Prayers and Meditations — §298
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 298 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يْبِكَ بِأَعْلامِ نَصْرِكَ لِيَنْصُرُنَّهُمْ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَيَحْفَظُنَّهُمْ مِنْ أَعْدائِكَ، وَأَسْئَلُكَ يا إِلهِي بِاسْمِكَ الَّذيْ بِهِ أَمْطَرَتِ السَّحَابُ وَجَرَتِ الأَنْهارُ وَاشْتَعَلَتْ نَارُ الحُبِّ فِي الأَشْطَارِ بِأَنْ تَنْصُرَ عَبْدَكَ الَّذيْ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْكَ وَنَطَقَ بِذِكْرِكَ وَأَرَادَ نُصْرَتَكَ، ثُمَّ أَثْبِتْهُ يا إِلهِي عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَدِينِكَ، هذا خَيْرٌ لَهُ عَمَّا خُلِقَ فِي أَرْضِكَ لأنَّ الدُّنْيا وَما خُلِقَ فِيها تَفْنَى وَما عِنْدَكَ يَبْقى بِدَوامِ أَسْمائِكَ الحُسْنی، فَوَعِزَّتِك لَوْ تكُونُ الدُّنْيَا باقِيَةً بِدَوَامِ مَلَكُوتِكَ لا يَنْبَغِيْ أَنْ يَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْها مَنْ شَرِبَ خَمْرَ الوِصالِ مِنْ أَيادِي رَحْمَتِكَ، فَكَيْفَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِهِ بِفَنَائِها وَإِيقانِهِ بِزَوالِها، وَإِنَّ تَغْيِيرَها وَتَغْيِيرَ ما فِيها فِي كُلِّ الأَحْيَانِ لَبُرْهانٌ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I entreat Thee, O my God, by Thy name through which the clouds have rained down their rain, and the streams have flowed, and the fire of Thy love hath been kindled throughout Thy dominion, to assist Thy servant who hath turned towards Thee, and hath spoken forth Thy praise, and determined to help Thee. Fortify, then, his heart, O my God, in Thy love and in Thy Faith. Better is this for him than all that hath been created on Thine earth, for the world and whatsoever is therein must perish, and what pertaineth unto Thee must endure as long as Thy most excellent names endure. By Thy Glory! Were the world to last as long as Thine own kingdom will last, to set their affections upon it would still be unseemly for such as have quaffed, from the hands of Thy mercy, the wine of Thy presence; how much more when they recognize its fleetingness and are persuaded of its transience. The chances that overtake it, and the changes to which all things pertaining unto it are continually subjected, attest its impermanence.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “remain”, “endureth”, “may” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath persistedfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §285: Immortalitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: abiding testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: the continuance of lifetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: remained
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “learning”, “divine” (276 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: man of understandingfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §313: learnedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: found outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: thentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: helpfire-tabletFire §28: championedgleaningsGWB §277: shall strengthenkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: Christiansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: to help Theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: helping
SE expanded to “Thine own kingdom”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the kingdomsgleaningsGWB §279: others will possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: the supremacytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE rendered وَيَحْفَظُنَّهُمْ (wayaḥfaẓunnahum), أَعْدائِكَ، (ʾaʿdáʾika،), وَأَسْئَلُكَ (waʾasʾaluk) as “I entreat Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: preservethgleaningsGWB §564: defendethkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: them safetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §38: for the protectionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: defence
SE rendered أَعْدائِكَ، (ʾaʿdáʾika،), وَأَسْئَلُكَ (waʾasʾaluk), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “I entreat Thee, O my God”
SE expanded to “I entreat Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §592: be askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §356: We beseechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore Thee
SE expanded to “O my God”
SE expanded to “by Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: exaltedfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §719: hathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: through Whose namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE expanded to “have rained down their rain”
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 §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §308: by the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the cloudsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: thick cloudsgleaningsGWB §640: intervening cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: veil
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: have flowedgleaningsGWB §492: and to observe His commandmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: universally enforcedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: hath flowed down fromtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: handmaidensepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: carry it outgleaningsGWB §680: streamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: receiveth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: grew fiercerfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §311: will instantly blazekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: been set ablazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a flame of firethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: flamegleaningsGWB §558: without firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: utter perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: my Firethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: the fire ofwill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §175: the flame
SE expanded to “of Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: love notfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §541: fellowship and lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: for the saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My lover
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My prisongleaningsGWB §78: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: the nationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the KaabagleaningsGWB §569: unto the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: in every directionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to PersiagleaningsGWB §411: on anything except
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: servants of Godfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §706: complete servitudekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: servants’tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant
SE expanded to “hath turned towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: beginningfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §219: In days gone bykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: disposedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: exposed to its raystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “towards” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: uttering His praisefire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §646: utterkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and spokenwill-and-testamentW&T §2: declaredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: hath My tongue spoken
SE expanded to “forth Thy praise”
