Prayers and Meditations — §283
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 283 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي تَرَانِي مَحْبُوسًا فِي هذا السِّجْنِ وَتَعْلَمُ بِأَنِّي ما وَرَدْتُ فِيه إِلاَّ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَإِعلآءِ كَلِمَتِكَ وَإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ، أُنادِيكَ يا إِلهَ العالَمِينَ فِي هذا الحِينِ بِاسْمِكَ المُبِيْنِ بِأَنْ تَجْذِبَ قُلُوبَ عِبادِكَ إِلى مَطْلَعِ أَسْمائِكَ الحُسْنى وَمَشْرِقِ آياتِكَ الكبْری،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou seest me shut up in this Prison, and art well aware that I have entered it solely for Thy sake and for the sake of the glorification of Thy word and the proclamation of Thy Cause. I cry out to Thee, this very moment, O Thou Who art the Lord of all worlds, beseeching Thee, by Thine undoubted Name, to attract the hearts of Thy servants unto the Dayspring of Thy most excellent titles and the Dawning-Place of Thy most resplendent signs.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §112: Glory be to Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: “veils of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: Glorified art Thoutablet-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 §159: God isfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: Supreme Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “Thou seest me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: thou canst beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §466: He, in truth, clearly seeth theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: may see Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: perceiveth
This form usually rendered as “shut” (1 occurrences)
cast 13% imprisonment 13% imprisoned 13% hath 13% prison 13% imprison 7% whom 7% flung 7% riddest 7% bondage 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: hath been imprisonedgleaningsGWB §183: and hath accepted to be made a prisonerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: and Whom Thou hast cast into prisonthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §3: confinementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: cast Him into prisongleaningsGWB §221: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: imprisoned
prison 70% prison-city 6% imprisonment 6% dungeon 4% prison-house 4% prisoner 3% prison-cell 1% hath 1% deliverest 1% cast 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: imprisonmentgleaningsGWB §221: this Prison Housekitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: prison-city ofwill-and-testamentW&T §6: incarcerationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: Our prisongleaningsGWB §184: My imprisonmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: His prison-house
SE expanded to “art well aware”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: priestsfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §281: soul of mankindkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: motive-forceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: Thou hast taughttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “have”, “arrival” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: in the passagegleaningsGWB §619: thy sorrowskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: recordedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: to facewill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the things which have befallengleaningsGWB §180: participatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: was inflicted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: in the pathgleaningsGWB §360: for the sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Thy sakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in the waystablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy path
SE rendered سَبِيلِكَ (sabílik), وَإِعلآءِ (waʾiʿláʾ), كَلِمَتِكَ (kalimatik), وَإِظْهارِ (waʾiẓhár) as “Thy sake, word, proclamation”
exalt 25% glorify 19% exaltation 13% sake 13% magnify 9% exalted 6% magnifying 6% proclaim 3% may 3% glorification 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the crownfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §547: From the exalted sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: transcendethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: the all-glorioustablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “may”, “proclaim” (69 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: lift up My voicefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §83: Summoner raised His voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: and He crieth outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: she thus exclaimedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: He was called to
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the present daygleaningsGWB §689: in this Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: And thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thousand livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: this very momentgleaningsGWB §355: timelykitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: at every momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time when
This form usually rendered as “name”, “most”, “whose” (158 occurrences)
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: by one of His namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §168: thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: “heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: in heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “palpable”, “resplendent” (88 occurrences)
manifest 30% palpable 12% resplendent 9% expounder 9% luminous 9% evident 7% lucid 7% perspicuous 7% clear 5% plainly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: been enrapturedfire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §458: hath attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: and am so enravished by Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonegleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: be attracted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turngleaningsGWB §363: awaitethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: whose faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: the apprehension oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: thrown into confusion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Adored Onefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §30: himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: a servitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: unto Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §35: meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: of the servants of God
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: dayspringsfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §161: manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: haply thou mayest comprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: the manifestationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: ExcellentgleaningsGWB §552: kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: and Thy benevolencewill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Most ExcellentgleaningsGWB §473: that act generouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: which of you excel
dayspring 37% dawning-place 17% shining 13% shineth 10% east 8% who 4% resplendent 3% source 3% shone 2% rays 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: brightnessfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §493: have shone forth fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: risingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: splendorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §103: At many a dawnwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: His signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §75: the verses of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Thy wordstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
most 50% mighty 11% supreme 9% transcendent 7% great 5% unfailing 5% immeasurable 5% all-encompassing 5% monstrous 2% grievous 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most greatgleaningsGWB §82: in proud disdainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: by the disdainful.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: excelledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §17: haughty and rebellious
