Prayers and Meditations — §109
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 109 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
النَّوْرآءِ وَلكِنَّ النَّاسَ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى إِطْفآءِ نُورِكَ يا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ زِمامُ العالَمِينَ، قَدْ نَطَقَتِ الذَّرَّاتُ بِثَنائِكَ وَاشْتَعَلَتِ الكائِناتُ مِنْ رَشَحاتِ بَحْرِ حُبِّكَ وَلكِنَّ النَّاسَ أَرادُوا إِخْمادَ نَارِكَ، لا وَنَفْسِكَ هُمُ العُجَزآءُ وَأَنْتَ القَدِيرُ وَهُمُ الفُقَرآءُ وَأَنْتَ الغَنِيُّ وَهُمُ الضُّعَفآءُ وَأَنْتَ القَوِيُّ، لا يَمْنَعُكَ عَمَّا أَرَدْتَهُ أَمْرٌ وَلا يَضُرُّكَ نِفاقُ العالَمِينَ، مِنْ نَفَحاتِ بَيانِكَ تَزَيَّنَ رِضْوانُ العرْفانِ وَمِنْ رَشَحاتِ قَلَمِكَ اهْتَزَّ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ رَمِيمٍ، لا تَحْزَنْ عَمَّا وَرَدَ عَلَيْكَ وَلا تأْخُذْهُمْ بِما ارْتَكبُوا فِيْ أَيَّامِكَ أَنِ اصْبِرْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
“The eyes of the world were gladdened at the sight of Thy luminous countenance, and yet the peoples have united to put out Thy light, O Thou in Whose hands are the reins of the worlds! All the atoms of the earth have celebrated Thy praise, and all created things have been set ablaze with the drops sprinkled by the ocean of Thy love, and yet the people still seek to quench Thy fire. Nay—and to this Thine own Self beareth me witness—they are all weakness, and Thou, verily, art the All-Powerful; and they are but paupers and Thou, in truth, art the All-Possessing; and they are impotent and Thou art, truly, the Almighty. Naught can ever frustrate Thy purpose, neither can the dissensions of the world harm Thee. Through the breaths of Thine utterance the heaven of understanding hath been adorned, and by the effusions of Thy pen every moldering bone hath been quickened. Grieve not at what hath befallen Thee, neither do Thou lay hold on them for the things they have committed in Thy days. Do Thou be forbearing toward them. Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: light can comparefire-tabletFire §48: and with thegleaningsGWB §425: of transcendent splendorkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: shineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: visiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
SE rendered النَّوْرآءِ (an-nawráʾ), وَلكِنَّ (walkinn), النَّاسَ (an-nás), اجْتَمَعُوا (ijtamaʿúá) as “luminous countenance, and yet, the peoples, have united”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §474: neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the adherentswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s repudiationgleaningsGWB §139: They that heard Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: amongst the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankind
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thy speechgleaningsGWB §168: all were toldkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: with one consenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: thereofwill-and-testamentW&T §18: not be matched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: put out His lightgleaningsGWB §600: quenchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: quenchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: extinguishwill-and-testamentW&T §47: stayedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: put outgleaningsGWB §458: putting outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: must cease from burning
SE expanded to “in Whose hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: HandgleaningsGWB §523: to the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: by the handtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §63: all his might
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath taughtfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §561: nationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: motive-forceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine omnisciencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
SE expanded to “All the atoms”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: their praise of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §3: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: celebrating Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: Secondarily
This form usually rendered as “kindled”, “grew”, “hath” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “been set ablaze”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burnedfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §718: flameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: been set ablazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a flame of firethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: burneth
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: dweltfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §544: Such a thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: with nonetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a sprinklingfire-tabletFire §19: surginggleaningsGWB §117: outpouringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: emanationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: the dropsgleaningsGWB §665: the woeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: besprinkledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: the drops which are sprinkled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: oceansfire-tabletFire §3: WheregleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: most great Oceantablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: seas
SE expanded to “of Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: how excellentfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: wish and desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: our love for Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: that I may love thee
This form usually rendered as “wished”, “sought”, “purposed” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thou didst desiregleaningsGWB §592: He willethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: Thy good pleasuretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: purposedgleaningsGWB §699: determineth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §71: to cool downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: extinguishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §704: quenchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: chilledgleaningsGWB §458: quenchingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: would instantly be extinguished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: firegleaningsGWB §37: flameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: So fierce isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: the flaming firethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: the fire ofwill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §558: without fire
SE expanded to “to this Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: selfgleaningsGWB §480: for themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: selfish desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: their own selvestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: powerlessgleaningsGWB §327: failkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: weariedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: is a mere abject onewill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: helplessnessgleaningsGWB §685: impotentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: miracle
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “most”, “strength” (70 occurrences)
SE expanded to “art the All-Powerful”
almighty 38% most 29% strength 6% all-powerful 6% might 6% power 4% potent 4% art 2% god 2% all-subduing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the All-Powerfulfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §128: hath it been ordainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: influentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §731: Thy highnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: the idle fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §374: their idle fancieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people of doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and idle imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
SE expanded to “in truth, art the All-Possessing”
all-possessing 37% rich 33% dispense 7% afford 3% self-sufficient 3% all 3% can 3% independent 3% truth 3% enrich 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: notesgleaningsGWB §405: independentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: melodiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: true wealthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: wealthy manepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy riches
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: faint-heartedgleaningsGWB §569: are weakkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: are impotentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the weakgleaningsGWB §479: all are helplesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: their limited understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: Weak are they
