Prayers and Meditations — §13
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 13 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي تَرانِي تَحْتَ أَيْدِيْ الظَّالِمِينَ، كُلَّما أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَى اليَمِينِ أَسْمَعُ ضَجِيجَ أَحِبَّائِكَ الَّذِينَ جَعَلَهُمُ المُشْرِكُونَ أُسارَى بِما آمَنُوا بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلى أُفُقِ فَضْلِكَ وَعِنايَتِكَ، وَإِذا أَلْتَفِتُ إِلى اليَسارِ أَسْمَعُ نِداءَ الفُجَّارِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ، وَكانُوا مُصِرِّينَ فِيْ إِطْفآءِ سِراجِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ الَّذِيْ أَضاءَ بِنُورِ ذاتِكَ بَيْنَ سَمائِكَ وَأَرْضِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ قَدْ ذابَتْ قُلُوبُ أ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest me in the clutches of my oppressors. Every time I turn to my right, I hear the voice of the lamentation of them that are dear to Thee, whom the infidels have made captives for having believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and for having set their faces towards the horizon of Thy grace and of Thy loving-kindness. And when I turn to my left, I hear the clamor of the wicked doers who have disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs, and persistently striven to put out the light of Thy lamp which sheddeth the radiance of Thine own Self over all that are in Thy heaven and all that are on Thy earth.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: laudgleaningsGWB §1: Lauded and glorified art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: these grievous “veils of glory,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Gracious GodgleaningsGWB §387: Immeasurably exalted
SE expanded to “O my God”
SE expanded to “Thou beholdest me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thou wouldst perceivefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §432: beholdingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: appearthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: beholdethgleaningsGWB §77: We see
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), تَرانِي (tarání), أَيْدِيْ (ʾaydí), الظَّالِمِينَ، (aẓ-ẓálimína،), كُلَّما (kullamá) as “O my God, Thou beholdest me, oppressors, Every time”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §482: assaultskitab-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 §104: handsgleaningsGWB §448: I hold within My grasp
oppressors 27% act 18% oppressor 18% unjust 9% have 5% every 5% wrongdoers 5% tyranny.” 5% tyranny!” 5% people 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: glaring injusticefire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §196: deal unjustlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §369: the Pharaonic crueltiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §11: have wrongedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: oppressors before
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the multitudesgleaningsGWB §259: the combined forceskitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: by His wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §597: all timestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: bethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §38: do His bidding.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: wouldst turn awayfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §285: realitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: beholdtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
SE expanded to “to my right”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the right handgleaningsGWB §485: right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: right-handgleaningsGWB §128: to draw nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: His right handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy right handgleaningsGWB §198: the right side
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Incline thine ear untofire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §325: the sense of hearingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: inner eartablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE expanded to “voice of the lamentation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §619: the voice ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: cry and bittertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §610: hath causedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: the voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §17: for Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: and for such oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a beloved
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: makethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §579: and regardeth it askitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: didst raisethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: partnergleaningsGWB §374: peers and partnerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: an act of blasphemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: joined partners with Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: arewill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: a partnergleaningsGWB §24: join partners
This form usually rendered as “captives”, “made”, “ensnared” (4 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §169: from his chainsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: a captivegleaningsGWB §501: exileprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: in bondageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: lie prisonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: captivesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: held captiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: were made captives
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: TrusteesgleaningsGWB §461: believer’.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §771: for Thy trusted onestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: faithgleaningsGWB §251: have believedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: security and peace
SE expanded to “and in Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §318: mighty signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: Thy versestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are verses
SE expanded to “set their faces”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: tribesfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §235: have turnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: those words which were spokenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: hath fixedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE rendered وَبِآياتِكَ (wabiáyátik), وَأَقْبَلُوا (waʾaqbalúá), أُفُقِ (ʾufuq), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), وَعِنايَتِكَ، (waʿináyatika،), وَإِذا (waʾidhá) as “and in Thy signs, set their faces, of Thy grace, and of Thy loving-kindness, And when”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §401: sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: all the worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: HorizongleaningsGWB §286: worksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: horizon of Thy grace
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
SE expanded to “and of Thy loving-kindness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §555: the manifold favorskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: these truthsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: by My favorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
SE rendered وَإِذا (waʾidhá), أَلْتَفِتُ (ʾaltafit), اليَسارِ (al-yasár), أَسْمَعُ (ʾasmaʿ), نِداءَ (nidáʾ), الفُجَّارِ (al-fujjár) as “And when, I turn, I hear, the clamor, wicked doers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: calling aloud sayingfire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §168: Okitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: Heraldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: didst Thou calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Dayspring ofgleaningsGWB §27: morningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: the dawning lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the morninggleaningsGWB §281: gushedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: wicked,—theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: dawntide
have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidelsgleaningsGWB §614: have rejectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: infidel?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: deniethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §272: betray not
SE rendered كَفَرُوا (kafarúá), بِكَ (bik), وَبِآياتِكَ، (wabiáyátika،), وَكانُوا (wakánúá), مُصِرِّينَ (muṣirrín), إِطْفآءِ (ʾiṭfáʾ) as “disbelieved, in Thee, and in Thy signs, and persistently striven, to put out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: All created thingsfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §528: whether confessedly sokitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: shouldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: truthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “persistently” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: voicegleaningsGWB §502: he persisteth in his errorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: He urgedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: and persistently striventablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: shrilling voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: shrill voicegleaningsGWB §729: persistethgleaningsGWB §82: persist in proud disdain
SE expanded to “to put out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: put outgleaningsGWB §600: quenchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: quenchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: must cease from burningwill-and-testamentW&T §47: stayedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: put out His lightgleaningsGWB §458: putting outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: extinguish
SE expanded to “light of Thy lamp”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: lampgleaningsGWB §131: extinguish the Lampkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: lamp of conscience and reasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §77: my lampepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a lampgleaningsGWB §576: that imparteth its lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: Thy Lamp
SE rendered إِطْفآءِ (ʾiṭfáʾ), سِراجِ (siráj), أَحَدِيَّتِكَ (ʾaḥadídatik), أَضاءَ (ʾaḍáʾ), بِنُورِ (binúr) as “to put out, the light of Thy lamp, sheddeth, the radiance”
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §441: no mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: transcendenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §456: man
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “chased”, “burning” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: illumined with their lightfire-tabletFire §9: of Thy splendorgleaningsGWB §307: shineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: to brightenthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: and resplendentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: turnedfire-tabletFire §9: RadiancegleaningsGWB §198: and whose light
light 80% illumine 5% radiance 4% brightness 2% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glory 1% source 1% splendour 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: Lightfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §309: with its lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: enlightentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming
SE expanded to “Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thine EssencegleaningsGWB §655: May my lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own Selvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: of Thy Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Most Sublime EssencegleaningsGWB §117: Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Beings
SE expanded to “on Thy earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §584: the dwellers on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: and all that is thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of thefire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §246: the whole earth
SE rendered سَمائِكَ (samáʾik), وَأَرْضِكَ، (waʾarḍika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Thy heaven, on Thy earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §669: of the Lord, their Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Divine
SE rendered وَأَرْضِكَ، (waʾarḍika،), رَبِّ (rabb), ذابَتْ (dhábat) as “on Thy earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soulgleaningsGWB §644: melt awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my heart meltethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: consumedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: would melt awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have meltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: are melted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §555: the seeker’s heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: disturbanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: hath been transmutedthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a sound
