Prayers and Meditations — §139
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 139 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َنْ أَيْقَظَتْهُ نَسْمَةُ اللّهِ الَّتِيْ مَرَّتْ مِنْ جِهَةِ فَضْلِهِ عَلَى المُقْبِلِينَ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ، أَيْ رَبِّ تَرَى عِبادَكَ أُسَرآءَ بِأَيادِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَهْوائِهِمْ خَلِّصْهُمْ يا إِلهِي بِسُلْطانِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest, O my Lord, how Thy servants are held captive by their own selves and desires. Redeem them from their bondage, O my God, by the power of Thy sovereignty and might, that they may turn towards Thee when He Who is the Revealer of Thy names and attributes is manifested unto men.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wakenedgleaningsGWB §167: roused Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: wakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: hast wakenedgleaningsGWB §257: may shake offprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: didst wakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and roused me upprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: awakened
SE rendered نَسْمَةُ (nasmah), اللّهِ (al-lh), مَرَّتْ (marrat) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: breathgleaningsGWB §692: breath of the breezekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: and the breezeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: breezegleaningsGWB §212: the Breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: fragranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: the gentle winds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: one timegleaningsGWB §77: have passed awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: bitternessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: At another timethe-hidden-wordsHW §122: followepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: they comegleaningsGWB §694: sweet smelling savorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: passing
SE rendered جِهَةِ (jihah), فَضْلِهِ (faḍlih) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: gracious favorgleaningsGWB §234: His gracious favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: attainmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: of Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
SE rendered جِهَةِ (jihah), فَضْلِهِ (faḍlih), المُقْبِلِينَ (al-muqbilín), خَلْقِهِ، (khalqihi،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Thou seest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: before itfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §63: draw nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of old?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: enable them to turntablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE rendered خَلْقِهِ، (khalqihi،), رَبِّ (rabb), تَرَى (tará), عِبادَكَ (ʿibádak) as “Thou seest, how Thy, servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: characterfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §604: Man’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: attributesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: kingdom oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: but a creation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My LordgleaningsGWB §686: Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: none other Lordtablet-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 §196: and
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: seethfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §359: judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: His lonelinessthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: regardgleaningsGWB §163: of the vision
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mankindfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §175: creatureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: the souls of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §23: of the servants
This form usually rendered as “held” (1 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §501: exileprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: captivesgleaningsGWB §169: from his chainsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: were made captivesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: lie prisonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: were ensnaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: in bondageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: held captive
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), تَرَى (tará), عِبادَكَ (ʿibádak), أُسَرآءَ (ʾusaráʾ), بِأَيادِي (biʾayádí), أَنْفُسِهِمْ (ʾanfusihim), وَأَهْوائِهِمْ (waʾahwáʾihim) as “Thou seest, how Thy, servants, held captive, by, their own selves, desires”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: handsgleaningsGWB §482: assaultskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: from the handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §163: by the sword
SE expanded to “their own selves”
own 41% themselves 31% souls 10% proper 3% themselves.” 3% selves 3% uttered 3% hearts 3% within 3% lives 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: for thine own sakegleaningsGWB §37: imaginingskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: the breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: to Thine own exalted Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: promptings of thine own passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §387: the heightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: worldlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: yearningthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: book of mine own desire
This form usually rendered as “deliver”, “redeem” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: such as are devotedfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §60: the true servants of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: deliver metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the essence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereigngleaningsGWB §50: by virtue of Ourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of its ancient sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: Divine and sovereigntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: power
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: through the mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §340: Divine powerkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: Whatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: powerful to dotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
