Prayers and Meditations — §11
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 11 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْئَلُكَ بِهذِهِ الكَلِمَةِ الَّتِيْ ظَهَرَتْ عَنْ أُفُقِ مَشِيَّتِكَ بِأَنْ تُشْرِبَنِي مِنَ الكَوْثَرِ الَّذِيْ بِهِ أَحْيَيْتَ قُلُوبَ أَصْفِيائِكَ وَأَفْئِدَةَ أَوْلِيائِكَ، لأَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْكَ فِيْ كُلِّ الأَحْيانِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, by this very word that hath shone forth above the horizon of Thy will, to enable me to drink deep of the living waters through which Thou hast vivified the hearts of Thy chosen ones and quickened the souls of them that love Thee, that I may, at all times and under all conditions, turn my face wholly towards Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We beseechgleaningsGWB §306: Thou hast asked Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: to beg of Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: A wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §686: words of Minekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: “Word”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: and Who, by yet another wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
SE expanded to “hath shone forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §313: among all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: any of Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “enable”, “give”, “make” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: hath drunkgleaningsGWB §89: are they that quaff itkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: those that have quaffedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §193: give themthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: drink yegleaningsGWB §353: and their drink
الكَوْثَرِ
literal: abundance/fountain; abundance, fountain in paradise
living 56% waters 9% river 9% through 6% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3% after 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: through the living watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: living fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “would”, “hast” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of lifefire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §615: Be ye ashamedkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: quickenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: the Fountain of all lifetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: transformed MegleaningsGWB §66: The inmost essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: upheavalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: hath been transmutedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: nor heartswill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a sound
SE expanded to “Thy chosen ones”
SE expanded to “quickened the souls”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: heartsgleaningsGWB §176: men’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: conscienceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: within the heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: of the heartsgleaningsGWB §453: the souls
SE expanded to “them that love Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: men ofgleaningsGWB §123: His chosen Oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: provincesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §88: them that are dear to Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §35: mercyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: order of the MawlavisgleaningsGWB §467: Governor
SE expanded to “that I may”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: proceededfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §323: My countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §599: towards Thy facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: HingleaningsGWB §311: instantlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: at every momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §98: one momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: until the present daygleaningsGWB §372: thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: seasonsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: moment of my life
