Prayers and Meditations — §285
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 285 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَمِنْهُ ظَهَرَتْ آياتُ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ وَبَيِّناتُ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ، يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ المُجَلِّي عَلَى الأَشْيآءِ بِأَنْ تَخْلُقَ عِبادًا يَسْمَعُنَّ نَغَماتِ الَّتِيْ ارْتَفَعَتْ عَنْ يَمِينِ عَرْشِ عَظَمَتِكَ، ثُمَّ أَشْرِبْهُمْ رَاحَ رَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ راحَةِ فَضْلِكَ لِيَسْتَرِيحُوا بِها فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَيَتَوَجَّهُوا مِنْ شِمالِ الظُّنُونِ وَالأَوْهامِ إِلى يَمِيْنِ اليَقِينِ وَالاطْمِينانِ، أَيْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou beholdest, O my God, how every bone in my body soundeth like a pipe with the music of Thine inspiration, revealing the signs of Thy oneness and the clear tokens of Thy unity. I entreat Thee, O my God, by Thy Name which irradiateth all things, to raise up such servants as shall incline their ears to the voice of the melodies that hath ascended from the right hand of the throne of Thy glory. Make them, then, to quaff from the hand of Thy grace the wine of Thy mercy, that it may assure their hearts, and cause them to turn away from the left hand of idle fancies and vain imaginings to the right hand of confidence and certitude.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “revealed” (44 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: be recognizedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §539: hath been made manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: exponentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §767: by the Manifestationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: A distinguishedfire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §99: be onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of divine Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: transcendent unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §2: Incomparable Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thine own eyetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Peerlesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: unique
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the realm of Divinityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §356: We beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §157: askedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: Destroy not, I implore Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseecheth
SE expanded to “by Thy Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: your exaltationfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §168: of their nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of the nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: in thine own
This form usually rendered as “reflecteth”, “reflected”, “who” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: RevelationgleaningsGWB §160: hath been vouchsafedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: are pouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §117: revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: effulgencegleaningsGWB §372: Him Who is the Sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent glories
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: He pleasethgleaningsGWB §2: and instruments of Thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: willeth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §277: Thy desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: all things
SE rendered الأَشْيآءِ (ash-shyáʾ), تَخْلُقَ (takhluq), عِبادًا (ʿibádan), يَسْمَعُنَّ (yasmaʿunn), نَغَماتِ (naghamát) as “all things, such servants, as shall incline their ears, the melodies”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that peoplefire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §388: the creaturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: “rebirth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: bring creation into beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye were created
SE expanded to “as shall incline their ears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: thou wouldst hearfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §490: Let thine ear be attentivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: that inclineth his earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: Thou givest eartablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §588: accent of the Voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the melodiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: to the rustlingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesgleaningsGWB §103: accents
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: right-handgleaningsGWB §128: to draw nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: His right handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the right handgleaningsGWB §485: right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: Whose right handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: rightgleaningsGWB §537: on his right hand
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: of the Mighty ThronegleaningsGWB §707: of the Throne abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: “behind the Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: throne ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: pillar ofgleaningsGWB §210: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seat
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of the GrandeurgleaningsGWB §511: the Great Powerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: of Thy grandeurthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the weightiestgleaningsGWB §606: however meritorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: drink yegleaningsGWB §200: drain itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: those that have quaffedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: and make me drinkthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: hath drunkgleaningsGWB §25: and drink inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: cup
This form usually rendered as “rest”, “peace”, “wine” (8 occurrences)
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
This form usually rendered as “own”, “themselves”, “souls” (61 occurrences)
own 41% themselves 31% souls 10% proper 3% themselves.” 3% selves 3% uttered 3% hearts 3% within 3% lives 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: His lifegleaningsGWB §570: in his heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: the least of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: for Whose saketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
SE expanded to “cause them to turn”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: directethfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §490: action in approaching theekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Thinkestfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §610: idle fancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: it as certainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: mine own fancytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Thinkest thou
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §410: the vain imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: idle and faulty conceptionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: of their fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: thou mayest befire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §299: that hast truly believedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: certaintyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: I can have no doubttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: assurancegleaningsGWB §18: every true believer
assurance 22% confidence 17% peace 11% tranquillity 11% certainty 11% security 6% rest 6% faith 6% consume 6% certitude 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: tranquillitygleaningsGWB §503: confidentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: timorousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §485: assurewill-and-testamentW&T §2: rested assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of assurancegleaningsGWB §203: symbols of certitudekitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: peace
