Prayers and Meditations — §223
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 223 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا إِلهِي فَأَلْهِمْنِيْ مِنْ بَدَائِعِ 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 وَطَلَبًا لِوِصالِكَ، وَإِذا قِيْلَ لَهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيْقِ إِلى أَيِّ مَقَرٍّ تَذْهَبُوْنَ قالُوا إِلى اللّهِ الْمَلِكِ الْمَهَيْمِنِ الْقَيُّوم،
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: towards Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §637: God Himself beareth Me witness.kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §635: will inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: Inspireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and Thine inspirationgleaningsGWB §662: will, no doubt, inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: of Thine inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the FirstgleaningsGWB §621: to His wondrouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: strange and manifoldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: of Thy creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: MakersgleaningsGWB §452: of creation
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 §162: thisgleaningsGWB §247: Narratekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: befittingly describetablet-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 §217: made theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §459: ye have, at the last, made Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: Thou hast graciously enabledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: readgleaningsGWB §85: Perused ye notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: readingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §684: repeattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the one who chantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: recitethgleaningsGWB §618: Intoneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: who recite
This form usually rendered as “signs”, “utterances”, “verses” (69 occurrences)
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: through His signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §113: hath repudiated His signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: those which descendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: wordstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
This form usually rendered as “find”, “may”, “inhale” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: thou mayest perceivefire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §555: his beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: they may discovertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: that ye may obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “ordain”, “power” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: BlessedgleaningsGWB §70: the delights ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: delightsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: the divine favorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: bountygleaningsGWB §391: of this highest giftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: blessing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: hiddengleaningsGWB §52: the Invisible of the Invisibleskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smoulderethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: been wrapped uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: had been wraptepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: “HiddengleaningsGWB §558: are treasuredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: the things which lie hid
will 67% quickeneth 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: that He may quickenfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §581: life-givingkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “life”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §517: Who hath created youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: and Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: BrieflygleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: and with all that were created by Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §155: healed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turngleaningsGWB §635: of thine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: those whose inner beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and caused me to turntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: nor heartswill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: souls
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: my LordgleaningsGWB §707: By Him Who is the Lord ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: my Rulertablet-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 §7: yet
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §494: fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: gentle windswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §558: savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that daygleaningsGWB §39: of timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: no dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: His last daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: day and
SE rendered نَفَحاتُ (nafaḥát), أَيَّامِكَ (ʾayyámik), شَأنٍ (shaʾanin), أَنْفَقُوا (ʾanfaqúá), أَرْوَاحَهُمْ (ʾarwáḥahum) as “savors, days, laid down, lives”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the statefire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §121: desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the rulingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: regarding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: sacrificedfire-tabletFire §34: of seditiongleaningsGWB §408: bestow their riches on the needykitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: hast yieldedthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: thou mayest drawwill-and-testamentW&T §36: their craftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: We offered up
This form usually rendered as “souls”, “lives”, “sacrificed” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: tranquillityfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §169: the peace and the well-beingkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: tempeststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of spirit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: in the pathgleaningsGWB §97: doorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: in His pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: the pathstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: in the path of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §31: Hasten forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: hasten unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: rushed forththe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: hurried alonggleaningsGWB §77: They hastenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swift
This form usually rendered as “place”, “scene”, “field” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: beareth Me witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §439: can now be discernedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: made abundantly clearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: may testifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: and I within Myself may bear witness unto
This form usually rendered as “evanescence”, “passed”, “extinction” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: perisheth notgleaningsGWB §243: shall pass awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: vanishing mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: this evanescent soulthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: dieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: shall perishgleaningsGWB §656: to surrender myselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: poor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longingfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §38: bereavementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: of their desire for Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervor
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: ornament togleaningsGWB §93: His imagekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: And it came to pass thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: By Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: a more glorious thingwill-and-testamentW&T §4: His
This form usually rendered as “search”, “eagerness”, “seeking” (53 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: We beg of TheegleaningsGWB §552: praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: searchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: in its ceaseless search after Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §39: if thou seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: We praygleaningsGWB §72: hath longed forkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: question
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His presencefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §676: be united with Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: weldingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Whose presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: obtained
This form usually rendered as “tell”, “ask”, “hath” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: that which I declaregleaningsGWB §292: denounced askitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: I made replyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: calumniestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
SE rendered الطَّرِيْقِ (aṭ-ṭaríq), مَقَرٍّ (maqarrin), تَذْهَبُوْنَ (tadhhabún), قالُوا (qálúá) as “way, go, say”
seat 34% habitation 11% spot 11% abide 11% place 9% retreats 6% court 6% throne 4% established 4% confessed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stillgleaningsGWB §56: are gladdenedkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: acceptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: and to ascend into the heaventablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: and there I may abidewill-and-testamentW&T §8: quietness
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “king”, “sovereign” (118 occurrences)
kingdom 24% king 23% sovereign 12% dominion 8% kingdoms 8% world 7% sovereignty 5% angels 4% earth 4% all-possessing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: unto the KinggleaningsGWB §706: for all the dominionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: his angelsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: the kingdom of these namestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: angels
الْمَهَيْمِنِ
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; protector
SE expanded to “Help in Peril”
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent ProtectorgleaningsGWB §617: the Supreme Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: aweepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §501: Who is potent overprayers-and-meditationsP&M §600: Protectorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in Peril
self-subsisting 79% who 8% qayyum 2% self-sufficing 2% self-subsisting!” 2% self-subsisting.” 2% above 2% self-subsisting! 2% grasp 2% set 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: truthfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §66: from such heightskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: wherever they wentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: hath raised me uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
