Prayers and Meditations — §342
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 342 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِ الصِّفاتِ وَمُوجِدِها وَبِالَّذِينَ طارُوا فِي هَوآءِ قُرْبِكَ وَلِقائِكَ وَذاقُوا حَدَّ الحَدِيدِ فِي سَبِيلِكَ بِأَنْ تُؤَيِّدَ بَرِيَّتَكَ كُلَّهُمْ عَلَى عِرْفانِ مَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ الَّذِيْ سُجِنَ فِي الغُرْبَةِ بِما دَعَا الخَلْقَ إِلَيْكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ غَضَبَكَ وَلُطْفُكَ قَهْرَكَ وَفَضْلُكَ عَدْلَكَ، خُذْ أَيَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Whosoever, O my Lord, is impatient in the tribulations befalling him in Thy path, hath not drunk of the cup of Thy love nor tasted of the sweetness of Thy remembrance. I implore Thee, by Him Who is the King of all names and their Sovereign, Who is the Revealer of all attributes and their Creator, and by them who have soared aloft and drawn nigh unto Thee and winged their flight into the atmosphere of Thy presence, and have endured the galling of chains for Thy sake, to grant that all Thy people may be graciously aided to recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine own Self, Who, because He summoned mankind unto Thee, hath been exiled and cast into prison.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: DescribinggleaningsGWB §725: extolledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: men’s praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: norgleaningsGWB §101: a special attributekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: ascribe toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: revealer
who 26% which 26% such 11% doubters 5% one 5% caused 5% dependents 5% generations 5% unto 5% whom 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: to soarfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §387: The birdskitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: of the human mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: to causetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: may soarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: soaredgleaningsGWB §713: the Birds of Darkness
atmosphere 38% heights 19% heaven 10% firmament 5% immensity 5% limitless 5% heavens 5% wisdom 5% sublimities 5% wings 5%
SE expanded to “drawn nigh unto”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: castfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §463: unto theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: bestowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of Himwill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: AssayergleaningsGWB §555: of longing desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: “Tasteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: Make them tastewill-and-testamentW&T §10: quaff my fillgleaningsGWB §363: rapturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: of ecstatic delightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: tasted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: confinedgleaningsGWB §694: lawskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: discerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: of chainstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: sharper
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the waysgleaningsGWB §163: path of Thy good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Thy sakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: a path leadingthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pathgleaningsGWB §509: the state
graciously 67% thou 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: inspiredgleaningsGWB §698: strengthenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §302: Thou wilt graciously assistwill-and-testamentW&T §53: Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: handsgleaningsGWB §635: having strengthenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §522: and their wills strengthenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: may God assist
SE expanded to “all Thy people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §693: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: among Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §195: Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: men
SE expanded to “all Thy people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the multitudesgleaningsGWB §286: iskitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: His all-embracingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: through which every seekertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: bethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: Forwill-and-testamentW&T §38: do His bidding.”
SE rendered بَرِيَّتَكَ (baríratak), كُلَّهُمْ (kullahum), عِرْفانِ (ʿirfán), مَظْهَرِ (maẓhar), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik) as “all Thy people, the Manifestation, Thine own Self”
knowledge 34% understanding 26% recognition 8% recognize 8% comprehension 7% know 6% recognizing 4% insight 3% wisdom 2% visualize 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: acknowledgmentgleaningsGWB §383: can comprehendkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: the want of capacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §78: I recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: knoweth othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of knowledge
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: come to passfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §135: He hath, verily, manifestedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: divine Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: and manifestedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE expanded to “Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: none of whomgleaningsGWB §25: them whokitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the eternal Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: herselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure breathwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
This form usually rendered as “prison”, “most”, “prison-city” (70 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been exiled”
prison 53% most 19% prison-city 7% dungeon 5% imprisonment 5% prison-house 5% prisoner 2% prison-cell 2% afflictive 2% shut 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: HisgleaningsGWB §501: imprisonment inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: His prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §8: imprisoned onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: imprisonedgleaningsGWB §221: this Prison Houseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: hath been exiledwill-and-testamentW&T §4: this, the Most Great Prison
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: disappearancefire-tabletFire §18: a foreign landgleaningsGWB §594: a home for the strangerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: settingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: raventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: banishmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: of exilewill-and-testamentW&T §4: the West
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: summonethgleaningsGWB §34: prayedkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: claimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §712: caused me to turntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: idle claimantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: I summonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: beseecheth Thee
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that peoplefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §669: hath brought into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: creation,—evenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: creaturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the world was called
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurturedgleaningsGWB §611: thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: and
SE rendered الخَلْقَ (al-khalq), إِلَيْكَ، (ʾilayka،), رَبِّ (rabb), سَبَقَتْ (sabaqat) as “mankind, unto Thee, Lord”
hath 52% surpassed 16% preceded 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% surpasseth 3% surpassing 3% permeated 3% grasp 3% encompassed 3%
SE rendered إِلَيْكَ، (ʾilayka،), رَبِّ (rabb), سَبَقَتْ (sabaqat), رَحْمَتُكَ (raḥmatuk) as “unto Thee, Lord”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), سَبَقَتْ (sabaqat), رَحْمَتُكَ (raḥmatuk), غَضَبَكَ (ghaḍabak) as “Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: wrathgleaningsGWB §257: fury of His wrathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “wrath”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: Thy wrathwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the wrathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: executionersgleaningsGWB §189: to be tormentedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and the rod
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §14: benevolencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: irreproachable and purest Symbolsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy tender merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: divine favorwill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: bountygleaningsGWB §358: most excellent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-ConqueringgleaningsGWB §76: fury ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: all-compelling powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: Hold Thouwill-and-testamentW&T §17: fierce indignationgleaningsGWB §534: fury of the wrathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: subjectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Thy wrath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: better thangleaningsGWB §479: the gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: men of consummate learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: and gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: with a justicegleaningsGWB §520: equitably towardsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: judge equitablytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to be justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: throne of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §473: and of justice