القَوِيُّ،
literal: strength; power; strong
This form usually rendered as “strength”, “most”, “omnipotent” (21 occurrences)
SE expanded to “art, truly, the Almighty”
strength 17% most 17% omnipotent 8% all-powerful 8% power 8% all-compelling 8% art 8% potency 8% strong 8% all-possessing 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine energygleaningsGWB §434: forces ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: potencythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of powerwill-and-testamentW&T §10: the Mightyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: powergleaningsGWB §597: power to restore the force
SE expanded to “can ever frustrate”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you outgleaningsGWB §63: have succeeded in deflectingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and have deterred themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: powerless to withhold
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (258 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: State officialsgleaningsGWB §170: the omnipotent Ordainerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His the Cause of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: the dominion of Whose willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §38: Guard ye the Causeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: biddengleaningsGWB §702: this duty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm TheegleaningsGWB §475: and mischief hurt theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: injuryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: and acceptedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: troublegleaningsGWB §284: Us
This form usually rendered as “sedition”, “malice”, “maliciously” (22 occurrences)
sedition 29% malice 24% maliciously 10% discord 10% dissensions 10% malicious 5% stirrers 5% dissension 5% hearts 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: hath offered himselffire-tabletFire §41: the stirrers of seditiongleaningsGWB §279: would renouncekitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: seditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: the dissensionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: To offer upwill-and-testamentW&T §36: their craftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: wouldst expend
This form usually rendered as “breezes”, “sweet”, “fragrances” (84 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §506: and have withheldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §187: the sweet smelling savorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Thy sweet savors
SE expanded to “of Thine utterance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: clear tokenfire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §152: sayingskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: of the Bayánprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: with the clear tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §1: clear and manifest
SE expanded to “hath been adorned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the most great ornamentfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §591: I was adornedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §552: Thou hast adornedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: attiregleaningsGWB §700: forgoethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thou didst adorn
This form usually rendered as “paradise”, “ridván”, “garden” (37 occurrences)
paradise 37% ridván 29% garden 11% tabernacle 6% heaven 6% good-pleasure 3% everlasting 3% mary 3% unto 3%
gleaningsGWB §634: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: radiant acquiescenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: in Thine all highest Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: OF MY PARADISEgleaningsGWB §100: tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: resignationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: of Thy pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §129: turn towards
knowledge 34% understanding 26% recognition 8% recognize 8% comprehension 7% know 6% recognizing 4% insight 3% wisdom 2% visualize 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: discovered their fragrancegleaningsGWB §282: but know itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: “Knowestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: and confessedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Know thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy knowledge
SE rendered تَزَيَّنَ (tazayyan), رِضْوانُ (riḍwán), العرْفانِ (al-ʿrfán), وَمِنْ (wamin), رَشَحاتِ (rashaḥát), قَلَمِكَ (qalamik), اهْتَزَّ (ihtazz) as “hath been adorned, the heaven, of understanding, and by, the effusions, of Thy pen, hath been quickened”
SE expanded to “of Thy pen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My PengleaningsGWB §387: His Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realmswill-and-testamentW&T §13: climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: by Thy PengleaningsGWB §493: Pen of Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: Thy
This form usually rendered as “vibrateth”, “hath”, “stirred” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: vibratethgleaningsGWB §29: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: the murmurtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have been quickenedgleaningsGWB §634: Therein hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: stir me up
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “grandeur”, “glory” (35 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the GreatgleaningsGWB §66: “The glory of all greatnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: more exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: of Thy favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: glorygleaningsGWB §523: wholly and grossly
SE rendered اهْتَزَّ (ihtazz), عَظْمٍ (ʿaẓmin), رَمِيمٍ، (ramímin،), تَحْزَنْ (taḥzan), وَرَدَ (warad) as “hath been quickened, moldering bone, at, hath befallen”
5 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered عَظْمٍ (ʿaẓmin), رَمِيمٍ، (ramímin،), تَحْزَنْ (taḥzan), وَرَدَ (warad), عَلَيْكَ (ʿalayk) as “moldering bone, at, hath befallen, Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: saddenfire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §657: grieve thine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: attablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou grieveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: “My grief
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: voicegleaningsGWB §619: that have comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: entered intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: from attainingwill-and-testamentW&T §49: foemenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: joinedgleaningsGWB §490: The tribulations We have sustainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: enter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: highgleaningsGWB §167: the Exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §260: be upongleaningsGWB §51: His sovereignty upon thee
SE expanded to “do Thou lay hold”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: committedgleaningsGWB §645: and commitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: have wroughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §118: who have enteredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §3: let the angelic spirits enterthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: committethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: gave full reingleaningsGWB §570: do the very deeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: this daygleaningsGWB §303: this Day?”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: dost witness todayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: all their lives longwill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the daytimegleaningsGWB §74: in the Day of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people
This form usually rendered as “patient”, “wait”, “will” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy long-sufferingfire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §569: will continue to sustainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: patient andthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: tarry notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: WaitgleaningsGWB §255: resignation.…
SE expanded to “art the Ever-Forgiving”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Forgivingfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §656: Thy forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: remissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: of Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: pardongleaningsGWB §569: ask forgiveness
SE expanded to “the Most Compassionate.””
