Thee, to create, this very moment, for those of Thy people who are wholly devoted to Thee, and for such of Thy loved ones as love Thee, out of the essence of Thy bounty and Thy generosity, and from the inmost spirit of Thy grace and Thy glory, Thy Paradise of transcendent holiness, and to exalt it above everything except Thee, and to sanctify it from aught else save Thyself. Create, moreover, within it, O my God, out of the lights shed by Thy throne, handmaidens who will intone the melodies of Thy wondrous and most sweet invention, that they may magnify Thy name with such words as have not been heard by any of Thy creatures, be they the inmates of Thy heaven or the dwellers of Thine earth, nor been comprehended by any of Thy people. Unlock, then, the gates of this Paradise to the faces of Thy loved ones, that haply they may enter them in Thy name, and by the power of Thy sovereignty, that thereby the sovereign bounties vouchsafed by Thee unto Thy chosen ones and the transcendent gifts granted unto Thy trusted ones be perfected, that they may extol Thy virtues with such melodies as none can either intone or describe, and that none of Thy people may conceive the design of appearing in the guise of any of Thy chosen ones, or of emulating the example of Thy loved ones, and that none may fail to discern between Thy friends and Thine enemies, or to distinguish them that are devoted to Thee from such as stubbornly oppose Thee. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and powerful and supreme art Thou over all things.
Translation Notes
وَالبَهآءِ
literal: splendor; glory; magnificence; Bahá (Proper Name in Bahá’í texts)
بِكَلِماتِ
literal: words; utterances; locutions; word; utterance; speech; sayings; verses
بِاسْمِكَ
literal: to name, to nominate, to designate, to appoint; name; noun; to name, to appoint, to designate
وَسَلْطَنَتِكَ،
literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control
أَصفِيائِكَ
literal: pure one; chosen one; selected one; elite; purity; clarity; sincerity; pure; sincere
أُمَنائِكَ،
literal: to believe; to have faith; to be secure; trust; trustworthiness; covenant; deposit; believer, faithful
