Prayers and Meditations — §97

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 97 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

ى ما أَمَرْتَهُمْ بِهِ فِيْ أَيَّامِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ يَظْهَرُ تَقْدِيسُ أَمْرِكَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ وَتَنْتَظِمُ أُمُورُ خَلْقِكَ وَمَمْلَكَتِكَ، أَشْهَدُ يا إِلهِي هذا يَومٌ فِيهِ تَمَّتْ حُجَّتُكَ وَظَهَرَتْ بَيِّناتُكَ وَنُزِّلَتْ آياتُكَ وَلاحَتْ آثارُكَ وَأَنارَ وَجْهُكَ وَكَمُلَ بُرْهانُكَ وَأَحاطَتْ قُدْرَتُكَ وَسَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ وَأَشْرَقَتْ شَمْسُ فَضْلِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ أَظْهَرْتَ مَظْهَرَ نَفْسِكَ وَمَخْزَنَ عِلْمِكَ وَمَطْلَعَ عَظَمَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارِكَ الَّذِيْ أَخَذْتَ عَهْدَهُ عَمَّا خُلِقَ فِيْ مَلَكُوتِ السَّمواتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَجَبَرُوتِ الأَمْرِ وَالخَلْقِ وَأَقَمْتَهُ عَلَى مَقامٍ ما مَنَعَهُ ظُلْمُ الظَّالِمِينَ عَنْ إِظْهارِ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَلا سَطْوَةُ الغافِلِينَ عَنْ إِبْرازِ قُدْرَتِكَ وَإِعْلآءِ أَمْرِكَ بِحَيْثُ بَلَّغَ المُلُوكَ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I testify, O my God, that this is the Day whereon Thy testimony hath been fulfilled, and Thy clear tokens have been manifested, and Thine utterances have been revealed, and Thy signs have been demonstrated, and the radiance of Thy countenance hath been diffused, and Thy proof hath been perfected, and Thine ascendancy hath been established, and Thy mercy hath overflowed, and the Daystar of Thy grace hath shone forth with such brilliance that Thou didst manifest Him Who is the Revealer of Thyself and the Treasury of Thy wisdom and the Dawning-Place of Thy majesty and power. Thou didst establish His covenant with every one who hath been created in the kingdoms of earth and heaven and in the realms of revelation and of creation. Thou didst raise Him up to such heights that the wrongs inflicted by the oppressors have been powerless to deter Him from revealing Thy sovereignty, and the ascendancy of the wayward hath failed to prevent Him from demonstrating Thy power and from exalting Thy Cause.

Translation Notes

ما

m-ʾ → “that”

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

بِهِ

b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

الَّذِيْ

l-dh-y → “which”

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

تَقْدِيسُ

q-d-s

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

عِبادِكَ

ʿ-b-d

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

وَتَنْتَظِمُ

n-ẓ-m

literal: order; organized; order, system

أُمُورُ

ʾ-m-r

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

أَشْهَدُ

sh-h-d → “I testify”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

يا

y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; or

إِلهِي

ʾ-l-h → “my God”

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

هذا

h-dh-ʾ → “that this”

literal: this; that

يَومٌ

y-w-m → “is the Day”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

فِيهِ

f-y → “whereon”

literal: alas; woe; oh

تَمَّتْ

t-m-m → “hath been fulfilled” Distinctive

literal: most complete; to complete; perfect; fullness

حُجَّتُكَ

ḥ-j-j → “Thy testimony”

literal: path, way; clear path

وَظَهَرَتْ

ẓ-h-r → “have been manifested” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

بَيِّناتُكَ

b-y-n → “Thy clear tokens”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

وَنُزِّلَتْ

n-z-l → “have been revealed” Distinctive

literal: to descend, to be revealed

آياتُكَ

ʾ-y-y → “Thine utterances”

literal: sign; verse; miracle; token; verses; signs; proofs

وَلاحَتْ

l-w-ḥ → “Tablet” Distinctive

literal: tablet; panel; divine decree; revelation

آثارُكَ

ʾ-th-r → “Thy signs”

literal: effect; trace; influence; imprint; sign; mark; vestige

وَأَنارَ

n-w-r → “light” Distinctive

literal: light; lights; luminous

وَجْهُكَ

w-j-h → “radiance of Thy countenance”

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

وَكَمُلَ

k-m-l → “hath been perfected” Distinctive

literal: perfection; completeness; fully; with full; in complete; to complete, perfect, fulfill

بُرْهانُكَ

b-r-h → “Thy proof”

literal: proof, evidence, demonstration, argument

وَأَحاطَتْ

ḥ-w-ṭ → “hath been established” Distinctive

literal: to encompass, surround, envelop, embrace

قُدْرَتُكَ

q-d-r → “power”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

وَسَبَقَتْ

s-b-q → “hath overflowed” Distinctive

literal: to precede; to surpass; to excel

رَحْمَتُكَ

r-ḥ-m → “Thy mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

وَأَشْرَقَتْ

sh-r-q → “hath shone forth”

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

شَمْسُ

sh-m-s → “Daystar”

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

فَضْلِكَ

f-ḍ-l → “Thy grace”

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

عَلَى

ʿ-l-w → “with such” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

شَأْنٍ

sh-ʾ-n → “in such wise”

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

نَفْسِكَ

n-f-s → “of Thyself”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

وَمَخْزَنَ

kh-z-n → “Treasury”

literal: to store, to treasure; storehouse, depository, treasury

عِلْمِكَ

ʿ-l-m → “Thy wisdom”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

وَمَطْلَعَ

ṭ-l-ʿ → “Dawning-Place”

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

عَظَمَتِكَ

ʿ-ẓ-m → “Thy majesty”

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

أَخَذْتَ

ʾ-kh-dh → “laid hold”

literal: to take; to seize; to affect; to grasp

عَهْدَهُ

ʿ-h-d → “His covenant”

literal: covenant; testament; promise; command

عَمَّا

ʿ-n → “from”

literal: with them; in their company

خُلِقَ

kh-l-q → “hath been created”

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

مَلَكُوتِ

m-l-k → “kingdoms”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership

السَّمواتِ

s-m-w → “heaven”

literal: heaven; sky

وَالأَرْضِ

ʾ-r-ḍ → “of earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

وَجَبَرُوتِ

j-b-r → “realms”

literal: compelled; forced; constrained

الأَمْرِ

ʾ-m-r → “of revelation”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

مَقامٍ

q-w-m → “such heights” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

مَنَعَهُ

m-n-ʿ → “have been powerless to deter” Distinctive

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

ظُلْمُ

ẓ-l-m → “wrongs inflicted” Distinctive

literal: wrongedness, oppression, meekness; state of being wronged or oppressed

سَلْطَنَتِكَ

s-l-ṭ → “Thy sovereignty”

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

وَلا

w-l-y → “Lord” Distinctive

literal: no; not; negation particle

سَطْوَةُ

s-ṭ-w → “ascendancy”

literal: might; force; severity; oppression; tyranny

الغافِلِينَ

gh-f-l → “the wayward”

literal: heedlessness; negligence; inattention

إِبْرازِ

b-r-z → “revelation” Distinctive

literal: appearance; manifestation; coming forth

بِحَيْثُ

ḥ-y-th

literal: where; in which; inasmuch as; in such wise that; whereby; in that; respect, aspect

بَلَّغَ

b-l-gh

literal: to reach; to attain; to deliver; to proclaim

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