Prayers and Meditations — §29
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 29 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َفْسِكَ 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 rendered َفْسِكَ (afsik), وَبِابْتِلائِها (wabiábtiláʾihá) as “wrong Thou hast suffered”
This form usually rendered as “wrong” (1 occurrences)
tribulations 20% tribulation 18% afflictions 17% trials 10% affliction 7% afflicted 7% woes 6% woe 6% calamity 5% adversities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troublesfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §255: trials and tribulationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: He might proveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: of afflictionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: are but a
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: pietygleaningsGWB §277: powerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: Our hostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: hostwill-and-testamentW&T §1: by the Hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: aided by the hostsgleaningsGWB §63: the multitude of the hostskitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: warrior
This form usually rendered as “oppressors”, “act”, “oppressor” (32 occurrences)
oppressors 27% act 18% oppressor 18% unjust 9% have 5% every 5% wrongdoers 5% tyranny.” 5% tyranny!” 5% people 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: tyrantfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §243: a sore injusticekitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: of the people of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: his unfairnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: malevolenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: that act unjustly
SE expanded to “to send down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: Revealer of signsgleaningsGWB §189: have decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: come downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: Send down, thereforetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
clouds 77% showers 6% thick 4% outpourings 4% which 2% clouded 2% intervening 2% showering 2% veil 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §640: intervening cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: veilepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: These thick cloudsgleaningsGWB §627: from the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: the outpourings
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
SE expanded to “will purify me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §386: been fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: have notthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: hath made
SE rendered رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik), يَجْعَلُنِي (yajʿaluní), مُقَدَّسَةً (muqaddasahan), سِواكَ (siwák), لأَكُونَ (lʾakún) as “of Thy mercy, will purify me, not of Thee, that I may be”
sanctified 30% exalted 18% holy 16% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% purged 3% blessed 2% pure 2% transcendeth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: of holinessgleaningsGWB §564: cleansekitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: holy and transcendent unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: pureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: PurgegleaningsGWB §359: Manifestations
This form usually rendered as “except”, “all”, “any” (61 occurrences)
SE expanded to “not of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §571: His remembrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: besidesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: any one excepttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: all saveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: besides ThyselfgleaningsGWB §349: else but Him
SE expanded to “that I may be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: been numberedfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §544: Such a thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: fallen intotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unseemlygleaningsGWB §435: unworthykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: what can truly befitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: fitgleaningsGWB §492: and beseemeth thy sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: beseemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: worthy
SE expanded to “to praise Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: remembergleaningsGWB §579: your hearer respondkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: whisperingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: with Thy praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
This form usually rendered as “worthy”, “unworthy”, “such” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: Beforefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §406: was acceptedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: yesterday,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: hath been willingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE expanded to “to love Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Friendfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §163: my Well-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: Thy Causetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovest
