Prayers and Meditations — §318
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 318 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ثُمَّ ارْزُقْ يا إِلهِي عَبْدَكَ الَّذِيْ تَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْكَ وَأَقْبَلَ إِلى وَجْهِكَ وَتَمَسَّكَ بِحَبْلِ عُطُوفَتِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ مِنْ تَسْنِيمِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَإِفْضالِكَ ثُمَّ أَبْلِغْهُ إِلى ما يَتَمَنَّى وَلا تَحْرِمْهُ عَمَّا عِنْدَكَ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الْكَرِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Grant, then, O my God, that Thy servant who hath turned towards Thee, hath fixed his gaze upon Thee, and clung to the cord of Thy mercifulness and favor, may be enabled to partake of the living waters of Thy mercy and grace. Cause him, then, to ascend unto the heights to which he aspireth, and withhold him not from that which Thou dost possess. Thou art, verily, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “grant” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §581: suffice to enrichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: partake of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §382: to supplywill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themgleaningsGWB §688: sustaining gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: attained unto His Courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: and nourished me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: Cause of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: gonefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §697: His eyeskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: inclineth histablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: turn thereuntofire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §341: bygone ageskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: settingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: enable them to turntablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: cleavethgleaningsGWB §396: cleave ye tenaciouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: We cleaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: joinedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hold fast untogleaningsGWB §367: take yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: cling to
SE expanded to “to the cord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: to the cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clung togleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: tieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the cordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously to
gleaningsGWB §631: Graciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: robe of Thy tender mercieswill-and-testamentW&T §23: the affectionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: the Most Compassionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §57: tender mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: of Thy tender merciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: Thyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: Thy mercifulness
This form usually rendered as “favors”, “gifts”, “loving-kindness” (65 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §284: Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: favoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: of Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: loving and kindnesswill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §288: the subtleties
living 50% fountainhead 50%
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%
grace 38% bountiful 14% gracious 14% bounteousness 10% bounty 10% tender 5% loving-kindness 5% favors 5%
This form usually rendered as “eloquent”, “cause” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “aspireth” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: \‘Wish ye, thengleaningsGWB §543: amongkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: yearnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: Desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Wishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: and my Highest Wishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Wishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Hope
SE expanded to “withhold him not”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: withholdgleaningsGWB §578: withhold notkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: those thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: Suffer me notthe-hidden-wordsHW §31: Denywill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: deprive
SE expanded to “that which Thou dost possess”
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: with HimgleaningsGWB §474: neither trustworthykitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: inspired by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: in Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimical to the governmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: estimation ofgleaningsGWB §50: Our grace unto men
SE rendered تَحْرِمْهُ (taḥrimh), عِنْدَكَ (ʿindak), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), الغَفُورُ (al-ghafúr), الْكَرِيمُ (al-karím) as “withhold him not, that which Thou dost possess, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Pardonerfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §569: ask forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: remissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: of Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: pardongleaningsGWB §656: Thy forgiveness
SE expanded to “the Most Bountiful”
most 41% all-bountiful 23% generous 13% bountiful 5% god 5% goodness 3% noble 3% all-powerful 3% bounteousness 3% wisdom 3%
