Prayers and Meditations — §177

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 177 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

المَمْلُوكِ بِأَنْ تُقَدِّرَ لَهُمْ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ لَهُمْ ما لا عَرَفَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْهُمْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ طافُوا حَوْلَكَ وَيَطُوفُونَ حَوْلَ عَرْشِكَ فِيْ كُلِّ عالَمٍ مِنْ عَوالِمِكَ، إِنَّكَ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I implore Thee, O Thou the King of kings and the Pitier of the downtrodden, to ordain for them the good of this world and of the world to come. Write down for them, moreover, what none of Thy creatures hath discovered, and number them with those who have circled round Thee, and who move about Thy throne in every world of Thy worlds.

Translation Notes

المَمْلُوكِ

al-mamlúk m-l-k → “the downtrodden”

literal: kingdom; king; owner

downtrodden 50% vassal 25% such 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: King gleaningsGWB §244: Sovereign Lord kitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: the angels descend.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §51: empire tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdom tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angels the-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possess will-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous

تُقَدِّرَ

tuqaddir q-d-r → “ordain”

literal: power; powerful

ordain 50% can 13% power 13% give 13% grant 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: Omnipotent fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §34: celestial might kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: granted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: fixed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: Thou hast tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerful tablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful

خَيْرَ

khayr kh-y-r → “good”

literal: good; better

good 51% better 21% best 10% righteous 5% chosen 5% preferred 2% blessing 2% highest 2% manifest 2% virtue 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Better is gleaningsGWB §666: goodness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: How well prayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: Thy righteous creatures the-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponder will-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly gifts epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: chosen gleaningsGWB §252: best

الدُّنْيا

ad-dunyá d-n-w → “of this world”

literal: world; world/this life

SE expanded to “of this world”

world 78% things 5% life 5% earth 4% world’s 1% desire 1% nothing 1% earthly 1% worldly 1% “the 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: By the world gleaningsGWB §322: this earth kitab-i-ahdAhd §1: of the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: sordid prayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: of this world the-hidden-wordsHW §23: abased epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: this world gleaningsGWB §699: all earthly things

وَالآخِرَةِ

wálákhirah ʾ-kh-r → “world to come”

literal: other

SE expanded to “world to come”

world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concluding gleaningsGWB §691: other kitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: the latter generations epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: next gleaningsGWB §188: again prayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: finally epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world

اكْتُبْ

iktub k-t-b → “write down”

literal: write

write 88% ordain 6% forgive 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the Kitáb-i-Íqán gleaningsGWB §519: Tablet, a Tablet kitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writ kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Last Judgment prayers-and-meditationsP&M §771: Thou hast written the-hidden-wordsHW §68: have written will-and-testamentW&T §6: such letters epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: the Books of former times

عَرَفَهُ

ʿarafah ʿ-r-f → “discovered” Distinctive

literal: knowledge; know; knower

This form usually rendered as “fragrance”, “recognized”, “sweet” (64 occurrences)

fragrance 46% recognized 12% sweet 12% hath 8% known 6% have 4% perfume 4% who 4% recognize 2% breath 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: promoting the knowledge gleaningsGWB §2: of perception kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deeds kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: failed to apprehend prayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: make known unto me tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to see the-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt know epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the recognition

أَحَدٌ

ʾaḥadun ʾ-ḥ-d

literal: one; anyone; oneness

SE rendered اكْتُبْ (iktub), عَرَفَهُ (ʿarafah), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), خَلْقِكَ (khalqik), اجْعَلْهُمْ (ijʿalhum) as “Write down, discovered, Thy creatures, number”

one 28% any 17% anyone 15% none 13% man 13% neighbor 4% incomparable 2% alone 2% another’s 2% king 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any one gleaningsGWB §620: neighbor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the divine prayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: of Thy transcendent holiness tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dweller the-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the other epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Incomparable gleaningsGWB §127: Divine

خَلْقِكَ

khalqik kh-l-q → “thy creatures”

literal: creation; create; created

creatures 74% among 7% creation 6% own 3% created 2% servants 2% all 2% god 1% hath 1% creatures’ 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: createth fire-tabletFire §9: the peoples gleaningsGWB §594: righteousness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: a new creation?’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §436: raise tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created her the-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created thee epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: your

اجْعَلْهُمْ

ijʿalhum j-ʿ-l → “number” Distinctive

literal: make; to make

This form usually rendered as “enable”, “make”, “cause” (17 occurrences)

enable 40% make 27% cause 13% number 7% grant 7% carried 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: it fire-tabletFire §44: We have made gleaningsGWB §699: put kitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: fashioned prayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: to number the-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hast will-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: hath adorned

الَّذِينَ

adh-dhín l-dh-y

literal: those who; who

SE rendered اجْعَلْهُمْ (ijʿalhum), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), طافُوا (ṭáfúá), حَوْلَكَ (ḥawlak), وَيَطُوفُونَ (wayaṭúfún) as “number, have circled, round Thee, who move about”