Prayers and Meditations — §30
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 30 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ لا تَمْنَعْنِي عَمَّا قَدَّرْتَهُ لإِمائِكَ اللاَّئِي يَطُفْنَ فِيْ حَوْلِكَ وَيَتَجَلَّى عَلَيْهِنَّ فِيْ كُلِّ حِينٍ شَمْسُ جَمالِكَ وَأَنْوارُ وَجْهِكَ، إِنَّكَ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ مُعِينَ مَنْ أَرادَكَ وَمُعْطِيَ مَنْ سَئَلَكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Withhold not from me, O my Lord, the things Thou didst ordain for such of Thy handmaidens as circle around Thee, and on whom are poured continually the splendors of the sun of Thy beauty and the beams of the brightness of Thy face. Thou art He Who from everlasting hath succored whosoever hath sought Thee, and bountifully favored him who hath asked Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurturedgleaningsGWB §115: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: His realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: Thytablet-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 §208: of the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: forbadgleaningsGWB §307: interferekitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: prevent them from attaining untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: cantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thou hast forbidden
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: MothergleaningsGWB §562: Beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: and Thy handmaidensepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: womenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: Thy handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: I am oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: One
SE rendered قَدَّرْتَهُ (qaddartah), لإِمائِكَ (lʾimáʾik), اللاَّئِي (al-lálaʾí), يَطُفْنَ (yaṭufn), حَوْلِكَ (ḥawlik) as “ordain, handmaidens, as, circle, around”
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: such as have circledgleaningsGWB §311: circle aroundkitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: gatheredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: hath circledtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: round which have circledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §24: kindredsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: have circled about
وَيَتَجَلَّى
literal: manifestation; manifest; manifested
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “whom” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: with the effulgentgleaningsGWB §118: revelationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent gloriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: Thou didst reveal the effulgencethe-hidden-wordsHW §140: open charactersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: by the splendorsgleaningsGWB §328: reflectethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendours
This form usually rendered as “moment”, “time”, “hour” (118 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: WhilstgleaningsGWB §552: hourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: at the same timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: moment of their livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: until the present daygleaningsGWB §192: wheneverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: And thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: moment of my life
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: by the sungleaningsGWB §357: Lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: “suns”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: of the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that sungleaningsGWB §378: light of Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: this sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: and the Luminary
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: amongst othersgleaningsGWB §202: Incomparablekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: briefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Thy countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: the most holy Abhá Beauty
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: brightnessfire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §27: envelopedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its shiningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: with the effulgencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flamewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: O thou who hast set thy face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §422: lift upkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §712: and set me towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: pass awaygleaningsGWB §546: the Ever-Abidingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: everprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: wilt everlastingly continue to remainthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perishethwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: declineth notgleaningsGWB §124: from the beginning that hath no beginning
This form usually rendered as “appointed”, “distinct”, “appoint” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: consignedgleaningsGWB §167: with Minekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: From Our eyesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: by Thine eyetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “eagerly”, “all” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thou didst desiregleaningsGWB §575: arisethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: hast wishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: his purposegleaningsGWB §188: after your own desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purpose
This form usually rendered as “bountifully” (1 occurrences)
bounty 42% generosity 13% bounteousness 10% favors 10% bestow 6% favor 6% munificence 3% show 3% conferreth 3% giving 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy generosityfire-tabletFire §4: generositygleaningsGWB §655: of Thy bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: conferrethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: and bountifully favoredthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: is My gift to theewill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: bounty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: askinggleaningsGWB §112: I beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: problemsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: I, therefore, beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I imploregleaningsGWB §668: grantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: the questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Thee
