Prayers and Meditations — §857
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 857 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لا تُخَيِّبْ هذَا الذَّلِيْلَ عَنْ شاطِئِ عِزِّكَ، وَلا تَحْرِمْ هذَا المِسْكِينَ عَنْ مَيادِيْنِ غَنائِكَ، وَلا تَطْرُدْ هذَا السَّائِلَ عَنْ أَبْوابِ فَضْلِكَ وَإِحْسانِكَ وَمَوْهِبَتِكَ، ثُمَّ ارْحَمْ هذَا المُفْتَقِرَ الَّذِيْ ما اتَّخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ وَلِيًّا دُونَكَ وَلا أَنِيْسًا سِواكَ وَلا مُصاحِبًا غَيْرَكَ وَلا مَحْبُوبًا إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَلا مَقْصُودًا إِلاَّ إِيَّاكَ، ثُمَّ انْظُرْنِيْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou, O my God, and my Beloved, and my Master, and my Desire! Shatter not the hopes of this lowly one to attain the shores of Thy glory, and deprive not this wretched creature of the immensities of Thy riches, and cast not away this suppliant from the doors of Thy grace, and Thy bounty, and Thy gifts. Have mercy, then, upon this poor and desolate soul who hath sought no friend but Thee, and no companion except Thee, and no comforter save Thee, and no beloved apart from Thee, nor cherished any desire but Thyself.
Translation Notes
تُخَيِّبْ
literal: disappoint; disappoint, frustrate; disappointed/frustrated
الذَّلِيْلَ
literal: abasement; humiliation; lowliness; to be abased
غَنائِكَ،
literal: to be independent of; to be in no need of; to dispense with; rich; wealthy; needless
