Gleanings — §631
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 631 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ فَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا وَلِآبَائِنَا وَاُمَّهَاتِنَا كَلِمَةَ ٱلْغُفْرَانِ ثُمَّ ٱقْضِ لَنَا مَا أَرَدْنَاهُ مِنْ طَمْطَامِ فَضْلِكَ وَمَوَاهِبِكَ ثُمَّ ٱقْبَلْ مِنَّا يَا مَحْبُوْبَنَا مَا عَمِلْنَاهُ فِي سَبِيلِك. إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلْمُقْتَدِرُ ٱلْمُتَعَالِيُّ ٱلْفَرْدُ ٱلْوَاحِدُ ٱلْغَفُوْرُ ٱلْعَطُوْفُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest, O Lord, our suppliant hands lifted up towards the heaven of Thy favor and bounty. Grant that they may be filled with the treasures of Thy munificence and bountiful favor. Forgive us, and our fathers, and our mothers, and fulfill whatsoever we have desired from the ocean of Thy grace and Divine generosity. Accept, O Beloved of our hearts, all our works in Thy path. Thou art, verily, the Most Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Incomparable, the One, the Forgiving, the Gracious.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the LordgleaningsGWB §98: Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: and
This form usually rendered as “write”, “ordain”, “forgive” (21 occurrences)
SE rendered وَلِآبَائِنَا (waliábáʾiná), وَاُمَّهَاتِنَا (wáummahátiná), كَلِمَةَ (kalimah), ٱلْغُفْرَانِ (lghufrán), ٱقْضِ (qḍ) as “our fathers, our mothers, fulfill”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: Divinityfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §14: conversingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: the perplexingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the Word
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: pardonfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §656: Thy forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: remissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: and pardonwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: forgavegleaningsGWB §569: ask forgiveness
SE expanded to “we have desired”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: We have desiredgleaningsGWB §580: chosenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: didst desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: pleasethgleaningsGWB §703: desiring
This form usually rendered as “depths”, “ocean”, “seas” (6 occurrences)
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: a token of His gracegleaningsGWB §579: the most meritoriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: exalted youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: and loving-kindnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy manifold favorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: Generouswill-and-testamentW&T §56: the giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §195: All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: of Thy favorswill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bounty
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “set”, “turned” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: turnedfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §280: companykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: for having turned awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: unworthy of Thy highnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
love 51% loved 16% beloved 16% well-beloved 5% best-beloved 4% loveth 2% dear 2% lover 2% thou 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: desirefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §556: his Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: such as love Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a beloved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §599: systemskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: path but the pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in the waysthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious beliefgleaningsGWB §509: the state
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of strength and of mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §449: can resistkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: influentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: may yieldtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
exalted 29% most 14% far 14% inaccessible 10% above 10% comprehend 5% immensely 5% transcendent 5% glorious 5% immeasurably 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: may God exaltfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §369: magnified be His glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: by the exalted beings”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and this most augusttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: concourse on high
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: unifyfire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §246: Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of divine Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: adore Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
gleaningsGWB §631: Graciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: Thywill-and-testamentW&T §23: the affectionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: of Thy tender merciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: Thy mercifulnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy gracious providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy loving providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy loving-kindness
