The Sanctification of the Sun (Hūrakhsh) for Sunday, with the Supreme Sanctification for Every Day

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   أَوْرَادُlitanies, recited devotionsتَقْدِيسِsanctificationالشَّمْسِthe Sunيَوْمَday (of)الْأَحَدِSunday (first day).أَهْلاًwelcomeبِالْحَيِّto the living oneالنَّاطِقِrational, speakingالْأَنْوَرِmost luminousوَالشَّخْصِand the individualالْأَطْهَرِmost pureوَالْكَوْكَبِand the starالْأَزْهَرِmost radiant.السَّلَامُpeaceعَلَيْكَupon youوَتَحِيَّاتُand salutationsاللَّهِof Godوَبَرَكَاتُهُand His blessingsأَيُّهَاO (vocative)النَّيِّرُluminaryالْأَعْظَمُgreatestوَالسَّيِّدُand the lordالْأَشْرَفُmost nobleالطَّائِعُobedientلِمُبْدِعِهِto its Originatorالْمُتَحَرِّكُmovingفِيinعِشْقِpassionate loveجَلَالِmajesty (of)بَارِيهِits Maker (Creator)بِحَرَكَةِthrough the motionفَلَكِهِof its sphereالْمُتَبَرِّئُfree, exemptعَنْfromقَبُولِreceptivity toالْخَرْقِruptureوَالْكَوْنِand generationوَالْفَسَادِand corruptionوَالْحَرَكَةِand motionالْمُسْتَقِيمَةِrectilinear.

   Litanies for the sanctification of the Sun on Sunday. Welcome to the living, rational, most luminous one, the most pure individual, the most radiant star! Peace be upon you, and the salutations of God and His blessings, O greatest luminary and most noble lord, obedient to your Originator, moving in love for the majesty of your Maker through the motion of your sphere, free from receptivity to rupture, to generation and corruption, and to rectilinear motion.

   ✦AI
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   أَنْتَyouهُورَخْشُHūrakhsh (Sun's light)الشَّدِيدُthe mighty, intenseقَاهِرُvanquisher ofالْغَسَقِnightfall's darknessرَئِيسُchief, head ofالْعَالَمِthe worldمَلِكُking ofالْكَوَاكِبِthe stars, planetsسَيِّدُlord, master ofالْأَشْخَاصِthe individualsالْعُلْوِيَّةِhigher, celestialفَاعِلُmaker, producer ofالنَّهَارِthe dayبِأَمْرِby the commandاللّٰهِof GodتَعَالَىMost Highمَالِكُmaster, owner ofرِقَابِnecks (i.e. sway over)الْأَنْوَارِthe lightsالْمُتَجَسِّدِينَembodied, incarnateبِحَوْلِby the mightاللّٰهِof Godالْمُطَاعُthe one obeyedالْجِرْمُthe body (celestial)الْمُنِيرُshining, light-givingالْبَاهِرُdazzling, overpoweringالزَّاهِرُradiant, blossomingالْعَالِمُthe knowingالْحَكِيمُthe wiseالْفَاضِلُthe excellentالْأَكْبَرُthe greatestأَوْلَادِchildren ofالْقُدْسِholinessمِنَamong, ofالْأَضْوَاءِthe lights, luminariesالْمُتَحَجِّمِينَhaving taken volumeخَلِيفَةُvicegerent ofنُورِLight ofالنُّورِLightفِيinعَالَمِthe world ofالْأَجْرَامِbodies.

   You are Hūrakhsh, the mighty, vanquisher of the darkness of nightfall, chief of the world, king of the stars, lord of the higher individuals (the heavenly bodies), maker of the day by the command of God Most High, master over the embodied lights by the might of God. You are the one obeyed, the shining body, the dazzling, the radiant, the knowing, the wise, the excellent, the greatest of the children of holiness among the lights that have taken on bodily volume, the vicegerent of the Light of Light in the world of bodies.

