Prayers and Meditations — §21
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 21 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ هذِهِ أَيّامٌ الَّتِيْ فَرَضْتَ فِيها الصِّيامَ عَلَى عِبادِكَ، طُوبى لِمَنْ صَامَ خالِصًا لِوَجْهِكَ، مُنْقَطِعًا عَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلى دُونِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ وَفِّقْنِي وَإِيَّاهُمْ عَلَى طاعَتِكَ وَإِجْرآءِ حُدُودِكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشاءُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
These are, O my Lord, the days in which Thou hast bidden Thy servants to observe the Fast. Blessed is he that observeth the Fast wholly for Thy sake and with absolute detachment from all things except Thee. Assist me and assist them, O my Lord, to obey Thee and to keep Thy precepts. Thou, verily, hast power to do what Thou choosest.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Thy LordgleaningsGWB §115: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: and the Enlightener oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: this daygleaningsGWB §256: Our dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: todayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: in the daytime andtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the days
SE expanded to “Thou hast bidden”
gleaningsGWB §409: hath been prescribedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: ordinancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §21: hast biddentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: have been enjoinedwill-and-testamentW&T §29: commandmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: Assumingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst enjoinwill-and-testamentW&T §27: fixed
SE expanded to “observe the Fast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: FastgleaningsGWB §708: of Fastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: “Fastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: the Fast enjoined by TheegleaningsGWB §627: observekitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: fastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and observed the FastgleaningsGWB §708: will faithfully observe it
SE expanded to “Thy servants to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §668: your neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: His creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: Thy servants’tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: upon thyself and upon others
SE expanded to “Blessed is he that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: BlessedgleaningsGWB §205: Blessed are theykitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: Great is the blessedness of himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Well is itgleaningsGWB §211: The Lord bless theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: How great is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “Blessed
SE expanded to “for Thy sake”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: inclinefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §78: their own faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: our facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
This form usually rendered as “rid”, “detached”, “wholly” (50 occurrences)
SE expanded to “with absolute detachment”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: detachedgleaningsGWB §381: renouncedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: been withheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have forsakentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §3: highway robbersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath severedgleaningsGWB §310: pieces
This form usually rendered as “observe”, “eye”, “because” (97 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal decreegleaningsGWB §457: though We had committed nothingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: aught beside Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: from anyone beside Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all else beside TheegleaningsGWB §621: every defilement
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: weld togethergleaningsGWB §72: may fulfillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: leagued themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Thou hast graciously enabledthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §6: joining handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: concordgleaningsGWB §178: understanding
SE expanded to “to obey Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: “ObeygleaningsGWB §699: detach himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: if Thou canstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: obey Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: never shall be ablethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: canstwill-and-testamentW&T §17: through obedience toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: shall be obeyed
This form usually rendered as “execute”, “will”, “enforce” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: been announcedgleaningsGWB §255: carried into effectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: will beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: ascribeth glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §45: knoweththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: utteredwill-and-testamentW&T §42: promoteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: flow out
limitations 40% bounds 12% limits 11% limited 9% limitation 7% sharp 5% precepts 5% keen 4% sharper 4% steel 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: confinedgleaningsGWB §35: petty-mindednesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: established principleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §21: preceptstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: keen
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “powerful”, “potent” (266 occurrences)
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
SE rendered وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir), تَشاءُ، (tasháʾu،) as “Thou, hast power”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: He pleasethgleaningsGWB §7: the Divine Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: willeth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Whose willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
