Prayers and Meditations — §281
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 281 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِما عَرَّفْتَنِي مَظْهَر نَفْسِكَ وَقَطَعْتَنِي عَنْ أَعْدائِكَ، وَكَشَفْتَ لِي أَعْمالَهُمْ وَأَفْعالَهُمْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَأَقْلَبْتَنِي مُنْقَطِعًا عَنْهُمْ إِلى شَطْرِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ، وَأَنْزَلْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ سَحَابِ مَشِيَّتِكَ ما طَهَّرَنِي عَنْ إِشاراتِ المُشْرِكِينَ وَدَلالاتِ المُنْكِرِينَ، عَلَى شَأْنٍ كُنْتُ مُقْبِلاً بِكُلِّي إِلَيْكَ وَهارِبًا عَن الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا بِوَجْهِكَ وَجَعَلْتَنِي قائِمًا عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَناطِقًا بِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَسَقَيْتَنِي كَأْسَ رَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ سَبَقَتْ مَنْ فِي الغَيْبِ وَالشُّهُودِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for having enabled me to recognize the Manifestation of Thyself, and for having severed me from Thine enemies, and laid bare before mine eyes their misdeeds and wicked works in Thy days, and for having rid me of all attachment to them, and caused me to turn wholly towards Thy grace and bountiful favors. I give Thee thanks, also, for having sent down upon me from the clouds of Thy will that which hath so sanctified me from the hints of the infidels and the allusions of the misbelievers that I have fixed my heart firmly on Thee, and fled from such as have denied the light of Thy countenance. Again I thank Thee for having empowered me to be steadfast in Thy love, and to speak forth Thy praise and to extol Thy virtues, and for having given me to drink of the cup of Thy mercy that hath surpassed all things visible and invisible.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §3: immeasurably exalted, art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Far be it, then, from Thy glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §41: forbiddethkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: are God’stablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §635: most blessed and all-gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: such praisetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §260: the All-Praised.”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “revealed”, “didst” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the recognitiongleaningsGWB §112: hast caused all the holy Ones to confesskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: He of Whom they had knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: every knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy knowledge
manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: been manifestedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §382: manifestethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: Him Who is the Manifestation oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I gave thee being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: by MyselfgleaningsGWB §689: whosoeverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: His divine Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §799: my desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the soul
SE expanded to “for having severed”
rid 19% detached 17% detachment 16% have 14% renunciation 10% cease 6% detach 5% wholly 5% absolute 4% may 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I had been severedgleaningsGWB §682: checkedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: they have sunderedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §3: highway robbersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: barredgleaningsGWB §656: detached from all else but Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: at the hands of His enemiesfire-tabletFire §33: Thy foesgleaningsGWB §158: a transgressorkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: crueltyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: them that are against Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgresswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the utmost enmity
This form usually rendered as “laid”, “didst” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: dispelgleaningsGWB §469: lightenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: unfoldingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: didst unveiltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: solveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: made apparentgleaningsGWB §285: have been rent asunderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: to pierce such veils
This form usually rendered as “works”, “acts”, “consequences” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: carry outgleaningsGWB §723: observekitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: what else have we doneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and their workstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §27: pursuitsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: did what
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: in this daygleaningsGWB §205: wondrous Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: Many a dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: of Thy daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that day
This form usually rendered as “caused” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulent dealingsgleaningsGWB §439: divideth and afflictethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: bewildermentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: the apprehension oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: nor heartswill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: perversegleaningsGWB §342: Him Whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: In Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: in the midstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: estimation of
SE rendered عَنْهُمْ (ʿanhum), شَطْرِ (shaṭr), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), وَأَلْطافِكَ، (waʾalṭáfika،), وَأَنْزَلْتَ (waʾanzalt) as “them, grace, bountiful favors, having sent down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: towards HimgleaningsGWB §569: unto the courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: turning in the direction ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to ConstantinoplegleaningsGWB §470: uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: upon Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: from
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: SubtilegleaningsGWB §100: discriminatingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Mysteryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: and Thy giftsthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: celestialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy loving-kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: grace
SE expanded to “having sent down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: send downgleaningsGWB §505: revealkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: His wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: remained unrevealedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: thy goal
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §522: cloudedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: the outpouringsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §308: by the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: and the clouds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: hath been pleased togleaningsGWB §111: God grant thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: to whom He willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §277: desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: His most holygleaningsGWB §222: sacredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: will cleansethe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: Purify thougleaningsGWB §619: purgedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: Purge out