   ✦AI
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   نُورُكَyour lightمِنْfromنُورٍa (higher) lightيَنْتَهِيterminates, culminatesإِلَىin, atنُورِهِHis lightوَقَهْرُكَand your dominanceمِنْfromقَهْرٍa dominanceيَنْتَهِيterminates, culminatesإِلَىin, atقَهْرِهِHis dominance.أَنْتَyouمَثَلٌlikeness, imageلِكِبْرِيَائِهِof His majestyوَأُنْمُوذَجٌand an exemplarمِنْamongأُنْمُوذَجَاتِexemplars, patternsبَهَائِهِof His splendorوَحُجَّةٌand a proofعَلَىover, beforeعِبَادِهِHis servants.مَنْwhomeverأَعْطَيْتَهُyou granted himنُورَكَyour lightفِيamongالْأَجْسَامِthe bodiesأَضَاءَshone, became luminousوَمَنْand whomeverأَسْعَدْتَهُyou made fortunateبِقُوَّةِby the powerاللَّهِof Godسَعِدَis made fortunate.تُعْطِيyou giveالْكَوَاكِبَthe stars, planetsنُورَكَyour lightوَلَاand notتَأْخُذُyou takeمِنْهَاfrom themوَتَكْسُوهَاand you clothe themالْبَهَاءَthe splendorوَالْإِشْرَاقَand the illumination.سُبْحَانَglory be toمَنْHim whoصَوَّرَكَformed youوَنَوَّرَكَand illuminated youوَفِيand inشَوْقِlongingجَلَالِهِfor His majestyسَيَّرَكَset you movingوَفِيand inالْفَلَكِthe sphereالرَّابِعِthe fourthبَوَّأَكَsettled, lodged youوَفِيand inوَسَطِthe middleنِظَامِthe orderالْكُلِّof the Allقَرَّرَكَestablished, fixed you.

   Your light is from a light that terminates in His light, and your dominance is from a dominance that terminates in His dominance. You are a likeness of His majesty, one exemplar among the exemplars of His splendor, and a proof set before His servants. Whomever among bodies you grant your light becomes luminous, and whomever you make fortunate by the power of God is made fortunate. You give the stars your light and take nothing from them, and you clothe them in splendor and illumination. Glory be to Him who formed you and made you luminous, who set you moving in longing for His majesty, who settled you in the fourth sphere, and who established you in the middle of the order of the All.

   ✦AI
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   أَسْأَلُكَI ask youأَيُّهَاO (vocative)الْأَبُthe fatherالْقِدِّيسُholy, saintlyصَاحِبَpossessor ofالسَّلَاطَةِsovereign mightوَالْهَيْبَةِand aweكَامِلَperfect inالْقُوَىpowers, facultiesعِلَّةَcause ofتَعَاقُبِsuccession, alternationالْجَدِيدَيْنِthe two ever-new onesوَتَتَابُعِand processionالْفُصُولِthe seasonsأَنْthatتَسْأَلَyou askبِبَاسِطِby what spreads forthضَوْءِlight, radianceنَفْسِكَyour soulالنَّاطِقَةِrationalالشَّارِقَةِrising, shiningأَبَاكَyour fatherوَعِلَّتَكَand your causeوَمَعْشُوقَكَand your belovedوَمَبْدَأَand principleحَرَكَتِكَof your motionالَّذِيwhomأَنْتَyouظِلُّهُhis shadowوَطِلَّسْمُهُand his talismanوَجَمِيعَand allالْأَنْوَارِthe lightsالْقَاهِرَةِvictorial, dominatingالْعُقُولِthe intellectsالْمُجَرَّدِseparate, immaterialلِيَسْأَلُواthat they askالسُّؤَالَthe askingاللَّائِقَbefittingبِعَالَمِto the worldالسَّرْمَدِof the everlastingالْبَرِيءِfreeعَنِofالتَّغَيُّرِchangeوَالتَّجَدُّدِand renewalأَبَاهُمْtheir fatherوَعِلَّتَهُمُand their causeالنُّورَthe lightالْأَقْرَبَnearestالْمُبْدَعَoriginated (ex nihilo)الْأَشْرَفَmost nobleعَقْلَIntellect ofالْكُلِّthe Allالْمَعْلُولَthe effectالْأَعْظَمَgreatestالْأَوَّلَfirstلِيَسْأَلَthat he askهُوَheهٰكَذَاlikewise, thusإِلٰهَهُhis Godوَإِلٰهَand God ofالْآلِهَةِthe gods

