Prayers and Meditations — §206
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 206 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَمْ أَدْرِ يا إِلهِي أَيَّ نارٍ جَعَلْتَها مُشْتَعِلَةً فِي أَرْضِكَ بِحَيْثُ لا يَسْتُرُها التُّرابُ وَلا يُخْمِدُها المِياهُ وَلا يَمْنَعُها مَنْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كُلِّها، طُوبى لِمَنِ اسْتَقْرَبَ بِها وَسَمِعَ زَفِيرَها،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I know not, O my God, what the Fire is which Thou didst kindle in Thy land. Earth can never cloud its splendor, nor water quench its flame. All the peoples of the world are powerless to resist its force. Great is the blessedness of him that hath drawn nigh unto it, and heard its roaring.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: knowing notgleaningsGWB §338: accomplishmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: understanding heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: rise toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I know notgleaningsGWB §616: most effulgentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: find himself powerlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: know not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: uttered by Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §89: indeedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: Supreme Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Thou my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “Thou didst kindle”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: reckonfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §268: suffer mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: as decreed by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), نارٍ (nárin), جَعَلْتَها (jaʿaltahá), مُشْتَعِلَةً (mushtaʿilahan), أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik) as “my God, Fire, Thou didst kindle, Thy land”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: kindledfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §71: that burnethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: burnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: which Thou hast enkindledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: burned high
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: these regionsfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §573: or in the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the foundation of earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earth
SE rendered أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), يَسْتُرُها (yasturuhá), التُّرابُ (at-turáb) as “Thy land, cloud, Earth”
This form usually rendered as “cloud” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: concealfire-tabletFire §45: Concealer of the sinsgleaningsGWB §121: latentkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: lieth concealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: seek refuge from himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: cloudthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: meaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: veil
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: dustgleaningsGWB §717: world of dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: their resting-placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and the claythe-hidden-wordsHW §104: the clayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the earthgleaningsGWB §13: of the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the dust itself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §36: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: extinguishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §394: dispiritedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: extinguishedgleaningsGWB §71: shall be powerless to cool down its ardorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: can never go out
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: whose duty it was to receive and entertain official visitorsgleaningsGWB §90: waterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: with the watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: watersgleaningsGWB §90: through the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and the waterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: germgleaningsGWB §90: waters.”
SE expanded to “are powerless to resist”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: We have forbidden yougleaningsGWB §387: inaccessible glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: turn awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §823: have shut me outtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: forbidden
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: eachgleaningsGWB §411: entirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: the restprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: those whose heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: utterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: whole ofgleaningsGWB §187: and all that is therein
SE expanded to “Great is the blessedness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Blessed aregleaningsGWB §30: Rejoicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Great is his blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: BlessedgleaningsGWB §205: Blessed are theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Happy isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Blessedness
SE expanded to “hath drawn nigh unto”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: of such as are nigh unto Himfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §497: of them that have been brought nigh unto Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: offer a sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: have enjoyed near accesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: heardfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §192: perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: that inclineth his earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §556: who hath hearkenedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him give earwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
This form usually rendered as “roaring”, “flame” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the groansgleaningsGWB §30: tearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: and the sighs I utterwill-and-testamentW&T §34: sighs and lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: sighsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: by the sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: with a sore lamentationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §723: and the sighs she had uttered
