Prayers and Meditations — §118
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 118 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
صَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى البَيانِ مِنْ أَهْلِ البَهآءِ الَّذِينَ رَكِبُوا عَلَى الفُلْكِ الحَمْرآءِ بِاسْمِكَ العَلِيِّ الأَعْلى إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Bless, O my God, those of the followers of the Bayán as have been numbered with the people of Bahá, who have entered within the Crimson Ark in Thy Name, the Most Exalted, the Most High. Thy might, verily, is equal to all things.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: blessgleaningsGWB §273: My blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: prayerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: Blessingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: benedictiongleaningsGWB §646: We will most certainly bless youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: prayingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Bless them
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: Hisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §383: the hand of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: God, theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE rendered اللَّهُمَّ (al-lahumm), البَيانِ (al-bayán), أَهْلِ (ʾahl), البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), رَكِبُوا (rakibúá) as “O my God, Bayán, Bahá, entered”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: them who are enduedfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §441: its peopleskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: that deserveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: all the inmatestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §661: of Glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: My heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: the glorygleaningsGWB §200: glorious
This form usually rendered as “gave”, “have” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: committed thatgleaningsGWB §300: brokenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: steedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: combinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: committethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: mountedgleaningsGWB §633: hast enteredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: that which their hands have wrought
SE rendered رَكِبُوا (rakibúá), الفُلْكِ (al-fulk), الحَمْرآءِ (al-ḥamráʾ), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), العَلِيِّ (al-ʿalíl), الأَعْلى (al-ʾaʿlى) as “entered, Crimson Ark, Thy Name, Most Exalted, Most High”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: and crimsonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: assesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: tingetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: of the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §10: dyed crimsonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: Crimsonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: dyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: with me
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: mattersgleaningsGWB §358: No thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: to a stern businessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: that nothing whatsoevertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), قَدِيرٌ (qadírun) as “things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: how great the amountfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §286: according to its capacity andkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: bestowed uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: Thy sovereign mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are notthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: There is
