Prayers and Meditations — §29
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 29 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْئَلُكَ بِمَظْلُوميَّةِ نَفْسِكَ وَبِابْتِلائِها بَيْنَ جُنُودِ الظَّالِمِيْنَ بِأَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ سَحَابِ رَحْمَتِكَ ما يَجْعَلُنِي مُقَدَّسَةً عَمَّا سِواكَ لأَكُونَ لائِقَةً لِذِكْرِكَ وَقابِلَةً لِحُبِّكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, by the wrong Thou hast suffered and the ills inflicted upon Thee by the hosts of wrongful doers, to send down upon me from the clouds of Thy mercy that which will purify me of all that is not of Thee, that I may be worthy to praise Thee and fit to love Thee.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §466: Enquire for thyselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: I entreatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §467: such as seek the truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the intricaciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the victim of oppressionfire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §244: of every oppressorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: ungodlythe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: sorely wrongedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: oppression
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: those mengleaningsGWB §691: the Godheadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: the least of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Thy Godheadtablet-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 §140: the faithful
tribulations 20% afflictions 18% tribulation 17% trials 9% woes 7% affliction 7% afflicted 7% woe 6% troubles 5% adversity 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: afflicted with trialsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §640: been subjectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: persecutionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: for the adversities Thou didst sustainthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: My tribulations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: the armiesgleaningsGWB §505: the assaultskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: of that hostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: with both Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: with the everlasting hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: the hostsgleaningsGWB §445: the forcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: warrior
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: hath been revealedgleaningsGWB §189: have decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: had descendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: Send down, thentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §117: showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: and the cloudsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §308: by the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpourings
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 §92: gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: Have pity, then, upon themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
This form usually rendered as “will”, “make”, “enable” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: madefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §268: suffer mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: didst maketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE rendered رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik), يَجْعَلُنِي (yajʿaluní), مُقَدَّسَةً (muqaddasahan), سِواكَ (siwák), لأَكُونَ (lʾakún) as “Thy mercy, purify me, of Thee, may be”
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unsulliedgleaningsGWB §625: holy and goodlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Jerusalem, the holy cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: will thoroughly purge themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy sanctitywill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: exalted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: everywheregleaningsGWB §589: created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: any one save Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: setepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §662: from all else but Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: yegleaningsGWB §467: it waskitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: His Realityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: wilt remaintablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: your inmost being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unseemlygleaningsGWB §119: worthinesskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: can befitthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: have been and will ever be forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: worthygleaningsGWB §499: it beseemethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §731: falleth short
SE expanded to “to praise Thee”
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 §139: made mentiongleaningsGWB §471: Rememberest thou notkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and Who hath been mentionedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
This form usually rendered as “worthy”, “unworthy”, “made” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: are acceptablefire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §106: in the face ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: and directed his stepstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE expanded to “to love Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: their love for Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §407: them that lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be setwill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
