Prayers and Meditations — §190
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 190 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِهِ وَبِما عِنْدَهُ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي فِيْ حُبِّهِ كَما كانَ فِيْ حُبِّكَ، وَأَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّ حُبَّهُ حُبُّكَ وَنَفْسَهُ نَفْسُكَ وَجَمالَهُ جَمالُكَ وَأَمْرَهُ أَمُرك.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Him and by whatsoever pertaineth unto Him, to set my affections upon Him even as He hath set His own affections upon Thyself. I testify that His love is Thy love, and His self Thy self, and His beauty Thy beauty, and His Cause Thy Cause.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: my LordgleaningsGWB §311: its Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: my 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 §80: of its Lord
SE expanded to “I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreatgleaningsGWB §518: Ye will most certainly be called upon to answerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: truthsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: Dealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §467: by askingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: soughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Thee
This form usually rendered as “when”, “before”, “sight” (162 occurrences)
SE expanded to “pertaineth unto Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: current amongst yougleaningsGWB §576: In the sight ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: the things ye yourselves possesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimicalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: from
This form usually rendered as “number”, “grant”, “suffer” (40 occurrences)
SE expanded to “set my affections”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: is madefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §138: have, moreover, ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: Thou hast set uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: all who adore Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: It is Our wish and desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: love Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desirewill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §447: be completely transformedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: even as ye witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: testimoniestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: mine own hurtgleaningsGWB §357: their own selves.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: inclinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: Thy Godhead was manifestedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: mine own
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: brieflygleaningsGWB §233: and beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: charmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: Thy Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: everlasting beautywill-and-testamentW&T §4: His
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: Thy lawsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §16: best promotekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §262: hast been bidden.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and Thy commandmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
