Prayers and Meditations — §223
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 223 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ذِكْرِكَ لأَذْكُرَكَ بِها وَلا تَجْعَلْنِيْ مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ يَقْرَئُونَ آياتِكَ وَلا يَجِدُونَ ما قُدِّرَ فِيْها مِنْ نِعْمَتِكَ الْمَكْنُوْنَةِ الَّتِيْ تَحْيَى بِها أَفْئِدَةُ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَقُلُوْبُ عِبادِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْعَلْنِيْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَخَذَتْهُمْ نَفَحاتُ أَيَّامِكَ عَلَى شَأنٍ أَنْفَقُوا أَرْوَاحَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَسَرُعُوا إِلى مَشْهَدِ الفَنَآءِ شَوْقًا لِجَمالِكَ وَط
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Inspire then my soul, O my God, with Thy wondrous remembrance, that I may glorify Thy name. Number me not with them who read Thy words and fail to find Thy hidden gift which, as decreed by Thee, is contained therein, and which quickeneth the souls of Thy creatures and the hearts of Thy servants. Cause me, O my Lord, to be reckoned among them who have been so stirred up by the sweet savors that have been wafted in Thy days that they have laid down their lives for Thee and hastened to the scene of their death in their longing to gaze on Thy beauty and in their yearning to attain Thy presence. And were any one to say unto them on their way, “Whither go ye?” they would say, “Unto God, the All-Possessing, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting!”
Translation Notes
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 §84: remember MegleaningsGWB §3: the holiest of saintskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: set forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: of Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: sufferfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §664: withhold notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §634: enable methe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: an act
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: “PerusegleaningsGWB §85: Perused ye notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: To be recitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Chant itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: PerusegleaningsGWB §85: Read ye its versestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the one who chantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: read
This form usually rendered as “signs”, “utterances”, “verses” (32 occurrences)
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §506: the verseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Thine utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: verses
This form usually rendered as “power”, “ordained”, “ordain” (182 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: a whilefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §547: its capacitykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: Supreme Ordainertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: welfaregleaningsGWB §389: favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: How well and trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: the temporal benefitsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Happy art thougleaningsGWB §465: favored Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and gifts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: concealedgleaningsGWB §612: Scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: that are hid fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: hiddengleaningsGWB §56: He Whom none hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Hidden Secretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hidgleaningsGWB §56: “He that was hidden
quickeneth 50% will 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: hath revivedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §555: new lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: recreatetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §693: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: of Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Object of my adorationfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §387: serve Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: servant”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: servants’tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy LordgleaningsGWB §549: divinely appointedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: Lordship
This form usually rendered as “who”, “carried”, “taken” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §111: fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §214: sweet savorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: the blast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Thy daysgleaningsGWB §256: Our dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: of Thy dayswill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: the days whengleaningsGWB §250: days of your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §716: changes and chanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §91: exaltationthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §115: revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: so
SE expanded to “have laid down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: wouldst expendfire-tabletFire §34: of seditiongleaningsGWB §563: with hearts intent upon malicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: surrenderedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §413: laid downthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: To offer upwill-and-testamentW&T §36: their craftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: generous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: joyfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §199: savorskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the eternal Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: through the spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: everlasting rest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §78: have made hastekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swiftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: hasten to meetthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §195: hasteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: all may haste
This form usually rendered as “place”, “scene”, “field” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: pass awaygleaningsGWB §112: His nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: vanitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: die totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: unfadingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: shall perishgleaningsGWB §622: vain
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: among whomgleaningsGWB §616: His Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: of beauty.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: or from meditatingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §51: for My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Abhá Beauty
