Prayers and Meditations — §322
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 322 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا أَمَةٌ مِنْ إِمَائِكَ وَقَدْ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيْ إِلى حَرَمِ إِفْضالِكَ وَكَعْبَةِ إِجْلالِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ طَهِّرْنِي عَنْ دُونِكَ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْنِي عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ لأَسْتَأْنِسَ بِجَمالِكَ وَأَنْقَطِعَ عَنِ العَالَمِينَ وَأَقُولَ فِي كُلِّ حيِنٍ أَنِ الحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العالَمِينَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! I have turned my face towards the sanctuary of Thy gracious favors and the adored tabernacle of Thy glory. Purify me of all that is not of Thee, and strengthen me to love Thee and to fulfill Thy pleasure, that I may delight myself in the contemplation of Thy beauty, and be rid of all attachment to any of Thy creatures, and may, at every moment, proclaim: “Magnified be God, the Lord of the worlds!”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: LordgleaningsGWB §707: By Him Who is the Lord ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: His realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the Enlightenertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: in his (Bahá’u’lláh’s) Divinity
This form usually rendered as “mother”, “people”, “indeed” (25 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: peoples of different nationsfire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §697: and kindredskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
handmaidens 89% such 11%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: this unlettered OnegleaningsGWB §266: for me, who am a handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: for such of Thy handmaidensepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: handmaidensgleaningsGWB §267: for Thine handmaids
This form usually rendered as “face”, “have”, “hath” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Advancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §411: fix their heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: have been bent upontablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
sanctuary 43% tabernacle 13% forbidden 9% habitations 9% had 4% hath 4% court 4% dishonor 4% holy 4% precincts 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: withheldgleaningsGWB §381: have deprived themselves ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: deprived themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Wilt Thou withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: bereft
SE expanded to “Thy gracious favors”
grace 38% bountiful 14% gracious 14% bounty 10% tender 5% loving-kindness 5% holy 5% bounteousness 5% generosity 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: concerning the meritsgleaningsGWB §116: of His merciful gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: caused to excelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: Most Bountifultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
gleaningsGWB §31: the celestial Kaabakitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: the object of my adorationgleaningsGWB §661: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: the adored sanctuarygleaningsGWB §41: Ka‘bprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: adored Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: attaining the adored sanctuary
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: glorified begleaningsGWB §656: great glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: gracious and lovingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: of Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: glorygleaningsGWB §374: magnified be His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: loftiness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: cleansedgleaningsGWB §172: holykitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: Cleanse themthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: shall be cleansedgleaningsGWB §156: He it is Who purifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: wash them
SE rendered طَهِّرْنِي (ṭahhirní), دُونِكَ (dúnik), اسْتَقِمْنِي (istaqimní) as “Purify, strengthen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: from all except TheegleaningsGWB §298: else besides Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §789: naught but Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: from anyone beside Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: none other but HimgleaningsGWB §705: refuse to sanction it in
strengthen 50% keep 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: Referring to thisfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §513: arisethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §21: timesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: that they may cleave steadfastlytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: It is Our wish and desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: they who love Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §18: ye beloved
SE expanded to “fulfill Thy pleasure”
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: praiseworthyfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §36: holy will and pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: resigned to His willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Whom Thou hast been pleasedthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: thine ownwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: satisfied with His pleasure
This form usually rendered as “commune”, “may”, “have” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: all mengleaningsGWB §118: Thy Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: his fellow-manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §323: companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §82: communionwill-and-testamentW&T §42: plottedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: humangleaningsGWB §412: the characteristics that distinguish man’s station
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 §184: seemlygleaningsGWB §47: Divine Countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: of beauty.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: to gaze on Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the beauty of His countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: countrygleaningsGWB §381: renouncedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: been withheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: who hath forsaken his alltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: highwaymengleaningsGWB §552: them that have renounced the world
This form usually rendered as “worlds”, “all”, “world” (214 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: could ye but comprehend itfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §657: upon the whole worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: leaders of their Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of Thy hidden knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “say”, “which”, “describe” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: hath addressed Me sayinggleaningsGWB §464: spoken bykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: statementsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §566: utteredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “thanks”, “praised” (146 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §63: Lauded art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Ahmad andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: Thine act praiseworthytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §343: All glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: O Thou Who art the Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §628: the sovereign Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: holy Menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the Lord of their livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
