Prayers and Meditations — §175
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 175 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
هُمُ الهَوى عَمَّا أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِيْ كِتابِكَ، قَدْ خَضَعَتْ أَعْناقُهُمْ لأَمْرِكَ وَأَخَذُوا كِتابَكَ بِقُوَّتِكَ وَعَمِلُوا ما أُمِرُوا بِهِ مِنْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
These, O my Lord, are Thy servants whom no corrupt inclination hath kept back from what Thou didst send down in Thy Book. They have bowed themselves before Thy Cause, and received Thy Book with such resolve as is born of Thee, and observed what Thou hadst prescribed unto them, and chosen to follow that which had been sent down by Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: mere impulsefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §387: the heightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: heights ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the atmosphere
SE expanded to “Thou didst send down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: asgleaningsGWB §19: in My Book, the Bayánkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: “comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: be afflictedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: Abandon not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: statutes of Thy BookgleaningsGWB §205: the sacred Bookskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: Book,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: write us downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thou didst revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy Books
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: meekness togleaningsGWB §628: have bowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: hath humbledthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: in submissionwill-and-testamentW&T §17: lowlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: submissivenessgleaningsGWB §13: humility and submissivenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: boweth humbly
SE rendered كِتابِكَ، (kitábika،), خَضَعَتْ (khaḍaʿat), أَعْناقُهُمْ (ʾaʿnáquhum), لأَمْرِكَ (lʾamrik), وَأَخَذُوا (waʾakhadhúá), كِتابَكَ (kitábak) as “Thy Book, bowed themselves, before Thy Cause, received”
SE expanded to “before Thy Cause”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine energygleaningsGWB §63: to the thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and Thy powerthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of powerwill-and-testamentW&T §25: forcesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: with strengthgleaningsGWB §434: forces of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: conductedgleaningsGWB §113: ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §724: dealingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §29: them that act accordinglyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: conduct
