Prayers and Meditations — §286
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 286 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
رَبِّ لَمَّا هَدَيْتَهُمْ إِلى بابِ فَضْلِكَ لا تَطْرُدْهُمْ بِعِنايَتِكَ، وَلَمَّا دَعَوْتَهُمْ إِلى أُفُقِ أَمْرِكَ لا تَمْنَعْهُمْ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ الخَبِيرُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Now that Thou hast guided them unto the door of Thy grace, O my Lord, cast them not away, by Thy bounty; and now that Thou hast summoned them unto the horizon of Thy Cause, keep them not back from Thee, by Thy graciousness and favor. Powerful art Thou to do as Thou pleasest. No God is there but Thee, the Omniscient, the All-Informed.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy LordgleaningsGWB §301: servantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: O Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Lords
SE expanded to “Thou hast guided them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the guidancegleaningsGWB §668: rescuekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §286: Thou hast guided themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: heavenly guidancewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Guidance—forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: guidance ofgleaningsGWB §226: rightly guided
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
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 “drive”, “driven” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: abandonedgleaningsGWB §464: reject Usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: drive me awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: drive themgleaningsGWB §461: “Thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: away from Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: banishedgleaningsGWB §243: justify Our banishment
SE expanded to “by Thy bounty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its meaningfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §161: of Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Thy tender merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: divine mysterywill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: summongleaningsGWB §58: “Put awaykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: summoningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and invited themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: was calledthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: guiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: summoneth you
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: Horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §691: summit of transcendent gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: the Dayspringthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Supreme HorizongleaningsGWB §611: Realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: all the world
SE expanded to “of Thy Cause”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
This form usually rendered as “kept”, “hinder”, “attaining” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: have forbidden yougleaningsGWB §23: shut outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: cloudtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: deterreth
SE rendered أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), تَمْنَعْهُمْ (tamnaʿhum), بِجُودِكَ (bijúdik), وَكَرَمِكَ، (wakaramika،) as “of Thy Cause, keep them, by Thy graciousness and favor”
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §477: favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
وَكَرَمِكَ،
literal: generous; generosity; bounty
SE expanded to “by Thy graciousness and favor”
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §608: Most Bountifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: and bountiful favorwill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy favor
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the willgleaningsGWB §70: naught else but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: things—Itablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy Will
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: unawarefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §25: sacred Standardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: peoples ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §398: the God of knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
all-informed 47% informed 12% all-knowing 12% omniscient 6% discernment 6% who 6% all-wise.” 6% all-wise 6%
