Prayers and Meditations — §154
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 154 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َحارَبَكَ فِيْ مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَجاحَدَكَ فِيْ أَوامِرِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَيِّدْ عِبادَكَ عَلَى تَوْحِيدِكَ وَذِكْرِ تَفْرِيدِكَ لِيَجْتَمِعَ الكُلُّ عَلَى ما أَرَدْتَهُ فِيْ هذا اليَوْمِ الَّذِيْ فِيهِ أَشْرَقَتْ شَمْسُ كَيْنُونَتِكَ مِنْ أُفُقِ إِرادَتِكَ وَلاحَ قَمَرُ ذاتِيَّتِكَ مِنْ مَطْلَعِ أَمْرِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ لا يَعْزُبُ عَنْ عِلْمِكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَلا يُعْجِزُكَ مِنْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Assist Thou Thy servants, O my Lord, to recognize Thy unity and to declare Thy oneness, that all may gather together around what Thou didst desire in this Day whereon the sun of Thine essence hath shone forth above the horizon of Thy will, and the moon of Thine own being hath risen from the Dayspring of Thy behest. Thou art He, O my Lord, from Whose knowledge nothing whatsoever escapeth, and Whom no one can frustrate. Thou doest Thy pleasure, by Thy sovereignty that overshadoweth the worlds.
Translation Notes
SE rendered َحارَبَكَ (aḥárabak), مَمْلَكَتِكَ (mamlakatik), وَجاحَدَكَ (wajáḥadak) as “hath”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: conflictgleaningsGWB §74: convulsed by warsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have assailed themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: contendedgleaningsGWB §441: ravaged by warprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: againstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: conflictsgleaningsGWB §296: contended with
SE rendered مَمْلَكَتِكَ (mamlakatik), وَجاحَدَكَ (wajáḥadak) as “hath”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: “The KingdomgleaningsGWB §279: others will possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: Governortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
SE expanded to “O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §612: of your Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the Enlightenertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Assist himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: yieldthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: have I turnedwill-and-testamentW&T §56: the Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: may God assistkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: is their “Seal.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: aidedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: assistance of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: menfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §220: they havekitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: the people ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: of the Adored Onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: the otherfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §99: the essential unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: of the inmatestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
This form usually rendered as “leagued”, “rise”, “ye” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that all may gather together”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: Gather ye aroundgleaningsGWB §395: your energieskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: they may gather togethertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: every atomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: all trials
SE rendered تَفْرِيدِكَ (tafrídik), لِيَجْتَمِعَ (líajtamiʿ), الكُلُّ (al-kull), أَرَدْتَهُ (ʾaradtah) as “oneness, that all may gather together, Thou didst desire”
SE expanded to “Thou didst desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: by the willgleaningsGWB §592: He willethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: seekingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: wish onlygleaningsGWB §532: What I have wished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: the days whengleaningsGWB §417: blessed Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §454: Thine own dayswill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: long agogleaningsGWB §205: wondrous Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”
SE expanded to “hath shone forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: shinefire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §193: been generatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: and shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: fourth Ishraq
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the sunlightgleaningsGWB §357: Most Great Lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: noon-tide sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: Day-Starsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Day-StargleaningsGWB §357: resplendent the luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: the luminaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystar
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: he, verily, hath beenfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §257: and bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: Thou hast existedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §441: everywhereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hast subduedthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldgleaningsGWB §691: summit of transcendent gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: the all-highest horizon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the willgleaningsGWB §468: intentionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: have sought Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §8: the gracious willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: is Our purpose
This form usually rendered as “risen”, “hath”, “uncovered” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: TabletgleaningsGWB §347: prominentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: shineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: holy Tabletstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §1: in the Preserved Tabletepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: the Lawh-i-Fu’adgleaningsGWB §41: page
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the dayspringfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §338: fully awarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: the revelationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), يَعْزُبُ (yaʿzub), عِلْمِكَ (ʿilmik) as “Lord, knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: all mankindfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §655: can proclaimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: It instructedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: testifiethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
SE rendered عِلْمِكَ (ʿilmik), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), يُعْجِزُكَ (yuʿjizuk) as “knowledge, frustrate”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: all thingsgleaningsGWB §463: things,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: thing aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §437: do Thy pleasuretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: to do
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: cangleaningsGWB §449: to frustrate His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: incapacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to my powerlessnesswill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: helplessnessgleaningsGWB §327: failkitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: unable
