Prayers and Meditations — §123
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 123 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يْ أَرْضِكَ وَسَمائِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الأَبْهى بِأَنْ تُعَرِّفَ أَهْلَ البَهآءِ ما قَدَّرْتَ لَهُمْ ثُمَّ احْفَظْهُمْ فِيْ حِصْنِ وِلايَتِكَ وَسُرادِقِ عِصْمَتِكَ لِئَلاَّ يَظْهَرَ مِنْهُمْ ما يَخْتَلِفُ بِهِ عِبادُكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْمَعْهُمْ عَلَى شاطِئِ هذا البَحْرِ الَّذِيْ كُلُّ قَطْرَةٍ مِنْهُ تُنادِيْ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللّهُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy most effulgent Name, to acquaint my people with the things Thou didst destine for them. Do Thou, then, preserve them within the stronghold of Thy guardianship and the tabernacle of Thine unerring protection, lest through them may appear what will divide Thy servants. Assemble them, O my Lord, on the shores of this Ocean, every drop of which proclaimeth Thee to be God, besides Whom there is none other God, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
SE rendered أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik), وَسَمائِكَ، (wasamáʾika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Lord”
SE rendered وَسَمائِكَ، (wasamáʾika،), رَبِّ (rabb), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “Lord, I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: is His namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §85: are in the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: of the heaventablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our LordgleaningsGWB §557: of Lordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: “Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Exalted
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §356: We beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: I imploreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §260: ‘Askprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseech
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thinethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §273: My gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy great glory
SE rendered بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى), تُعَرِّفَ (tuʿarrif), أَهْلَ (ʾahl), البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), قَدَّرْتَ (qaddart) as “by Thy, most effulgent, my people, the All-Glorious, Thou didst destine”
thou 31% know 13% discover 13% understand 6% recognition 6% may 6% unacquainted 6% appreciate 6% make 6% reveal 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: failed to recognizegleaningsGWB §570: could comprehendkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: the want of capacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Thy sublime knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: known as
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: peoplesgleaningsGWB §513: mankind its citizenskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: detachedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: people ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the dwellers
SE expanded to “Thou didst destine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: whilefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §490: can bearkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: leastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: by the power oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: We watchedgleaningsGWB §567: in ensuringkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: tightenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: Thou didst preservetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the safeguardingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: protect
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: StronggleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married womanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: the fortress-townthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: My strongholdwill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy secret Sanctuaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the strongholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married man
SE expanded to “of Thy guardianship”
guardianship 50% sovereignty 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: maliciousgleaningsGWB §439: rulerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: provincesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: Thy sovereigntywill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: lovedgleaningsGWB §603: If anyone should refusekitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: master?”
وَسُرادِقِ
literal: pavilion; pavilion, tent; pavilion/tabernacle
SE expanded to “and the tabernacle”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §656: Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: of the Tabernacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the unseen pavilionthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: the sanctuary of the tabernaclewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §34: the veil
SE expanded to “of Thine unerring protection”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: to be puregleaningsGWB §24: sacred and inviolable Sanctuarykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: It is divinely preservedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: “immaculate Souls”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: of Thine unerring protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §2: pricelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: protectiongleaningsGWB §77: secure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the day-timegleaningsGWB §492: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: blessed nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: Night and dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: in the daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: the daytimeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nights
may 18% shall 16% show 11% revealed 11% manifested 11% manifest 9% reveal 7% appear 7% make 5% proceedeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “Outwardlyfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §391: materialkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: to outward seemingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: in Thy Revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
This form usually rendered as “others”, “some” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will” (1 occurrences)
contrary 21% behind 15% differences 15% divers 15% discord 8% difference 6% strife 6% contention 5% conflict 5% enemy 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: beyondgleaningsGWB §584: within the Holy Veilkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: contending peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the divergentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: appearedthe-hidden-wordsHW §150: from behindwill-and-testamentW&T §7: violatingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: contention
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: cloistersfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §388: the worshiperkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: Consider nottablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thy speechgleaningsGWB §117: all thekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: all theseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: they may gather togethertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: everwill-and-testamentW&T §17: congregation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andfire-tabletFire §3: WheregleaningsGWB §128: of thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Thy billowing oceanstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of the sea
This form usually rendered as “calleth”, “crieth”, “cry” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: calling aloud and sayingfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §323: the Callkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: crieth outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: called
SE expanded to “Thee to be”
