Prayers and Meditations — §207
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 207 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لِّها، طُوبى لِمَنِ اسْتَقْرَبَ بِها وَسَمِعَ زَفِيرَها، وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ وَفَّقْتَهُ يا إِلهِي بِالتَّقَرُّبِ إِلَيْها وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ جَعَلْتَهُ مَحْرُومًا عَنْها بِما اكتَسَبَتْ يَداهُ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَالَّذِيْ سَرُعَ إِلَيها وَفازَ بِها فَدَى نَفْسَهُ فِي سَبِيْلِكَ ش
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Some, O my God, Thou didst, through Thy strengthening grace, enable to approach it, while others Thou didst keep back by reason of what their hands have wrought in Thy days. Whoso hath hasted towards it and attained unto it hath, in his eagerness to gaze on Thy beauty, yielded his life in Thy path, and ascended unto Thee, wholly detached from aught else except Thyself.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: “Great is thy blessednessgleaningsGWB §205: the blessedness we now enjoy.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Blessed, moreover, beepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: WellgleaningsGWB §408: Great is the blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: Great is my blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “Blessed
SE rendered طُوبى (ṭúbى), لِمَنِ (liman) as “”
SE rendered وَسَمِعَ (wasamiʿ), زَفِيرَها، (zafírahá،), وَمِنَ (wamin), النَّاسِ (an-nás) as “others”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Incline thine ear untofire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §563: every attentive earkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: crieth outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE rendered زَفِيرَها، (zafírahá،), وَمِنَ (wamin), النَّاسِ (an-nás) as “others”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sighs which my heedlessness have led me to utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: by the sighingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: by the sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: sighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: my sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the groans they utter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §466: the peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: men in their questwill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: othersgleaningsGWB §473: the interests of thy peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: of the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s repudiation
aid 33% assist 15% unity 11% concord 9% graciously 7% may 7% thou 7% fellowship 4% unitedly 4% strengthen 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: aidgleaningsGWB §396: strengthenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §96: in consonanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: Assist mewill-and-testamentW&T §7: in concertepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: unitygleaningsGWB §414: vouchsafe His gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: at variance with
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §191: God’s
This form usually rendered as “towards” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “made” (59 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: made theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §386: been fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: handiworkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §417: will enable themthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: Sanctuary of WisdomgleaningsGWB §300: hath been forbiddenkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: from the imperishable Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: to denythe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: debarred
SE rendered جَعَلْتَهُ (jaʿaltah), مَحْرُومًا (maḥrúman), عَنْها (ʿanhá), اكتَسَبَتْ (iktasabat), يَداهُ (yadáh) as “keep back, wrought, their hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: The timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: abovethe-hidden-wordsHW §48: thanepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy passionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: from achieving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: earngleaningsGWB §319: benefitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: acquiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: have wroughtgleaningsGWB §506: for your doingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: wroughtgleaningsGWB §239: ye shall have doneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: had wrought
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §636: to the carekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: their handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §184: at the hands
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Judgment DaygleaningsGWB §47: Day — the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: throughout my lifewill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that daygleaningsGWB §245: Your dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: as yet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §31: Hastenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swiftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: to which I can hastenthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §275: hasten yeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: they hastened
SE expanded to “attained unto it”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: blissfulgleaningsGWB §151: recognized and embraced His Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: verily attained untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: who have attainedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath showeredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: achievegleaningsGWB §506: them
This form usually rendered as “laid”, “yielded” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: laid downfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §51: could be sacrificedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: sacrificedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: have offered upwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in sacrificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: offered upfire-tabletFire §48: of sacrifice
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)
