Prayers and Meditations — §229
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 229 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي بِما وَفَّقْتَنَا عَلَى عِرْفانِهِ وَحُبِّهِ، إِذًا أَسْئَلُكَ بِهِ وَبِمَظاهِرِ أُلُوْهِيَّتِكَ وَمَطالِعِ رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ وَمَخازِنِ وَحْيِكَ وَمَكامِنِ إِلْهامِكَ بِأَنْ تُوَفِّقَنا عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ وَطاعَتِهِ وَتَجْعَلَنا ناصِرِينَ لأمْرِهِ وَمُخْذِلِينَ لأَعْدائِهِ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمُقْتَدِرُ الْعَزِيزُ المُسْتَعانُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast aided us to recognize and love Him. I, therefore, beseech Thee by Him and by Them Who are the Daysprings of Thy Divinity, and the Manifestations of Thy Lordship, and the Treasuries of Thy Revelation, and the Depositories of Thine inspiration, to enable us to serve and obey Him, and to empower us to become the helpers of His Cause and the dispersers of His adversaries. Powerful art Thou to do all that pleaseth Thee. No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the One Whose help is sought by all men!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: ark onfire-tabletFire §25: ArkgleaningsGWB §322: celestial sphereskitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: the fourth Heaventablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: that it maythe-hidden-wordsHW §132: realmgleaningsGWB §322: the celestial sphereskitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: all that are in heaven and on earth
SE rendered فَلَكَ (falak), الْحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَفَّقْتَنَا (waffaqtaná) as “Praised be Thou, aided”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §162: Praise be to Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Ahmad andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §51: Laudedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §343: Magnify His Name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: except in Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §97: to the truth of God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: O Thou Who art my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
وَفَّقْتَنَا
literal: agreement; grant success; grant-success
This form usually rendered as “thou” (2 occurrences)
aid 28% assist 14% graciously 12% thou 9% concord 9% may 9% unity 7% unanimously 5% fellowship 4% unitedly 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: disapprovedgleaningsGWB §439: lamentably defectivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: blendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §88: graciously aid methe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §53: helpepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: to graciously aid themgleaningsGWB §552: attained
knowledge 32% understanding 23% recognize 8% recognition 7% comprehension 7% know 6% divine 5% recognizing 4% wisdom 3% insight 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: know HimgleaningsGWB §3: the most learned of menkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: He of Whom they had knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: didst reveal Thyself unto metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: better acquainted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: lovethfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §285: thy love for Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: more dearly cherishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Best-Belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: I nevertheless beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: praygleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: truthsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: I entreat
revelation 29% manifestation 16% manifestations 13% revealed 8% manifest 8% hath 7% made 6% manifested 5% appeared 5% revelations 4%
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 11% revealers 9% day-springs 9% revealed 4% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: the fountain-headfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §221: instigatorskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: shedding Thy radiancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: His DivinegleaningsGWB §564: Lord ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: Enlightenertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurtured
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: smoldergleaningsGWB §627: within the treasurieskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: depositoryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: storehousesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: treasures ofgleaningsGWB §32: lay concealed
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: is revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: smoulderethgleaningsGWB §288: from the Habitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: the retreatstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the Heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: shrineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: repositorygleaningsGWB §546: habitation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §662: will, no doubt, inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: didst inspireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and Thine inspirationgleaningsGWB §163: inspired meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Inspire then my soul
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: in servinggleaningsGWB §221: the servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: associated withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: servantswill-and-testamentW&T §48: might serveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: of My servantsgleaningsGWB §698: honor of servingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §108: esteemed and honoured friend
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: obeygleaningsGWB §264: to be obeyedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: obeyed.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and to be obeyedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: never shall be ablethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: canstwill-and-testamentW&T §17: through obedience toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: ye cannot
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecratefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §29: a voice Thou didst ordainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: and fashionedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: shall render Thee victoriousfire-tabletFire §47: championsgleaningsGWB §169: triumphkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: of assistingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and triumphthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
This form usually rendered as “dispersers” (1 occurrences)
enemies 88% adversaries 13%
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: willethgleaningsGWB §286: created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: willeth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: Thou wishesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the power of Thy mightgleaningsGWB §640: of all temporal honor and worldly elevationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: of Thy glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: More precious is it than
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: raised funds to supportgleaningsGWB §45: by God’s invisible assistancekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: aidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: to Him We cry for helpprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: power to succor Theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: his associatesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: assistgleaningsGWB §172: reinforce
