Prayers and Meditations — §11
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 11 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الكَلِمَةِ الَّتِيْ ظَهَرَتْ عَنْ أُفُقِ مَشِيَّتِكَ بِأَنْ تُشْرِبَنِي مِنَ الكَوْثَرِ الَّذِيْ بِهِ أَحْيَيْتَ قُلُوبَ أَصْفِيائِكَ وَأَفْئِدَةَ أَوْلِيائِكَ، لأَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْكَ فِيْ كُلِّ الأَحْيانِ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ
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
SE expanded to “by this very word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: conversedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §556: wondrous utteranceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Thou didsttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: speak forth
SE expanded to “hath shone forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: of His Revelationfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §300: accomplishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: clearlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thou hast manifestedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §629: Thy realm of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the world of creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldgleaningsGWB §693: dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: the whole world
SE expanded to “of Thy will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: whatsoevergleaningsGWB §154: creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: quaffed the draughtgleaningsGWB §201: drinkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: give me to drinkthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: hath drunkgleaningsGWB §467: given tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: where to quench their thirst.”
SE expanded to “the living waters”
living 45% kawthar 14% waters 10% river 10% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% through 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the living waters of Thy pardongleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters of reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: the watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: the river
This form usually rendered as “hast”, “thou”, “recreated” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: Livingfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §581: life-giving waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §363: to livetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heartsgleaningsGWB §161: men’s heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: transmutethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: within my breastthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your hearts
SE expanded to “of Thy chosen ones”
وَأَفْئِدَةَ
literal: heart; hearts; hearts, souls
SE expanded to “and quickened the souls of them that love Thee, that I may”
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
SE rendered أَصْفِيائِكَ (ʾaṣfíáʾik), وَأَفْئِدَةَ (waʾafʾidah), أَوْلِيائِكَ، (ʾawlíáʾika،), لأَتَوَجَّهَ (lʾatawajjah), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk) as “of Thy chosen ones, and, face, towards Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: successivegleaningsGWB §543: and be notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: and Thy loved oneswill-and-testamentW&T §35: mercyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: setgleaningsGWB §689: By the righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “fix”, “contemplate” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: for the sake offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §383: have turnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: Unto Thee have I turnedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: daygleaningsGWB §537: continuallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a timethe-hidden-wordsHW §154: nowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the occasionsgleaningsGWB §163: I render thanks unto Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Now that
