Prayers and Meditations — §229
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 229 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
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 §162: Praise begleaningsGWB §163: time Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: and ever-blessedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §219: All praise
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
SE expanded to “Thou hast aided”
aid 33% assist 15% unity 11% concord 9% graciously 7% may 7% thou 7% fellowship 4% unitedly 4% strengthen 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: fittethgleaningsGWB §414: vouchsafe His gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: correspondprayers-and-meditationsP&M §88: graciously aid mewill-and-testamentW&T §6: joining handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Aid megleaningsGWB §112: to strengthenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: inconsistent
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “understanding”, “recognition” (144 occurrences)
knowledge 34% understanding 26% recognition 8% recognize 8% comprehension 7% know 6% recognizing 4% insight 3% wisdom 2% visualize 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: acquaintedgleaningsGWB §214: acknowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: well-knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: the mantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: acquaint
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: love of Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §640: them that love Him,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: with Thy lovetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §112: I beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hath been set aflameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §323: to question his Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliant
This form usually rendered as “who” (2 occurrences)
revelation 29% manifestation 16% manifestations 13% manifest 11% revealed 8% hath 6% manifested 5% appeared 5% made 4% revelations 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: this Revelationfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §36: upon the worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: is made manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: didst revealtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
This form usually rendered as “godhead”, “divine”, “holiness” (4 occurrences)
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: at all times ignorantfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §570: Beautykitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: dawningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: hath shone forthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: LordsgleaningsGWB §669: of the Lord, their Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: O Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: preservedgleaningsGWB §479: the treasurieskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Treasuries ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: storehousesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: all the treasuresgleaningsGWB §520: your treasuries
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: inspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelation
This form usually rendered as “habitation”, “court”, “depositories” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: repositorygleaningsGWB §168: the inmost shrinekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: seattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the Heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: glorygleaningsGWB §168: their habitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: the Repositories
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §662: inspirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: of Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: Inspire themgleaningsGWB §635: will inspire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: of My servantsgleaningsGWB §656: serve Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: in the serviceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: arise to servewill-and-testamentW&T §19: important servicesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: guardiangleaningsGWB §205: seek diligently to servekitab-i-iqanKIQ §108: esteemed and honoured friend
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: obeyestgleaningsGWB §492: to be obedient unto Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: believerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: art to be obeyedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to do thiswill-and-testamentW&T §7: obedientepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: “WillinglygleaningsGWB §266: obeyed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: shall render Thee victoriousfire-tabletFire §47: championsgleaningsGWB §419: whosoeverkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: Christiansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thou wilt aidwill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: aided
This form usually rendered as “dispersers” (1 occurrences)
enemies 86% adversaries 14%
SE rendered وَمُخْذِلِينَ (wamukhdhilín), لأَعْدائِهِ، (lʾaʿdáʾihi،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), الْمُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir) as “dispersers, adversaries, Powerful”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §497: the power of His mightkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: His mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: hath empoweredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to do what pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §293: Nothing whateverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §676: hath pleasedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: to do
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: blestfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §279: the pompkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: more gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: divinethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Almighty
SE expanded to “Whose help is sought by all men”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: succorergleaningsGWB §598: helperskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: cry for helpprayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my succorwill-and-testamentW&T §40: associatesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: raised funds to supportgleaningsGWB §45: by God’s invisible assistancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: intervened and