   I ask you, O holy Father, possessor of sovereign might and awe, perfect in powers, cause of the succession of the two ever-new ones (day and night) and of the procession of the seasons, that you ask—by that which spreads forth the light of your rational, rising soul—your Father, your cause, your beloved and the principle of your motion, of whom you are the shadow and the talisman, and all the victorial (dominating) lights, the separate intellects, that they ask, with the asking befitting the world of the everlasting (sempiternity), which is free of change and renewal, their Father and cause, the Nearest Light, the most noble originated being, the Intellect of the All, the first, greatest effect, that he in turn ask likewise his God and the God of gods.

   ✦AI
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   مُنْتَهَىterminus, ultimate endالعِلَلِcausesالأُوَلِfirstالأَوَائِلِprimordial, earliestنِظَامَorder, ordering principleالعَوَالِمِthe worldsمُبْدِعَOriginator (creating ex nihilo)الكُلِّthe Allالقَيُّومَthe Self-SubsistingنُورَLightالنُّورِof LightإِلَهَGod ofكُلِّeveryعَقْلٍintellectوَنَفْسٍand soulوَجِسْمٍand bodyأَثِيرِيٍّethereal (celestial)وَعُنْصُرِيٍّand elementalوَبَسِيطٍand simpleوَمُرَكَّبٍand compoundعَلَىaccording toالنِّظَامِthe orderالأَتَمِّmost completeالأَكْمَلِmost perfectاللَّهَGodالوَحِيدَthe UniqueوَاجِبَNecessary (of)الوُجُودِexistenceعَزَّmighty isسُلْطَانُهُHis dominionأَنْthatيُنَوِّرَHe illumineنَفْسِيmy soulبِاللَّوَامِعِwith the flashesالقُدْسِيَّةِholyوَالعُلُومِand the sciencesالإِلَهِيَّةِdivineوَالفَضَائِلِand the virtuesالعُلْوِيَّةِhigher, supernalوَيَجْعَلَنِيand make meمِنَamongالمُشْتَاقِينَthose who yearnإِلَيْهِfor Himوَيَعْصِمَنِيand protect meمِنَfromالآفَاتِafflictionsالنَّفْسِيَّةِof the soulوَالبَدَنِيَّةِand of the bodyوَيَنْصُرَand grant victoryأَهْلَpeople ofالنُّورِlightوَالإِشْرَاقِand illuminationوَيُبَارِكَهُمْand bless themوَإِيَّانَاand usوَيُقَدِّسَهُمْand sanctify themوَإِيَّانَاand usإِلَىuntoالأَبَدِeternity (forever).

   [I beseech] the Terminus of the first, primordial causes, the Order of the worlds, the Originator of the All, the Self-Subsisting, the Light of Light, God of every intellect and soul, and of every body, ethereal and elemental, simple and compound, disposed according to the most complete and most perfect order: God, the Unique, the Necessary Existent, mighty is His dominion, that He illumine my soul with the holy flashes, the divine sciences, and the higher virtues; that He make me one of those who yearn for Him; that He guard me from the afflictions of soul and body; that He grant victory to the people of light and illumination, and bless them and us, and sanctify them and us, forever.

   ✦AI
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   وَارِدُ تَقْدِيسِ الْأَعْلَى لِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ . تَعَالَيْتَ مَوْلَانَا مِنْكَ السَّلَامُ وَإِلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَاجِبَ الْوُجُودِ مَعَ جَمِيعِ الْوُجُوهِ لَا وَاجِبَ فِي الْوُجُودِ غَيْرُكَ وَأَنْتَ إِلَهُ الْآلِهَةِ لَا إِلَهَ لِلْعَالَمِينَ سِوَاكَ تَوَحَّدْتَ بِالْمَجْدِ الْأَرْفَعِ وَالسَّنَاءِ الْأَعْظَمِ وَاللَّاهُوتِ الْأَكْبَرِ وَالنُّورِ الْأَقْهَرِ وَالْجَلَالِ الْأَعْلَى وَالْكَمَالِ الْأَتَمِّ وَالْجُودِ الْأَعَمِّ وَالْحره الْأَبْسَطِ وَالْبَهَاءِ الْأَشْرَفِ وَالْعِزِّ الْأَكْمَلِ وَالضِّيَاءِ الْأَظْهَرِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ الْأَقْوَى وَالطَّوْلِ الْأَفْضَلِ وَالْمُلْكِ الْأَوْسَعِ وَالْجَمَالِ الْأَبْرَى وَاللِّقَاءِ الْأَكْرَمِ وَالْجَبَرُوتِ الْمُقَدَّسِ وَالْمَلَكُوتِ الطَّاهِرِ .

