Prayers and Meditations — §266
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 266 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَكُلَّمَا أَحاطَتْ هذا السِّراجَ هُبُوبُ أَرْياحِ البَغْضآءِ مِنَ الأَشْقِيآءِ إِنَّهُ ما مُنِعَ عَنْ نُورِهِ حُبًّا لِجَمالِكَ، وَكُلَّمَا ازْدادَ الظُّلْمُ زَادَ شَوقِي فِي إِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ، وَكُلَّمَا اشْتَدَّ البَلاءُ فَوَعِزَّتِكَ زَادَ البَهآءُ فِي إِظْهارِ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَإَبْرازِ قُدْرَتِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Though the fierce winds of the hatred of the wicked doers blew and beat on this Lamp, He was, at no time, in His love for Thy beauty, hindered from shedding the fragrance of His light. As the transgressions committed against Thee waxed greater and greater, my eagerness to reveal Thy Cause correspondingly increased, and as the tribulations deepened—and to this Thy glory beareth me witness—a fuller measure of Thy sovereignty and of Thy power was vouchsafed by me unto Thy creatures.
Translation Notes
SE rendered وَكُلَّمَا (wakullamá), أَحاطَتْ (ʾaḥáṭat), السِّراجَ (as-siráj), هُبُوبُ (hubúb) as “Though the, on, Lamp, blew and beat”
encompassed 30% have 23% compassed 13% hath 13% enveloped 3% all-encompassing 3% encompasseth 3% blew 3% encompass 3% embraced 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-Encompassingfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §390: hath spread itself overkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: masteryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: and have encompassedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: from all sides afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: have appeared on
This form usually rendered as “onrushing”, “blowing”, “evil” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedfire-tabletFire §29: by the onrushinggleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: and to waftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: which have been waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §56: the influencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: stirring
This form usually rendered as “winds”, “gentle”, “breezes” (33 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: Himfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §646: savorkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: spiritually-mindedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §413: and sacrificed their soulstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §98: blasts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: hatergleaningsGWB §599: feelings of animosityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of hatethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: Him whom I abhorwill-and-testamentW&T §5: bitter rancourepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: and hatredgleaningsGWB §464: ill-wishersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the hatred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: O wretched, wretched that I am!gleaningsGWB §279: the ungodlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the wickedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: the wicked doerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedgleaningsGWB §658: condemned as wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: ungodlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: the workers of iniquity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: hindergleaningsGWB §35: ceased to rainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: from attainingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: will have the power to turn me backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have prevented me
SE expanded to “fragrance of His light”
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: grainfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §623: loverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: His beloved Oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: those who are dear to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the greater waxedgleaningsGWB §294: The morekitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: innumerableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: correspondingly increasedwill-and-testamentW&T §7: excessivelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: more fiercelygleaningsGWB §320: manykitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: over
الظُّلْمُ
literal: wronged; injustice; darkness
This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “darkness”, “oppression” (97 occurrences)
SE expanded to “transgressions committed against Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: by reason of thine iniquityfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §153: victim of tyrannykitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: shall the sun be darkenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: transgressorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §5: because of this iniquityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: My sore injustice
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “may”, “proclaim” (69 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thou didst call me into beingfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §129: when they appearedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: emanateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: been unveiled to men’s eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
SE rendered أَمْرِكَ، (ʾamrika،), وَكُلَّمَا (wakullamá), اشْتَدَّ (ishtadd), البَلاءُ (al-baláʾ), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), زَادَ (zád), البَهآءُ (al-baháʾ) as “Thy Cause, and as, the tribulations deepened—and, fuller measure, Thy”
tribulation 37% adversity 13% tribulations 13% affliction 10% woe 10% woes 7% troubles 3% trials 3% afflictions 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the tribulations I sufferfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §610: been searched out and testedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: becomeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: every manner of adversitythe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: afflicted
SE rendered وَكُلَّمَا (wakullamá), اشْتَدَّ (ishtadd), البَلاءُ (al-baláʾ), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), زَادَ (zád), البَهآءُ (al-baháʾ), إِظْهارِ (ʾiẓhár) as “and as, the tribulations deepened—and, fuller measure, Thy, and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Better is itgleaningsGWB §195: resistlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glory
SE rendered زَادَ (zád), البَهآءُ (al-baháʾ), إِظْهارِ (ʾiẓhár), سَلْطَنَتِكَ (salṭanatik) as “fuller measure, Thy, and, of Thy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §661: of Glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: methe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §207: the glory of God
SE rendered زَادَ (zád), البَهآءُ (al-baháʾ), إِظْهارِ (ʾiẓhár), سَلْطَنَتِكَ (salṭanatik), وَإَبْرازِ (waʾabráz), قُدْرَتِكَ (qudratik) as “fuller measure, Thy, and, of Thy, was, power”
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: through the power of His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §628: and Rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: Kingdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and my Kingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §7: power of the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: sovereignty
This form usually rendered as “evidence”, “proof”, “demonstrate” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §357: of the revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: revelation within itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: demonstratingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §204: as proofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: manifestation
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
