Prayers and Meditations — §189
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 189 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّهُ فَدى نَفْسَهُ فِيْ سَبِيلِكَ وَما أَرادَ لِنَفْسِهِ إِلاَّ البَلايا فِيْ حُبِّكَ، قَدْ حَمَلَ الشَّدَائِدَ كُلَّها لإِظْهارِ سَلْطَنَتِكَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ وَإِعْلاءِ كَلِمَتِكَ بَيْنَ بَرِيَّتِكَ، كُلَّما ازْدادَتِ البَلايا وَأَحاطَتْهُ القَضايا مِنْ كُلِّ الأَشْطارِ إِنَّهُ زادَ فِيْ ذِكْرِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ ما خَوَّفَهُ جُنُودُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I testify, O my Lord, that He hath surrendered His life in Thy path, and hath wished for Himself nothing but tribulation in the love He beareth to Thee. He hath endured all manner of vexations that He may manifest Thy sovereignty unto Thy servants, and exalt Thy word amidst Thy creatures. As the adversities deepened, and the troubles sent down by Thee compassed Him on every side, He became so impassioned by His thought of Thee, that the hosts of all them that had disbelieved in Thee and repudiated Thy signs ceased to affright Him.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Thy LordgleaningsGWB §385: thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lord.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: of the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: on Myfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §591: lokitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: hath proclaimedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: Thou didst beholdtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
This form usually rendered as “laid”, “hath”, “offered” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: offered Myself upfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §590: offer upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: as a sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: be a ransomtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §36: a sacrificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of sacrifice
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: for MegleaningsGWB §324: facultykitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own personsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: ustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: desirewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: He it is whom
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the pathgleaningsGWB §360: for the sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: path!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: the pathstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious belief
This form usually rendered as “will”, “hath”, “seeketh” (40 occurrences)
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tribulationsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §67: have so sorely afflictedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: victimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: woethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troubles
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §513: who lovethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: the love I bear to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §38: for His steadfast friends)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: enduregleaningsGWB §161: the intensity of its revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sustainingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Bearers ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: can bearwill-and-testamentW&T §52: forbearanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hath enduredgleaningsGWB §523: laying the burden thereof
SE rendered حَمَلَ (ḥamal), الشَّدَائِدَ (ash-shadáʾid), كُلَّها (kullahá), لإِظْهارِ (lʾiẓhár), سَلْطَنَتِكَ (salṭanatik) as “endured, all manner, manifest, Thy sovereignty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Every singlegleaningsGWB §19: the combined forces of allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: one andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: my heart firmlythe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the crowngleaningsGWB §154: whole
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: be made manifestfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §562: Their outward conductkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: of the truth of His manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: to recognize the evidencestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: break forth
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authoritygleaningsGWB §190: sovereign Potencykitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: potenciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: of the greatnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the power
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: othersfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §519: those beneath youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: Thou Whom I adoretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His servants
exalt 25% glorify 19% exaltation 13% sake 13% magnify 9% exalted 6% magnifying 6% proclaim 3% may 3% glorification 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §251: who speakkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the utterancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: and through yet another wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §585: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: of creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §477: the whole worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: a human creatureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §384: exalted
This form usually rendered as “deepened” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: increasegleaningsGWB §168: “Thus farkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: outweighedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: freshwill-and-testamentW&T §57: greaterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: waxed greater and greatergleaningsGWB §439: increasingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: extravagance
encompassed 30% have 23% compassed 13% hath 13% enveloped 3% all-encompassing 3% encompasseth 3% blew 3% encompass 3% embraced 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: throughoutfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §629: whom trials and tribulations have encompassedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: encompassed theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: embracedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §14: was noised abroadepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: envelop
judgment 10% decree 10% destiny 10% trials 10% tribulations 10% troubles 10% vicissitudes 10% assaults 10% every 10% divers 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: been fulfilledfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §150: priestkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: to the requirementsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: have been preordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My decreewill-and-testamentW&T §14: requirement
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to ConstantinoplegleaningsGWB §638: yourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: toward the courtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the seatgleaningsGWB §296: allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: towardepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their Capital
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
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 §62: describegleaningsGWB §247: testimonykitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: were to accompanyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: didst Thou glorifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: rankfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §197: So greatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: attentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: so vehementlythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: full of feargleaningsGWB §70: Fear yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: timidityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their fearthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: fearest thouwill-and-testamentW&T §34: fear fell uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: terriblegleaningsGWB §584: who shall be afraid
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: hostsgleaningsGWB §434: nationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: Our hostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: with both Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: with the everlasting hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: aided by the hostsgleaningsGWB §277: powerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: whose heroism
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidelsgleaningsGWB §593: have disbelievedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: spoken blasphemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: them who have repudiated Thy truthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: ye deny notgleaningsGWB §84: openly refusedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: deny
SE expanded to “repudiated Thy signs”