   Quotes a hadith: Muslim, Masājid (dhikr after prayer), from Thawbān: اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ تَبَارَكْتَ
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   سُبْحَانَكَ مُبْدِعَ الْكُلِّ أَوَّلَ الْأَوَائِلِ مَبْدَأَ الْمَبَادِئِ مُوجِدَ جَمِيعِ الْمَاهِيَّاتِ مُظْهِرَ كُلِّ الْهُوِيَّاتِ مُسَبِّبَ الْأَسْبَابِ رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ فَعَّالَ الْعَجَائِبِ وَمَا هُوَ أَعْجَبُ مِنَ الْعَجَائِبِ مُتْقِنَ اللَّطَائِفِ وَمَا هُوَ أَلْطَفُ مِنَ اللَّطَائِفِ إِلَهَ الْعُقُولِ الْفَعَّالَةِ الذَّوَاتِ الْمُجَرَّدَةِ عَنِ الْمَوَادِّ وَالْأَمْكِنَةِ وَالْجِهَاتِ الَّتِي هِيَ الْأَنْوَارُ الْقَاهِرَةُ الْمُفَارِقَةُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْوُجُوهِ الْكَامِلُونَ الْأَقْرَبُونَ
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   وَإِلَهَ النُّفُوسِ النَّاطِقَةِ الْبَرِيئَةِ عَنْ حَائِلِ الْمَكَانِ وَالِانْطِبَاعِ فِي الْأَجْسَامِ الْمُدَبِّرَةِ الْأَجْرَامَ بِالِاتِّصَالِ وَالْمُمَاسَّةِ الْمُسْتَفِيدَةِ مِنَ الْعَالَمِ الْعَقْلِيِّ مِنْكَ مَبْدَؤُهَا وَإِلَيْكَ مُنْتَهَاهَا وَإِلَهَ الْجَدِّ الْأَعْلَى سَمَاءِ السَّمَوَاتِ مُنْتَهَى الْإِشَارَاتِ الْجِسْمِيَّةِ وَجَمِيعِ الْأَجْسَامِ الشَّرِيفَةِ الْكَرِيمَةِ الْإِلَهِيَّةِ الْفَلَكِيَّةِ مُمْتَنِعَةَ الْخَرْقِ وَالْفَسَادِ وَأَضْوَائِهَا الْمُنِيرَةِ الرَّفِيعَةِ وَإِلَهَ جَمِيعِ الْعُنْصُرِيَّاتِ بَسَائِطِهَا وَمُرَكَّبَاتِهَا .
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   تَبَارَكْتَ اللَّهُمَّ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ يَا سُبُّوحُ يَا قُدُّوسُ يَا رَبَّ الْمَلَإِ الْأَنْوَرِ الْأَعْلَى يَا نُورَ النُّورِ صَانِعَ السَّرْمَدِ وَالدُّهُورِ مِنْكَ الْأَزَلُ وَمِنْكَ الْأَبَدُ وَأَنْتَ مُوجِدُ كُلِّ مَا اتَّصَفَ بِعَرَضِيَّةٍ أَوْ جَوْهَرِيَّةٍ أَوْ كَثْرَةٍ أَوْ وَحْدَةٍ أَوْ عِلَّةٍ أَوْ مَعْلُولِيَّةٍ وَإِلَيْكَ نِهَايَةُ الرَّغَبَاتِ . غَرِقَتْ ذَوَاتُ الْمُقَدَّسِينَ فِي أَبْحُرِ أَنْوَارِكَ رَأَتْكَ عُيُونُ الْقُدْسِ بِشُعَاعِ ذَاتِكَ الْغَاشِي الْمُغْرِقِ وَمَا رَأَتْكَ بِإِحَاطَةٍ .