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 §6: to remember TheegleaningsGWB §356: Of these truths somekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: referred to hereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: shall befittingly describetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: told
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “will”, “purpose” (33 occurrences)
SE rendered وَأَرَادَ (waʾarád), نُصْرَتَكَ، (nuṣrataka،), أَثْبِتْهُ (ʾathbith), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik) as “determined, to help Thee, O my God, Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: demonstrategleaningsGWB §126: maintainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: notedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: fortifythe-hidden-wordsHW §72: may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §2: stood steadfastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: set down
SE expanded to “in Thy Faith”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the adornmentgleaningsGWB §245: of the Citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: my debtswill-and-testamentW&T §3: God’s Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: your religiongleaningsGWB §696: every religionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: destitute
SE rendered حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَدِينِكَ، (wadínika،), خَيْرٌ (khayrun), خُلِقَ (khuliq), أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik) as “Thy love, in Thy Faith, that hath been created, on Thine earth”
SE expanded to “that hath been created”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy virtuesfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §669: hath brought into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: creation.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: were created by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: His creatures
SE expanded to “on Thine earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: perisheth notgleaningsGWB §680: covetouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: evanescencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: that must dieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: yours perishethgleaningsGWB §622: vain
SE expanded to “pertaineth unto Thee”
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
SE expanded to “as long as”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: throughoutwill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §144: secondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlasting
SE expanded to “By Thy Glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hardfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §683: exalted characterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: of Thine all-gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: glory
8 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: is worthfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §122: Soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: essence hath beentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered لَوْ (law), تكُونُ (tkún), الدُّنْيَا (ad-dunyá), باقِيَةً (báqíahan), بِدَوَامِ (bidawám), مَلَكُوتِكَ (malakútik) as “Were, to last, the world, as long as, Thine own kingdom”
everlasting 22% immortal 17% eternal 17% incorruptible 11% changeless 6% immortality 6% imperishable 6% abiding 6% deprived 6% remain 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §702: must needskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §656: as it befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemly
This form usually rendered as “who”, “lift”, “inclined” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thy face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §228: is turned towardskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: hath not been directedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: drinkethgleaningsGWB §201: drinkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: and make me ablethe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: quaffgleaningsGWB §537: Drink ye your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: those that have quaffed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §552: draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to partake of the winethe-hidden-wordsHW §139: from the celestial winegleaningsGWB §65: of the words ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine ofgleaningsGWB §467: wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of the wine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: isfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §250: attainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: reflectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: attain the retreatstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: hast obtainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: power
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its handgleaningsGWB §465: your mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: whom Thy hand hathtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §63: all his might
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%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: of My mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §257: have mercy uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: mercy of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §658: Whose mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
SE expanded to “how much more when”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: how couldgleaningsGWB §453: Why, thenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: “What of the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: into conformity withthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whereforeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the naturegleaningsGWB §374: how much lessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: How, then
This form usually rendered as “certitude”, “certainty”, “faith” (23 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and are persuaded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: certitudefire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §283: them that believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: certaintyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of certaintytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: be persuadedgleaningsGWB §459: for a certainty
This form usually rendered as “transience” (1 occurrences)
everlasting 25% hath 12% wilt 12% will 11% all 10% eternity 8% thou 7% everlastingly 5% hast 5% time 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: eliminategleaningsGWB §595: ceasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: will through eternity continueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §201: unto eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §96: Imperishablewill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: everlastingly continuegleaningsGWB §91: will remain
This form usually rendered as “overtake” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: besides Theefire-tabletFire §27: honorgleaningsGWB §254: will have changedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: with anyoneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: Thy facethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: is notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: another
SE rendered الأَحْيَانِ (al-ʾaḥyán), لَبُرْهانٌ (laburhánun) as “attest its impermanence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: baregleaningsGWB §88: evidencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and Thine infallible Proofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: baredgleaningsGWB §238: your proofskitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: demonstrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in Thy testimony
