Prayers and Meditations — §317
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 317 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَمَّا أَشْهَدُ بِعَجْزِي وَعَجْزِ عِبادِكَ أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْوارِ جَمالِكَ بِأَنْ لا تَمْنَعَ بَرِيَّتَكَ عَنْ شاطئِ قُدْسِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْذِبْهُمْ يا إِلهِي بِنَغَماتِ قُدْسِكَ إِلى مَقَرِّ عِزِّ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَمَكْمَنِ قُدْسِ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ الحَاكِمُ المُعْطِ المُتَعالِ المُرِيدُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Having testified, therefore, unto mine own impotence and the impotence of Thy servants, I beseech Thee, by the brightness of the light of Thy beauty, not to refuse Thy creatures attainment to the shores of Thy most holy ocean. Draw them, then, O my God, through the Divine sweetness of Thy melodies, towards the throne of Thy glory and the seat of Thine eternal holiness. Thou art, verily, the Most Powerful, the Supreme Ruler, the Great Giver, the Most Exalted, the Ever-Desired.
Translation Notes
SE rendered أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad), بِعَجْزِي (biʿajzí), وَعَجْزِ (waʿajz), عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik) as “impotence, servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: tree-stumpsgleaningsGWB §196: failethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: weariedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: impotencewill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: helplessnessgleaningsGWB §259: are powerlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: incapacity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the oppressedfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §627: these servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: your father’s worship.’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: the comprehension of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §179: entreatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: suppliantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §630: pray Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseech
SE expanded to “brightness of the light”
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: lightsfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §440: shine uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: Luminariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: the splendors of thetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His beautygleaningsGWB §35: beauty ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: my glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: of beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
This form usually rendered as “debar”, “hinder”, “deter” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: was withheldgleaningsGWB §479: He withholdethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: mightiest and loftiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: debar themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: have deterred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §621: His creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: Thy creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §195: Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: men
holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy SelfgleaningsGWB §330: transcendethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: heavenly graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and sanctifiedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: holinessgleaningsGWB §384: and sacred
SE rendered بَرِيَّتَكَ (baríratak), شاطئِ (sháṭʾ), قُدْسِ (quds), أَحَدِيَّتِكَ، (ʾaḥadídatika،), اجْذِبْهُمْ (ijdhibhum), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “creatures, shores, holy, Draw them, my God”
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: so carried awayfire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: enravishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: enrapturegleaningsGWB §31: attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transports
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §588: voice, the anthemkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: strainsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: Divine sweetnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songgleaningsGWB §588: accent of the Voice
seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: Mightyfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §640: glory of all temporal honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: sublimestthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hard
SE rendered مَقَرِّ (maqarr), عِزِّ (ʿizz), فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ (fardánínatik), وَمَكْمَنِ (wamakman), قُدْسِ (quds), وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ (waḥdánínatik) as “throne, glory, seat, eternal holiness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: repositorygleaningsGWB §168: their habitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: the Repositoriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: glorygleaningsGWB §168: the inmost shrineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Depositories
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: the otherfire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §99: is onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: by the onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: manyfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §607: hath providedkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: Whatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: according to Thine irrevocable decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: fall into the handsgleaningsGWB §486: abide and rulekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: decreed concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: have been rulingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: the Wisethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §34: government
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: wish onlygleaningsGWB §472: askkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: Thy good pleasuretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: He pleasethgleaningsGWB §532: What I have wished
