Prayers and Meditations — §303
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 303 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
كَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ وَذِكْرِكَ بَيْنَ بَرِيَّتِكَ لِتَأْخُذَ جَذَباتُ وَحْيِكَ مَنْ فِي أَرْضِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ لَمَّا هَدَيْتَهُمْ إِلى كَوْثَرِ فَضْلِكَ لا تَمْنَعْهُمْ بِجُودِكَ وَلَمَّا دَعَوتَهُمْ إِلى مَقَرِّ عَرْشِكَ لا تَطْرُدْهُمْ بِعنايَتِكَ، فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ يا إِلهِي ما يَجْعَلُهُمْ مُنْقَطِعًا عَنْ دُونِكَ وَطَائِرًا فِي هَوآءِ قُرْبِكَ عَلَى شَأنٍ لا تَمْنَعُهُمْ سَطْوَةُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَلا إِشَاراتُ الَّذِين كَفَرُوا بِنَفْسِكَ العَلِيِّ العَظِيمِ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Since Thou hast guided them, O my Lord, unto the living waters of Thy grace, grant, by Thy bounty, that they may not be kept back from Thee; and since Thou hast summoned them to the habitation of Thy throne, drive them not out from Thy presence, through Thy loving-kindness. Send down upon them what shall wholly detach them from aught else except Thee, and make them able to soar in the atmosphere of Thy nearness, in such wise that neither the ascendancy of the oppressor nor the suggestions of them that have disbelieved in Thy most august and most mighty Self shall be capable of keeping them back from Thee.
Translation Notes
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 §169: menfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §195: Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: of Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of them
SE rendered لِتَأْخُذَ (litaʾakhudh), جَذَباتُ (jadhabát), وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik) as “”
SE rendered جَذَباتُ (jadhabát), وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: drawfire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §31: attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: hast attracted themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: enrapturegleaningsGWB §575: may attractkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasy
SE rendered وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik), أَرْضِكَ، (ʾarḍika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Since Thou hast guided”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Divine RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspiration
SE rendered أَرْضِكَ، (ʾarḍika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Since Thou hast guided”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My LordgleaningsGWB §380: the Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: of Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: with my Lord
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), هَدَيْتَهُمْ (hadaytahum), كَوْثَرِ (kawthar), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik) as “Since Thou hast guided, living waters, of Thy grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: guidancegleaningsGWB §361: guidedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of guidanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §286: Thou hast guided themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: heavenly guidancewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Guidance—forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: to guidegleaningsGWB §226: rightly guided
living 45% kawthar 14% waters 10% river 10% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% through 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters of reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: the watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the living waters of Thy pardongleaningsGWB §435: streamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to quaff the living waters
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: debarrethgleaningsGWB §247: nor ripe forkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: withhold the handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: are powerless to resisttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: could deter
SE expanded to “by Thy bounty”
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §12: bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: bounteousness and generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
SE rendered تَمْنَعْهُمْ (tamnaʿhum), بِجُودِكَ (bijúdik), وَلَمَّا (walammá), دَعَوتَهُمْ (daʿawtahum), مَقَرِّ (maqarr) as “kept back, by Thy bounty, summoned them, habitation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: summoned them untogleaningsGWB §407: to summonkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: callethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: to extoltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: was calledthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: I call theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: call
seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%
SE expanded to “of Thy throne”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: its mighty thronegleaningsGWB §279: His thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Celestial Throneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: throne ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: pillar ofgleaningsGWB §707: of the Throne abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seat
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: drive themgleaningsGWB §464: reject Usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: Cast meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: banishedgleaningsGWB §243: justify Our banishmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: cast outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: cast him outgleaningsGWB §461: “Thrust
SE expanded to “through Thy loving-kindness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: hath not sent downgleaningsGWB §219: inflictedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: homeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: attainedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: Abandon not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Upon himgleaningsGWB §635: to aidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: aloudthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: upon usgleaningsGWB §51: His sovereignty upon thee
SE rendered فَأَنْزِلْ (faʾanzil), عَلَيْهِمْ (ʿalayhim), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), يَجْعَلُهُمْ (yajʿaluhum), مُنْقَطِعًا (munqaṭiʿan) as “Send down, upon them, make them, wholly detach them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §219: He shall causekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: assist us to helpthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: set thee king
SE expanded to “wholly detach them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: ceasegleaningsGWB §670: absolute detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: sublime renunciationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: extinguishedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath severed
SE expanded to “aught else except Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: except TheegleaningsGWB §324: whatever else is relatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: unlikeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: of any one except Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: anygleaningsGWB §549: else
SE expanded to “able to soar”
atmosphere 38% heights 19% heaven 10% firmament 5% immensity 5% limitless 5% heavens 5% wisdom 5% sublimities 5% wings 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of their corrupt desiresfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §668: unmortified passionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: guidanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: heights ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: mere impulse
SE expanded to “of Thy nearness”
SE expanded to “in such wise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §197: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §147: the reach and kenthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §629: the assaultsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: Thee
powers 15% dominion 15% ascendancy 15% authorities 8% aggressor 8% awful 8% sovereignty 8% influence 8% threats 8% crushing 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the powersfire-tabletFire §6: mightgleaningsGWB §80: aggressorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the power of Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: Thine awful majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the dominiongleaningsGWB §86: the awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: majesty
SE expanded to “of the oppressor”
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 §128: victims of oppressionfire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §45: darkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: injustice have they committedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: darksomeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: this Wronged One
suggestions 20% allusions 13% hints 13% evil 13% vain 7% blasphemous 7% implications 7% references 7% strivings 7% doubt 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §66: degree describekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: and blasphemous whisperingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: of doubtthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkgleaningsGWB §355: allusionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: the suggestions
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: forgivegleaningsGWB §296: rejectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: ungratefulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: fragrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: deniedgleaningsGWB §530: repudiate
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: such mengleaningsGWB §685: knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: Spiritsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: Thine own merciful Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: highly-honoredgleaningsGWB §683: terriblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: mightierprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: thethe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: swear by the greatness of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §181: exalted
