Prayers and Meditations — §185
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 185 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ لا تَطْوِ البِساطَ الَّذِيْ انْبَسَطَ بِاسْمِكَ وَلا تُطْفِئِ السِّراجَ الَّذِيْ أُوقِدَ بِنارِكَ أَيْ رَبِّ لا تَمْنَعْ ماءَ الحَيَوانِ عَنِ الجَرَيانِ الَّذِيْ يُسْمَعُ مِنْ خَرِيرِهِ بَدائِعُ الأَلْحانِ فِيْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَلا تَمْنَعِ العِبادَ عَنْ نَفَحاتِ هذا العَرْفِ الَّذِيْ فَاحَ بِحُبِّكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Roll not up, O my Lord, what hath been spread out in Thy name, and extinguish not the lamp which Thine own fire hath lit. Withhold not, O my Lord, the water that is life indeed from running down—the water from whose murmuring the wondrous melodies which extol and glorify Thee can be heard. Deny not, moreover, Thy servants the sweet fragrance of the breath which hath been wafted through Thy love.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: LordgleaningsGWB §162: My Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: God’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity
This form usually rendered as “roll” (1 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §660: have rolled upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: traverseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: Roll not upgleaningsGWB §659: do We devolvekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: flash throughgleaningsGWB §87: and the heavens have been folded togetherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: folded togethergleaningsGWB §78: have been folded together
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: simplegleaningsGWB §279: the pompkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: outstretchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: hath been spread outthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the domainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: and gladnessgleaningsGWB §587: and the outstretchedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: realm
SE expanded to “in Thy name”
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thy namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §411: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: every nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: the atmosphere oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
put 52% extinguish 10% putting 5% quench 5% quenched 5% unquenchable 5% inextinguishable 5% have 5% must 5% stayed 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: put outgleaningsGWB §600: quenchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: inextinguishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: have the power to put outwill-and-testamentW&T §47: stayedgleaningsGWB §458: putting outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: quenchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: extinguish not
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: Thou didst lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §87: didst lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Igniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: which Thou hadst kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: hath litprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: and so kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: didst kindle
This form usually rendered as “own” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: was powerless to deter MegleaningsGWB §199: His sublimekitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: I find myself unabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: debarred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: their watersgleaningsGWB §12: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: the waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: with the waterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: its watersgleaningsGWB §311: leavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: dregs
SE expanded to “is life indeed”
This form usually rendered as “enforced”, “fast”, “flow” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: been announcedgleaningsGWB §478: causekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: were kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: have shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: her handmaidensthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: hath emboldenedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: audaciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: floweth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: We heard thee sayfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §286: ye have never heardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: who hearethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: enable them to hearkentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “murmur” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: in the whole universegleaningsGWB §694: creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sweetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: Thou hast createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the worldgleaningsGWB §682: wondrous works
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
SE expanded to “extol and glorify”
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 §79: remembergleaningsGWB §27: Were We to make mentionkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: relating these thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §759: Adoredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
SE rendered الأَلْحانِ (al-lḥán), ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), وَثَنائِكَ (wathanáʾik), تَمْنَعِ (tamnaʿ), العِبادَ (al-ʿibád) as “melodies, extol and glorify, Deny, servants”
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 §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §389: Nextkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: from extolling Thy virtueswill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: SecondlygleaningsGWB §5: the praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §163: Thy peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Weprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §35: meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: man
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezesgleaningsGWB §29: the vitalizing fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: the fragranceswill-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §203: sweet savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfume
fragrance 40% hath 15% sweet 13% recognized 12% known 6% have 4% perfume 4% recognize 2% breath 2% recognizeth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: is endued with insightgleaningsGWB §669: the sages and mysticskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: such knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: testifiethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: Divine knowledge
This form usually rendered as “wafted” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: breathsgleaningsGWB §694: ladenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: waftedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: have passed overprayers-and-meditationsP&M §129: breathingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: the sweet smellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: hath been shed abroadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and deprive me not of the sweet savors wafting
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: love offire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §381: in their love for Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Best-Belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My loverwill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