   Alludes to the Quran 2:255; 3:2; 20:111

   Alludes to the Quran 37:8; 38:69

   Quotes a hadith: Muslim, Ṣalāt (bowing and prostration), from ʿĀʾisha: سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالرُّوحِ
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    وَأَنْتَ ٱلْمُتَعَالِي جَمِيعُ ٱلْأَثْبَاتِ نُورُكَ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَتَنَاهَى وَلَا يَقْهَرُكَ شَيْءٌ مِنَ ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ وَلَا يَنْفَصِلُ عَنْكَ شَيْءٌ . ٱحْتَجَبْتَ بِشِدَّةِ ظُهُورِكَ وَكَمَالِ نُورِيَّتِكَ . لَيْسَ لِعَبِيدِكَ ٱلْأَنْوَارِ ٱلْقَاهِرِينَ ٱللَّاهُوتِيِّينَ ٱلْمُجَرَّدِينَ عَنِ ٱلْأَبَوَيْنِ وَٱلْمَوَادِّ فَلَا ضِدَّ وَلَا مُمَانِعَ وَلَا زَوَالَ وَلَا فَنَاءَ .
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    لَا يَقْدِرُ ٱلْبَشَرُ أَنْ يَحْمَدُوا أَوْ يَمْدَحُوا أَقَلَّهُمْ مَرْتَبَةً عَلَى مَا يَلِيقُ بِكَمَالِهِ فَكَيْفَ يَحْمَدُ وَيُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَى مَنْ غَرِقَ فِي نُورِ قَهْرِهِ وَٱنْطَمَسَ فِي ضِيَاءِ مَجْدِهِ أَعْظَمِ طَبَقَةٍ عَجَزَ ٱلْوَاصِفُونَ عَنْ وَصْفِ أَصْغَرِهَا مَرْتَبَةً . كَفَرْتُ بِمَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ لَكَ كَيْفِيَّةً أَوْ كَمِّيَّةً أَوْ أَيْنًا أَوْ وَضْعًا أَوْ حَجْمًا أَوْ عَرَضًا مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَاضِ أَوْ وَصْفًا مِنَ ٱلْأَوْصَافِ إِلَّا لِضَرُورَةِ ٱلْعِبَارَةِ وَٱلتَّفْهِيمِ .
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    أَنْتَ فَوْقَ الْفَضِيلَةِ وَالشَّرَفِ وَالْكَمَالِ . أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا هُوَ إِلَّا هُوَ نُورُ الْأَنْوَارِ الْمَحْمُودُ بِالسَّلْبِ . لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ . اشْتَاقَتِ الذَّوَاتُ الطَّاهِرَاتُ إِلَيْكَ وَخَضَعَتْ أَرْقَابُ الْمَوْجُودَاتِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَتَوَكَّلَتِ النُّفُوسُ الزَّاكِيَاتُ عَلَيْكَ . أَنْتَ مَا لَا تَنَاهَى وَتُكَلِّمَنِي بِمَعْرِفَةِ أَسْرَارِكَ الشَّرِيفَةِ وَأَنْ تُؤَيِّدَنِي بِالنُّورِ وَتُحْيِيَنِي بِالنُّورِ وَتَحْشُرَنِي بِالنُّورِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ وَالِانْغِمَاسَ فِي تَأَمُّلِ كِبْرِيَائِكَ . انْصُرِ اللَّهُمَّ أَهْلَ النُّورِ وَالْإِشْرَاقِ وَبَارِكْهُمْ وَقَدِّسْهُمْ وَإِيَّانَا إِلَى الْأَبَدِ وَإِلَى دَهْرِ الدَّاهِرِينَ . آمِينَ .

    Quotes a hadith: al-Bukhārī, Ḥajj (the talbiya)

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