Prayers and Meditations — §214
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 214 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا مَنْ بَلائُكَ دَوَآءُ صُدُورِ المُخْلِصِينَ وَذِكْرُكَ شِفاءُ أَفْئِدَةِ المُقَرَّبِينَ وَقُرْبُكَ حَيوةُ العاشِقِينَ وَوَصْلُكَ رَجَآءُ المُشْتاقِينَ وَهَجْرُكَ عَذابُ المُوَحِّدِيْنَ وَفِراقُكَ مَوْتُ العارِفِينَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O God! The trials Thou sendest are a salve to the sores of all them who are devoted to Thy will; the remembrance of Thee is a healing medicine to the hearts of such as have drawn nigh unto Thy court; nearness to Thee is the true life of them who are Thy lovers; Thy presence is the ardent desire of such as yearn to behold Thy face; remoteness from Thee is a torment to those that have acknowledged Thy oneness, and separation from Thee is death unto them that have recognized Thy truth!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “trials Thou sendest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: their woesfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §640: been subjectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: fell a preyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: teststhe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: the trialsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulation
This form usually rendered as “salve”, “healing” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: twogleaningsGWB §273: atone for the losskitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: remedyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: Whose trialthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: without the least effortepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: twelve hundredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my remedyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: healing medicine
breasts 41% hearts 12% men’s 6% men’s 6% bosoms 6% bosom 6% pronounced 6% sores 6% sicknesses 6% revelation 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: the midmost heartgleaningsGWB §192: bosomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of your breastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §407: within my breastthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: thy thoughtswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the heartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: breastgleaningsGWB §610: men’s breasts
المُخْلِصِينَ
literal: sincere; pure; sincere ones
This form usually rendered as “sincere”, “such”, “wholly” (44 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all them who are devoted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: faithfulfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §31: pure in heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: that are wholly devotedthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absolutewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: set it free
SE expanded to “remembrance of Thee”
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 §7: to mentiongleaningsGWB §657: His holy namekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a balmgleaningsGWB §438: the remedykitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: all-sufficingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: a healing medicinekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: sought deliverance from his illsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: Thy healingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §621: the Healerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are restored
SE expanded to “nearness to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: are nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §382: draw nearkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: reunionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: and to enable them to draw nigh untotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: a beastgleaningsGWB §58: life-givingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: these beastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: Thy living watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of lifegleaningsGWB §633: which is life indeedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: is Life indeedgleaningsGWB §727: that is life indeed
SE expanded to “them who are Thy lovers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: loversfire-tabletFire §41: LovegleaningsGWB §673: the Beloved Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: his heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: and lovethe-hidden-wordsHW §130: the loverwill-and-testamentW&T §13: Divine loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy true lovers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His presencefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §30: presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: that have attained untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: to attain Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the presence of
hope 41% desire 14% longing 9% ardent 9% may 5% suppliant 5% beholdest 5% aspiration 5% one 5% confidence 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hopethfire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §629: may obtainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §299: Aspirationthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: even as dothwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspiration
SE rendered وَوَصْلُكَ (wawaṣluk), رَجَآءُ (rajáʾ), المُشْتاقِينَ (al-mushtáqín), وَهَجْرُكَ (wahajruk), عَذابُ (ʿadháb) as “Thy presence, the ardent desire, remoteness from Thee, a torment”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn afterfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §311: great longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: them who thirst to meet Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longing
SE expanded to “remoteness from Thee”
remoteness 88% separation 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: had departedfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §698: forsakenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: retireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: remoteness from Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: remoteness from Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: EMIGRANTSepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: accompanied
chastisement 41% punishment 14% torment 14% tormented 5% terror 5% torments 5% grievous 5% divine 5% painful 5% death 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: tormentgleaningsGWB §312: tormentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: sufferingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: a cooling draughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: chastisementgleaningsGWB §614: refreshkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: a painful punishment.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: Thou chastisest us
SE rendered وَهَجْرُكَ (wahajruk), عَذابُ (ʿadháb), المُوَحِّدِيْنَ (al-múaḥḥidín), وَفِراقُكَ (wafiráquk), مَوْتُ (mawt) as “remoteness from Thee, a torment, separation from Thee, death unto”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: anotherfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §669: indivisible Essencekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: essential unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: Thy onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
SE expanded to “separation from Thee”
separation 37% distinction 18% scattered 6% qur’án 6% separated 6% difference 6% some 6% different 6% because 6% discern 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: differencefire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §118: remotenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: of the Muhammadan Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: separation from Thy courttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: differwill-and-testamentW&T §36: discern
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: as one deadgleaningsGWB §587: expiredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: dead manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: death untotablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: gave up the spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: lifelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: deathgleaningsGWB §340: physical death
SE rendered وَفِراقُكَ (wafiráquk), مَوْتُ (mawt), العارِفِينَ، (al-ʿárifína،) as “separation from Thee, death unto”
all 22% have 17% comprehend 13% every 10% such 8% who 8% know 8% understand 5% perceive 5% initiated 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: the fragrance of whichgleaningsGWB §311: can adequately revealkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: man of learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §147: apprehensiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: that thou mayest be acquainted with