This form usually rendered as “allusions”, “evil”, “whisperings” (35 occurrences)
allusions 38% evil 19% whisperings 8% hints 8% suggestions 8% blind 4% vain 4% fanciful 4% implications 4% obscure 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: can allude unto Himfire-tabletFire §14: evil suggestionsgleaningsGWB §19: any reference to Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: strokethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §3: hint
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: misbeliefgleaningsGWB §297: infidelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: enemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: my impietythe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: a partnergleaningsGWB §270: the infidels
This form usually rendered as “standards”, “idle”, “signs” (7 occurrences)
have 33% denied 11% deniers 11% such 11% denier 6% faithless 6% all 6% repudiated 6% repudiate 6% misbelievers 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: them that have denied HimgleaningsGWB §86: Will ye not admit itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: determinationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: have deniedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: disbelieveth in himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: denialgleaningsGWB §577: condemnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: denials
SE rendered وَدَلالاتِ (wadalálát), المُنْكِرِينَ، (al-munkirína،), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), مُقْبِلاً (muqbiláan), بِكُلِّي (bikullí) as “allusions of, the misbelievers, that, have fixed my heart, firmly”
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 §258: regardingfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §369: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and their concernsthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: distinction
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “face”, “turning” (41 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have fixed my heart”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: set, then, thy face towardsfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §267: have set their faces towards Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: embraceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: to turntablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
utterly 22% wholly 17% all-embracing 11% universal 11% entirely 11% supreme 6% all-encompassing 6% abiding 6% great 6% all 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: crowngleaningsGWB §458: notwithstandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: by His wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: stammeringthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §55: entirelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: to whosoevergleaningsGWB §92: them all,”
SE expanded to “such as have denied”
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: impietygleaningsGWB §647: them that have repudiatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: spoken blasphemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: and repudiatetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidelsgleaningsGWB §43: unbeliefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: declare him an infidel
This form usually rendered as “sake”, “face”, “upon” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §503: thou wouldst completely ignore themkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: Thinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §51: thou hast been madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: We have ordainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: and mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE rendered بِوَجْهِكَ (biwajhik), وَجَعَلْتَنِي (wajaʿaltaní), قائِمًا (qáʾiman), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَناطِقًا (wanáṭiqan) as “countenance, having empowered, be, love, to speak”
qá’im 50% standing 11% have 11% arise 7% agitated 4% “the 4% who 4% viceregent 4% self-subsisting 4% representative 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: attainmentfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §287: such a capacitykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: stageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: hath risentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Friendfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §164: My Best-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §77: and Thy lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: for His steadfast friends)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: that which the Tongue of Testimony hath spokenfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §724: speaketh the truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: hath been utteredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
SE expanded to “forth Thy praise”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: suggestedgleaningsGWB §654: through remembrance of Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: I make mention of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE expanded to “extol Thy virtues”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: praisegleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: celebrate Thy praisewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §3: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondary
وَسَقَيْتَنِي
literal: cupbearer; gave to drink; give-drink
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “having”, “caused” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Thou hast made me to drinkgleaningsGWB §60: partakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: and causedthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: cup-bearerwill-and-testamentW&T §49: make me to drinkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: Who waterethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and for having given me to drinkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: suffer me to quaff
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: Compassionatefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §35: loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §202: Let Thy mercy, then, be upontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
hath 44% surpassed 22% preceded 6% surpasseth 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% pervaded 3% permeated 3% surpass 3% grasp 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: hast surpassed themgleaningsGWB §255: they that speak not till He hath spokenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: oldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: hadstthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hasten thereuntoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: all-encompassinggleaningsGWB §548: can excelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: may encompass
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §188: things unseenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: of the Unseenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: of the seentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: UnseengleaningsGWB §93: Invisibles
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: witness untofire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §300: Will ye not bear witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: the martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: proclaimtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: couldst thou but see
