Prayers and Meditations — §179
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 179 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الْحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي بِما جَعَلْتَ النَّيْرُوزَ عِيْدًا لِلَّذِينَ صامُوا فِيْ حُبِّكَ وَكَفُّوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ عَمَّا يَكرَهُهُ رِضائُكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ اجْعَلْهُمْ مِنْ نارِ حُبِّكَ وَحَرارَةِ صَوْمِكَ مُشْتَعِلِينَ فِيْ أَمْرِكَ وَمُشْتَغِلِينَ بِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast ordained Naw-Rúz as a festival unto those who have observed the Fast for love of Thee and abstained from all that is abhorrent unto Thee. Grant, O my Lord, that the fire of Thy love and the heat produced by the Fast enjoined by Thee may inflame them in Thy Cause, and make them to be occupied with Thy praise and with remembrance of Thee.
Translation Notes
SE rendered لَكَ (lak), الْحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), جَعَلْتَ (jaʿalt) as “Praised be, my God, ordained”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §219: All praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Ahmad andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §26: let Thee be praisedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised begleaningsGWB §162: Praise be to Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: O my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §20: the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: our godsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the Lord of their livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “whom” (59 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: made theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §661: aidedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: May my life beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Thou didsttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “have”, “having” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: FastgleaningsGWB §708: of Fastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: fastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: have kept the FastgleaningsGWB §627: observekitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: “Fastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §21: observeth the FastgleaningsGWB §708: will faithfully observe it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: of My lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: satisfy Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: of them that love metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: that I may love theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
This form usually rendered as “abstained” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thine handsgleaningsGWB §200: Handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: before a handfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §135: at the hands ofgleaningsGWB §15: the palm of a man’s handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: his handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: the hollow
SE rendered صامُوا (ṣámúá), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَكَفُّوا (wakaffúá), أَنْفُسَهُمْ (ʾanfusahum), يَكرَهُهُ (yakrahuh), رِضائُكَ، (riḍáʾuka،) as “observed, love of, abstained, abhorrent, Thee”
own 36% themselves 30% souls 9% within 6% hearts 6% lives 4% proper 2% what 2% persons 2% heedlessness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy SelfgleaningsGWB §221: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own personsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: His own naturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: others
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hategleaningsGWB §460: abhorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: albeit the infidels abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: abhorrestthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: stop thine earsgleaningsGWB §645: may be averseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: Thou abhorrestgleaningsGWB §395: abhorreth
This form usually rendered as “pleasure”, “good”, “good-pleasure” (55 occurrences)
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: and acceptablefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §249: entirely submissive to God’s Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §71: Be then contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: praiseworthy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His LordgleaningsGWB §40: ancientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: springtimetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: before the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: afiregleaningsGWB §558: without firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “hell,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: Thy firetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: firesgleaningsGWB §593: the fire of hell
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: kindledfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §718: flameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: burnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: have kindledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: grew fiercer
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: he had been biddenfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §548: for every thingkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: significance of their positionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: Whom Thou hast commandedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: in no wise
This form usually rendered as “busied”, “make” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: busyinggleaningsGWB §640: callethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: offeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: careless ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: dost thou busy thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: engaged in spreadinggleaningsGWB §205: seek diligently
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: wrote these wordsgleaningsGWB §99: have been recordedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: already mentionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: with any remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE rendered وَمُشْتَغِلِينَ (wamushtaghilín), بِذِكْرِكَ (bidhikrik), وَثَنائِكَ، (wathanáʾika،) as “occupied, Thy praise”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: secondgleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: celebrating Thy praisewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: SecondlygleaningsGWB §654: Thy praiseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latter
