Prayers and Meditations — §291
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 291 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ يَشْهَدُ كُلُّ الوُجُودِ مِنَ الغَيْبِ وَالشُّهُودِ بِأَنَّ رَحْمَتَكَ سَبَقَتِ المُمْكِناتِ وَعِنايَتَكَ أَحَاطَتِ المَوْجُوداتِ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِلَحَظاتِ أَعْيُنِ رَحْمانِيَّتِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَطُوفُ، فَاعْمَلْ بِهِمْ ما يَنْبَغِي لِجَلالِكَ وَشَأْنِكَ وَعَظَمَتِكَ وَجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ لا بِما هُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ حُدُوداتِ البَشَرِيَّةِ وَالشُّئُوناتِ العَرَضِيَّةِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Every existence, whether seen or unseen, O my Lord, testifieth that Thy mercy hath surpassed all created things, and Thy loving-kindness embraced the entire creation. Look upon them, I entreat Thee, with the eyes of Thy mercy. Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate. Do with them as beseemeth Thy glory, and Thy majesty, and Thy greatness, and Thy bounteousness and Thy grace. Deal not with them according to the limitations imposed upon them, or the manifold vicissitudes of their earthly life.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: GodheadgleaningsGWB §491: No, by Him Who is the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: The All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: God
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: “I testifyfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §27: testify unto the loftiness ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: will beholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: I am compelled to recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the existingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §305: transpiredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: Notwithstanding all thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: I cannottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §150: thingswill-and-testamentW&T §8: With
SE expanded to “seen or unseen”
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: invisiblegleaningsGWB §34: of concealmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: concealmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: Thine invisibletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §278: of things hidden
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 §6: Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §372: of God the All-Mercifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the showers of mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: Pitiertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
hath 44% surpassed 22% preceded 6% surpasseth 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% pervaded 3% permeated 3% surpass 3% grasp 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: surpassinggleaningsGWB §134: to be hinderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: superiorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: hath excelledthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hasten thereuntoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: all-encompassinggleaningsGWB §60: pervadedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: may encompass
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abodefire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §105: possiblykitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: of every soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: of Thy creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: mortalwill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: loving providencefire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §188: of glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the true meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: and partake of Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §156: bestowed upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
This form usually rendered as “encompassed”, “have”, “compassed” (33 occurrences)
encompassed 30% have 23% compassed 13% hath 13% enveloped 3% all-encompassing 3% encompasseth 3% blew 3% encompass 3% embraced 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: hath encompassedfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §66: the All-Pervadingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: such pervading influenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: have encircled methe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: from all sides afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: neglect
SE expanded to “I entreat Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §678: Unpetitionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: problemsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: I prayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I imploregleaningsGWB §179: entreatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: questionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Thee
SE rendered تَنْظُرَ (tanẓur), إِلَيْهِمْ (ʾilayhim), بِلَحَظاتِ (bilaḥaẓát), أَعْيُنِ (ʾaʿyun), رَحْمانِيَّتِكَ (raḥmánínatik) as “Look, them, with the, eyes, Thy mercy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: observegleaningsGWB §321: Witnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: consider attentivelyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: for the purpose of discerningthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: I beheld, and lo!will-and-testamentW&T §40: peruse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: found outgleaningsGWB §44: discover
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: Aynu’l-Baqar (The SpringgleaningsGWB §30: and thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: the same thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: when the eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: with Mine eye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: to forgive Himfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §412: O Thou that forgivestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: to forgiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: of Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: forgivefire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
gleaningsGWB §631: Graciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy loving providencewill-and-testamentW&T §23: the affectionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: Most Compassionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy gracious providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: of Thy tender mercies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: doethgleaningsGWB §72: the deedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: deeds.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and their workstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: by your deedswill-and-testamentW&T §24: Consortepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: perpetrated such acts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: it behoovegleaningsGWB §428: mustkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §570: it beseemkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and as beseemeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: glorygleaningsGWB §27: exalted characterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: however great their nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: loftinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: glorified be HegleaningsGWB §656: great glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: gracious and lovingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: and the excellence of Thy majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: rankfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §620: times and in all circumstanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: His waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the rulingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the rank
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: most perfectgleaningsGWB §606: however meritoriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: the greatestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: the greatness
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: of His bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §465: through His bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: Thy gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “generosity”, “favor” (39 occurrences)
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
limitations 47% limitation 11% bounds 11% limits 5% principle 5% dictates 5% traditions 5% established 5% any 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: limitsgleaningsGWB §253: the boundskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: So much soprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: steeledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: sharp
This form usually rendered as “upon” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: HeraldgleaningsGWB §230: announce unto theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: foretoldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: bring me joytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: rejoice at this announcementthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: OF MANwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Forerunnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: human
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earthly—their”, “earthly” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: nor any cavils they may raisegleaningsGWB §150: deniedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §183: turned their backprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: have disputed with Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: hath also turned awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposeth himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my repudiation
