Prayers and Meditations — §252
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 252 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وُجُوهُ أَهْلِ مَلأِ الأَعْلی، أَسْئَلُكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ بِأَنْ تَحْفَظَ أَحِبَّتَكَ مِنْ أَعْدائِكَ ثُمَّ أَثْبِتْهُمْ عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ فَاحْفَظْ أَرْجُلَهُمْ عَنِ الزَّلَلِ وَقُلُوبَهُمْ عَنِ الحُجُباتِ وَعُيُونَهُمْ عَنِ الإِغْضاءِ وَاجْتَذِبْهُمْ بِنَغَماتِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ يَنْقَطِعُنَّ عمَّا سِواكَ وَيُقْلَبُنَّ إِلَيكَ وَيَنْطِقُنَّ فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ، لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي بِما عَرَّفْتَنا نَفْسَكَ العَلِيَّ الأَبْهی، نَحْنُ بِفَضْلِكَ نَكُونُ مُتَمَسِّكًا بِكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَمَّا سِواكَ وَعَلِمْنا بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ مَحْبُوبُ العالَمِينَ وَفاطِرُ السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرَضِينَ وَالحَمْدُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names, to guard Thy loved ones against Thine enemies, and to strengthen them in their love for Thee and in fulfilling Thy pleasure. Do Thou protect them, that their footsteps may slip not, that their hearts may not be shut out as by a veil from Thee, and that their eyes may be restrained from beholding anything that is not of Thee. Cause them to be so enraptured by the sweetness of Thy divine melodies that they will rid themselves of all attachment to any one except Thee, and will turn wholly towards Thee, and extol Thee under all conditions, saying: “Praised be Thou, O Lord our God, inasmuch as Thou hast enabled us to recognize Thy most exalted and all-glorious Self. We will, by Thy mercy, cleave to Thee, and will detach ourselves from any one but Thee. We have realized that Thou art the Beloved of the worlds and the Creator of earth and heaven!”
Translation Notes
SE rendered وُجُوهُ (wujúh), أَهْلِ (ʾahl) as “of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: faces of menfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §510: who would turnkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: to set themselves towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
SE rendered أَهْلِ (ʾahl), مَلأِ (malʾ), الأَعْلی، (al-ʾaʿlí،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “of, I beseech”
SE rendered أَهْلِ (ʾahl), مَلأِ (malʾ), الأَعْلی، (al-ʾaʿlí،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), مالِكَ (málik) as “of, I beseech, Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesgleaningsGWB §198: peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Floodtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: the Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: ConcoursegleaningsGWB §56: ye that inhabitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: the Imperial Governmentfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §657: to magnifykitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the heightsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: hast remained far abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §265: prayer and entreatykitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §39: thy questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: suppliantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: is the LordgleaningsGWB §541: the Realmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: He Whotablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: to protectgleaningsGWB §705: for their protectionkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: for my protectiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §5: shielded and protectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Commit it to memory
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §597: heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: the New Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: Him Who is the Best-Belovedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set
This form usually rendered as “make”, “strengthen” (2 occurrences)
make 50% strengthen 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: establishedgleaningsGWB §137: steadfastkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: firmly establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: will enable me tothe-hidden-wordsHW §72: may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §53: confidenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: be demonstrated
وَرِضائِكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
SE expanded to “fulfilling Thy pleasure”
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: and acceptablefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §252: desire notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §87: surrenderedthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have desiredwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: upright
SE rendered فَاحْفَظْ (fáḥfaẓ), أَرْجُلَهُمْ (ʾarjulahum), الزَّلَلِ (az-zalal), وَقُلُوبَهُمْ (waqulúbahum), الحُجُباتِ (al-ḥujubát) as “Do Thou protect, their footsteps, their hearts, a veil”
gleaningsGWB §424: pure waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: dismayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: puretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: did shriek and tremblegleaningsGWB §26: crystal waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §670: have slippedgleaningsGWB §157: not cause you to slip
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heartsgleaningsGWB §179: turmoilkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: want of understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §628: with their whole heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your hearts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: appointedgleaningsGWB §167: with your eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: their eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: have madewill-and-testamentW&T §18: is appointed
2 occurrences in corpus
وَاجْتَذِبْهُمْ
literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “transport”, “enrapture” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonefire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §575: may attractkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: Draw themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: ecstasiesgleaningsGWB §558: blissful rapturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §612: the sweet melodieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: strainsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: to the rustlingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songgleaningsGWB §210: ceaseless strains the melody
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (190 occurrences)
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
This form usually rendered as “oneness”, “transcendent”, “glory” (35 occurrences)
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
يَنْقَطِعُنَّ
literal: detachment; detached; severed
SE expanded to “rid themselves of all attachment”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: of detachmentgleaningsGWB §299: the emblems of true detachment.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: and rid themselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: cut it off
SE expanded to “any one except”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: besides ThyselfgleaningsGWB §573: aught else but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: been establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §614: Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: other than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §559: all else but Him
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
times 30% conditions 15% under 15% all 10% continually 10% condition 5% state 5% circumstances 5% whatever 5%
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §268: the All-Praised.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: Praised betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §266: glorified
SE expanded to “Lord our God”
SE expanded to “enabled us to recognize”
knowledge 34% understanding 12% recognize 9% know 9% fragrance 8% have 6% comprehend 6% known 5% recognized 5% hath 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: recognizedgleaningsGWB §1: deep its wisdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: “Knowestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: them that have recognizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: knoweth othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: renowned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: residentsgleaningsGWB §449: by Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: their own fanciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: Thy glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §661: of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thinethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Glorious
SE expanded to “by Thy mercy”
SE rendered الأَبْهی، (al-ʾabhí،), بِفَضْلِكَ (bifaḍlik), نَكُونُ (nakún), مُتَمَسِّكًا (mutamassikan), بِكَ (bik), وَمُنْقَطِعًا (wamunqaṭiʿan) as “all-glorious, by Thy mercy, cleave, to Thee, will detach ourselves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: he, verily, hath beenfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §621: They, indeed, arekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: Who fromtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: lay fast holdgleaningsGWB §501: proclaimed their allegiancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: We cleaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: must this wretched soul clingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hold fast untogleaningsGWB §647: take thou firm holdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: cling to
have 50% comprehended 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: knowledge of such sciencesfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §356: all human learningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: scienceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: the worlds!”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
SE rendered سِواكَ (siwák), وَعَلِمْنا (waʿalimná), بِأَنَّكَ (biʾannak), مَحْبُوبُ (maḥbúb), العالَمِينَ (al-ʿálamín) as “but Thee, have realized, that, the Beloved, the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: cleft asundergleaningsGWB §117: Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: and the Creatortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: would cleave asundergleaningsGWB §423: Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving
