Prayers and Meditations — §855
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 855 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
كُلَّ ما أَعْطَيْتَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ مَحَبَّتِكَ وَمَناهِجِ رِضائِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ ما يَكْرَهُهُ نَفْسُكَ، ثُمَّ مِنْ كُلِّ ما يَمْنَعُنِي عَنِ الدُّخُولِ فِي سُرادِقِ قُدْسِ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَالوُرُودِ إِلى مَقاعِدِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي يا إِلهِي مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ ما شَغَلَهُمْ شَيْءٌ عَنْ زيارَةِ جَمالِكَ وَالتَّفَكُّرِ فِي بَدائِعِ صُنْعِ أَزَليَّتِكَ حَتَّى لا أَسْتَأْنِسَ بِأَحَدٍ دُونَكَ وَلا أَلْتَفِتَ إِلى نَفْسٍ سِواكَ، وَلا أَرى فِي شَيْءٍ عَمَّا خَلَقْتَهُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ مُلْكِ السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ إِلاَّ بَدِيعَ جَمالِكَ وَظُهُورَ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ، وَأَسْتَغْرِقَ فِي طَماطِمِ سُلْطانِ رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ وَيَمايِمِ قُدْسِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ عَلَى مَقامِ الَّذِيْ أَنْسى كُلَّ الأَذْكارِ دُونَ أَذْكارِ عِزِّ هُوِيَّتِكَ، وَأَغْفَلُ عَنْ كُلِّ الإِشاراتِ يا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ جَبَرُوتُ الأَسْماءِ وَالصِّفاتِ، فَسُبْحَانَكَ يا مَقْصُودِيْ فَوَعِزَّتِكَ أُحِبُّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Protect, moreover, O my Beloved, through Thy love for them and through the love they bear to Thee, this servant, who hath sacrificed his all for Thee, and expended whatsoever Thou hast given him in the path of Thy love and Thy good pleasure, and preserve him from all that Thou abhorrest, and from whatsoever may hinder him from entering into the Tabernacle of Thy holy sovereignty, and from attaining the seat of Thy transcendent oneness. Number him, then, O my God, with such as have allowed nothing whatever to deter them from beholding Thy beauty, or from meditating on the wondrous evidences of Thine everlasting handiwork, that he may have fellowship with none except Thee, and turn to naught save Thyself, and discover in whatever hath been created by Thee in the kingdoms of earth and heaven nothing but Thy wondrous Beauty and the revelation of the splendors of Thy face, and be so immersed beneath the billowing oceans of Thine overruling providence and the surging seas of Thy holy unity, that he will forget every mention except the mention of Thy transcendent oneness, and banish from his soul the traces of all evil suggestions, O Thou in Whose hands are the kingdoms of all names and attributes!
Translation Notes
رِضائِكَ
literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment
وَالتَّفَكُّرِ
literal: thoughts; ideas; fancies; opinions; to think; to reflect; to contemplate
أَسْتَأْنِسَ
literal: familiar; intimate; companionship; to be acquainted with; companion; intimate friend; to be intimate with; to keep company; to console
أَرى
literal: Persian form from آراستن (ārāstan) ‘to adorn/invest’, root ا-ر-ا, not ر-ء-ي (to see)
الأَذْكارِ
literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations
الإِشاراتِ
literal: explanation; commentary; to explain; to open
