Prayers and Meditations — §14
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 14 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َصْفِيائِكَ فِيْ فِراقِكَ، وَاحْتَرَقَتْ أَكْبادُ أَحِبَّائِكَ بِنارِ الاشْتِياقِ فِيْ أَيَّامِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ يا فاطِرَ السَّماءِ وَمالِكَ الأَسْماءِ بِنَفْسِكَ الأَبْهى وَذِكْرِكَ العَلِيِّ الأَعْلى بِأَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَى أَحِبَّتِكَ ما يُقَرِّبُهُمْ إِلَيْكَ وَيُسْمِعُهُمْ آياتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاخْرُقْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The hearts of Thy chosen ones, O my Lord, have melted because of their separation from Thee, and the souls of Thy loved ones are burnt up by the fire of their yearning after Thee in Thy days. I implore Thee, O Thou Maker of the heavens and Lord of all names, by Thy most effulgent Self and Thy most exalted and all-glorious Remembrance, to send down upon Thy loved ones that which will draw them nearer unto Thee, and enable them to hearken unto Thine utterances.
Translation Notes
chosen 72% attributes 8% crystal 4% thou 4% sincerity 3% purity 3% ones 3% didst 3% clear 1% messengers 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: His chosen onesfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §112: every Prophetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: stainlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: all Thy chosen onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: clear
SE expanded to “separation from Thee”
separation 38% qur’án 16% distinction 13% scattered 9% separated 5% discern 4% star 4% scatter 4% passing 4% distinguish 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: of parting arrivedfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §174: divisionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: partprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: and dissolve asundertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §17: separate the gatheringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: differ they in reflection
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: were consumedgleaningsGWB §118: consumingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: they would be burntwill-and-testamentW&T §51: the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are consumedgleaningsGWB §651: The firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: consumeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: souls of the sincere among Thy servantsgleaningsGWB §456: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: my heart within meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Our soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: reinsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soul
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: pleasingfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: of loving-kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: through their lovetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My lover
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: yearnfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §57: vehement desire!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: which long forthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: in this daygleaningsGWB §74: in the Day of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: dost witness todayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: throughout my lifewill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: the days whengleaningsGWB §66: “On this Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven and on earth
SE expanded to “I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §630: pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §179: entreatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: ask
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the MakergleaningsGWB §300: regarding the creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath brokentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the CreatorgleaningsGWB §696: be cleftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: of Hisfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §46: Our namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: by Thy name, the All-Glorioustablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the KinggleaningsGWB §273: angel!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: the angels descend.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: by Thine overruling decreetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: one wrongedgleaningsGWB §636: Who is Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: Himself”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: to myselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “most”, “glorious” (62 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy glory
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: praisegleaningsGWB §315: dwell upon themkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: ignoreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: that they may extoltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: all-gloriousfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §57: heights of its loftiestkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: whether highprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: effulgent glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: concourse on high
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: hath been mentionedgleaningsGWB §556: across immeasurable distanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: have rainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: to send downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: that which
SE expanded to “draw them nearer unto”
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “enable them to hearken”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: have heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §724: the All-Hearingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: sharetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §65: of the words ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: His Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: of Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: her LordgleaningsGWB §557: of Lordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Lord
SE rendered وَيُسْمِعُهُمْ (wayusmiʿuhum), آياتِكَ، (áyátika،), رَبِّ (rabb), فَاخْرُقْ (fákhruq) as “enable them to hearken, utterances, Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: tear awaygleaningsGWB §640: completely dissipatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: rendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: Cleave asunderepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the whole creationgleaningsGWB §536: Tear ye asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: tear asunderepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: rent the veils asunder
