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، أَسْئَلُكَ بِضَجِيجِ الم
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 §242: perpetually afflictedfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §640: been subjectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: woesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: The trials Thou sendestthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrows
This form usually rendered as “salve”, “healing” (2 occurrences)
breasts 36% dilated 7% shining 7% bosoms 7% bosom 7% out 7% sores 7% sicknesses 7% revelation 7% heart 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: such as are devotedfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §680: essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: lamentationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: souls of the sincere among Thy servants
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: wherewith to remember and praise TheegleaningsGWB §583: maketh mentionkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: been recordedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: celebrate Thy praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: told
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a balmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: deliveranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my healingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are restoredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: a healing medicineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: the healerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: Thy healingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: Heal Thou
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy true loversfire-tabletFire §41: LovegleaningsGWB §673: Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: Thy tenderness and love?”the-hidden-wordsHW §130: his belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: loversgleaningsGWB §271: the lovers of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: powerfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §122: Detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: welding powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: to passtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: reunion with Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: bear
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspirationfire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §627: in the hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: of hopethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: yearnethwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desire
المُشْتاقِينَ
literal: longing; yearning; longing, yearning
SE expanded to “such as yearn to behold Thy face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longingfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §118: thirstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: that yearn after Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn for
SE expanded to “remoteness from Thee”
remoteness 88% separation 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: fromfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §680: banishedkitab-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 §210: migrated
chastisement 42% punishment 11% torment 11% tormented 5% terror 5% afflictions 5% painful 5% mercy 5% death 5% suffering 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulationgleaningsGWB §77: a tormentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: a cooling draughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: chastisementgleaningsGWB §683: chastisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: howeverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: woeful tribulation
This form usually rendered as “have”, “such”, “unity” (26 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the concord andfire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §113: Divine Unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: The oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: of Thy onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
SE expanded to “separation from Thee”
separation 38% qur’án 16% distinction 13% scattered 9% separated 5% discern 4% star 4% scatter 4% passing 4% distinguish 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: starfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §118: remotenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: someprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: Whose separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §20: breachepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: scattered
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: as one deadgleaningsGWB §465: the Slayerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “death”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: doomed metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: gave up the spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: among the deadepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: deadgleaningsGWB §340: physical death
العارِفِينَ،
literal: knowledge; know; knower
SE expanded to “them that have recognized Thy truth”
have 17% comprehend 15% all 15% know 12% such 10% understanding 7% understand 7% perceive 7% who 5% every 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: renownedgleaningsGWB §196: to recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: failed to apprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: who hath recognizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: hath enlightened
SE rendered مَوْتُ (mawt), العارِفِينَ، (al-ʿárifína،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “death, them that have recognized Thy truth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §337: questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: Dealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §630: pray Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore Thee
SE rendered العارِفِينَ، (al-ʿárifína،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِضَجِيجِ (biḍajíj) as “them that have recognized Thy truth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §610: hath causedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: the lamentationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §453: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: the voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighs
SE rendered العارِفِينَ، (al-ʿárifína،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِضَجِيجِ (biḍajíj), الم (al-m) as “them that have recognized Thy truth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the kingdomsgleaningsGWB §174: All-Possessingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: Who art the Possessortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
