Prayers and Meditations — §313
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 313 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ البَاقِي ثُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ جَعَلْتَهُ السَّبَبَ الأَعْظَمَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ عِبادِكَ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِيْ مُسْتَجِيرًا بِبَابِكَ وَناطِقًا بِثَنائِكَ، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِي فِي كُلِّ عَوالِمِكَ ما يَجْعَلُنِي مُسْتَظِلاً فِي ظِلِّكَ وَجِوارِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Thy name, the Ever-Abiding, and by Thy name which Thou didst ordain to be the most great Instrument binding Thee to Thy servants, to grant that I may flee for shelter to Thy door, and speak forth Thy praise. Write down, then, for me, in every world of Thine, that which will enable me to enter beneath Thy shadow and within the borders of Thy court.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our LordgleaningsGWB §302: with no one to adore Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: divinely-learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: my Lord
SE expanded to “by Thy name”
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: what is its namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §286: His attributekitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: a separate designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: the greatnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: can there remainfire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §452: were made orphanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: have beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: liveth eternallytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternal
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: makethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §426: and ordained you to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: ridtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “the most great Instrument”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: is conducivegleaningsGWB §417: so thatkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: effective meanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: cursingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: with the emblemsthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: secretwill-and-testamentW&T §7: soepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: the instrument for the dissemination
SE rendered جَعَلْتَهُ (jaʿaltah), السَّبَبَ (as-sabab), الأَعْظَمَ (al-ʾaʿẓam), بَيْنَكَ (baynak), وَبَيْنَ (wabayn), عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik) as “ordain, the most great Instrument, Thee, binding, to Thy servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: Most MightygleaningsGWB §606: the Most Powerfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: too vastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: Thy most mightythe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: atrociousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: great
This form usually rendered as “between”, “binding” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to Thy servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §553: Object of all adorationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: and the Object of my adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Adored One
SE expanded to “may flee for shelter”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: He that secludeth himselfgleaningsGWB §99: essentialkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Essencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: the gem-liketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the nearnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and the essencewill-and-testamentW&T §32: my Shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the fugitive
SE expanded to “to Thy door”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: through the waters ofgleaningsGWB §124: portalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: from Thy presenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: doorgleaningsGWB §174: instrumentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: at the door
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: secondgleaningsGWB §5: the praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: and from magnifying Thy glorywill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: SecondlygleaningsGWB §389: Nextkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereupon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all the booksgleaningsGWB §510: have pledgedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Last Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: of these Booksthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §42: the Holy Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy Book
SE rendered اكْتُبْ (iktub), لِي (lí), عَوالِمِكَ (ʿawálimik), يَجْعَلُنِي (yajʿaluní), مُسْتَظِلاً (mustaẓiláan) as “Write down, me, of Thine, will enable me to, enter”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy wisdomfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §48: thereinkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: teachprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: hidden wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “enter” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §572: cloudkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to overshadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: the shelter ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: seeketh the shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: beneath the shadowgleaningsGWB §188: shadows of the clouds
