Prayers and Meditations — §185
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 185 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
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
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 §181: put out His lightgleaningsGWB §600: quenchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: quenchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: extinguishwill-and-testamentW&T §47: stayedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: put outgleaningsGWB §458: putting outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: must cease from burning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a lampgleaningsGWB §99: those lampskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: lamp of conscience and reasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: Thy Lampepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: lampgleaningsGWB §307: the light of the lampkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: light of Qur’ánic Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the light of Thy lamp
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: didst kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: Thou didst lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Ignite, thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: can kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: Thou didst kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: hath lit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §557: of Lordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Lord
SE rendered بِنارِكَ (binárik), رَبِّ (rabb), تَمْنَعْ (tamnaʿ), ماءَ (máʾ), الحَيَوانِ (al-ḥayawán), الجَرَيانِ (al-jarayán) as “fire, my Lord, water, life, running down—the”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: debarredgleaningsGWB §643: forbiddethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §714: to detertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: deterreth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: what He willethgleaningsGWB §82: riverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: what the waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: watergleaningsGWB §12: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: by reason of what
This form usually rendered as “flow”, “enforced”, “running” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: travelethgleaningsGWB §255: will it remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: enforcedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: hath been made to flowtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: may sailepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: flowethgleaningsGWB §31: sailkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: receiveth
SE expanded to “can be heard”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: incline thine earsfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §563: every attentive earkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: been heardtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: MakersgleaningsGWB §682: wondrous workskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: melodiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: the wonders of Thy mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §38: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: to creategleaningsGWB §683: marvelous
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (149 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “celebrate”, “virtues” (71 occurrences)
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §396: magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: Thou beholdest howepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: from magnifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify Thee
This form usually rendered as “breezes”, “sweet”, “fragrances” (84 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §214: sweet savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the holy breathswill-and-testamentW&T §13: sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §151: carried away by the ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: the blast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: recognizegleaningsGWB §289: are they that have recognizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: confesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Know thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: apprehended
