Prayers and Meditations — §162
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 162 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الَّذِيْ قَدْ تَوَجَّهَ بِكُلِّهِ إِلى أُفُقِ جُودِكَ وَبَحْرِ فَضْلِكَ وَسَمآءِ أَلْطافِكَ، فَافْعَلْ بِهِ ما يَنْبَغِي لِعَظَمَتِكَ وَإِجْلالِكَ وَمَوْهِبَتِكَ وَإِفْضالِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
This is Thy servant, O my Lord, who with his whole being hath turned unto the horizon of Thy bounty, and the ocean of Thy grace, and the heaven of Thy gifts. Do with me then as becometh Thy majesty, and Thy glory, and Thy bounteousness, and Thy grace.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: the sakefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §709: every tracekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: fixed his gaze upon Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
This form usually rendered as “all”, “every”, “each” (850 occurrences)
SE expanded to “with his whole being”
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 §323: The Dayspring of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: all the world
SE expanded to “of Thy bounty”
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §34: GivergleaningsGWB §12: bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal
SE expanded to “and the ocean”
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 the heaven”
SE expanded to “of Thy gifts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §547: the refinementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: fullest adornmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: of Thy giftsthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: attentivewill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §340: the manifold bounties
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “befitteth” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: aidgleaningsGWB §656: as it befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §477: It well beseemeth theekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: the greatnessgleaningsGWB §504: immeasurably greatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: most excellent favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: RevelationgleaningsGWB §169: How vast
SE expanded to “and Thy glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: be His glorygleaningsGWB §374: magnified be His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and of majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: glorygleaningsGWB §656: Thy highnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: Thy glory
bounteousness 50% gifts 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §569: and bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and Thy bounteousnesswill-and-testamentW&T §56: giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §477: hath favored theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: bounties vouchsafedwill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bounty
