Prayers and Meditations — §261
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 261 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
رَبِّ شُقَّ سَحَابَ الأَوْهامِ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَنامِ لِيَسْرُعُنَّ كُلٌّ إِلَيْكَ وَيَسْلُكُنَّ سُبُلَ رِضائِكَ وَمَناهِجَ أَمْرِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ نَحْنُ عِبادُكَ وَأَرِقَّائُكَ وَاسْتَغْنَيْنا بِكَ عَنِ العالَمِينَ وَرَضِينا بِما وَرَد عَلَيْنا فِي سَبِيلكَ وَنَقُولُ الحَمْدُ لَكَ يا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ جَبَروُتُ الأَمْرِ وَالخَلْقِ وَمَلَكُوتُ السَّمواتِ وَالأَرَضِينَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Tear asunder, O my God, the veil of vain imaginings that hath obscured the vision of Thy people, that all may haste towards Thee, may tread the path of Thy pleasure, and walk in the ways of Thy Faith. We are, O my God, Thy servants and Thy bondsmen. Thou art sufficient unto us so that we can dispense with the world and all that is therein. We are wholly satisfied with all that hath befallen us in Thy path, and exclaim: “Praised be Thou, in Whose hand are the realms of revelation and of creation, and all the kingdoms of earth and heaven!”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: ofgleaningsGWB §149: of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: Godhood
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: contentiongleaningsGWB §13: the burdenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: anemonesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: Tear asundertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: rentthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: wind-flowerswill-and-testamentW&T §33: rebelliousnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: exertion
clouds 77% showers 6% thick 4% outpourings 4% which 2% clouded 2% intervening 2% showering 2% veil 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: These thick cloudsgleaningsGWB §522: cloudedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: veilepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §447: which the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: the outpourings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: the vain imaginingsfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §440: your vain imaginingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people of doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: of their fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: proceededfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §285: realitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: set our faces towardtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
SE expanded to “all may haste”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §77: They hastenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swiftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: all may hastethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §278: would hastenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: I have hastened
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
رِضائِكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
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 §261: pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §656: Thy Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: and desirestthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have desiredwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: pleasure
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: have We commandedfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §416: hath biddenkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: all actsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: by virtue of Thine authoritytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
This form usually rendered as “thralls”, “bondsmen”, “upon” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “art” (1 occurrences)
riches 27% rich 22% wealth 20% all-possessing 12% independent 7% enrich 3% enriched 2% all 2% wealthy 2% dispense 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the richgleaningsGWB §665: rich oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: melodiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: enrich metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §13: Be thou contentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the All-Possessing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: all learningfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §152: Objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: signs ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: hidden wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: inflictedgleaningsGWB §218: already perpetratedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: came to visitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: have reachedwill-and-testamentW&T §49: midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: enduredgleaningsGWB §711: guidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attain
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: Said MosesgleaningsGWB §133: of His Wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: statementsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: call upon Thee sayingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §721: All-Praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: thanksgivingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §343: All glory
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §475: to the mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my longing handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §62: In His right hand
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: dominionfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §537: all the power and glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: Thy dominiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: a creaturefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §604: Man’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: creation no endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: kingdom oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: KinggleaningsGWB §632: His kingshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: Earth and heaventablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: offire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §59: His most excellent nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy names.”tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: in thine own
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: upon earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §79: earthlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: and all that is thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: in this landfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §222: territories
