Prayers and Meditations — §338
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 338 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
المُلُوكَ أَسْئَلُكَ بِنَفْسِكَ وَبِمَظاهِرِ أَمْرِكَ وَمَطالِعِ قُدْرَتِكَ بِأَنْ تَكْتُبَ لَنا ما كَتَبْتَهُ لأصْفِيائِكَ وَلا تَجْعَلَنا مَحْرُومِينَ عَمَّا قَدَّرْتَهُ لأَوْلِيائِكَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا سَمِعُوا نِدائَكَ سَرُعُوا إِلَيْكَ، وَإِذَا أَشْرَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْوارُ الوَجْهِ سَجَدُوا لَهُ، أَيْ رَبِّ نَحْنُ عِبادُكَ وَفِي قَبْضَةِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Far, immeasurably far, art Thou exalted above all things, O Thou Who art the King of Kings! I entreat Thee by Thy Self and by Them Who are the Manifestations of Thy Cause and the Daysprings of Thine authority to write down for us that which Thou hast written down for Thy chosen ones. Withhold not from us that which Thou didst ordain for Thy loved ones, who, as soon as Thy call reached them, hastened unto Thee, and when the splendors of the light of Thy countenance were shed upon them, instantly prostrated themselves in adoration before Thy face.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “King of Kings”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Lord ofgleaningsGWB §219: His Kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: the angels descend.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: Earth and heaventablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “I entreat Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §179: entreatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §356: We beseechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: I begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliant
SE expanded to “by Thy Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: for thine own sakegleaningsGWB §326: its essencekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: selfish desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: in Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
SE expanded to “by Them Who are”
revelation 29% manifestation 16% manifestations 13% manifest 11% revealed 8% hath 6% manifested 5% appeared 5% made 4% revelations 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: demonstratefire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §307: evincekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: His Manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: His great and mighty Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §125: Ordainerkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: take counselprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: hast commandedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: becoming knownfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §4: and the Dayspringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the Manifestationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: a manifestationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
This form usually rendered as “power”, “might”, “strength” (103 occurrences)
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
SE expanded to “Thou hast written down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy BooksgleaningsGWB §180: writingskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: compositionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: written downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thou didst revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: with a Book
SE expanded to “for Thy chosen ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: an actfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §51: thou hast been madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §148: Thou hast madethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: to make
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: bereftgleaningsGWB §158: had been forbiddenkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: deprived of beholdingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: deprive me notthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: forbidden
SE expanded to “for Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: Our loved onesgleaningsGWB §353: authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: and Thy loved oneswill-and-testamentW&T §35: mercyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: successivegleaningsGWB §543: and be notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: endowed
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: All-Hearingfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §56: proclaimskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: have knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: hast seen and heardtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Divine Voicefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §83: Summoner raised His voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: Heraldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: and proclaimtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: Call
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §275: hasten yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swiftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: hasteningthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §278: would hastenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §402: rush forward
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: hath shone forthfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §191: effulgent glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: Thou didst shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the effulgences
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 §151: with a lightfire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §156: beaming with lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: Muhammad’s illuminedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thy glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
SE expanded to “the light of Thy countenance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: in no wisefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §156: with a facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: set our faces towardtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: bow down beforegleaningsGWB §3: adorethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Mosque.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: instantly prostratedthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: Ye bow the kneeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: prostrated themselves, before HimgleaningsGWB §70: prostratekitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: to worship
SE rendered الوَجْهِ (al-wajh), سَجَدُوا (sajadúá), رَبِّ (rabb) as “the light of Thy countenance, instantly prostrated”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: ExaltedgleaningsGWB §279: their Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), عِبادُكَ (ʿibáduk) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Object of my adorationfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §717: the Object of the adorationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: is Thy servanttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), عِبادُكَ (ʿibáduk), وَفِي (wafí) as “”
within 29% under 14% acts 7% throughout 7% upon 7% mortal 7% over 7% hearts 7% prosperity 7% fair 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thine actsgleaningsGWB §594: Be fair in thy judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: in mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: in theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: throughoutgleaningsGWB §594: Be as a lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: bywill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love for
