“O Thou our Lord! Enable us to recognize Thy mighty Cause, to comport ourselves with Thy glorious attributes…”

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a prayer by Shoghi Effendi, the original text of which has been published in Majmúʻiy-i-Munáját – Ḥaḍrat-i-Valíyy-i-Amru’lláh, p. 45. A fully vowelized typescript, reproduced below, is also available here

O Thou our Lord! Enable us to recognize Thy mighty Cause, to comport ourselves with Thy glorious attributes, and to walk in Thy straight path through Thine ancient bounty and all-encompassing generosity. Verily, Thou art the All-Knowing; verily, Thou art the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

A typescript of the original Arabic text of this prayer appears below (vocalization and punctuation not mine).

رَبَّنَا، وَفِّقْنَا عَلَى مَعْرِفَةِ أَمْرِكَ العَظِيمِ وَالتَّخَلُّقِ بِخُلُقِكَ الكَرِيمِ وَالسُّلُوكِ فِي مَنْهَجِكَ القَوِيمِ بِفَضْلِكَ القَدِيمِ وَجُوْدِكَ العَمِيْمِ. إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّحِمَنُ الرَّحِيْمِ.