Prayers and Meditations — §252
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 252 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
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
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §631: Grant thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: questioningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I imploregleaningsGWB §506: and shall be called to accountkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: Him Who is the LordgleaningsGWB §29: Possessorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: this material universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: His realmtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of His Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §326: these nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: but onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: defencegleaningsGWB §36: the preservation of the lampkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: “Guardedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: graciousnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: watch over thee
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §451: His Well-Beloved Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: and for love of Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Mewill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
This form usually rendered as “make”, “strengthen” (2 occurrences)
make 50% strengthen 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: to establish the truth ofgleaningsGWB §615: vindicationkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: confirmationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thou hast affirmedthe-hidden-wordsHW §124: writ and recordedwill-and-testamentW&T §9: supportedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: incontestable
SE expanded to “fulfilling Thy pleasure”
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: may God be pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §289: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: pleaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: and willing submissionthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: willwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: pleasure
This form usually rendered as “may” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: CommotionsgleaningsGWB §375: is sore shakenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: clear watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: crystalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have slippedgleaningsGWB §26: crystal waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: may slip not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turngleaningsGWB §662: his heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: to any heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: will turn wholly towardstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: turneth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: Suffer not yourselves to be shut out as by a veilgleaningsGWB §156: alloweth himself to be shut outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: have been hinderedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: are shut out as by a veil from Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou veil thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the most veiled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: black-eyedgleaningsGWB §34: the facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: self-sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: when the eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: not through the eyes
overlook 50% restrained 50%
وَاجْتَذِبْهُمْ
literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “transport”, “enrapture” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: so carried awayfire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: and enrapture their heartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: enrapturedgleaningsGWB §654: the Lode Star of my soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §806: that they may draw me away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §612: the sweet melodieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: strainsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: through the Divine sweetness of Thy melodiestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songgleaningsGWB §588: accent of the Voice
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (193 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy divine melodies that they”
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: on thy glorygleaningsGWB §495: His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: He is the Mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §418: fountain of honortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of glory
SE rendered بِنَغَماتِ (binaghamát), عِزِّ (ʿizz), أَحَدِيَّتِكَ (ʾaḥadídatik), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يَنْقَطِعُنَّ (yanqaṭiʿunn) as “the sweetness, Thy, so, will rid themselves”
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any onegleaningsGWB §469: otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: the Onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Who is the mangleaningsGWB §486: unity
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 §136: that neitherfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §48: glorieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: attentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: the manifold revelationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: regarding
SE expanded to “will rid themselves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: cut it offgleaningsGWB §299: have detached themselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: those that have renounced the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: and may detach themselves entirelytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Thou hast torn in piecesgleaningsGWB §682: all-pervasive
SE expanded to “of all attachment”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §616: and fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: any one excepttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: another than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §573: aught else but Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: proclaimethfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §32: and the Tongue of Grandeur hath been moved to disclosekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: exclaimethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
SE rendered وَيَنْطِقُنَّ (wayanṭiqunn), الأَحْوالِ، (al-ʾaḥwáli،), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “extol, “Praised, Lord our God”
times 31% conditions 28% circumstances 14% all 8% ever 6% condition 3% state 3% may 3% conduct 3% continually 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: At presentgleaningsGWB §211: countenancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: howprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: come in betweentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §8: Now at this moment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §29: All praise be to Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Muhammadan Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §82: Glorified betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: I yield Thee thanksgleaningsGWB §62: “Praise
SE expanded to “Lord our God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinityfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §531: By the righteousness of the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
عَرَّفْتَنا
literal: knowledge; know; knower
This form usually rendered as “thou” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hast enabled us to recognize”
knowledge 33% understanding 12% know 10% recognize 8% have 7% fragrance 7% hath 6% comprehend 6% recognized 5% thou 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: what is rightgleaningsGWB §192: distinguish myselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: sagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §579: of them that have known Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: Thou wilt appreciate
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy most exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: corrupt and selfishgleaningsGWB §501: He, Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: each personprayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: Alone and unaidedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: a few
SE rendered عَرَّفْتَنا (ʿarraftaná), نَفْسَكَ (nafsak), العَلِيَّ (al-ʿalíl), الأَبْهی، (al-ʾabhí،), بِفَضْلِكَ (bifaḍlik) as “hast enabled us to recognize, Thy most exalted, all-glorious, will, by Thy”
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the Exaltedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §290: Inaccessiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: Glorified are they aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: far abovetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §48: effulgentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: the Self-Exaltingthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: THE GLORYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the Glory of God (Bahá)gleaningsGWB §192: of Glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy gracegleaningsGWB §257: His gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: exalted youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom
This form usually rendered as “will”, “such”, “shall” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: they weregleaningsGWB §612: be theykitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: thou mayestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: Thou hast ever beentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest abide
This form usually rendered as “holding”, “cling”, “cleaving” (56 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: will cleavegleaningsGWB §125: cleave tenaciously tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: worldlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: He who is poor and needytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: actedgleaningsGWB §655: the fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: clinging
SE expanded to “We have realized”
have 67% comprehended 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy wisdomfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §286: The Omniscientkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: naughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: Thy wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE rendered وَفاطِرُ (wafáṭir), السَّمَواتِ (as-samawát), وَالأَرَضِينَ (wálʾaraḍín) as “Creator, earth and heaven!””
